Buffalo Wild Wings Manager Dead in Chemical Incident Is Identified!!!

First Name Tom, Last Name Foolery… And I’m Everybody’s Uncle!

Especially this proud new father… Ryan Baldera.

The man who died in a chemical incident at a Buffalo Wild Wings was identified as its general manager Friday, a day after the hazardous incident caused the restaurant to be evacuated in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Ryan Baldera, a 32-year-old from Lawrence, was the man who died, Interim Burlington Fire Chief Michael Patterson said Friday. A source told had NBC10 Boston that he had a newborn child & was a "great guy loved by all at the restaurant."

"Ryan was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, & cherished uncle, nephew, & son-in-law, to his close knit family & friends," family said in a statement issued by Massachusetts Eye & Ear, where a family member is a colleague.

"While devastated at this unimaginable loss, we are so very proud that Ryan died while trying to protect his fellow employees & restaurant patrons. Our family asks for the public & the media to respect our privacy while we mourn Ryan's untimely death."

Baldera was overcome by fumes created in a chemical reaction that involved Scale Kleen, a solution consisting primarily of acid, mixing with the cleaning product Super 8, a common cleaning product made of sodium hypochlorite, according to the Burlington Fire Department.

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By: SR

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