WORCESTER, Mass. —

Wednesday marks 26 years since six Worcester, Massachusetts, firefighters died battling a blaze in a vacant warehouse.

The fallen firefighters known as the "Worcester 6" — Lt. Thomas Spencer, Lt. James Lyons, Firefighter Timothy Jackson, Firefighter Paul Brotherton, Firefighter Jeremiah Lucey and Firefighter Joseph McGuirk — lost their lives looking for homeless people believed to be inside the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. building on Dec. 3, 1999.

The site of the former Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse building is now home to the Franklin Street Fire Station. The station officially opened on Nov. 19, 2008.

Also born out of the tragedy was the Leary Firefighter Foundation. Actor-Comedian Dennis Leary, a Worcester native and a cousin of Jeremiah Lucy,

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