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
Dozens of firefighters worked for hours trying to rescue the man before locating his body after a trench he was working in collapsed
The lawsuit claims the firefighters might not have become trapped in a burning house if the closest fire truck able to carry water had been in service that night
“Based on every piece of evidence we’ve seen so far, we believe Mr. Weymouth fell asleep at the wheel and slowly drifted across the centerline into an oncoming vehicle”
Authorities said the small passenger plane crashed into a soybean field, killing firefighter Nicholas Werner and everyone else on board
Thomas Kim, who was charged with shooting Capt. David Rosa to death, died at a hospital of an undisclosed condition
A Pacific Gas and Electric utility worker was fatally injured in a vehicle-related accident on the western edge of the Carr Fire
Officials said Lt. Harry Weymouth crossed the center line of the road and struck an oncoming vehicle
The Los Angeles Fire Department is fighting with safety regulators over their investigation into Kelly Wong’s death, their first training fatality since 1985
Two armed individuals walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire
Around 38,000 people were evacuated after the Carr Fire roared into the outskirts of Redding in Shasta County, leaving five people dead
Timothy McClanahan’s family is suing Priority 1 Air Rescue, claiming the company sold “non-locking” caribiners, which are not supposed to be used in an air rescue
The Carr Fire exploded in intensity after it jumped the Sacramento River, killing one firefighter and a private bulldozer operator and forcing residents to flee
Wildfires raging through seaside resorts near the Greek capital torched homes, cars and forests, killing at least 74 people
Thu Hong Nguyen lit a fire in a storeroom of her nail salon that destroyed a three-story building, killing firefighters John Mesh and Larry Leggio
A man walked along a Toronto street firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police
Police are trying to determine what prompted a man to shoot his grandmother and wound another woman before he crashed his car and ran into a busy supermarket
Thu Hong Nguyen said to a fellow detainee in the Jackson County jail that she set a fire that killed people using flammable liquids in her salon
Clay Shidler, chief of the Hymera-Jackson Township Fire Department, died after crashing his vehicle on his way home from work
Police recovered a license plate from the scene and tracked down the driver. But no one has been arrested as the case remains open
The September 2016 blast killed Michael Fahy, a 17-year fire department veteran whom Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro called “a star” of the department
Although the number of fatalities has dropped in the last 20 years, it is because there are simply fewer fires
Hague Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Michael Cherubini was riding in an apparatus in a parade when he fell ill
Sun Prairie Police Lt. Kevin Konopacki said another firefighter suffered critical injuries and four others were hurt in the explosion
Phoenix Fire Department fire veteran and U.S. Army Captain Juston Doherty died of an unknown cause while on active military duty
The explosions occurred in Tultepec, a town in Mexico state known as the country’s pyrotechnic capital and the site of a blast that claimed 42 lives in 2016
Peter D’Ancona, who spent months working at Ground Zero after 9/11, and his girlfriend, Tina Sgambati, were pronounced dead at the scene
Albuquerque police said Nathan Urbany lost control, hit a guardrail and was pronounced dead at the scene
A witness tweeted that the gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees
Prosecutors said suspect Thomas Kim had been feuding with a female neighbor and set off an explosive device in his apartment “with the intent to kill her”
Firefighters being shot and killed in the line of duty is counterintuitive and can’t be treated as normal
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