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Clovis Deputy Fire Chief Fay Craigmile said it took firefighters three hours to get the fire knocked down
Chesapeake firefighters were told several people were still inside the apartment building when they arrived
A fire fueled by broken gas lines escalated to a third alarm after a Fort Worth firefighter fell through an elevator shaft, prompting a mayday call
Tucson firefighters on the roof escaped injury after an explosion caused the roof to collapse
A small plane crashed into San Diego’s Murphy Canyon neighborhood, igniting about 15 homes and vehicles
Oakland firefighters faced fire on the third floor of a garden-style apartment building
This recent legacy fire prompts review of stateside historic blazes
A Brooklyn man died after falling from a second-floor window during a rescue above a Sunset Park deli fire
Hutchinson firefighters cut locks and doors to enter several compartments of the storage unit, finding one person dead inside
The May 31, 2013, motel structure collapse resulted in the five LODDs, four at the time of the incident, one years later
Nearly a dozen fire departments fought the blaze at Louisiana’s historic Nottoway Plantation House, built in 1859
Firefighters use top-down, bottom-up, or controlled-burn tactics to fight them, though prevention through regular cleaning and proper wood use is key
About 30 people were rescued from a burning Milwaukee apartment building that lacked a sprinkler system
A massive fire at a West Baltimore mattress warehouse escalated to seven alarms before being contained, with no reported injuries
Firefighters in New Haven rescued two people from a burning building with hoarding conditions that made the operation more difficult
A veteran Chicago firefighter died after a garage collapse during a fire, later ruled as human-caused
Captain David Meyer joined the department in 1996 and was assigned to Truck 29
The high number of station fires highlights the need for alarms and sprinkler systems
A two-alarm fire tore through the Briargate Condominiums in Columbia, injuring multiple people and sending flames visible from I-20
Three people died after fire tore through a Queens home with no working smoke detectors, as residents jumped from windows to escape the blaze
Gov. Josh Shapiro shared new details about the arson that forced his family’s evacuation from the governor’s residence, thanking firefighters for their response to the blaze
While on a supply run in storm-ravaged Kentucky, members of FEMA’s Maryland USAR-TF1 jumped into action to battle a house fire
The Tri-Community firefighter was found in the home’s basement
Neighbors reported hearing an explosion before fire engulfed the Saugerties house
FDNY fire marshals said the Staten Island three-alarm fire is suspicious and have taken one person in custody
A failure in the radio alert tone caused a delay in notifying Norwich firefighters, prompting the East Great Plain volunteer department to respond first under the mutual aid agreement
ATF fire investigators and forensic teams analyzed key evidence and uncovered a matching DNA profile, tying the incidents together
The suspect told police he would have beaten Gov. Josh Shapiro with a sledgehammer if he found him
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