Thursday, December 23, 2010

Two Chicago firefighters killed

CHICAGO - The burning building had been vacant for years, but the firefighters went in anyway - just in case squatters were trapped inside. Then the heavy-timbered roof and a wall collapsed.

Four firefighters were trapped under debris, and two of them died on a day that already was among the most somber on the Chicago Fire Department's calendar. Exactly 100 years ago, 21 Chicago firefighters died when a wall collapsed at the Union Stock Yards fire.

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