Fatal Fires
The Billings Fire Prevention Bureau experienced two fatal fires involving nasal cannulas and oxygen
A Milwaukee firefighter suffered burns to nearly 25% of his body during rescues at a well-involved house fire
After losing their partners in separate fires, Celeste Flynn, Clara Fenelon and Sara Laird are working together to prevent future firefighter fatalities
Lawsuit
Suit claims victims’s rights were violated by unsafe conditions in public housing rowhome where 12 people died
The Wakefield neighborhood fire comes two days after a Staten Island fire claimed a 7-year-old girl
Officials said one of the seven people rescued during a house fire in St. Paul has died.
The victims in the Somers fire were ages 5, 6, 8 and 12
The FDNY faced three fatal fires, two just blocks apart from each other, as the year came to a close
After two people died in an illegal attic apartment fire, records show the New Britain landlord had been uncooperative
Sharlene Rabang is the 100th victim of the deadly Lahaina wildfire
First responders from 10 departments responded to multiple calls for a house fire in Melvile
Hermosa Beach neighborhood shocked after a domestic dispute turned deadly
New Britain firefighters faced a top-floor fire and an injured person who had jumped to escape the flames
The ATF has joined authorities in Bullhead City in the investigation of the fire that killed five children
The Bullhead fire victims’ ages range from 13 to 2
Firefighters in Orange were able to rescue a woman inside but she succumbed to her injuries
Firefighters believe a lighter was near the tree inside the Winston-Salem trailer
Atlanta firefighters faced three structure fires in the early morning hours
The hearings will focus, in part, on the initial actions by the ship’s crew and the response to the fire by Newark and other local land-based fire departments
The fire service must get ahead of the lithium-ion battery threat before more lives are lost due to lack of education and response training
92 children and 3 nuns were killed in the 1958 school fire where so many previously learned lessons had gone unheeded
Dispatch
The union for Wichita firefighters claims dispatchers did not relay information about where the victim was trapped
False reports of fires, acts of violence and hoarding plagued a home in Hebron
Three Maui County departments failed to meet deadlines for providing information from the Aug. 8 wildfires that killed 100, left 7, 500 homeless
Explosion
Crews from eight fire departments responded to the explosion in Hillsboro
Two workers were killed in the massive SouthPark construction site fire in Charlotte in May
Officials are proposing the creation of a special joint task force to consider legislative and other changes in response to the deadly fire at Port Newark
Investigators believe a clothes dryer left on overnight is the cause of the fatal Elbert County fire
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh says Brooklyn fire is the 17th fatal fire due to lithium-ion batteries
Beneficiaries will receive payments as early as April to June of next year
Firefighters faced a basement fire that had extended to all floors and the occupied exposures
Wildfire survivors have different paths of recovery after blaze destroyed the town of Paradise
The captain of the Conception was found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter in deadly maritime disaster
