Two Firefighters fall, 2 others injured in Bryan blaze

The flag outside the charred and crumbled Knights of Columbus Hall on Groesbeck Street flies at half-mast.

Bryan firefighters lowered it before they left.

Their department joined the rest of the city on Saturday in mourning the loss of two veteran firefighters who died and praying for two others who were critically injured after the roof of the 68-year-old K of C Hall collapsed as they battled a blaze on the property near downtown.

Lt. Eric Wallace, 36, a 13-year veteran of the department, was transported to St. Joseph Hospital, where he died of injuries sustained at the scene.

Lt. Greg Pickard, 54, who had been with department for 32 years, died later at a Galveston hospital, where he and two other injured firefighters had been flown.

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