A section of Illinois Highway 148 around Christopher is now know as Firefighter Kody M. Vanfossan Memorial Highway.
A dedication of the highway was held Tuesday morning in Franklin County.
Vanfossan died at the age of 24 while helping his father, a captain with the Christopher Fire Department, battle a six-alarm commercial fire in Christopher in 2019.
Once the stairway in the building collapsed, they were trapped. Mutual aid departments were able to locate and rescue his father within half an hour but were unable to locate Kody until four hours later.
Kody was a third-generation volunteer firefighter. He joined the department as a cadet in 2010 and had nine years of service.
