DALLAS

Photo: Portal of Texas History
On  July 23, 1961. Dallas fire crews contended with a major blaze at the corner of Elm and Lamar streets.

HOLLAND TUNNEL, NEW YORK

Photo: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
On Friday, May 13, 1949, a truck hauling 80 drums of a restricted chemical from Jersey City to Manhattan triggered a blaze inside the Holland Tunnel that blistered the tiled interior of the Hudson River crossing. The freak fire injured more than 60 people and led to the death three months later of a New York City Battalion Chief Gunther E. Beake, who was overcome by smoke and chemical fumes.

ODD FELLOWS, COLUMBUS, OHIO

Photo: Courtesy of the estate of Henry Frank Moler
Five members of the Columbus (Ohio) Fire Division died Feb. 19, 1936 when a wall collapsed at a fire at the Odd Fellows Temple - one of the largest losses of firefighters in Ohio history. The fire apparently started at the furnace. The building was located on the corner of High and Rich streets.