By IVER PETERSON
Published: September 4, 2004
Source NYtimes.com

EW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 3 - The city's deputy fire chief was killed in a seemingly unremarkable house fire here early Friday morning after he roused all 15 occupants to safety.

The deputy chief, James D'Heron, 51, was the senior firefighter on duty and the first to respond when an alarm was phoned in about the fire in a two-family rental property at Lee Avenue and Suydam Street at 3:03 a.m. Friday. Chief D'Heron is believed to have reached the scene in about one minute, Mayor James M. Cahill said.

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