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Published • Oakland Park, United States • Updated

Hazards go beyond flames when a house burns: The toxic waste that kills firefighters and contaminates our homes

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With 70 items from dead firefighters strapped to his backpack, firefighter Thomas “Bull” Hill trekked from Key West to Tallahassee on foot in 2018. When he passed through Oakland Park, fire rescue captain Dan Debrecht shook his hand and thanked him for what he was doing to raise awareness for firefighters with cancer. But there was something that Debrecht didn’t know — in just a few months, he would be diagnosed with brain cancer. “When I told h…

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Hazards go beyond flames when a house burns: The toxic waste that kills firefighters and contaminates our homes

With 70 items from dead firefighters strapped to his backpack, firefighter Thomas “Bull” Hill trekked from Key West to Tallahassee on foot in 2018. When he passed through Oakland Park, fire rescue captain Dan Debrecht shook his hand and thanked him for what he was doing to raise awareness for firefighters with cancer. But there was something that Debrecht didn’t know — in just a few months, he would be diagnosed with brain cancer. “When I told h…

·Deerfield Beach, United States
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'I watched my house burn - the images will never go away'

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Sun-Sentinel broke the news in Deerfield Beach, United States on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
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