Wayne Brooks Jr., 49, and Augusto Acabou, 45, killed while fighting cargo ship fire in Newark, New Jersey
'Two of our best here in the city of Newark': 2 firefighters dead, 5 injured following Port Newark cargo ship fire
Brooks and Acabou made an attempt to extinguish the fire. He says because of the intense heat, the firefighters got pushed back out of the area of the initial fire.
Firefighters killed in Port Newark cargo ship blaze ID’d as veteran first-responders
Two firefighters who died fighting a blaze aboard a cargo ship Wednesday night in Port Newark were long-time Newark first-responders, city officials said.
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