10/09/2026
🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏿Thanks for your service young man. 🫡 My condolences to the family.
The Durham Fire Department and first responders across the city and North Carolin are mourning the loss of a Durham firefighter.
The firefighter was killed, and two others were injured while working a massive multi-story building fire Thursday morning.
Durham Fire has identified the firefighter as 24-year-old Andrew Brokes, who joined the department in May 2025. Brokes was assigned to Tower Company 5.
