TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Tucson City Council just voted to help firefighters battling job-related cancer.

Dozens of firefighters from Tucson and beyond urged the city council Tuesday, September 9, to allow adenocarcinoma to be labeled as a presumptive cancer – and city councilors made it happen, setting a precedent for the state.

It’s a fight that’s been going on for more than a year and a half, with two Tucson firefighters’ claims being rejected by the city’s insurance due to some grey area surrounding adenocarcinoma being a presumptive cancer.

However, Dan Freiberg, President of the Professional Firefighters of Arizona, said the state law and the Industrial Commission of Arizona have confirmed it to be one.

“The science says that firefighters are much more likely to get these ty

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