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A county firefighter just 0.7 miles away crossed into Lawrenceburg’s city zone to save a child, triggering a turf dispute
A UPS cargo plane bound for Honolulu crashed and exploded after takeoff in Louisville, killing at least seven and injuring 11
Limited water supply prompted a 3-alarm response to the Newmarket fire and mutual aid from more than a dozen departments
Firefighters at the Caernarvon Township fire had to switch to exterior operations to keep the fire from spreading to exposures
Personnel from three towns worked on their response to a school shooting in Manchester-by-the-Sea
Officials say the largest of the fires, the Hawthorne Fire in Berlin, will take weeks to extinguish
Fire officials said the brush fire in Berlin was expected to take many days to contain
Vancouver firefighters arrived to see fire through the roof of the 16-unit apartment building
A fire that started in an abandoned house in Irvington spread to exposures and displaced 30 people
Investigators said spontaneous combustion in hop bales caused a fire inside the cold room of a Yakima County warehouse
Mayor Brandon Scott said the city is readying a team of call takers, dispatchers, support staff and a supervisor to deploy in a few hours
A battalion chief and two captains were transported by helicopter to a hospital in Shreveport, La.
Rescuers tunneled underneath the boy and used dish soap and friction-reducing sheets to free him
Firefighters from six departments used over 100,000 gallons of water to fight a structure fire outside of Montgomery
Lowell Fire Chief Phil Charron said one firefighter had to bail out a window due to the intense fire conditions
Two firefighters were injured while battling a fire that destroyed three boats in Keyport
Work at the construction site in Auburn was nearing completion when the fire started
Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter Darrell Helton, 49, died after assisting in shuttling water to a structure fire alongside a neighboring fire agency
Firefighters from four departments responded to the fire in Boulder
South Adams County firefighters and mutual aid partners worked to extinguish a fire in a large industrial warehouse
First responders from several departments faced many challenges while working to rescue two men trapped inside a Spring Township grain bin
The Lancaster Township Fire Department stated that a tanker task force was dispatched as a precaution due to known low water pressure
Firefighters from several departments worked at a barn fire in Miami Township
The Park Fire has burned over 400,000 acres and is the fourth-largest wildfire in the state’s history
I-15 near Baker was shut down in what one driver called “traffic apocalypse from hell”
Firefighters from several departments fought a blaze at a popular restaurant in Hanover Township
Nassau County police stated the 11-year-old child was told to light the fireworks which later set a shed and two houses on fire
Authorities believe the fire in Necedah is accidental but an investigation continues
Four firefighters and one civilian were treated for heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation at Sauk Prairie Hospital
County-wide mutual aid drill in Monterey focused on firefighting and communication
First responders from the Quad-Cities region worked on rescue task force and EMS best practices
Two houses were destroyed and two others damaged during a fire at a construction site in San Luis Obispo
Two Clearview Fire Department firefighters were trapped when the roof of a burning garage collapsed in Curwensville Borough