Brampton fire chief Andy MacDonald remembers firefighter killed in collision

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Posted January 11, 2013 11:43 pm.

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Brampton fire chief Andy MacDonald speaks about firefighter Howard Hughes who was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Caledon on Jan. 11, 2013.

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