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 AP PHOTO ALEXANDER FOX A firefighter walks past the burning shops in Charleston, S.C., Monday. 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 terror attacks.

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 AP PHOTO ALEXANDER FOX Firefighters get ready to extinguish a fire as smoke is seen coming from the warehouse Monday.

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 AP PHOTO ALICE KEENEY Firefighters survey the damage after putting out the fire.

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 AP PHOTO ALICE KEENEY A firefighter takes a moment after helping to put out the Charleston fire.

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 AP PHOTO STEPHEN MORTON Firefighters from Charleston, S.C., and surrounding areas, take a break in the rubble of the Sofa Super Store Tuesday.

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 AP PHOTO ALICE KEENEY Two Charleston area firefighters mourn the loss of nine firefighters who died.

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 AP PHOTO STEPHEN MORTON A firefighter from Charleston, S.C., kneels at a memorial in front of the rubble of the Sofa Super Store, Tuesday. |
 AP PHOTO STEPHEN MORTON Firefighters embrace in front of the rubble of the Sofa Super Store.

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