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Detroit on Fire: A Documentary (Constance York 2011) Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (TV 2006) Escape: Because Accidents Happen: Fire (TV NOVA 1999) [8] "Fire Wars" (episode of NOVA, TV 2002) Firefighters: Brothers in Battle (1991) Firehouse USA: Boston (TV 2005) Fires of Kuwait (1992) Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (TV 2006 ...
A fire roared through the 97-year-old building housing Kamm & Schellinger Company. All off-duty firemen called in to bring the blaze under control. Headlines in History 1950: $100,000 fire hits ...
The Boston Fire Department was established as the first paid fire department in the United States, and is the largest municipal fire department in New England serving approximately 685,000 people living in the 48.4-square-mile (125 km 2) area of the city proper. Additionally, it actively participates in MetroFire, the fire services mutual aid ...
The Great Brink's Robbery was an armed robbery of the Brink's building in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1950. The $2.775 million ($35.1 million today) theft consisted of $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks , money orders , and other securities.
William Arthur Reilly (March 6, 1903 – April 3, 1969) was an American political figure from Boston who served as the city's deputy mayor and fire commissioner and was member of the school committee and finance commission.
In 2016, a federal report found the Boston Fire Department’s lack of training to fight wind-driven fires, inadequate staffing, and failure to adequately assess risk played a role in the blaze.
The Hotel Vendome fire in the United States was the worst firefighting tragedy in Boston history. Nine firefighters were killed during the final stages of extinguishing a fire on June 17, 1972. The Hotel Vendome was on the southwest corner of the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street, in the Back Bay area of Boston.
The film was given a limited theatrical release in the United States under the title Night of the Full Dark Moon through Cannon Films, [15] beginning November 15, 1972. [ i ] It was subsequently released as Silent Night, Bloody Night in the spring of 1973, [ 22 ] and continued to screen under this title through December 1973, [ 23 ] [ 24 ...