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.
A hazmat team had to be called in to clean up gasoline poured on the ground
Firefighters were reportedly targeted with ice and snowballs while trying to put out the fire
Newark officials say the woman had called for help earlier but that an error had been made logging the address of her call
Man called store to say he was coming to ‘redecorate the place,’ later started fire with Molotov cocktail
City fire crews parked outside city hall on Tuesday to get flu shots; firefighters don’t own trucks, so tickets were written to city
Deputies found man stuck up to his chest inside narrow hole in trunk; firefighters took about 90 minutes to free him
$100 bet gets Calif. man stuck in child swing set overnight; first responders cut chains of swing and take him to hospital
Crews found car, used a ladder to reach dog atop boxcar; no one knows how she ended up there
Horse mistook green pool cover for solid ground; crew successfully wrapped hose around horse’s belly, pulled him out
Fire Chief became suspicious at scene of fire in abandoned home: ‘They were Johnny on the spot, the first to respond to it’
Fla. retirement community could have been destroyed in fire started in cigarette disposal receptacle
Rescue workers carried dog out of smoky second-floor room, revived him with oxygen mask typically used on humans
Fire truck and motorcycle collided; Smokey lay down to rest after ‘assisting’ in wreck investigation
The maze at Connors Farm in Danvers can take up to an hour to navigate
The shock from poking the carcass caused injuries to Edward Garcia’s torso, head and hands
Rescuers attached a rope to the agitated moose and slowly pulled him out
Fire officials say 19 people had to be taken to hospitals
Albuquerque police arrested Tyree Appleberry early Wednesday morning after he pulled over a detective
A spokesman for the fire service said that other firefighters were slapped and spat on
The rabbit was left behind in the confusion
The driver of the apparatus remains in intensive care, but is improving
Neighbors said they had seen the animal sneaking around the area for days
He waited until they caught up with him, then led them to a 19-year-old man who was sleeping on a couch in the basement
The fire caused a large “whoosh,” singed the tree and killed the bees but no people were hurt
The 3-foot long alligator had been seen running around Providence’s downtown area in recent weeks
Metro Nashville police and fire officials were called to the scene because of reports of a foul odor coming from the leaking canisters
Lieb general manager Garry Madden says the vineyard lost many friends on 9/11, and the wine was a way to give something back
All three firefighters at the station were sleeping when the man shot himself
Rescuers cut an 8-by-5-foot hole in a wall to free the boy
Boy disappeared Friday afternoon when his teenage siblings were supposed to be watching him
A 13-year-old girl and her parents were injured in the blast
Amid wildfires and drought, normal food supplies for bears have declined