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Loudoun County Fire Rescue identified the fallen firefighter as Trevor Brown of the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company
Video showed smoke filling the platform at the Eastern Market station
Fire in the Martin’s Country Market building extended to the roof and quickly spread
The stone and wood house was gutted by the time firefighters were able to muster enough water pressure to fight the fire
Two people were killed in the fire, and nine others were rescued by firefighters
Crews arrived to find heavy smoke billowing from a third-story window; two adults and a child were hauled down from a balcony by ladder
Two residents were killed and nine were rescued; conditions deteriorated during firefighters’ last rescue attempt
Firefighting ships were spraying the 650 foot vessel with water to keep it from breaking apart and spilling some 170 tons of fuel on Saturday
The oxygen and hot metal shards from the exploding tanks helped spread the fire to the two neighboring homes
Firefighters had to be washed off with special chemicals to decontaminate
The plane was still at the gate when the right engine caught fire
Firefighting was hampered by the temporary layout inside the building; interior operations were suspended due to compartmentalization
The basement complex received significant heat and smoke damage
He suffered first- and second-degree burns to his face and neck; he and three other firefighters were caught in the blast
One firefighter suffered a shoulder injury when he fell through a ceiling
It took county firefighters about an hour to knock down the fire that left 3 people on board with serious burns
A neighbor said two people came to her house to call 911, including a young man who said he escaped by jumping from a second-floor window
One firefighter wounded his shoulder when a piece of sheet rock fell on him
The victims were trapped inside the building and were pulled out alive but died later at a hospital
Crews doused the flames from a distance because ammunition stored inside the shed began to explode
The firefighter was treated for a concussion after falling down while battling the fire
Investigators say crews failed to recognize signs of an imminent flashover; firefighters were between the fire and ventilation points
He noticed fake license plates and popping sounds from the car, and decided to call in NYPD
Firefighters doused the home with between five and seven high-capacity water jets, pumping 4,000 gallons of water per minute to prevent it from spreading
Some 120 firefighters in 27 trucks responded to the six-alarm fire
Witnesses describe flames that reached 50 feet high and were 20 feet wide; embers were carried nearly 350 yards away
Two of the firefighters were treated at the scene for minor burns and another was hospitalized with a leg injury
In the absence of a known life hazard, why would we risk firefighters’ lives in structures that nobody else cares about?
He ran to the burning apartment, grabbing a ladder from his company’s vehicle on the way
Cheyenne Fire and Rescue responded early Wednesday to the hotel to find flames spurting through the roof of the front lobby
When firefighters arrived, they found the house so cluttered that they could not get inside
A firefighter found the two unconscious between a mattress and a wall; three firefighters and three other victims were injured
He and his fellow firefighters had just finished dousing a blaze in a trash truck when they responded to the house fire