Fatal Incident
Hunt County commissioners voted to discontinue coverage for unincorporated areas outside Quinlan, citing incidents including a March 2025 fire that killed three people
Columbus Division of Fire Chief Jeff Happ submitted his retirement notice after an independent investigation found alleged supervisory and conduct violations
Los Angeles Fire Chief Jaime Moore acknowledged that the department’s after-action report on the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire was edited to reduce criticism of LAFD leadership
Families of wildfire victims say trauma, illness and suicide followed the Palisades Fire, filing lawsuits that name Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and other agencies as responsible
Fueled by predicted 90 mph Santa Ana wind gusts, the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted hours apart on Jan. 7, 2025, burning 59 square miles, killing 31 people and destroying 16,246 structures
State data show 44 people died in 30 fires last year, down from 2024
A blaze tore through Le Constellation in Crans-Montana just after midnight Jan. 1, injuring about 115 people as investigators work to identify victims
A midair collision between two helicopters near Hammonton Municipal Airport prompted a large emergency response
FDNY officials say a sharp rise in fire fatalities among New Yorkers age 65 and older is “very concerning,” with seniors accounting for nearly two-thirds of the city’s fire deaths so far this year
Construction crews began removing collapsed walls and roofing Wednesday at Bristol Health & Rehab Center to aid investigators after Tuesday’s explosion
A two-alarm fire in an 11-story senior housing building in Bayonne left one woman dead and sent eight police officers and three residents to the hospital
A Bloom Township resident died after a carbon monoxide incident that also sent three civilians and seven firefighters to hospitals
A crash in Boyne City killed one person and led to the suspension of a firefighter who was driving a personal vehicle to a call
An overnight fire tore through a Porterville home as firefighters attempted rescues
“For person after person, it was the firefighters over and over again trying to be helpful in some way,” Second Assistant Chief Rob Sibley recalls of members’ support for the community
Summarizing the lessons learned from two investigations
92 children and 3 nuns were killed in the 1958 school fire where so many previously learned lessons had gone unheeded
A five-alarm fire swept through a Tai Po housing complex, racing along bamboo scaffolding and trapping elderly residents
Firefighters spent hours digging out two trapped workers after a trench collapsed near Yarmouth’s Parker’s River Beach
The fast-moving Cocoanut Grove fire killed nearly 500 and changed fire safety and burn treatment as we know it
NTSB says airport video shows the left engine falling off during takeoff from UPS Worldport
A UPS cargo plane bound for Honolulu crashed and exploded after takeoff in Louisville, killing at least seven and injuring 11
A fire chief, police officer and race volunteer were killed in two seperate incidents at the Hartshorne H-Town Throwdown
Paterson firefighters arrived within minutes at a wind-fueled blaze and found two adults and three children trapped on the second floor
Neighbors described the Queens woman as kind but fiercely independent, living alone for decades in a cluttered house with numerous cats
The Reading fire marshal said there was evidence that the victim was residing in the storage unit
Mansfield Deputy Chief Kevin Danielson rushed in without an air pack to pull three people from a burning home
An internal review calls the Fall River five-alarm fire that killed 10 “one of the most complex” in department history, citing 53 rescues and recommending code changes for high-risk sites
The Finance Committee advanced an $8M payout in the ambulance restraint death and $7.5M to the family of pastors killed during a police chase
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