Recent Anniversaries of LODDs
Aug. 4, 1949: 13 firefighters were killed in a wildfire at Mann Gulch, Montana
Roseburg, Oregon - 18 Fire Fighters lost their lives on August 7, 1959 when a truck loaded with fertilizer exploded as they were attacking a fire at a truck shop.
I didn't want to let the dates get lost while I was on a recent vacation.
Often we focus on the bigger events of 9/11 and other headline grabbing events like that. The events that happen in wildfires and single incidents that claim the lives of firefighters are overlooked and that is the true tragedy.
Roseburg, Oregon - 18 Fire Fighters lost their lives on August 7, 1959 when a truck loaded with fertilizer exploded as they were attacking a fire at a truck shop.
I didn't want to let the dates get lost while I was on a recent vacation.
Often we focus on the bigger events of 9/11 and other headline grabbing events like that. The events that happen in wildfires and single incidents that claim the lives of firefighters are overlooked and that is the true tragedy.
posted by South West Virginia Fire Investigators Association at 4:50 PM
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