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Reports indicate that the personnel and equipment resources initially mobilized to battle the blaze were inadequate to the task, allowing the fire to grow and overtake the firefighters.
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. The loss of Newark firefighters Augusto Acabou (45) and Wayne Brooks Jr., (49) on board the Grimaldi Lines container/roll-on roll-off ship MV Grande Costa d’Avorio.