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Houston Fire Kills Four Firefighters

May 31, 20130
Cody Duty / The Houston Chronicle / AP

Firefighters battle a fire at the Southwest Inn, May 31, 2013, in Houston

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A five-alarm blaze that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in southwest Houston on Friday has claimed the lives of four firefighters and injured five others, according to the mayor’s office.

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Why don't people drive around with support ribbons for fire fighters?  Their work is statistically much more dangerous than being in the armed forces.  I guess it lacks the political "fighting for our freedoms" jingoism.