Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths

False Ceiling Hid Flames in Canada LODDs

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Kevin Swayze, Mercury news servicesGuelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada)

They likely thought the fire in the ceiling was small and under control.

Then it killed them.

North Perth firefighters Ray Walter, 30, and Ken Rea, 56, had a few seconds' warning that the roof above their heads was engulfed in hidden flames ready to fall on them March 17, 2011. Other firefighters saw the flames and got out, but they didn't have time.

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