On September 24, 2016, a 41-year-old lieutenant and a 51-year-old senior firefighter died due to a floor collapse in a row house at a structure fire. Two other firefighters were critically injured. One of the injured firefighters, a 48-year-old female died on December 1, 2016, due to injuries sustained from the collapse and exposure to fire in the basement.
Another firefighter spent 40 days in a metropolitan hospital before being released. Two other firefighters received burns during fire ground operations and one firefighter sustained an ankle injury. All three were treated and released from the hospital on the same day. At 0256 hours, Engine 1, Engine 5, Squad 4, Ladder 2, Battalion 2, and Battalion 1 were dispatched to a report of a residential structure fire with persons trapped. Ladder 2 arrived on-scene at 0301 hours and reported heavy fire showing from the rear of the structure.