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SUMMARY:Father’s Day Fire \, NYC (2001)
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DESCRIPTION:June 17\,  2001\nFather’s Day Fire \, NYC\nFor almost 80 yea
 rs\, the Long Island General Supply store has been a fixture in the Long I
 sland City section of Queens serving local contractors and residents with 
 all of their hardware needs. Unfortunately\, that included propane tanks a
 nd other flammable liquids.\nFather's Day\, Sunday\, June 17\, 2001. The r
 elative calm was broken at 2:19PM with a phone call to the Queens central 
 office reporting a fire at 12-22 Astoria Blvd. Units arrived within 5 minu
 tes and gave the signal for a working fire. Fire fighters were making good
  progress but at 2:48PM something went terribly wrong.\nWitnesses on the s
 cene report hearing a small explosion followed by a huge blast. The shock 
 wave from the blast blew down every fire fighter on the street and knocked
  down the exposure 1 wall onto the sidewalk\, right on top of fire fighter
 s venting the building.\nAs members started sifting through the rubble\, t
 he chief ordered a second alarm followed almost immediately by a fourth al
 arm when a radio transmission was received from FF Brian Fahey from Rescue
  4. He was in the basement under tons of collapsed material.\n"I'm trapped
  in the basement by the stairs. Come get me." This was a battle cry to eve
 ryone on the scene. Every capable member frantically began removing debris
  to try and get to Brian and the others. The chief ordered more help. Nume
 rous special calls were made.\nThere were 144 pieces of apparatus at the s
 cene: 46 engines\, 33 ladders\, 16 battalion chiefs\, 2 deputy chiefs\, al
 l 5 rescues\, 7 squads\, and many more. In fact\, with the exception of th
 e fire boats\, the JFK hose wagon\, the Decon unit\, and the thawing units
 \, every type of special unit was at the scene.\nEven with the vast resour
 ces of the Department\, the task took several hours. The members that were
  on the sidewalk were quickly recovered. Fire fighters Harry Ford (R4) and
  John Downing (L163) were removed in traumatic arrest and brought to Elmhu
 rst Hospital. They were buried too long\, their injuries too severe. Alas\
 , there was nothing doctors could do.\nBack at the scene members still wer
 e trying to get to Brian while others were trying to put out the smoky fir
 e. The battle went through the afternoon and into the evening. The fire wa
 s being fueled by some of the flammables in the building. After about 4 ho
 urs they finally reached the basement\, but again\, it was too late. A gla
 ssy eyed Mayor Giuliani said\, "I can't think of a more tragic Father's Da
 y."\nThousands of fire fighters from all over North America showed up at t
 he funerals while fire marshals scoured the building looking for an explan
 ation. What exactly exploded? And what was the trigger event?\nIn time the
  truth came out. Two local kids were in the rear yard of the building when
  unbeknownst to them they knocked over a can of gasoline. The gasoline ran
  under the rear door\, into the basement eventually finding the water heat
 er. When the water heater kicked in\, it ignited the gasoline. As fire fig
 hters began working in the building the fire caused the explosion of a lar
 ge propane tank illegally stored in the basement. The resulting blast leve
 led the building and caused what will be forever known as the worst Father
 's Day in FDNY's history.\n\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200
 123.html\n\n
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