Disaster on Second Avenue : a firefighter's perspective.
Material type: TextPublication details: [New York : Firehouse Magazine Assoc.], 1993Description: [4 p.] : illSubject(s): DDC classification:- 363.378097471 21
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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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