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MAYDAY INCIDENTS, NEWS & TRAINING
Lost on the third floor of a warehouse with as many as 50,000 burning tires, the crew was unable to follow their tangled hose to safety
The mayday call was in effect for 35-40 seconds; they were able to get up and walk away without injury
Kevin Bell died when his SCBA ran out of air; a preliminary NIOSH report showed that one of his alarm bells was not working
The stricken firefighter was rescued by colleagues and taken to a hospital, where he was treated and later released
An officer found the firefighters a way out of where they were; the cause of the fire is being investigated
The two firefighters were uninjured; a resident also escaped the home uninjured
A state police fire marshal said the March 3 fire started when a mattress leaning against a wall fell onto a propane heater
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