Chief Officer Killed in Fire Collapse of Abandoned Braced Frame Building – Brooklyn, New York – August 13, 1980 On August 13, 1980, Fire Department of New York Battalion Chief Frank T. Tuttlemondo was killed following the collapse of a fire damaged three-story braced wood frame dwelling in the Brownsville section of the New York...Read More
Four Firefighters Fatally Injured in Propane Gas Explosion in Truck Rental Garage – Avis Rent-A-Truck Explosion – Cleveland, Ohio – August 13, 1963 On August 13, 1963, Cleveland Ohio Fire Lieutenant Edwin J. Hart and Firemen John Thomas McKenna, Robert H. Jones and Robert L. Marquard were fatally injured in an explosion caused by propane...Read More
