A Kentucky firefighter has died , weeks after participating in an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went horribly wrong . Electricity from a power line shocked four firefighters on a ladder as they sprayed water on a group of college students below who were trying to pull off the charity stunt . Crews from the Fire and Rescue Department in Campbellsville were helping the Campbellsville University band with their video `` Challenge '' August 21 . Capt . Tony Grider died Saturday from burn-related injuries , according to dispatcher Mark Coker with the Campbellsville-Tyler 911 Center . The 41-year-old 's body was driven , accompanied by an official escort , to his hometown of Columbia , Kentucky , and transferred to Grissom-Martin Funeral Home . There are no details yet about his funeral , Coker said . The fire department posted a message on Facebook which included a `` thank you '' from Grider 's family to the nurses and doctors who tried to save his life , and the firefighters who spent time at the hospital hoping that he would recover . Grider leaves behind a wife and children . They all lived in the same home with his parents in Columbia . Firefighter Simon Alex Quinn , also injured in the Ice Bucket Challenge , was released from the hospital Tuesday , according to Coker . During the ALS stunt , Grider and Quinn were inside a bucket on a ladder above the students . When they finished dumping water , the students left and the firefighters began moving the ladder , authorities told CNN . The bucket came close to power lines and shocked the men , officials said . Two firefighters who were on the ground -- Capt . Steve Marrs , 37 , and Alex Johnson , 28 -- were shocked when they tried to lower the bucket and an electric current traveled down the extended ladder , Campbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette said at the time . Marrs and Johnson were taken to the hospital and later released , he said . Friend of man behind challenge dies . An investigation is ongoing . Hazlette told CNN in August that the ladder did not actually touch the power lines . The power company told investigators that if one gets within a distance of three to four feet from a power line , the energy that surrounds the voltage wire can arc and electrocute other objects , Hazlette told CNN . That 's what authorities believe happened in this case . Celebs embrace Ice Bucket Challenge .
Capt . Tony Grider died Saturday of burn-related injuries , authorities said . Another injured firefighter was released from the hospital Tuesday , official said . An electricity arc shocked firefighters on extension ladder , police chief said . Firefighters were dumping water on college students ; no students were injured .