Feds Issue Final Report On Fallen-Firefighter Blaze
by | May 27, 2025 4:07 pm | Comments (17)
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Chief Alston: "Four years is a long time to wait for a report like this."
Fallen firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr.
Four years after city firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr. died while responding to an early-morning house fire on Valley Street, federal investigators have released a 33-page report detailing the scene — including that a bookcase blocked the building’s front door, Torres got separated from his colleagues, and an officer who called for help wound up needing to be rescued himself.
The report also issued a spate of recommendations, around Mayday training and preserving “crew integrity,” to help prevent another such tragedy from happening again.
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