Four Los Angeles police officers and a firefighter were overcome by carbon monoxide early Friday when they rescued a man who was attempting suicide inside a boutique car dealership.
A propane leak caused a Victoria home to explode, killing a 26-year-old woman, injuring her infant daughter and damaging homes a quarter of a mile away.
Since Dec. 8, the Hutchinson Fire Department has battled 15 structure fires. In one blaze, 8-year-old Caiden Adams later died of severe burns in the hospital.
Nine people were displaced after an extra-alarm, "suspicious" blaze erupted at a three-story residential building on the Far South Side early Sunday morning.
A Delaware Township firefighter was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after a fire of unknown origin broke out at Kolar Bros. Construction, Inc.
The shouts for help from two holes in the ice at Sterling City Lake on Friday weren't real, but 15 fire science students from Hutchinson Community College were practicing for a day when they are.
The woman accused of setting fire to San Francisco's "Mrs. Doubtfire" house had made harassing phone calls to the homeowner's medical office and had entered the Pacific Heights home the day of the fire.
A DeKalb apartment building was destroyed by fire Friday night. Crews had difficulty fighting the fire after encountering fire hydrants that were not functioning properly.
Some officials compared needing to pay an estimated $80,000 to outfit Atwater's new firetruck with tools and equipment -- a decision the City Council will wrestle with Monday -- to buying a new car without its steering wheel and tires.
An explosion at an Ohio oil refinery blew out windows at homes in Lima on Saturday and could be felt at least 10 miles away but resulted in no injuries.
A fire at a Lakewood apartment complex displaced an estimated 70 residents Friday, including a mother and child forced to drop from a second-floor balcony.
The state's highest court this week heard arguments in an eight-year-old lawsuit filed by 13 white Buffalo firefighters against the city, its fire department and human resources commissioner.
Combustibles too close to a space heater ignited a fire that killed twin infants Friday morning at Nottingham Square Apartments, a Moore fire official reported.
A former Horry County Fire Rescue lieutenant is suing the agency, saying the fire chief wouldn't fulfill a promise to rehire him after his criminal charges were dismissed, according to recently filed court papers.
In the biggest organizational change in its 128-year history, the Los Angeles Fire Department on Sunday begins dividing the city into four bureaus as a way to improve response times and accountability.
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