Family members of a Chicago, Ill., firefighter killed last year battling a blaze at an abandoned building are suing the owners of the structure. The Chicago Tribune reports Jennifer Stringer and Edward Stringer Jr. filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday …
Firefighters in nine Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s We’re Out to Alarm Texas smoke alarm campaign. The program now in its seventh year has saved …
Three volunteer firefighters are in custody, accused of intentionally setting 11 fires in Livingston and Holden. The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s office and Livingston Police said Friday that 17-year-old Adam Church was booked with 11 counts of simple arson, while …
Eighty-seven on-duty firefighters from 31 states lost their lives as the result of 83 fatal incidents that occurred in 2010. Fifty-six of those who died were volunteer, not career, firefighters. This is the second consecutive year the number has gone …
Tulsa firefighters have extinguished a suspicious blaze in a Tulsa area that has been the site of numerous arson fires. The Tulsa World reports firefighters were called at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to a fire at a vacant home. Investigators …
Springfield police say a sneezing fit might have caused a fire truck to overturn last week. Three firefighters were injured last Wednesday when the truck overturned. The Springfield News-Leader reports that four reports issued after the accident indicate the driver …
The flames of the massive wildfire that had swallowed nearly 1,400 homes in Central Texas had been tamed, but Webster Fire Chief Patrick Shipp and his crew — veterans of a fire season pushing his team to the limit — …
Federal and local firefighters are battling a wildfire 45 miles south of Rock Springs. The Bureau of Land Management said the fire had grown to between 200 and 250 acres by Wednesday night. It expects to have it fully contained …
Fire has destroyed a New Jersey home that was so chock full of surplus military equipment, dressers, refrigerators and other material that a fire official called it “one of the most extreme examples of hoarding.” Avenel Assistant Fire Chief Frank …
An Italian restaurant in Bismarck has suffered minor damage in a fire. The Bismarck Tribune reports that firefighters called to DiDonna’s on Wednesday afternoon found flames coming out of the roof and heavy smoke coming out the back. Bismarck Fire …