Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200374270 - Fire Department Employees Die of Smoke Inhalation

Accident Summary Nr: 200374270 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/18/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310966023	06/19/2007	9199	921190	City Of Charleston Fire Department

Abstract: On June 18, 2007, Employees #1 - #9 of the City of Charleston Fire Department were engaged in interior structural firefighting in a furniture store at Sofa Super Store, 1807 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC. The store had been converted from a 1960s era grocery store with a metal truss roof system. The fire and smoke spread rapidly, and they became lost and separated from their hoses. With air in air-packing running out, they could not find their way out. They died of smoke inhalation.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, SMOKE INHALATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
2	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
3	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
4	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
5	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
6	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
7	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
8	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
9	310966023	Fatality	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations

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