Disaster on Second Avenue : a firefighter's perspective.

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Noonan, Dan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [New York : Firehouse Magazine Assoc.], 1993Description: [4 p.] : illSubject(s):

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363.378097471 21

Subject: In Febraury 1975, a fire broke out at the New York Telephone Company's Main Switching Center on Second Avenue. The fire began in a sub-basement vault and spread via the telephone cable runs in the building, releasing vast amounts of thick, toxic smoke from burning insulation materials. The fire required over 700 firefighters from 72 units, working for more than 17 hours to bring under control. 239 firefighters were injured through inhalation of toxic smoke

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Reprinted from : Firehouse; October 1993; p. 26-9

In Febraury 1975, a fire broke out at the New York Telephone Company's Main Switching Center on Second Avenue. The fire began in a sub-basement vault and spread via the telephone cable runs in the building, releasing vast amounts of thick, toxic smoke from burning insulation materials. The fire required over 700 firefighters from 72 units, working for more than 17 hours to bring under control. 239 firefighters were injured through inhalation of toxic smoke

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