12/03/2009
In Memory of the Worcester Six.
Six firefighters who died in the line
of duty on December 3, 1999 fighting the
Worcester Cold Storage building fire.
Lt. Thomas
E. Spencer - Ladder 2
FF Timothy P. Jackson - Ladder 2
FF Paul A. Brotherton - Rescue 1
FF
James F. Lyons - Engine 3
FF Jeremiah M. Lucy - Rescue 1
FF Joseph T. McGuirk - Rescue 3
The Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire
was a fire that began on December 3, 1999, in Worcester, Massachusetts. It started when two homeless and mentally disabled people, Thomas S. Levesque and Julie Ann Barnes, who were living inside
the warehouse, knocked over a candle after an argument earlier in the afternoon. Both fled without reporting the fire to emergency
services. The structure was located five blocks east of the Worcester central business district, near the Union Station train
station and adjacent to Interstate highway 290. The fire would eventually grow to five-alarm status and rage for six days
before being brought under control. Firefighting companies from the city and from neighboring towns were called to respond.
Six Worcester firefighters lost their lives in the fire.
The photos below were taken during the funeral on December
9, 1999.
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