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Firefighters Mark 35th Anniversary Of Deadly Waldbaums Fire In Brooklyn
By: Vivian Lee
Firefighters and their families gathered in the Midwood section of Brooklyn today for a special Mass to mark the 35th anniversary of a fire at a Waldbaums supermarket in the area that killed six firemen.
On August 2, 1978, a five-alarm fire tore through a grocery store on Ocean Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, causing the structure's roof to collapse, killing the six firemen who fell through.
Officials say the store's secondary, ornamental ceiling had concealed the seriousness of the fire.
The six fatalities were Lieutenant James Cutillo of Battalion 33, Harold F. Hastings of Battalion 42, Charles Bouton and William O'Connor of Ladder Company 156 and James McManus and George Rice of Ladder Company 153.
Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/186555/firefighters-mark-35th-anniversary-of-deadly-waldbaums-fire-in-brooklyn