50th Anniversary of Worcester's Deadliest Fire - Part 2

It's Sunday, July 15, 1973.

At around 3 p.m., the body of 56-year-old John Lund is pulled from under the rubble. 

John marks the tenth victim from a July 11 fire that destroyed the five-story rooming house at 728 Main Street. It took demolition workmen more than 72 hours to recover John's body from the debris.

The fire was Worcester's deadliest in its history. And officials believed from the start that it was arson. The fire was purposefully set on the rear second floor porch. 

When the smoke cleared and all of the building's tenants were accounted for, the investigation into who set the fire was underway and the City of Worcester started taking safety measures in hopes something like this tragedy would never happen again.

50 years later, and Worcester's most notorious arson case remains unsolved.