<p><br /> Tributes have been paid to two "valiant" firefighters killed in a tower block blaze.<br /> </p><p><br /> James Shears, 35, and Alan Bannon, 38, died after a fire at Shirley Towers in Church Street, Southampton, went "completely out of control", according to neighbours.<br /> </p><p><br /> Hampshire Chief Fire Officer John Bonney told a press conference the officers had been "valiant" in "extremely difficult circumstances".<br /> </p><p><br /> The blaze will revive memories of the horrors of last July when more than 100 firefighters tackled a raging fire in Lakanal House tower block in Camberwell, south London.<br /> </p>
