Weird News
The weird news topic covers offbeat news about firefighting – all the quirky, unusual news that everyone in the firehouse is going to be talking about.
In the 911 cellphone call, dispatchers can be heard saying, “you’re stuck where?” and “scream as loud as you can”
The Madison Fire Department said crewmembers pulled a pan of burned hamburger off the stove before a fire could ignite
Austell Firefighter Bret Langston’s daughter didn’t have time to get to a birthing center – a bunk room would do
The student suffered a leg burn and was taken to a hospital for treatment
Fire crews used the jaws of life to rescue the driver from the mangled vehicle
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Firefighters extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported
The construction worker was trapped inside an excavator for nearly two and a half hours; he was talking but seriously injured
The chief was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated and later released; an investigation is underway
The car wash owner said firefighters asked the women to get off the rig at the charity event, but one firefighter appears to tuck money into a woman’s bikini
The man got stuck head-first between two rocks while trying to retrieve his cellphone
Passengers on the plane said they saw and smelled smoke; water and a fire extinguisher was used to put out the smoke
Dozens of firefighters battled the stubborn three-alarm blaze for hours
The ammunition popped for about 10 minutes before firefighters could finish putting out the fire
Three departments reported to a horse stable to put out the fires
The apartment building was cleared over the strong odor of cooked urine and possibly other chemicals
One man fell about 80 feet to the beach; firefighters rescued the other from a 50-foot cliff
A woman melted her tub after attempting to barbecue a brisket in her bathroom
Firefighters responded to the apartment after reports of smoke
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The fire department would not elaborate on what led the woman to fall into a 10-foot-deep manhole at 4:30 a.m.
Officials said the man broke in through a window and hung out of a fire truck before changing attire
After 30 minutes, police bomb experts determined the shell was not explosive; no one was injured
Firefighters contained the Southern California blaze to 1.5 acres; the mother bear was near the fire but not a threat to firefighters
The fire occurred outside a craft store; the identity of the person or cause of death has not been determined
The fire chief was grateful the lantern didn’t start a brush fire in his heavily wooded yard
A track meet competitor tripped and was stabbed in the eye by a javelin; someone removed it before firefighters arrived
Officials said someone erroneously called 911 reporting hundreds of people needed medical attention for severe burns
After taking a taxi home from a bar, he took the department van to chase the cab to retrieve the food he left behind
The first responders fee was newly implemented to prevent fire station brownouts
The turkey vulture was suspended upside down 35 feet in the air by fishing wire
Investigators found nearly 50 plants in a grow room; an electrical malfunction is the suspected cause
He said he lit his apartment on fire so he could go to jail and not have to hear his neighbors; he may have brain damage from a stroke he suffered seven years ago