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A preliminary investigation into the Gabriel House blaze suggests an oxygen concentrator malfunction or smoking may have sparked the deadliest fire in Massachusetts in over 40 years
Investigators continue probing last weekend’s fire at Gabriel House assisted-living facility that injured dozens and raised concerns about safety conditions
The number of people missing after the July 4 floods in Texas has dropped to just three as search efforts continue and officials praise rescuers for their progress
The record-shattering fire has killed at least 31 people and destroyed thousands of homes
The amount burned this year more than doubles the previous record of 1.67 million acres
The audit found that more than half of the buildings the department is required to inspect each year have gone uninspected for three straight years
The captain of the dive boat Conception could face federal manslaughter charges for alleged safety violations
A heart attack patient died and eight FDNY members were injured when the ladder truck T-boned the ambulance
Paradise, which was devastated by the deadly 2018 Camp Fire, is under evacuation warning after the Bear Fire exploded to 250,000 acres
Firefighter Raul Garcia-Santos was battling the Palmer Fire when his wife and three children, ages 6 to 17, died in a mobile home blaze
Dan Byrne shares ideas for how to stem the increasing number of fire deaths in America
Officials said the Seminole County firefighters were engaged in a rescue attempt and unaware of exposed wires nearby
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The pilot had been fighting the White River Fire at Mt. Hood National Forest
The fatal incident was the second time in two days a responding Indianapolis engine was involved in a collision
New Chicago firefighters were joined by personnel from Hobart, Lake Station, Portage, South Haven, Merrillville and Lake Ridge to help extinguish the blaze
More than two dozen major fires were scorching California and taxing the state’s firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days
Officials said vehicle data from the crash that killed Lubbock Fire Rescue Lt. Eric Hill and Lubbock Police Officer Nicholas Reyna is being processed at a laboratory that was temporarily closed
Baltimore’s firefighters’ union reported that five people were trapped, including children, after the major blast
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Fire officials say the man died after trying to extinguish the blaze at a condemned house next door to his
Members of the El Paso Fire Department reflected on their response to the shooting that killed 23 people
Virginia Beach Fire Chief David Hutcheson said one firefighter was kicked and one was shoved, but bystanders didn’t interfere with care to the crash victim
The EMT is accused of failing to yield to a pedestrian, failing to stop at a stop sign and failing to exercise due care
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Attorneys for the 19-year-old shooting victim’s mother say the city had no plan for delivering emergency services to the zone before allowing it to be occupied by protesters
The family of Hirschell Fletcher Jr., who died after an assault in 2016, will be allowed to continue their lawsuit against the two firefighter-medics
The settlement will go to the families of 32 of the 36 who died in the 2016 blaze as well as one severely injured survivor
A former firefighter who lived nearby made attempts to rescue the couple
The two first responders, who pleaded guilty to falsifying reports about the incident, may be protected from civil liability under the controversial doctrine
Attorneys agreed the firefighter could not be sued as an individual for his actions within “the course of his employment”
Three people were killed in the crash, including the woman who was run over; a medical examiner is investigating the cause of death
A Virginia Beach Fire Department report said first responders were pushed and kicked and that EMS vehicles were jumped on after the fatal motorcycle crash