Mayor Goodwin Marks the Anniversary of the Woolworth Fire

Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin joined the Charleston Fire Department and Charleston West Virginia Firefighters Local 317 to commemorate the anniversary of the Woolworth Building fire. The anniversary of the fire was March 4 and the mayor held a moment of silence, bell ringing and wreath laying to honor the seven firefighters who lost their lives protecting Charleston in 1949. The Woolworth Fire is the largest loss of life for the Charleston Fire Department, and at least 15 others were injured. Woolworth’s is located on the corner of Quarrier and Capitol streets, and the names of the seven firemen were memorialized on a bronze marker that still hangs on the building at that location.