Structure Fire
Madison, McFarland and Sun Prairie firefighters used two abandoned homes for live-fire training, giving younger crews real-structure experience
A blaze at the Novelis aluminum plant threatens recovery efforts already underway from an earlier fire that disrupted the auto industry’s aluminum supply
Assistant Chief Mike Salvini and Deputy Chief Marc Palmieri rescued a man from a second-floor bedroom as fire tore through his Fair Lawn home
Officers and firefighters have searched all apartments, but the intensity of the flames made identifying remains difficult
The national testing was ordered after flammable cladding was blamed for the rapid spread of Grenfell Tower inferno
Five firefighters were treated for non-life threatening injuries; one resident died in the blaze
Urgent testing is being conducted on external siding panels on apartment blocks following the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze
More than 200 firefighters responded to the fire that damaged six buildings
Metropolitan Police confirmed residents’ suspicions that the inferno at Grenfell Tower was touched off by a refrigerator fire
The report is the first official account of what witnesses told investigators, how fire crews fought the inferno and where the bodies were located
Preventing high-rise mass fatality fires is more likely to happen through the prevention side of the house, not the response side
Authorities are continuing to investigate whether any crimes had been committed in the inferno
Responders found roughly a dozen chemicals in Chase Coble’s apartment
Attention has focused on a recent renovation project involving cladding installation as people search for answers
More than 200 firefighters worked through the night and parts of the building were still seen as being unsafe
One desperate woman threw a baby out of a high window and a man on the ground managed to catch the child
The fire blew out windows on one side and damaged a single-family home on the other side
Derick Almena was charged with involuntary manslaughter after authorities said he illegally converted a warehouse into housing and an entertainment venue
Derick Almena was arrested and charged with creating a deadly firetrap at the warehouse he rented and converted into a party space
Concert promoter Derrick Ion Almena and warehouse resident Max Harris were arrested; they will each be charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter
Two firefighters suffered heat exhaustion while battling the blaze
The suit claims the company should’ve known the warehouse’s electrical hookups were hazardous and illegally installed
Arson and homicide investigators were at the scene to determine the cause of the blaze
Nearby fire departments helped UConn contain the fire, which remains under investigation
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
