7/3/1890 a Boston, MA firefighter died “while operating at an alarm as the engineer of the company, he was killed when his arm got caught in the flywheel of the steamer.” 7/3/1905 two Birmingham, AL firefighters died “while operating at a major fire involving a four-story … [Read more...]

7/2/1858 a Buffalo, NY firefighter “died as a result of severe heat exhaustion suffered a few days earlier, while operating at a major lumberyard fire.” 7/2/1881 a Detroit, MI firefighter “suffocated while fighting the Davis fire on Jefferson Ave., when a wall collapsed on … [Read more...]

7/1/1988 the Hackensack Ford fire killed five firefighters from the Hackensack (NJ) Fire Department when portions of the wood bowstring truss roof at an automobile dealership suddenly collapsed at approximately 3:00 p.m. after 20 minutes of the suppression effort. Tactics were … [Read more...]

6/30/2013 nineteen firefighters, members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew, were killed while working the Yarnell Hill fire, listed at 800 acres on Sunday morning when a thunder cell passed over the fire blew up with wind gusts of 40-50 mph.  Fire crews were … [Read more...]

6/29/1995 in the Seocho-gu District of Seoul, South Korea, a department store collapsed killed 501, and injured 937 people. “The Sampoong Group began construction of the Sampoong Department Store in 1987 over a tract of land previously used as a landfill. Originally designed as … [Read more...]

6/28/1873 the Howard Building (a.k.a. Phoenix Building) in Providence, RI was damaged by two incendiary fires simultaneously set. Police extinguished one, “but the other, in the fifth story, gained some headway. The fire was confined to the upper part, but the whole of the great … [Read more...]

6/27/1895 the McDonald Brothers Crockery Company fire in Minneapolis, MN killed six firefighters and injured nine when a wall collapsed without warning. The fire started around 11:00 p.m. and destroyed the crockery and glassware establishment on First Avenue South. “At 10:40 … [Read more...]

6/26/1964 Marshall’s Creek, PA, (about 2 hours NW of NYC) firefighters responded to a tractor-trailer fire. The tractor-trailer had no cargo markings and the rear wheels of the tractor were on fire. “The American Cyanamid truck that was carrying 15 tons of explosives and 99 … [Read more...]

6/25/1985, a series of explosions and subsequent fires at 9:35 a.m. leveled the Aerlex Fireworks Manufacturing Corporation, a fireworks factory, near the town of Jennings, Oklahoma in Hallett, killed twenty-one people and injured five. The facility was licensed by ATF and … [Read more...]

6/24/1973 a fire killed thirty-two patrons and injured twelve others at the UpStairs Lounge, a second-floor bar in New Orleans’ French Quarter. The nightclub was a popular gay bar located on the second floor of a three-story building. On the last day of “Pride Weekend” about … [Read more...]