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October 21, 2014

Video: Fireboat battles warehouse fire

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On July 28, 1993, the fireboat Commencement battled a multiple alarm warehouse fire on Dock St. in Tacoma, Wash. Several ladder trucks fought the fire from the street side although the warehouse ultimately would be a total loss.

 

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