Fatal Incident
Investigators faulted the Newark Fire Division for inadequate training, tactical errors and a decision to send firefighters into a hazardous cargo hold
A failure in the radio alert tone caused a delay in notifying Norwich firefighters, prompting the East Great Plain volunteer department to respond first under the mutual aid agreement
Investigators believe the three-alarm fire in Millville does not appear to be suspicious
Jan. 23, 2005, marked the first time since 1918 that FDNY members had died in separate calls on the same day
Kentwood police have charged a suspect with involuntary manslaughter and unlawful imprisonment in the Nov. fatal fire
Officers in Ewing tried to reach a 6-year-old boy trapped in a fire on the fourth floor of a seven-story apartment
Authorities call “vehicle as a weapon” attacks a catalyst for reshaping cities, prompting concrete barriers and anti-vehicle obstacles in public and new spaces
Investigators say IDs and tattoos give a strong identification of the driver killed in the explosion outside the Las Vegas Trump hotel on New Year’s Day
The FBI identified the driver as an active-duty U.S. Army soldier
Officials said some of those wounded in the New Year’s Eve blast had severe burns and shrapnel injuries
Authorities said a man died after fire engulfed his Bradford home after a standoff
Authorities said the Charlotte apartment had smoke detectors but the batteries had been removed
Video from the captain of Fort Lauderdale Engine 8 shows the scene of a fiery blast that killed one person and injured five
The NYPD has a person of interest in custody after a woman was intentionally set on fire while she was possibly asleep
A recent fire in Plainville is the fourth fatal fire in the month that involved smoking materials and home oxygen
Fire conditions initially kept Atlanta firefighters from getting inside the former Amazing Grace Christian Community Church
Police in Baltimore County investigating a shooting found a burning vehicle on its side outside a funeral home
A consultant’s review of the fatal fire criticized Sedgwick County’s 911 operations and the Wichita Fire Department’s lack of “self-reflection and accountability”
Although electrical items were identified as “potential ignition sources,” investigators could not find a common determination in the South Bend fire
Photos from the scene in Westampton showed piles of materials in the windows and doorway
Battalion Chief Tony Ray Garrison was caught in a landslide while rescuing victims of Hurricane Helene
Rescuers spent four days in cold weather searching for Elizabeth Pollard after she fell into a sinkhole in Marguerite while looking for her cat
An apartment fire on Manhattan’s Upper East Side began on the fifth floor and extended into the sixth and fourth floors before being extinguished
Fire in Baltimore’s Greektown neighborhood killed one person and damaged three homes
Summarizing the lessons learned from two investigations
Louisville firefighters rescued several from inside the collapsed food coloring plant
St. Paul firefighters Jacob Ryks and Mason Conlin were honored for their bravery in one of the most devastating fires in the city’s history
Firefighters from seven departments worked to extinguish two burning structures in Cicero
A Miami-Dade firefighter whose son died in a training exercise is one of three who resigned from the department
Investigators determined the fire that killed two people living in a Queens garage was arson
The fast-moving Cocoanut Grove fire killed nearly 500 and changed fire safety and burn treatment as we know it
The Greenwood School District will have counselors available at its schools following a fire that killed two students
Authorities have detained a person of interest in the fatal Los Angeles County fire
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