'This is the ultimate, ultimate sacrifice of the fire service, to lose a brother or sister of this profession,' Newark Fire Chief Rufus Jackson said. csloantv reports.
Acabou, 45, and Brooks, 49, lost their lives after getting trapped inside.
"There was a mayday. We had one of our brothers was lost within the fire. We had the brave men and women of the Newark Fire Department make the ultimate sacrifice to bring this individual out, and made multiple efforts under extreme conditions, extreme heat," Jackson said."They were able to bring Firefighter Acabou out. Then, we had another mayday, which was Firefighter Wayne Brooks.
Jackson said it was a difficult fire to fight, in part because crews may not have been trained properly to handle the uniqueness of the vessel. The company that operates the ship, the Grimaldi group, said there were no electric cars or any hazardous material on board. said the state is in mourning. Chopper 2 is checking out stories and traffic around the area, including the scene of a deadly fire on board a cargo ship in Port Newark. Watch live team coverage on CBS News New York: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live/Earlier Thursday morning, a procession for the firefighters traveled from the port to a nearby hospital, as condolences poured in from across the state.
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