BRIDGEPORT — The Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department announced Monday night that longtime Fire Chief Mark Subasic had died unexpectedly at age 67.

“It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the Bridgeport Fire Department announces the passing of Fire Chief Mark S. Subasic,” the department posted on its social media. “Please keep the Chief’s family in your thoughts and prayers. Rest easy Chief, we will take it from here. Until we meet again.”

Subasic served on the Bridgeport fire department for 50 years, spending the last 34 years as its chief. He was also a founding member of the Bridgeport Fire Department Ambulance and Paramedic Service and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 by the Belmont County Fire and Squad Officers Association.

In addition to his service w

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