Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Jerry Roberts was working his shift as a dispatcher at the Norwich Police Department early Tuesday morning when he heard a call over the scanner reporting a fire in nearby Montville. Then he heard the address 430 …
Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
An unusual spate of nearly three dozen fires in six days has sparked the interest and concern of local arson investigators racing to find those responsible before the next blaze is ignited. Between Thursday …
Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Fires raging across large sections of Detroit tonight are being blamed on downed electrical wires. There's no fire bug here, said Detroit Fire Department Capt. Steve Varnas surveying the damage from a blaze in …
Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
The 84-year-old survivor of a fire at an apartment complex early Tuesday is safe at her son's home in Bluewater Bay, along with her most prized possession her cat. Anne Rank was the first resident of the College …
Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
The construction worker who showed up at the Hilltop fire station was nonchalant. He thought an underground gas pipe had been punctured on W. Broad Street and asked firefighters to take a look. Firefighters …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
A 26-year-old Bowie Volunteer Firefighter remains hospitalized after sustaining burn injuries battling a house fire on Saturday. Firefighters from Largo, Bowie and surrounding communities responded to the fire on …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
A two-alarm fire damaged a warehouse and sent one firefighter to a hospital this morning. The fire was reported to dispatchers shortly after midnight at Chesapeake Service Systems in the 700 block of 7th St. No …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
A fire in a group of privately owned stables at a West Virginia racecourse killed at least 27 thoroughbred horses, officials said. When the fire broke out early Tuesday in barns adjacent to the Charles Town Races …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Horry County firefighters were called to a tobacco barn fire Tuesday morning near Nichols, according to Leslie Yancey, the department public information officer. Firefighters were called at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday to …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Several people, including two children, were rescued Monday morning from a blaze in a sparsely occupied Bronzeville condo building where conditions were described as pretty bad by a Chicago Fire Department …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Australian firefighters arrived in Emmitsburg early Monday on the final leg of a 4,600 mile cross-country run from Santa Monica Pier, Calif., to New York City. Their coast-to-coast journey is to commemorate …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
It all started with a little trash talking at the fire station. Several months later, Macon-Bibb County firefighter Ellen Kicklighter has been honored as the fastest firefighter in the state when it comes to …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
An extra-alarm fire gutted a vacant two-story commercial building in the South Loop early this morning. The fire in the 1300 block of South Michigan Avenue broke out about 2:30 a.m., quickly was raised to two …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
A person rescued by firefighters from a burning condo Monday morning has died. Firefighters reached the first-floor Park South condo at 1511 N.W. 43rd Avenue at about 7 a.m. and found heavy smoke and flames, said …
Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Fire ripped through the garage bays of a Mill Street warehouse that serves as a transfer facility for recycled animal products and cooking oil and grease Monday afternoon. The blaze at the Albany transfer station …
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Colleton County Fire-Rescue responded to a two-alarm fire in a single-family residential structure Monday morning 6-September at 05:25. Engine 18 and Medic 18 arrived to find heavy smoke conditions, with flames …
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
An early Monday house fire blamed on an electrical malfunction has killed three adults in Ohio, authorities say. Firefighters were called to the house in Hilliard, Ohio around 3:30 a.m. to find the home engulfed …
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Area rural fire chiefs say they are finding it harder and harder to recruit younger members to be part of rural fire departments. The time commitment coupled with the lack of financial benefits is taking its toll …
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
An early Sunday morning fire in the borough of Conyngham left four people homeless. The blaze was reported to the Luzerne County 911 Center by a neighbor and several fire companies responded to 314-316 Main …
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Quick thinking, physical endurance and the ability to reassure people in crisis situations are all necessary skills for firefighters. The Jerome City Fire Department is looking for all that and a little more in …
