On July 22, 1985, Firefighter Mariano “Marty” Leoni, Jr., of the Evanston Fire Department died in the line of duty while searching for a month-old baby during a residential fire.
Leoni was searching for the baby on the second floor of the house when he opened the door to a burning room. Leoni was fatally burned when the influx of oxygen to the flames created a backdraft explosion. Firefighters successfully rescued the baby from another room.
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