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Bricelyn Street Fire Pittsburgh, PA (1995)

Three Pittsburgh firefighters died on February 14, 1995, when they ran out of air and were unable to escape from the interior of a burning dwelling. The three victims were all assigned to Engine Company 17 and had advanced the first hoseline into the house to attack an arson fire in the base- ment. When found, all three were together in one room and had exhausted their air supplies. Three other firefighters had been rescued from the same room, which caused confusion over the status of the initial attack team. http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-078.pdf https://www.iaff.org/hs/LODD_Manual/LODD%20Reports/Pittsburgh,%20PA%20-%20Brooks,%20Conroy,%20Kolenda.pdf