Fire 27 Worcester Fire

Question 1

When and where did the Worcester fire take place?

Answer 1

1999 in Worcester, Massachusetts

Question 2

How many firefighters died at the Worcester Cold storage fire? 

Answer 2

Six

Question 3

What were the six firefighters assigned during the Worcester cold storage fire?

Answer 3

Search and rescue and they became disoriented and lost

Question 4

What type of building was the Worcester cold storage fire building?

Answer 4

Six Story building with no windows. Became a refuge for homeless people seeking shelter.

Question 5

What were the key factors of the building that contributed to the Worcester cold storage fire?

Answer 5

Heavy timber, construction, terminated utilities, including the abandoned sprinkler system, open elevator shafts

Question 6

How did the fire start at the Worcester cold storage fire?

Answer 6

Unlawful vagrants started this fire

Question 7

How long after the fire was started before a 911 call was made

Answer 7

90 minutes 

Question 8

At the Worcester cold storage FIRE), how was search and rescue performed

Answer 8

One crew started from the ground floor and one crew started from the top and worked towards each other

Question 9

What catastrophic event took place at the Worcester cold storage fire 

Answer 9

A catastrophic collapse of the interior D side structure

Question 10

At the Worcester cold storage fire where did the fire originate?

Answer 10

On the second floor