December 22

21 Chicago firefighters, including the chief, died when a building collapsed

as they were fighting a huge blaze at the Union Stock Yards. By the time

the fire was extinguished 26 hours after the first alarm, 50 engine

companies and seven hook and ladder companies had been called to the scene.

Until Sept. 11, 2001, it was the deadliest building collapse in American

history in terms of firefighter fatalities - 1910

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