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Roughly 170 FDNY and EMS personnel battled the Queens blaze, which left three firefighters seriously hurt
Chiefs John Tippett and John Oates debunk the idea that safety and aggression are mutually exclusive
A construction worker jumped from an upper floor to escape the fire at the North Las Vegas construction site
Officials said Afshin Bahrampour was identified on synagogue surveillance video just before both fires
Fire officials said the blaze is 12 percent contained; they have estimated the fire could burn into November
The department is still investigating the cause of the fire that broke out on the sixth floor
Two female career firefighters were first on scene; they said a fire captain blocked their entrance and forcibly removed one of them from the porch
The sisters were aged 4, 8 and 20; other family members managed to escape the blaze
Pictures showed the inside of the bus gutted and part of the front and the roof scorched
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Fire officials said a backfiring engine ignited vapor from the tank
Nearby fire departments helped UConn contain the fire, which remains under investigation
The firefighters who allegedly attended the 2014 party did not report any concerns about the building
Capt. Greg Quick and firefighter Mark Robertson suffered non-life threatening burns of varying degrees
Crews inside the station heard a loud popping noise; they found the truck on fire
The fire has burned 129,856 acres and wind gusts and dry conditions were raising the risk of the fire spreading
The garage was fully engulfed in flames, with the fire extending to the house and attic space
Investigators said there were no working smoke detectors in the house; the cause of the fire is under investigation
There are 60 bulldozers, eight helicopters and three heavy air tankers on the scene to help fight the fire
Michael Surrell jumped out of his car, ran into the neighbor’s house and up the steps to a thick cloud of smoke
A firefighter cut into a power source with a saw, resulting in a shock
Janet Burns was on duty when her house caught fire; the fire department set up a GoFundMe account to help
Three of the 30 injured were in serious condition, two for burns and one with a fractured pelvis
A firefighter required hospital treatment for a shoulder injury
Brandi Pritchard admitted to setting fire to the house she rented in order to collect insurance payments
Jeremy Lyons broke in through the back door and used an accelerant to set the house ablaze
When firefighters arrived, they found neighbors restraining a man on the home’s front lawn
Heavy winter snow and spring rains that flooded many Western states will probably delay the onset of this season’s worst wildfires
The girls, ages 10 and 3, are believed to be the first in the U.S. to die in a fire caused by a hoverboard
Officials said an overheated vault holding electric transformers was to blame
Capt. Joseph Fontaine earned the ninth highest test score, but was not promoted to rank of battalion chief
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