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.
“You never know what type of call we might respond to,” the Monroe Fire Protection District said
Dylan Fischer was about to miss his own wedding because of strained staffing at Travis County Emergency Services District #1
Members of Lauderhill Fire Rescue were returning from a call when they saw a man run toward the station and scale the gate
Terrance King, 21, was also arrested in April after posing as a Dallas firefighter at a fire house
He and his wife both tweeted photos of the scorched vehicle
Her husband is in counseling “to try to figure out what happened and try to prevent anything like this from ever occurring again”
Approximately half of the snakes died in the fire – the majority were young and none of the snakes were poisonous
Both cats swam to safety after the tuna boat caught fire and sank
She was sentenced to eight years deferred adjudication Wednesday after she admitted that she did try to hire someone to kill her husband
Tikki the macaw landed at a nearby hospital
The uninsured former medic was floored to learn it cost more for a snake bite than it does for some open-heart surgeries
Noisy fire trucks are ruining the neighborhood’s serenity, but I have a solution
No one was injured in the blaze
Kendra Gill, who beat nine other contestants and won a scholarship, was arrested with three other teens
The tournament angered some residents and members of a community watch group
The 30-year-old driver and his seven-year-old son only had minor injuries
In addition to training hard, our survival depends on expecting just about anything
Firefighters had to walk through woods Monday evening with buckets because a neighbor would not give the fire department access from his property
Officials have advised people to exercise common sense and always to keep the keys nearby when using handcuffs
The homeowner didn’t have a permit to keep the venomous snakes
When police confronter her, she came at them brandishing the ax
He told investigators he believed his parents had been performing witchcraft on him during the previous month
To finish the operation it was necessary to administer a total anaesthetic
The man painted the yellow hydrant red which officials didn’t care for
Enslow, who was covered in human waste, was sprayed off with a fire hose and then transported to a hospital for evaluation
She accidentally dropped a tennis bracelet in the box and got stuck while trying to dig it out
The man was kneeling outside a school, bloody from the waist down, and parts of the man’s body were transferred to the hospital with him
Despite a swarm of bees, the flames were extinguished in 37 minutes
One firefighter was taken to a hospital with elevated blood pressure and dizziness
The accident shut down the highway for over 5 hours as firefighters attempted to put out the blaze while dodging fireworks
The 3-week-old boy was taken to the hospital and is in good condition
When the firefighters finally told her to stop the surprise visits and Facebook postings, her adoration twisted into obsession and fury
While watching footage from one of the cameras, she said she spotted the images of cloaked men lurking in her back yard