Police, firefighters and medics responded to a call after a wooden stage gave way at a high school. It sent 25 students to the hospital, some with broken bones but most with minor injuries like bruises and scrapes. (Image KTLA)
Forty-six years after the fire, firefighter Fildes can't remember if he spotted little Patrick in the smoke and fire or heard his cries. But something led the firefighter to the 4-year-old child. (Image The Buffalo News)
Firefighters struggle to contain a warehouse fire in Svedala, Sweden. The fire, raging for three days, melted 38,000 tons of sugar. (AP Photo/Johan Nilsson)
Three firefighters were hurt and taken to the hospital when they slipped and fell on ice that formed at the scene due to temperatures that dropped as low as 10 degrees overnight. (Image ABC7)
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"Makes it hard to fight those multi-story building fires doesn't it? What else hasn't been inspected? I agree with Walter M. Holden. Wake up people, your safety is important. This is all a matter of life and death."
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