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North West Fire District Chief Tony McIntyre said the Baldwinsville apartments did have sprinklers and smoke detectors but the bulk of the fire was in the attic
Grand Rapids Fire Chief Brad Brown described firefighters hearing the children screaming from inside the house, saying it “will live on in our heads for the rest of our lives”
Investigators are asking the public for any photos and video of the Cleveland Heights in its early stage
William Tolley was on the roof of an apartment building when he fell; he leaves behind his wife and daughter
The firefighter was hit in the eye after being assaulted by a woman living in the home
Another firefighter can be heard telling the firefighter that he’s on fire
A father tossed the baby from a second-floor apartment that was filling with smoke and flames
Two firefighters were forced to jump from the second floor, landing on another
The bus was full of students headed to a high school when the engine compartment began to smoke
A county spokesman said officials found no building code violations at the Bellagio
Chief Steve Achilles said a sprinkler system would have saved the building
County firefighters are credited with saving the Forest Service firefighter from the blaze
Heavy smoke and flames were billowing from the multi-family home on arrival
Volunteer firefighter Perry Calvin was one of 15 killed in the 2013 explosion
Brett McBride started smelling smoke after he arrived home from working a shift
Firefighters were responding to a shed fire when they discovered the man on fire nearby
Crews quickly moved their fire trucks and got to work, extinguishing the fire inside the attic
The fire was started by someone, but forestry officials have not said whether it was the work of an arsonist
Fire investigators consider the explosion suspicious and are trying to determine what caused the explosion
A photo shows heavy flames and black smoke engulfing the truck behind its cab; no one was injured
Investigators are trying to determine what sparked the fire, which burned what appeared to be foam building material
Officials are looking at a grassy corridor between the two homes as a possible ignition point
Several officers suffered minor burns, muscle strains and smoke inhalation from getting the girls out of the burning car
According to a 1998 letter, the buildings had “several strikes against it”
Since February, wildfires have swept across 68,000 acres of the state
One firefighter broke his ankle and the other had to get stitches for a finger injury
Officials said the fire posed no immediate threat to people, homes or other structures
The firefighter, who suffered a minor injury, woke up the residents
When firefighters arrived, a bedroom was on fire; no residents or firefighters were injured
Firefighters attributed the cause of the flare-up to combustible materials that had burned on the roof
Heavy winds knocked down power lines into the sailboat mast, electrocuting the firefighters
Crews were ordered out of the house due to unsafe conditions