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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Former WFAA Channel 8 reporter killed in wildfires

The Dallas Morning News is reporting former WFAA Channel 8 reporter Matt Quinn was killed in the Montague County, Texas wildfires:


The wildfires that roared through Montague County on Thursday killed former Channel 8 reporter Matt Quinn and his wife Cathy, according to a family member. The fires swept through their rural property in the county, which is on the Oklahoma border northwest of Fort Worth.

Cathy Quinn's adult son, Chris, was being treated for burns this morning at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He was in fair condition. READ MORE


Quinn worked at WFAA through the 1980s. Before that he was at ABC News.

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