A raging inferno engulfed several businesses in the Bronx early Tuesday, sending a black plume of smoke into the air as ferocious flames licked the gear of hundreds of firefighters working to put them out. The FDNY says the four-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. at 316 E. 194th Street, near Marion Avenue, in Fordham.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC New York

The fire and fury caused by the 117 Fire was so destructive Tuesday, incident command directed firefighters not to fight the flames at first. The lack of initial response, though, was not unwarranted. Rather, the weather produced extreme fire behavior — a massive hazard for firefighters, who instead focused on evacuating families and livestock in harm's way.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAA-TV NBC 5 & 30 Colorado Springs

On April 23, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: It's been a long winter in western Wisconsin, and although there are still traces of snowfall on the ground, it didn't stop a grass fire from breaking out Sunday evening at Lake Wissota State Park. “This is definitely ground-fire season, now that everything is finally starting to dry out,” explains Dave Hladilek, a property supervisor, for the Lake Wissota, Brunet Island team.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 5:57:46 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

On April 22, 14 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 21, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Holmen's fire chief won't renew his contract when it expires in August according to the village president. After two years, Paul Menches told the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board Thursday night that he's decided to leave the department as of the middle of August, Holmen Village President Nancy Proctor told WXOW.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 9:59:28 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

On April 22, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 21, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 19, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 17, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A man was flown to a Milwaukee-area hospital after a one-car crash late Saturday night at Highway 165 and Sheridan Road. The crash occurred at 9:51 p.m. and involved a man believed to be the driver of the vehicle who had to be extricated, according to David Wilkinson, Pleasant Prairie Fire Department assistant chief.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 1:51:58 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

After a series of stinging defeats regarding the Watertown Fire Department, Mayor Joseph M. Butler Jr. insists he’s not going to back down. “It’s frustrating to see,” he said. “But I’m dedicated to fight the good fight I’ve been fighting. I can sleep at night knowing that I’ve been trying to do what I think is right for the taxpayers.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader is being recognized on a national scale once again for her devotion to helping people. Now, she has been named one of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Influential People of 2018. In a statement to WSAZ reacting to the news, Rader was humble. "I am honored," Rader said. "I think that this is a result of the community coming together to work diligently on a difficult social issue.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3

Four adults and two children were killed Sunday morning in a house fire that Alcoa Fire Department Chief Roger Robinson called the worst tragedy he's seen in his 39-year career. Twenty-nine firefighters responded to the single-story home at 885 N. Wright Road after someone called E-911 to report the blaze at 5:24 a.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News-Sentinel

On Tuesday the Kern County Board of Supervisors will give the Kern County Fire Department a $14 million dollar payday loan. Fire Chief Brian Marshall said he has more than $15 million in reimbursement money that hasn’t been paid by state and federal fire agencies to Kern County for staff and equipment used last year to fight fires and natural disasters.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bakersfield.com

A life-sized statue was unveiled Saturday honoring 19 members of a firefighting team known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in a 2013 Arizona wildfire. The statue was dedicated at a state memorial park established where all but one member of the team died in a canyon in mountains near Yarnell on June 30, 2013.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV

On April 22, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Authorities were forced to fully evacuate Lake Wissota State Park Sunday afternoon in order to fight several grass fires. Officials told News 18 there were a few campers at the park at the time, but said no one was injured. They don't know what started the fires, or how many acres they have burned so far, but the Department of Natural Resources is sending officers from Ladysmith to help put them out.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2018 5:39:18 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

On April 21, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.