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The Irmo Fire District confirmed funeral plans for a firefighter who died Friday in the line of duty.

The man accused of starting the fires had walked onto the interstate, and as firefighters tried to remove him from the roadway, he became agitated and stabbed the firefighter, an Austin Fire Department official said.

Than any of us can bear, ultimately. [bagpipes playing] ♪ theres no question that we lost police officers and firefighters. we dont know how many was lost. - i can tell you when it came to, and when still comes to our cops and firefighters, its very personal for him. he had five uncles that were cops and an uncle who was a firefighter growing up. so i mean, he had dinners every single night with men who put the uniform on, who put the badges on to protect our city. i think at many of those fun...

- and first tower had just fallen. i was in the fire department for 32 years. my son jimmy was a firefighter and 29 years old. and i saw my son in the lobby of the world trade center. i saw the chief send him up. who knows if they run up to their death. tears you apart, youre like, "dont go up those stairs. dont go up those stairs. dont go." cause you know whats gonna happen. he did his job, and he died a hero. - all that we know right now is the two airplanes struck the two large towers of the ...

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Those local officials,ffic includinialsg seattles ownrity fire chiefs, say they want more women and minority firefighter, and they believeis the best way to do that is byat testing candidates amorphous qualities of character rather than tangible competencies. erso good luck, seattle.w on from now on , seattles best will only refer to mediocre coffee. >> yeah, well, cat, doyou you think women have been heldr back from these fire fighting positions or do you think certaitypes ofn types of people f...

The fire broke out just before 2 a.m. at Rey's Place, the building that used to house Plantation Grindz and Dairy Queen.

“He fearlessly put himself in harm’s way to protect the lives and property of others,” said Irmo Mayor Barry Walker.