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The driver of Norristown Quint 27 raised a ground ladder to occupants awaiting rescue
These mobile command units benefit speed, safety and organization on scenes
Work at the construction site in Auburn was nearing completion when the fire started
The firefighter was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
The department is the first in the Indianapolis area to use the Periscope app to give live video updates from a scene
President Xi Jinping urged rescuers to aid the injured and victims’ families, and to determine the cause of the fire and who was responsible
Three firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion; fire chief credits mutual-aid departments for containing fire
Forty-one others escaped the fire at the 800-year-old building; arson is not suspected
Both firefighters were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries
In 1996, Ted Sutton rescued a 5-year-old girl from a rowhouse fire; nineteen years later, the girl reunited with him at her graduation
One suffered moderate injuries, while the other three sustained minor injuries
The father was not home at the time the fire broke out; their 15-year-old son was able to escape
Mayor: “It really gives you an appreciation of our emergency services and what they do.”
The man and woman were hospitalized in critical condition for treatment of second-degree burns and smoke inhalation
The firefighter was treated and later released from the hospital; he’s currently recovering at home
Lt. James Garris: “The only thing I was able to get out was, ‘mayday, mayday, mayday.’”
The fire destroyed engines, tankers and all kinds of firefighting gear
It took crews a while to get a ladder to the top of the smokestack where fireworks had set a fire
The woman, 69, was lying on the floor; one of the first firefighters on scene rushed in and carried her out
He fell through the attic into a room that was not burning; he was released from the hospital and is resting at home
A neighbor said crews were performing CPR when the victims were carried from the home
The firefighters were able to escape, were treated at a local hospital and were later released
Authorities found evidence that squatters had been living in the house; the fire is considered suspicious
Firefighter Luke Caldwell left his own home and drove his car to the house to help the woman trapped inside
It is any firefighter’s worst nightmare and it happens more often than you would think
All 47 passengers that were onboard are unharmed and were able to retrieve all their belongings
He had a permit to burn a nearby barn, but the fire spread to his house, which had been empty for about a year
The firefighters were transported by ambulance to a hospital for smoke inhalation and exhaustion
One firefighter hurt his shoulder when he was caught by beams; the other hurt his back trying to grab his falling colleague
After the shock of hearing his own address dispatched, he radioed that no one was in the home
He admitted setting four other fires; the latest was a six-alarm blaze that burned three buildings
The Chicago-area fire chief said the first-arriving crews found the homes totally engulfed in flames
The fire chief said that it could compromise public safety and cost fire departments millions of dollars in grants