Special Challenges in Deutsch Bank Fire

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Skyscrapers present unique challenges and risks for firefighters. Saturday's seven-alarm blaze at the former Deutsch Bank building was particularly challenging: It is a hazardous materials cleanup site and one without a functioning water system. These and other complications may have led to the deaths of two firefighters. WNYC’s Morning Edition talks to Glen Corbett, Professor of Fire Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about how all this might have happened.

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