Worcester Mass.
Firefighting Tragedy

Six firefighters were tragically killed on Friday night, Dec. 3, in a general alarm vacant building fire in Worcester, Mass. Two initially were in distress, and four others who went in after them became trapped themselves. It was one of the worst firefighting disasters in the U.S. in two decades.


AP World Wide Photos/Paul Connors

Firefighters pour water onto a lingering general-alarm fire that erupted Friday evening at an abandoned cold storage warehouse Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999 in Worcester, Mass. Two firefighters entered the five-story building to search for homeless people living in the structure, when they ran into trouble, four others entered the building. Both teams were lost.


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