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
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
The firefighter recently teamed up with a local rapper to produce the song “Fire in the Sky”
Nine firefighters rescued a man, who was under the influence of alcohol, from the arch of the Belgrade bridge
After setting up a 100-foot aerial and tempting the pet parrot with seeds, the bird flew away
Fire Chief Bob Hudspeth says the two men were headed to a conference when they encountered rough weather
‘Station 96' responded to its first structure fire last month since it opened in 2008
The new perfume, which incorporates the smell of smoke and rubber, was released on May 18, a month after the Boston Marathon bombings
Oakland Park Fire Rescue extinguished a fire in the engine compartment, but Walker had already died of gunshot wounds
Firefighters determined it would be too dangerous to battle the flames from the bridge and decided to let the fire burn
Luckily, firefirghters set up a cushion on the street to catch the boyfriend
Dozens of bras have hung in the historic bar for 45 years
As firefighters were leaving a grocery store, they found a naked man on the end of their ladder shouting threats and performing lewd acts
Four women occupied a balcony above a crowd of hundreds of members of extreme right wing groups to protest against neo-Nazism
Sources said dispatchers asked him to repeat what was going on since they couldn’t believe what they were hearing
Matthews, who is a retained firefighter, was walking in front of the fire engine when he got caught up in the wheel of the vehicle
The 28-year-old’s girlfriend caught the whole ordeal on her cellphone
The exact cause of the airship’s fiery demise is still a mystery
Miami Beach police say 49-year-old Richard Brandenberg told the woman Tuesday that he had experience working in sewer systems and was willing to go in and look for her keys
Home Guard Sailendra Nath Roy, 49, had tied a tuft of his hair to a 600-foot long zip wire about 70 feet above the river’s water level in an attempt to create a new world record
Kenneth M. Putt, 48, has been charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and manufacturing
A man in Germany had to be saved after his attempts to do the viral dance craze went drastically wrong
Dangling 35 feet in the air from her fourth floor apartment, she clung to her air conditioning unit until she was rescued
In this case, the car was blocking a fire hydrant in front of a fire at a marijuana grow house
Authorities said a man accused of crashing a stolen truck loaded with strawberries on an interstate said he was being chased by zombies
It is not known why the man deliberately cut his arms to the bone with small hand saws
The suit claims the chief suffered retaliation for reprimanding firefighters for sexually explicit graffiti
Samara Sunshine was being swept downstream after falling into icy water