Officials have announced when they plan on laying a veteran North Haven firefighter to rest.
46-year-old firefighter Matthias Wirtz died Monday battling a fire at a home on Quinnipiac Avenue.
North Haven Fire Chief Paul Januszewski said that Wirtz's wake will happen Monday at the North Haven Funeral Home on Washington Avenue from 3 to 7 p.m.
Wirtz will be laid to rest the next day at St. Barnabas Church, also on Washington Avenue, at 11 a.m. and will honored with the Line of Duty Death protocol.
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Officials anticipate a large crowd for the funeral this coming Tuesday and will shut down Clintonville Road and Washington Avenue to accommodate.
