12/03/2024
At 6:13 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, 1999, the Worcester (Massachusetts) Fire Department was dispatched to a reported fire at 266 Franklin St., the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Company Building. At 7:26 p.m., a fifth alarm was transmitted, and by 7:58 p.m., the building was ordered evacuated, and six firefighters were missing.
The Worcester Cold Storage fire would continue for eight more days, declared out at 10:27 p.m. on Dec. 11, after the last of the six fallen firefighters was found and removed from the building.
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