Firefighter Close Calls

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WLBT) – Part of the Yazoo City Fire Department building collapsed late Saturday night, forcing firefighters to relocate operations. At the same time, city officials assess the damage to the historic structure. Yazoo City firefighters had just returned from a grass fire call and were gathering in the lounge area of the […]

2/17; 12:20 p.m.—An explosion at the Abundant Life Fellowship church in Boonville left five people hospitalized and caused catastrophic damage to the building, according to New York State Police. State Police reported that first responders were dispatched to the church on the 4930 block of St. Rt. 12 at about 10:23 a.m. after people inside […]

NORTH CHARLESTON — Firefighters faced a unique challenge the night of Feb. 12 when they arrived at a house fire in the 2500 block of Vistavia Road: nearly two dozen poisonous snakes were loose inside. Some 90 minutes after the fire was put out, city police, the department’s animal control division and the S.C. Department […]

By WBAL TV: Three Baltimore County firefighters are recovering from injuries after fighting a fire in Woodlawn. First responders were called around 1:30 p.m. Monday to Monica Place, where they rescued multiple residents from an apartment building. The fire started in a kitchen on the second floor and was placed under control by 2:06 p.m., […]

Strong winds from a thunderstorm ripped off a roof at a Fresno County fire station Monday afternoon. According to Fresno County Battalion Chief Matt Mosely, a caller reported at 3:30 p.m. that a section of the station’s roof had been blown off and landed in a roadway in Tranquillity. No crews were inside the fire […]

NASHUA, N.H. — The third and final firefighter injured in a natural gas explosion at the Greater Nashua Mental Health building earlier this month has been released from the hospital. Friends, family members and fellow firefighters gathered to greet him as he was wheeled out after nearly two weeks of treatment. Steve Buxton, chief of the Nashua […]

A firefighter was injured Sunday night while battling a blaze at an old motel in Fresno. Crews from the Fresno Fire Department responded to the vacant City Motel just after 9:30 p.m. to a report of a fire at 2309 S G Street. TOP VIDEOS The video player is currently playing an ad. You can […]

WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita fire station has been evacuated after mold discovered during remediation work left firefighters with burning in their eyes, noses and throats, Vice Mayor and Wichita City Councilman Dalton Glasscock said. In a Sunday afternoon Facebook post, Glasscock said that mold was found in 20 of the city’s 22 fire stations […]

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Ten firefighters were sent to a Joplin hospital Friday as a precaution after chemical exposure while fighting a fire on Black Cat Road west of Joplin. Carl Junction Fire Chief Joe Perkins said the firefighters were exposed to a caustic liquid in the burning building that was melting parts of their […]

By Lehigh Valley News: An Allentown man charged with starting a fire that displaced 31 people from six homes and endangered lives was sentenced to 20-40 years in prison, officials said. Santos Mota-Ramirez, 61, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, simple assault, arson and causing a […]