9 firefighters killed in S.C. furniture warehouse blaze

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing its roof and killing nine firefighters inside -- the nation's deadliest single disaster for firefighters since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

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