Saturday, March 19, 2022, marks the 40th anniversary of a fire that killed a Petersburg firefighter Mike Goff and nearly cost the city its entire downtown.
For those who were there, the day is remembered as a nightmare.
"Every second. It was yesterday. You know, in your minds, it was just yesterday," retired Petersburg Fire Captain Glenn Dean said. - PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond
Smoke was visible miles away after a fire broke out Tuesday night in Milford, Massachusetts.
Aerial footage showed massive flames engulfing a three-story building on Haven Street. Fire crews from Milford and multiple neighboring communities responded.
No one was injured, fire officials said.
Access to water was a problem for firefighters. - PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-CD NBC 10 Boston
Researchers in Washington are updating a database on different types of fentanyl to keep first responders safe when they arrive to the scene of an overdose or crime scene. The idea is to put that information into a handheld device that officers or firefighters can use so they know if the substance they have found is dangerous. - PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver
It was March 25, 2018, and then high school standout Bones Hyland was in his room in his family’s Delaware home after an AAU game. He was watching the Kansas vs. Duke Elite Eight game on his laptop and talking to a friend when his room started to fill with black smoke.
The home was quickly engulfed in fire and Hyland was forced to jump from his second-story window to safety on the ground. - PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Sports
Sometimes, a life-changing experience can come from seemingly out of the blue. At least it appeared that way for Joshua Everetts, age 43, of Jenkintown.
He lived in South Philly with his wife, Jovanna, for 15 years, but the two had decided that once their son, Raylan, was of school age that they would move out of the city to Jenkintown. - PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Reporter Online - Metered Site
VIDEO: The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant now makes up nearly a quarter of new COVID-19 infections nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Tuesday, up from around 1 in 10 new cases just a week prior.
Since January, Omicron has made up virtually all new infections in the U. - PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
Several explosions lead to a fire at the Timbuk Tree Farm in Licking County early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters at the scene said explosions within one building happened at the farm located on the 2000 block of Timbuk Road in Granville around 2 a.m.
Three buildings that have offices and products that were being shipped out are on fire, as well as the shipping area. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBNS-TV CBS 10 Columbus
DNA from more than 200 Nashville firefighters was used to study the long-term health of 9/11 first responders at the World Trade Center.
A new study featuring research from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) used the samples to determine 9/11 first responders were more likely than their peers to have a genetic mutation that can cause blood cancers or cardiovascular disease. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AXIOS Nashville
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher who appeared in games during the club’s run to a World Series victory in 2018 recently graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, officials announced Monday.
Justin Haley, who pitched in four games during that season, graduated from the academy on Feb. 28, according to West Newbury Fire Chief Michael Dwyer. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston
Equipment from Spring Mill Fire Company in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania is on its way to help firefighters in Ukraine by way of North Jersey.
"It's our way to give back in some fashion. Volunteer fire companies, they want to give back to the community in any way that we can, and maybe this is giving back more than just the local," said Chief Wayne Masters of Spring Mill Fire Company. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
Firefighters battled a massive 2-alarm fire that broke out at a pallet business in South Los Angeles Sunday morning.
According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, calls of a fire near East 108th and South Alameda streets began coming in just before 5 a.m.
It happened at the Best Wood Work Pallets located in an unincorporated part of Watts. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
Gary Weiland has set a new goal for himself - to become an American Ninja Warrior.
Weiland is a Denton firefighter who beat the odds by returning to duty 10 months and 6 days after his leg was amputated.
He’s a full time Denton firefighter and father of four, and he is now vying for a spot on American Ninja Warrior! Since then, he’s become a motivational speaker and children’s book author. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
Firefighters, EMS and police nationwide are taking notice of the Village of New Haven’s fire department, as the facility has been authorized as a National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training center.
“We are the only NAEMT authorized facility in metro Detroit,” New Haven Fire Chief Daniel Stier said. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Voice
VIDEO: Authorities in Cedar Rapids released body camera footage showing what happened inside Geneva Tower during the Feb. 20 fire that displaced more than 100 residents.
It is clear from watching the video one of the major challenges in evacuating the building was the many people with disabilities and mobility issues. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRG-TV ABC 9 Cedar Rapids
Things seem to be looking up as the US crosses into year three of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines still do a good job of keeping people alive and out of the hospital. There's increasing access to tests and treatments. The numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are heading in the right direction. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health
A Sullivan County firefighter is recovering from his injuries after he was forced to dangle from a window during a fire at a senior living complex - and it was all caught on camera.
The Liberty volunteer firefighter is seen in the viral video clinging for safety to a fifth-story window Tuesday night. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Westchester
VIDEO: KWWL news is currently on scene of a fire at the Lost Island Theme Park, currently under construction at the south edge of Waterloo, near the Isle Hotel and Casino, on the south side of Shaulis Road.
The fire began between 7-8 p.m. There are no injuries.
Eric Bertch, owner of the Lost Island, says an approximately 1500-square foot queue shelter building caught on fire at the far southwest edge of the park. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWWL-TV NBC/CW 7 Waterloo
A Lafayette firefighter was injured after being forced over the ledge of an overpass when a semi-truck hit a nearby firetruck.
The Lafayette Fire Department was on the scene Thursday night of a crash on Interstate 10 westbound near the Interstate 49 split. The firetruck was parked on the road while fire personnel helped with that crash, said Lafayette Police Department spokesperson Sgt. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Metered Site
The St. Louis Fire Department is creating a software database that will track the condition of vacant buildings. Thousands of vacant buildings lie in the city, and they often pose a threat to firefighters.
But assembling the information for a database is a process.
While the program has been in the works for years, recent events pushed it to the forefront after vacant building fire claimed the life of St. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSDK-TV NBC 5 St. Louis
Another new COVID-19 variant has been detected.
The World Health Organization has confirmed that the new variant, dubbed Deltacron — a combination of Delta and Omicron — has been detected in the France, Denmark and the Netherlands.
"The hybrid genome harbors signature mutations of the two lineages," said IHU Méditerranée Infection's Philippe Colson in a study published Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: People
