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SC Blaze Kills 9 Firefighters

Roof of Charleston furniture store collapses

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 19, 2007 8:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – Nine firefighters died last night when the roof of a burning furniture store in Charleston, SC, collapsed in what one onlooker described as a "30-foot tornado of flames." The mayor said no city firefighter had died on the job in his 30 years... Read full story »

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