Structure Fire
Footage from the battalion chief’s vehicle shows Hutchinson firefighters running as the auto parts store exploded
Madison’s new Engine 8 was first on the scene of an apartment fire
A firefighter became disoriented and transmitted a mayday while in the basement of a burning commercial structure
A firefighter cut into a power source with a saw, resulting in a shock
A man was holding an infant on the third floor of an apartment building when crews arrived on scene
Capt. Leon Whitener had just gotten off work when he heard a fire call for a person trapped
A father tossed the baby from a second-floor apartment that was filling with smoke and flames
Investigators believe the man started the fire with some cardboard left outside the church
Officials described the fire as an “accident” that started in a parking level of the building
Firefighters rescued an 82-year-old man who was trapped and slumped over a third-floor balcony
The woman was hanging out of a sixth-floor window when she lost her grip and fell
The blaze began on an outside patio and spread to the building before firefighters arrived
The blaze leveled the multi-million dollar building under construction and spread to about two dozen homes
The building that burned was supposed to have about 240 studio and one- and two-bedroom apartments
The city refuses to budge until a final report on the fire is completed
One firefighter was hurt by falling glass, but no other injuries were reported
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Authorities believe the man may have had an argument with the landlord
Officials said they were receiving “an abnormally high volume” of 911 calls due to problems caused by the windy conditions
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William “Iron Bill” Dowling, 43, lost both of his legs and suffered brain damage during a 5-alarm hotel fire in 2013
All 36 victims died of smoke inhalation, not from burns or other fire-related injuries
There were no serious injuries reported; the cause of the fire hasn’t been officially determined
Chief Teresa Deloach Reed was on leave for the majority of January to help care for a family member
Officials said no one was injured; an investigation is ongoing
It took firefighters more than two hours to get the flames under control
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A quarter of the building was burning and within 10 minutes, the fire had spread to half the complex
Fire officials said the remote location of the house made it difficult to access
Firefighter Daniel Capuano, 43, died December 2015 after falling down an elevator shaft while battling a warehouse fire
Documents showed police and other city officials responding to numerous “calls for service” before the Ghost Ship fire on the night of Dec. 2
The designation aims to inform the public of hotels that have passed intensive safety inspections
The hour-long rescue ended during cloudy conditions with wind gusts topping 15 mph
