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.
AP PHOTO ALEXANDER FOX Firefighters get ready to extinguish a fire as smoke is seen coming from the warehouse Monday.
AP PHOTO ALICE KEENEY Firefighters survey the damage after putting out the fire.
AP PHOTO ALICE KEENEY A firefighter takes a moment after helping to put out the Charleston fire.
AP PHOTO STEPHEN MORTON Firefighters from Charleston, S.C., and surrounding areas, take a break in the rubble of the Sofa Super Store Tuesday.
AP PHOTO ALICE KEENEY Two Charleston area firefighters mourn the loss of nine firefighters who died.
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.
AP PHOTO/THE POST AND COURIER, LEROY BURNELL
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