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/Gail Oskin

Firefighters from Worcester, Mass. and surrounding towns continue to throw water on the former Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. building, Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4, 1999 in Worcester, Mass. Six firefighters are presumed dead, trapped inside the building, after a five alarm fire raged through the aging brick warehouse sending black smoke across the city Friday night.


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