Photo Courtesy: Saluda County Fire Service SALUDA COUNTY, SC — According to Saluda County Fire Service, 53-year-old Chief Chad Satcher, and 18-year-old Firefighter Landon Bodie were killed on Friday morning when a tree fell on their Fire Apparatus while responding to a reported structure fire. According to the Milton Shealy Funeral Home of Batesburg, funeral services for Chief Satcher will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Batesburg-Leesville High School Fine Arts Center. Funeral arrangements and an obituary for Firefighter Bodie have not yet been announced. Saluda County Fire Service Coordinator Mark Lybrand told reporters, emphasizing that they are still reeling from the loss. He said Satcher and Bodie were, to his knowledge, the first two firefighters in the history of the department to be lost in the line of duty. “We would like to reach out to the community and State for the overwhelming support during this extremely challenging time,” the department posted to Facebook. “We lost two dedicated members who loved their communities and neighbors enough to make the ultimate sacrifice.” Categories: Local News, News Tags: Chad Satcher, Firefighters, Hurricane Helene, Landon Bodie, Saluda county