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Allentown firefighters rescued a trapped resident during a three-alarm rowhome fire that extended into other homes
Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke said the fire could burn for days due to the deep piles of construction materials inside
Waterbury firefighters rescued a 32-year-old man who set fire to his room in a desperate escape from a home, where he had been held captive for 20 years since the age of 11
Rainy Lake Oil Co. erupted in huge plumes of fire, fueled by eight or nine tanks inside the company’s warehouse
Fire officials said the cause of the fire is still under investigation
Crews were able to recover her dress and diamond ring and the groom-to-be managed to avoid seeing the dress
Officials estimate the Thomas Fire will grow to become the biggest in state history before full containment
Firefighters said unattended candles “and many of the holiday traditions we all hold dear” often cause fires
Officials said the fire was accidental but the cause was not immediately pinpointed
San Diego-based Cory Iverson was assigned to the blaze northwest of Los Angeles, which has become the fourth largest in California history
John McLaughlin said he saw a handicapped access ramp attached to the home and went inside to find the woman in the living room surrounded by flames
Investigators said the bus caught fire after it backed out of a farm driveway and into a ditch across the road
The wildfire is still threatening thousands of homes and stranding tens of thousands of evacuees
Thomas Kofron had no running water when a wildfire reached his neighborhood, so he grabbed a half a gallon of orange juice to help extinguish the blaze
Homeowner Mary Alice Mark agreed to pay the coverage to Gary and Linda Rose after Captain Jack Henry Rose died in a fire at her home
Joe Miller, a total stranger to 10-year fire veteran JJ Lyons, is letting the Lyons family stay in his late mother’s house until they can get back on their feet
Southern California’s gusty Santa Ana winds have long contributed to some of the region’s most disastrous wildfires
The fire razed rows of trailer homes in a retirement community, leaving charred and mangled metal in its wake
High winds can instantly turn a tiny fire into a large one or carry embers that spark new fires miles away
“It’s fire resistant not fire proof,” Mayoral executive assistant Sean Ward said
Firefighters were walking back to their engine after battling another blaze when they saw a glow down the street
Officials said power outages caused by the fire and heavy winds left some water pumping stations inoperable, meaning water couldn’t reach the fire hydrants
Montgomery Fire Department Chief Stephen Frye was battling the blaze when he collapsed while operating “the initial attack line”
The water-dropping planes and helicopters essential to taming and containing wildfires have been mostly grounded because it’s too dangerous to fly them in the strong wind
Fire officials said at least 150 structures have burned so far; one firefighter has been injured
A firefighter was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries, but no other injuries were reported
Some officials have a more mixed assessment of the city’s efforts, criticizing them as slow and incomplete
The fire department tweeted that about 150 firefighters rescued around 20 tenants from the building
Fire officials said the children could have been burned or killed if Anival Angulo had not been there
Firefighters found a heap of smoking trash on the street and smoldering garbage inside after a garbage man dumped the burning trash out of the truck
It took more than two hours for firefighters to get the upper hand as flames consumed about four acres on a secluded hillside
The Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter fell six to eight feet after the ladder slid out from underneath him
The midday blaze at the Milcamps factory producing the trademark Belgian waffles originated in the cooling system and quickly spread