Boston Fire Dept. Double LODD, 03/26/14.

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Hearts and prayers to you, the families of the lost members and the brothers of the Boston Fire Department. This was very hard to listen to on the radio recordings I listened to. Do you know was their a collapse or somthing that cut Engine 33 line? It sounds like they were cut off from the engine. 

 

The investigation is obviously ongoing, and I'm loathe to publicly speculate, but there was no collapse. The rear of the building vented & the extremely high winds (40-60mph) blew the fire directly towards the two members in the basement. Numerous rescue attempts were made, but were unsuccessful. Over a dozen other members were taken to area hospitals with burns while attempting to access the basement of the brownstone.