According to the website Houstonfirememorial.org, a total of 64 firefighters have died in the line of duty since since 1895, and no more than two firefighters have been killed during the same fire until now.
The identities of Friday's fallen firefighters have not yet been released. Below is a list of other firefighters who had died in the line of duty:
Thomas "Bill" Dillion
March 14, 2012
Cohnway Mathew Johnson
May 4, 2009
James Arthur Harlow
April 12, 2009
Damion Jon Hobbs
April 12, 2009
Grady Don Burke
February 19, 2005
Kevin Wayne Kulow
April 4, 2004
Jay Paul Jahnke
October 13, 2001
Kimberly Ann Smith
February 14, 2000
Lewis Evans Mayo III
February 14, 2000
Steven Clyde Mayfield
December 2, 1998
Ruben Lopez
December 4, 1996
Robert Reyes
December 1, 1984
Lonnie Louzette Franklin
January 4, 1983
Thomas Norwood Cooper
September 23, 1982
Jackie Dunham Ludwick
February 4, 1977
Lewis "Moe" Washington Richardson
February 3, 1973
Truxton Joseph Hathaway Jr.
October 19, 1971
James Louis Walls
May 3, 1971
Steve Charlie Baranowski
February 3, 1969
Claude Jackson Hopkins
June 30, 1962
Doninic "Don" J. Contorno
May 21, 1962
Charles Alponse Jedlicka
November 17, 1959
D. H. Chandler
November 9, 1959
Willis Neal McWhorter
November 6, 1959
William Henry Kersten
December 18, 1954
Delbert Harvey Sherfy
October 31, 1954
Woodrow Wilson Erwin
February 24, 1954
Frank Catino
January 7, 1954
Joseph "Joe" James Solito
July 29, 1953
Fidel Chabolla
July 29, 1953
Charley Albert Middlekauf
March 10, 1953
Rufus "Bullock" John Templet
March 12, 1951
Joseph "Bull" Earl Connor
January 31, 1951
Robert "Bobby" Weir Milburn
April 14, 1949
Vernon John Dorsett
January 21, 1949
John "Red" Benjamin Adams
March 7, 1948
James Edward Lowth
March 31, 1947
Horrace Oscar Gassoway
August 6, 1941
"Molly" Walker
July 1, 1940
Alford Henry Schutze
August 21, 1938
Esker Jackson Rogers
August 22, 1934
Charles Roland Rusk
June 8, 1932
Michael J. Ward
December 21, 1929
Aaron Layola O'Brien
Decmeber 20, 1929
John Sellis Little Sr.
July, 11, 1929
Harry L. "Red" Oxford
July 3, 1929
Edgar H. Grant
July 2, 1929
Rudolph "Rudy" L. Hendicks
June 22, 1929
James "Mag" M. Smith
February 9, 1929
Claude W. Edmonds
August 19, 1926
George L. Bishop
March 1, 1926
Harold A. Denny
May 1, 1924
John "Bob" A. Boyd
August 4, 1923
Harry Dodd
July 26, 1923
H. A. "Ace" Harris
February 14, 1921
Robert Rutherford Glass
December 1, 1913
Patrick O'Hare
September 21, 1913
Clifford A. Wiese
July 14, 1913
Herman J. "Dutch" Wagner
May 25, 1912
Thomas Andrew O'Leary
December 24, 1908
Barney C. Moffatt
April 26, 1908
Clifford W. Johnson
Junr 13, 1902
Frank W. Medlenka
November 23, 1901
Emil "Ed" Thompson
April 27, 1899
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