June 30, 2024
Mike Fratello was one of the Port Chester firefighters on hand for the June 30 ceremony. He was 14 on that date 50 years ago, but he remembers it well.
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The Gulliver’s fire
Two communities remember a tragedy five decades later
The Gulliver’s nightclub fire of June 30, 1974 is ingrained in the psyche of most Port Chester residents who were alive at least 50 years ago, and particularly anyone related to the Port Chester Fire Department. For every volunteer firefighter celebrating 50 or more years with the department, it is the incident they recall most vividly and horrifically so many years later.
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