On June 17, 1972, a fire broke out at the Hotel Vendome on Commonwealth Avenue. It would be the first of four alarms required to extinguish the raging fire It took nearly three hours to stop the blaze. Firefighter Paul Murphy, along with eight other firefighters were killed without warning from a collapse during overhaul.
To my neighbor who made the ultimate sacrifice, they will not be forgotten thoughts and prayers for you and your family from mine the Pacheco‘s.
– Fred j pacheco