A Boston firefighter was fatally injured after falling from a third-floor enclosed porch during a residential structure fire in May 2026, according to a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program report.
The fire department’s investigation declared the fire an accident, saying that “lithium-ion batteries stored inside a plastic toolbox went into thermal runaway, igniting the fire.”
The firefighter was identified as Robert “Bobby” Kilduff, Jr., a 24-year veteran assigned to Rescue Company 2 and a former U.S. Marine…