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Thomas C. Blair Jr. (1925–2003) was a Camden firefighter who was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on December 30, 1950, rose from fireman to captain and then Battalion Chief in December 1969, and retired on February 1, 1981.
Eighteenth Street runs from River Avenue north to just beyond Harrison Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey. Originally called Dayton Avenue, it was renamed shortly after the 1900 Census.
Four children of Mrs. Geraldine Binder died in a 20-minute fire at 433 Garden Avenue in East Camden; Battalion Chief Thomas Blair said all four appeared to have died of smoke inhalation and that the blaze likely started near the living room couch.