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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/pages/697-Constantinople-Firemen/
I checked some early photos, all the way to 1910 or so, and indeed the firemen in Constantinople were generally barefoot. It seems not an occupation well suited to bare feet!
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