Remains of six, including four firefighters, found at WTC site overnight

Saturday, March 23rd 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(NEW YORK) - Remains of at least six people, including four firefighters, were removed from the debris at the World Trade Center site Friday night and early Saturday, officials said.

The remains were found in a section of the rubble from the south tower that is now being excavated. The 110-story tower was the second hit and the first to collapse.

None of the victims was immediately identified, said Fire Department spokesman Robert Calise.

The firefighters were among 343 from the department missing in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The remains of about 160 have been recovered and identified.

Earlier in the week, recovery workers retrieved remains of as many as 11 firefighters from rubble of the south tower, including one of the department's highest-ranking victims of the attack, Assistant Chief Donald Burns. Burns had been setting up a command post when the tower collapsed.