Those killed are identified as Dr . On its Twitter page , Boston Emergency Medical Services said that it had transported 18 patients to area hospitals from the Beacon Street blaze . Edward Kennedy and Firefighter Michael Sullivan . ` ` We lost two heroes here today , '' The Boston Globe . More than a dozen other firefighters are hurt . It appears to have happened in the basement of a brownstone .
Those killed are identified as Dr . Edward Kennedy and Firefighter Michael Sullivan . ` ` We lost two heroes here today , '' The Boston Globe . More than a dozen other firefighters are hurt . It appears to have happened in the basement of a brownstone .