22 Years Since Worcester Cold Storage Fire

Worcester MA

03 December, 2021

11:22 AM

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WORCESTER, MA — Worcester is remembering one of the darkest days in the city's history. Twenty-two years ago, on December 3, 1999 six firefighters were killed in the Worcester Cold Storage fire. Lt. Thomas Spencer, Lt. Timothy Jackson Sr., Lt. James Lyons III, and firefighters Jeremiah Lucey, Paul Brotherton and Joseph McGuirk died after becoming trapped in the fire. It was determined to have been started by two homeless people. The firefighters died while looking for them inside the vacant warehouse. Read more on CBS Boston.