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A 19-year-old Mount Marion fire captain died Saturday evening while fighting a house fire in the Centerville Fire District, authorities said Sunday.

At the Mount Marion Fire Department headquarters on Old Kings Highway and Glasco Turnpike Sunday morning, a sign outside paid tribute to volunteer fire Capt. Jack H. Rose, who died after going into distress at the scene of a reported chimney fire at 11 Fel Qui Road, off John Jay Road.

Rose, a Saugerties resident, was a 2014 graduate of John A. Coleman Catholic High School in the town of Ulster, according to his Facebook page.

Authorities said Centerville Fire Department firefighters had been dispatched to the fire scene, with mutual aid from Mount Marion, at 6:59 p.m. Saturday. According to a press release from the Mount Marion Fire District, firefighters responding to a report of a chimney fire observed flames coming from the first floor of the residence, and a team of firefighters entered the basement to extinguish it.

Rose, who was part of the group, became separated from his team, but was quickly located by fellow firefighters and taken from the basement.

“Once outside, Rose became unresponsive and firefighters initiated livesaving measures,” a press release from the Mount Marion Fire District said.

Rose was taken by Diaz Ambulance to HealthAlliance Hospital’s Broadway Campus in Kingston, where efforts to revive him continued, but he eventually succumbed, authorities said.

The flag outside the Mount Marion Fire Department was flying at half staff on Sunday.

A three-year member of the department, Rose was recently elected captain, according to the fire department.

Mount Marion Fire Chief Dave Ayers said the department “is devastated over the loss of such a young life and a devoted member of the community,” adding that Rose was “loved by all in the fire service who knew him.”

Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said firefighters were taking the news of Rose’s death “very hard” and were declining to speak with a reporter.

Both the cause of the fire and Rose’s death were being investigated by the Saugerties Police Department, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control and the Ulster County Bureau of Cause and Origin.

A GoFundMe page was started by Emily Wager, Rose’s cousin, with a goal of raising $20,000 for Rose’s family. Within the first four hours, nearly $3,500 had been raised. The page can be found online at {LINK REMOVED}www.gofundme.com/captainjackrose.