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Flores, Ernest

Date of Death:  March 22, 1987
Age: 62
Rank: Lieutenant
Assignment: Engine 22
Years in Dept:: Unknown
Cause of Death: Internal Injuries
Date of Incident: March 22, 1987
Alarm Address:  Roosevelt & Huizar


Engine Company #22 with Lt. Flores in charge responded to reports of a smell of ammonia at the L&H Packing Plant. His company was ordered to lay a line to the warehouse to spray down the ammonia gas leak. During the layout of the lines on the shoulder of the 3400 block of Roosevelt Lt. Flores lost his grip while getting on the running board and fell beneath the 13 ton truck’s wheels. He died instantly at the scene.

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