Feds probe report of armed resident confronting firefighters
Federal authorities are investigating an anonymous report that an armed landowner confronted firefighters battling an Idaho wildfire and accused them of not properly protecting a private elk-hunting...
View ArticleFire department to take responsibility for torching house
The fire department of Taitung County’s Jhiben Township (知本) on Friday last week apologized to the owner of a house firefighters unwittingly burned down after being dispatched to help remove a wasp...
View ArticleSyracuse firefighter released from hospital after suffering second-degree...
SYRACUSE, NY-- A Syracuse firefighter suffered second-degree burns to his lower left leg, but has been released from the hospital, after a fire tore through a home on the 300 block...
View ArticlePflugerville Fire pursuing in-house ambulance services
The Pflugerville Fire Department is taking steps toward providing additional ambulance services, which fire officials say will lead to quicker response times for medical emergencies. The board of...
View ArticleLehigh County house fire spreads to second home (PHOTOS)
Firefighters in a Lehigh County borough battled blazes in two neighboring homes Monday night. The Macungie Volunteer Fire Department was...
View ArticleHundreds of millions in damage estimated in California fire
Future rebuilding efforts after the hundreds of millions of dollars in destruction caused by a wildfire burning north of San Francisco will be an opportunity to improve poor, sparsely populated Lake...
View ArticleManlius fire that damaged house may have been caused by 'external heat device'
MANLIUS, N.Y. -- Fire damaged a house early Monday in the town of Manlius and required several fire departments to bring it under control. About 12:49...
View ArticleReport details ordeal of 4 firefighters trapped by blaze
Four California firefighters were in serious trouble almost immediately after a helicopter dropped them near ground zero of what they thought would be a small blaze. The wind picked up dramatically and...
View ArticleNorth Incident (Kern County Fire Department)
(Source: Kern County Fire Department) Incident Name: North Incident Incident Time: 4:16:00 am Incident Date: 09-27-2015 Incident Location: North of Avenue A on 120th Street West Incident Type:...
View ArticleOfficials rule cause of Westview house fire accidental
The Austin Fire Department assisted the Westlake Fire Department in battling on a single-family home fire on Silent Trail. No injuries were reported. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL / AMERICAN-STATESMAN 9/29/2015...
View ArticleGibson Incident (Kern County Fire Department)
(Source: Kern County Fire Department) Incident Name: Gibson Incident Incident Time: 9:28:00 pm Incident Date: 09-29-2015 Incident Location: 4100 Block of East Drive Incident Type: Structure Fire...
View ArticleFire significantly damages Bethel Twp. home
Firefighters credit working smoke detectors for alerting a Bethel Township family to a fire in their basement early Sunday morning. Crews were dispatched to the 700 block of Free Road around 5 a.m....
View ArticlePETS KILLED, FAMILY INJURED IN VAN NUYS BLAZE (Los Angeles Fire Department)
(Source: Los Angeles Fire Department) A dog and pet bird died, and a family of four was hospitalized with burns, when fire erupted in their shared bedroom at a central San Fernando Valley home late...
View ArticleCNY lawmakers start petition drive to save FitzPatrick nuclear plant
Scriba, N.Y. -- Central New York lawmakers are trying to marshal public support to save the struggling FitzPatrick nuclear plant in...
View ArticleOswego County man charged with sodomizing child nearly 20 years ago
PALERMO, N.Y. -- For the second time in a month, an Oswego County man has been charged with committing sex crimes against a child. Douglas J. Loomis Sr., 37, of 92 ½ Lyons St.,...
View ArticleTwo firefighters injured in Cherry Hills Village house fire
The firefighters suffered minor injuries Two firefighters suffered minor injuries while battling a house fire in...
View ArticleCalgary Fire Department Responds to House Fire (City of Calgary)
(Source: City of Calgary) At approximately 2:45 this morning the Calgary Fire Department responded to Sage Bluff Link N.W. for the reports of a house fire. The first arriving crews...
View ArticleMultiple departments respond to vacant house fire in Oswego County
MEXICO, N.Y. -- More than half a dozen fire departments responded to a house fire in central Oswego County Sunday morning. The fire was called in just after 1 a.m. on county Route 58 near East Stone...
View ArticleLAFD Firefighter Falls Through Roof While Battling Sylmar Structure Fire (Los...
(Source: Los Angeles Fire Department) Los Angeles firefighters quickly extinguished a fire in a commercial building where one firefighter was injured after falling through the roof while battling the...
View ArticleFatal retirement community fire apparently was an accident
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Investigators say a fatal house fire at a southern New Jersey retirement community appears to...
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