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Son of Fallen Buffalo Firefighter Joins the Ranks

Nick's father, Michael Catanzaro was on Ladder 5, the night of the 1983 Division Street blast.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Who could forget the enormous propane blast, two days after Christmas in 1983? The explosion of a 500-pound illegal propane tank, and the resulting inferno, left a scar on Division Street in Buffalo and a hole in the Catanzaro family. Now, almost 30 years after Buffalo Firefighter Michael "Mickey" Catanzaro died in that explosion, his youngest son is beginning his own career with the department.