11.   In June, when three firefighters from Queens died in a hardware store fire, men from their companies were selected to be pallbearers, according to tradition.

12.   In that case, the firefighters died when a fireball engulfed them as they entered the narrow hallway of the burning Brooklyn building.

13.   In Southern California, a firefighter recently died from the condition while fighting a fire in the woods, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Dennis Childress said.

14.   In the July issue of Esquire, the cover article was about the Worcester, Mass., warehouse fire last December in which six firefighters died.

15.   Investigators may never find out who turned off the sprinkler system in a Brooklyn high-rise building where three firefighters died in a fire last month.

16.   Massachusetts Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said the Worcester fire, in which six firefighters died, led to a renewed emphasis on firefighter safety and survival.

17.   More firefighters die on the job of heart attacks than of burns and smoke inhalation.

18.   Six firefighters died in the blaze, a fire so intense it burned for a week before finally going cold.

19.   Six firefighters died battling the blaze, and Barnes and Levesque were each charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths.

20.   The four firefighters died when the floor they were standing on collapsed.