9/11/2007 - Cumbrian firefighters pay tribute

Firefighter minute silence

Cumbrian firefighters fell silent at 11:00am today (9 November) as a mark of respect for colleagues who died tackling a warehouse blaze in Warwickshire at the weekend.

Heads bowed, the picture (JPEG) below shows Cumbria's Chief Fire Officer Dominic Harrison (foreground) leading personnel in the one minute silence outside Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service's headquarters in Cockermouth.

ENDS

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