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• Firefighter Melven Champaign was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• Firefighter Capt. Louis Mulkey was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• Firefighter Engineer Mark Kelsey was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• Firefighter Capt. Mike Benke was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• Firefighter Engineer Bradford "Brad" Baity was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• Firefighter Firefighter Brandon Thompson, was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• Firefighter Assistant Engineer Michael French was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• Firefighter Capt. William "Billy" Hutchinson was killed in a roof collapse due to massive warehouse fire in Charleston, S.C.
• June 18: A fire at a furniture warehouse in Charleston, S.C., killed nine firefighters.
• June 18: Fire rages through a furniture warehouse in Charleston, S.C.
• June 18: The charred remains of the Super Sofa Store in Charleston, S.C.
• June 18: Fire rages through a furniture warehouse in Charleston, S.C.
• Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley
• June 19: Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., addresses the media Tuesday, June 19, 2007, regarding the fire that claimed the lives of nine Charleston area firefighters at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., Monday as Charleston Chief of Police Gregory Mullen, left, looks on.
• June 19: Firefighters survey the damage at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., after putting out the fire that claimed the lives of nine Charleston area firefighters.
• June 19: A firefighter mourns in Charleston, S.C., the loss of nine firefighters who died fighting a fire which stared Monday at the Sofa Super Store.
• June 19: Two firefighters mourn the loss of nine Charleston area firefighters who died fighting a fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C. The fire began Monday evening at the furniture warehouse. Two employees were rescued.
• June 19: Firefighters survey the damage after a fire Monday swept through this furniture warehouse in Charleston, S.C., collapsing the building's roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters, authorities said.
• June 18: A firefighter walks in front of the burning Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C. Nine firefighters died fighting the fire which destroyed the store and a warehouse.
• June 18: Firefighters battle blaze at the Sofa Super Store and warehouse in Charleston, S.C., where nine firefighters died.
• June 19: A firefighter takes a break from battling a fire that destroyed the Sofa Super Store and a warehouse in Charleston, S.C. Nine firefighters died fighting the blaze.
• June 18: Charleston Fire Department battalion chief Ricky Shriver, right, closes his eyes while Mayor Joe Riley talks to media about missing firefighters after a fire that destroyed the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C.
• June 19: Firefighters from Charleston, S.C., embrace in front of the rubble of the Sofa Super Store, in Charleston, S.C., after a fire in the store claimed the lives of nine firefighters.
• June 19: Firefighters drape a flag over the sign to the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., after a fire in the store claimed the lives of nine firefighters.
• June 19: Mourners carry flowers Tuesday, June 19, 2007, to the site of the fire at the Sofa Super Store that claimed the lives of nine Charleston area firefighters in Charleston, S.C.
• June 19: Mourners gather near a memorial in front of the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., after a fire claimed the lives of nine firefighters. Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing its roof and killing nine firefighters inside in a disaster the mayor described Tuesday as "difficult to fathom or quantify."