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Body-worn camera footage shows fire erupting from a second-story window just before the roof gives way, briefly trapping a Christopher firefighter
Allentown firefighters rescued a trapped resident during a three-alarm rowhome fire that extended into other homes
A firefighter battling a fire in Brooklyn suffered a medical emergency while working on the roof of a four-story building
A Miami firefighter was hospitalized in stable condition after falling through a floor while another firefighter sustained second-degree burns
A firefighter became disoriented and transmitted a mayday while in the basement of a burning commercial structure
Binghamton Firefighter John “JR” Gaudet was known as “the kind of firefighter you could always count on”
Firefighters Jonathan Guzman and Darren Jones, along with Captain Edward Escamilla, were burned after becoming trapped during an apartment fire
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