Fatal Incident
The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a lawsuit alleging two Flint firefighters were grossly negligent for failing to search a room where two boys later died
Kansas City’s finance committee rejected a proposed $915,000 settlement for a firefighter who killed three people in a 2021 crash
About 30 people were rescued from a burning Milwaukee apartment building that lacked a sprinkler system
James Raugh’s family created #JRaughOnDuty to honor his dream of being a firefighter, and hundreds of departments answered the call
George Gross was last heard from when he telephoned a family member to say he was interested in hiking in or around New River Gorge
Farmington Fire Dept. Lieutenant Shadd Rohwer lost his battle with cancer on the same day as his 19th anniversary of service
Authorities are waiting for the fire to be extinguished before moving ahead with an investigation
It took firefighters about an hour to get the blaze under control; the cause is under investigation
Eleven victims claim the city should have taken the toddler away from his inattentive mother before he caused the fire
Preliminary findings from the Grenfell Tower Interim Report discuss six major areas for improvement in fire safety
Ryland Ward rode in the fire truck from University Medical Center in San Antonio to his home in Sutherland Springs
Seventeen people from ages 3 to 89 were confirmed dead, and more than 40 others were unaccounted for
Officials said Maine’s deadliest fire in decades started in a cigarette disposal container
The drenching rainstorm that triggered the disaster cleared out and was no longer a hindrance as searchers made their way across a landscape strewn with boulders
In just a matter of minutes, pounding rain overwhelmed the south-facing slopes and flooded a creek, sending mud and massive boulders rolling into neighborhoods
Firefighters said the home was engulfed in flames and the roof had collapsed when they arrived
A funeral mass for Lt. Matthew LeTourneau will be held on Friday at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
Crew members said they were only focused on transporting the patient who was the subject of the current 911 call
Police said the man lived at the burning home and was crawling on the lawn with a rifle in his hand
The firefighters were transported to the hospital for minor injuries after battling the fire that killed Rita Sklar, who had been battling brain cancer
The firefighter had just rescued a couple and their infant stranded on the roof of their car and was trying to save another driver
In December alone, 26 fire deaths occurred — the highest number of any month in decades
Officials said the locations match suspected ignition points for the Atlas, Nuns, Partrick and Tubbs fires
The 16-year-old collided with a fire truck last July, killing her cousin and another close friend
Firefighter John Randle was seriously hurt from a fall while returning an apparatus to service
The Castle Rock Fire Department lit a town star with a thin blue line in order to remind the community of the “sacrifices first responders make every single day”
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said firefighters saved some people, but “this loss is unprecedented”
Bowling Green Fire Department officials described Dave Molnar as a respected and dedicated firefighter
More than 30 firefighters responded in subfreezing temperatures; the horses died from smoke inhalation
The fire spread from the first floor to additional landings in the five-story building in seconds, officials said
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro called the fire, “historic in its magnitude,” because of the number of lives lost
Officials believe Chief Tim Blake suffered a heart attack and died before the vehicle he was driving crashed
Steven Jon Gillitzer and his wife died while attempting to rescue their three grandchildren from the home
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