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Philadelphia Fire Department Honors Fallen Firefighters

Neary and Sweeney died battling a warehouse

PHILADELPHIA (MyFoxPhilly) - Members of the Philadelphia Fire Department Families Association spent Tuesday honoring two firefighters who died in the line of duty while battling an April fire.

Firefighters Lt. Robert Neary and Daniel Sweeney died battling a warehouse fire in Kensington.

On Tuesday, the families of both firefighters were part of a memorial service at the Philadelphia Fire Training Academy.

The abandoned warehouse fire was considered a 5-alarm fire.