A plaque on 23rd Street memorializes the October 1966 fire that claimed 12 FDNY personnel. Until September 11, it was the worst loss of life in a single incident for the New York department.
The number of on-duty deaths dropped by 7 percent nationwide. New York City closed out another year without a fatality during an operation, despite responding to 23,000 blazes.
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