4 FirefightersKilled, 5 Injured in Houston Hotel Fire: KPRC

[Stuart G]

Source: NBCDFW.com, MSNBC

By Frank Heinz

| Friday, May 31, 2013 | Updated 4:38 PM CDT

Four Houston firefighters have died and another five were injured battling a massive hotel fire on the city's southwest side Friday afternoon, KPRC reports.

During a news conference in Houston Friday afternoon, a public official would only confirm that four people had been killed in the fire, though she wouldn't say if they were firefighters or civilians.

At about 4:30 p.m., KPRC in Houston and the Houston police confirm that the four killed were firefighters and that an additional five firefighters had been injured. The severity of their injuries are not yet known


Read more: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Massive-Fire-Burns-Houston-Hotel-209690031.html

[Skittles]

1. I was just telling someone yesterday

after seeing footage of the bricks falling on a fireman - you could not pay me seven figures to do that job

[Occulus]

6. It's way, way more dangerous than being a cop

and you never ever hear about firefighters killing the people they're supposed to be protecting.

I wonder why that is...

[Marrah_G]

2. That's horrible...

[onehandle]

3. Cut their benefits! Kill their Unions!

Hit them while they are down, GOPNRAteahadists.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Amazing, isn't it?

But even more amazing -- and worse -- is that the "people" with those attitudes haven't suffered at the hands of the rest of us.

[Brigid]

5. Overpaid union thugs at work.

Since this is apparently traditonal when a firefighter is killed in line of duty.

And for the families.

[Arctic Dave]

7. Times 4

[freshwest]

8. This is a bad year for first responders. Very sorry to hear about this.