The fire killed 4 firefighters and 26 civilians.

In 1915, the creosote plant burned to the ground, killing 55 workers and 3 firefighters.

This year's epidemic of western wildfires, which killed 25 firefighters.

An apartment house fire in the Bronx had killed two firefighters and critically injured four others.

Last July 1, in a fire at a car dealership here, local control failed, and a collapsing roof killed five firefighters.

On 14 March 2004 the building caught fire and burnt out, killing two firefighters.

His father died in the department's greatest disaster before Sept. 11, a 1966 Manhattan fire that killed 12 firefighters.

It was the first to collapse, killing many firefighters who had gathered at a command post there.

That fire blazed for 18 hours, killed three firefighters and caused $300 million in damage.

The fire gutted the original building in just 30 minutes, and nearly killed six firefighters in the process.