PHOTOS: Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous 1974 Main Avenue Fire in downtown Durango that destroyed six buildings and killed two first responders.
The tragic event lives in the minds of Durango’s first responders and helped evolve Durango Fire Protection District’s downtown fire suppression tactics. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Durango Herald - Metered Site
VIDEO: Firefighters are warning parents after a Cocomelon children’s book caused a minivan fire in North Carolina.
The George Hildebran Fire & Rescue Department said Sunday that a child’s car seat caught fire soon after the child had gotten out.
After the flames were put out, the Fire Marshal’s Office determined that the fire was started by a “button battery” inside a children’s book that was left underneath the seat. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCTV CBS/MyNetworkTV 6 Thomasville
At least nine people were injured in a four-alarm fire that swept across a cluster of buildings in Brooklyn late Monday night, according to the FDNY.
The fire broke out at a building on Dean Street between Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sackman Street around 10:40 p.m. Over 160 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene, per fire officials. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City
VIDEOS: On Sept. 8, 1994, 132 people were killed in what is the deadliest air disaster in Pennsylvania's history: The crash of USAir Flight 427.
On this edition of Chronicle, we looked back at rarely seen video from the years-long investigation and spoke with the lead investigator who provided exclusive new insights into the crash. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh
VIDEO: The 2024-2025 Tennessee Teacher of the Year has been crowned: Bryan Kerns of Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport City Schools.
Kerns has spent 17 years of a 20-year teaching career as an Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 teacher at Dobyns-Bennett High School. However, Kerns also holds a unique position — fire management instructor. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville
VIDEO: Over 75 million Americans are being urged to take proper precautions as temperatures could top 100 degrees in parts of the Midwest on Tuesday.
The extreme heat comes as a new report published in JAMA shows that heat-related deaths have risen significantly in the U.S. in recent years. The report, which was compiled using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, showed there were 21,518 fatalities from 1999-2023 citing heat as the underlying or contributing cause of death. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Scripps News
PHOTOS: A large house fire that sent one to the hospital devastated a home in Skiatook, taking multiple departments and tanker trucks hours to put out.
2 News got a call from a viewer about the fire. By the time crews got there, the home was completely engulfed. It was a shocking scene in Skiatook on Aug. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KJRH-TV NBC 2 Tulsa
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighting is a tough, dangerous job, especially in Arizona where wildfires are prevalent and deadly.
Phoenix launched its first fire department in 1886 when a special bond raised $10,000 to purchase equipment and improve the water supply. In the decades after, the city worked to expand staff and upgrade equipment to effectively fight blazes around town. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AZ Central - Metered Site
VIDEO: Crews with Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) rescued 15 people associated with the Los Angeles Chargers -- both players and members of the team's traveling party -- who were trapped in an elevator at The Westin hotel in Downtown Dallas on Friday night.
The Chargers, in town for their final 2024 preseason matchup against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, acknowledged in a social media post Friday night that members of the team were stranded in an inoperable elevator in the team's hotel. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
Near the end of an April workday in 2022, the Virginia International Raceway fire and rescue team was notified that a racecar driver had fallen and hit his head just after getting out of his vehicle.
The driver had collapsed while talking to his pit crew, and the response team soon learned that the situation was more serious than a simple fall. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cardinal News
PHOTOS: A fire broke out at a boat anchored to a Wildwood, NJ, fuel dock that had the fire department working on the scene for three and a half hours.
Firefighters were dispatched to a 42-foot vessel engulfed in flames, and the fire partially spread to the dock. The boat eventually sank from the large amount of water used to put out the fire, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPHL-TV CW 17 Philadelphia
VIDEO: An Inglewood woman was arrested after she was seen on video yelling and swatting at a Los Angeles County firefighter in Gardena before crashing her car into the firefighter's.
It happened around 1 p.m. Wednesday. Frank Rojas said he heard an argument outside his Gardena home before he took out his cell phone and started recording. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles
VIDEO/PHOTOS: From Hurricane Beryl to the wildfires in the Panhandle, Texas has experienced the impact of natural disasters in 2024. During large-scale incidents in the Big Country and beyond, the Abilene Fire Department has the right vehicle for the job. An ambulance bus known as an Ambus has been stationed at Station 4 since 2021. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAB-TV CBS 32 Abilene
VIDEO: The Northwest Allen County Fire Department held a safety training session on Wednesday, providing multiple area fire departments the opportunity to observe how to respond to a hot air balloon crash.
For the safety training session, the Northwest Allen County Fire Department reached out to a hot air balloon pilot with more than 30 years of experience to provide education on specific hot air balloon safety measures. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTA-TV ABC/NBC/MyNetworkTV 21 Fort Wayne
VIDEO: Firefighters in Port Jefferson battled heavy rains to get people to safety earlier this week - all while its own firehouse was flooded.
Screenshots shared to Facebook show submerged gear and equipment, estimated to be thousands of dollars in damages.
The department tells News 12 that at no point was its ability to answer emergency calls impacted, and the cleanup process is already underway. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Long Island
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is saddened to learn of the passing of the Honorable Bill Pascrell Jr., the Representative of New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District. First elected to Congress in 1996, the Congressman was a longtime co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus. Congressman Pascrell was an unwavering champion of our nation’s fire and emergency services. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
VIDEO: A Virginia family gets closure 45 years later after their loved ones' remains have been identified and returned following the remains being found in the Kentucky River.
It was a normal training exercise for the Lexington Fire Department on October 22, 2016. Several dive teams spent the day removing vehicles from the Kentucky River off Old Tates Creek Road near Valley View Ferry. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLEX-TV NBC 18 Lexington
A mulch fire burning on Detroit's west side could take days to fully extinguish, according to firefighters.
The fire at Detroit Mulch on Prairie Street near Lyndon and Livernois started Tuesday night. Crews continued to battle large flames Wednesday morning.
Heavy smoke from the fire has led to calls from areas miles away from the mulch business. - PUB DATE: 8/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK-TV FOX 2 Detroit
VIDEO: A local fire department has a new piece of sonar equipment that will help them locate a person underwater more quickly.
The Vincennes Township Fire Department recently purchased an AQUAEYE handheld sonar device.
Fire Chief Tim Smith said it uses new technology that will help them determine when they’ve located a person in the water, rather than an object. - PUB DATE: 8/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTWO-TV NBC 2 Terre Haute
VIDEO: Firefighters from the Beacon Falls Fire Department successfully rescued nineteen people and a dog from the Brookside Inn Restaurant during Sunday’s severe flooding.
On Sunday, the restaurant was surrounded by five to ten inches of water.
With Oxford fire crews occupied with other emergency calls, the Beacon Hose Fire Department intervened using an aerial approach. - PUB DATE: 8/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS 3 Hartford
