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.
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