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18. On March 26, 2014, at 2:42 p.m., a nine-alarm fire broke out in a four-story brick row house at 298 Beacon Street in the Back Bay of Boston. Two Boston Fire Department firefighters died fighting the blaze: Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh, 43, of West Roxbury, and Firefighter Michael Kennedy, 33, of Hyde Park. Lieutenant Walsh was from BFD Engine ...
William H. Spengler Jr. [2] In the early morning of December 24, 2012, William Spengler, a 62-year-old man living in West Webster, New York, a suburb of Rochester, deliberately set his home and vehicle on fire. He then perpetrated a mass shooting, firing upon first responders. Spengler killed two firefighters, and injured two more and a police ...
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY (Reuters) -Two New Jersey firefighters were killed and five injured while battling an intense blaze overnight on a cargo ship packed with hundreds of vehicles docked at Port ...
The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived—he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them.
April 30, 2024 at 1:22 AM. Six New Jersey firefighters, including a former West Milford fire commissioner and two firefighters killed in a July 2023 blaze on a cargo ship in Newark Bay, will be ...
Two New Jersey firefighters were killed after getting trapped while battling a fire on a cargo ship in Port Newark on Wednesday night, officials said.
Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
The initial investigation revealed the two firefighters were operating the lift to make repairs to the radio tower outside the firehouse. Pair of Fayette County firefighters killed in mechanical ...