ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- It has been almost a week since the devastating fire on Twiller Street took the lives of five people in Albany. Investigators are still working to determine what caused it. Those five deaths make it the deadliest fire the city has seen in more than 60 years. As the investigation continues, NEWS10’s Amber Fisher looked back at Albany’s long history with fire — and visited a local museum that keeps the stories and the lessons of those tragedies alive.

The Twiller Street Fire is a heartbreaking reminder of how quickly tragedy can strike. Fire historian and director of the Albany Firefighters Museum said that Albany hasn’t seen a fire this deadly in about 60 years. In 1966, five children were killed in a house fire on 2nd Street in Albany. About 15 years earlier in 19

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