Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire.

Vernon Collett, 60, collapsed while fighting a field fire in rural Missouri Saturday afternoon. Collett had been with the ...

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (KCTV) - A tight-knit community is left mourning after the tragic loss of a fire captain over the weekend.

Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire.

A fire captain in Johnson County, Missouri, has died in the line of duty. The Johnson County Fire Protection District says ...

Capt. Vernon Collett died at the scene of a half-acre field fire on a property near Knob Knoster, Missouri, around 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Vernon Collett, 60, died after collapsing while fighting a fire in rural Johnson County, Missouri on March 8. Courtesy of the Johnson County Fire Protection District A Johnson County, Missouri ...

Funeral arrangements have been announced Johnson County, MO, Fire Capt. Vernon Collett who collapsed while responding to a field fire March 8.

Johnson County Fire Protection District Captain Vernon Collett died in the line of duty while battling a natural cover fire.

New information about the death of a Missouri Fire Captain as his funeral arrangements continue to come together.

A Johnson County Fire Protection District Captain died in the line of duty while battling a fire near Valley City on Saturday ...