Northeast
Maine: Firefighters rescued a man through a first floor window during an apartment fire in Augusta on May 26. The fire caused extensive damage to the building.
Vermont: Two families were left homeless by an early-morning fire in St. Johnsbury on May 12. Several fire departments responded to the incident.
New Hampshire: Two Nashua Fire Rescue firefighters were injured in two-alarm house fire on May 18. First-in units reported heavy smoke in the front of the house and heavy fire in the rear. An aggressive attack quickly controlled the blaze.
Rhode Island: Fire forced a dozen people, including six children, to evacuate their three-story home in Cranston on May 18. The first and second floors sustained heavy damage. The fire was controlled in 30 minutes.
Massachusetts: A Boston University student was killed and two Boston firefighters suffered non-life-threatening injuries during an April 28 fire in a two-family house. One firefighter fell through a second-story floor and the second fell down a flight of stairs.
Connecticut: One woman was killed in a May 8 house fire in Suffield. Two other people escaped the 7 P.M. fire.
New York: The FDNY graduated 285 probationary firefighters on May 17 – the department’s first firefighter graduation since 2008. The FDNY described the graduating class as its most diverse ever. Forty percent of the class were minorities, including 23% Hispanic, 13% African American and 4% Asian. The class also included five women, the most in a probationary firefighter graduating class in more than 30 years. Twenty-six of the graduates served with the U.S. military.
New Jersey: Ten departments responded to a May 1 fire in Carlstadt that started in the basement of a three-story home. The fire spread quickly through the rest of the building. Firefighters controlled the fire within 45 minutes.
Pennsylvania: Two adults and four children were killed in a house fire in Pottsville that broke out just before midnight on May 12. First-arriving firefighters found the back of the house engulfed and fire coming from second-floor and attic windows.
Delaware: One resident person jumped to safety from the second floor after fire broke out in a multiple dwelling in Wilmington on May 13. The fire, reported at 1:20 A.M., heavily damaged the structure and left eight units uninhabitable. Ten residents were displaced by the fire.
Maryland: A freight train struck a truck carrying garbage and derailed on May 28 in Rosedale, triggering an explosion and sending up a plume of black smoke visible for miles. Two rail cars carrying chemicals used to make plastic caught fire. The truck driver, identified as a retired firefighter, was seriously injured. The two workers aboard the 45-car train – the engineer and a conductor – were not seriously injured.
Washington, DC: An overheated transformer in a mechanical room forced the evacuation of the West Wing of the White House, including the media area, on May 11. Reporters and photographers were sent outside shortly after 7 A.M. while firefighters inspected the West Wing and were allowed back in after about an hour. No injuries were reported.
Southeast
West Virginia: Crews responded to explosions and a fire at a gas distributor in Poca, just outside Charleston, on May 13.
Virginia: As fire consumed the mobile home she was in on May 8, a Madison Heights teenager pushed out the air conditioner from a window in her bedroom and landed in the arms of a neighbor.
Kentucky: Three lives were lost in a mobile home fire on May 5, according to the Grayson County Coroner. Autopsy results showed that each of the three victims died from smoke inhalation, with the secondary cause of death being thermal injuries, or burns.
North Carolina: A 13-year-old went into a house on fire on May 10 to help guide his grandparents to safety. The seventh-grader said he was walking home from his bus stop when he noticed smoke at his family's house. He said he pulled his shirt up over his nose and mouth and led his grandparents out a back door.
South Carolina: A house fire that killed a father and daughter in Montmorenci on May 11 is being investigated as arson, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
Georgia: A Macon-Bibb County firefighter is recovering at home after back surgery on May 3 to repair a herniated disc he sustained while fighting a fire at a packaging plant near Middle Georgia Regional Airport.
Florida: Richard D. LePere Jr. was appointed fire chief for Reedy Creek Emergency Services. He has an understanding of comprehensive emergency services and came prepared to lead the safety efforts for the millions of guests visiting Walt Disney World Resort.
Alabama: Springfield Assistant Chief Stanley Martin Jr., 71, died after falling ill at a structure fire on May 6. Following suppression activities, Martin, the apparatus operator, complained of shortness of breath. He was transported to Greene County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Mississippi: A Claiborne County woman was treated for burns on most of her body after an incident on May 17 in which she told deputies she accidentally caught fire after spilling gasoline on herself.
Tennessee: About 100 people were briefly evacuated on May 10 after a pickup struck a gas meter at an apartment complex, rupturing a two-inch natural gas line. Fire Chief Darryl Kerley said the sound of gas escaping from the ruptured line could be heard 200 yards away.
Arkansas: A house fire shut down Highway 365 in both directions in Wrightsville on May 22. Officials on the scene said that two people were inside when the fire started. Both suffered cuts and scrapes in their escape.
Louisiana: The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office made three arrests in connection with two Montz fires on May 17. During the interview process, police say the suspects admitted to being involved in the fires and also admitted to being involved in another Montz fire, which occurred in March.
Midwest
North Dakota: Twenty people escaped a burning charter bus after it caught fire while they were riding it near Williston on May 19.
South Dakota: A mechanic's mishap while working under a vehicle ignited a car fire that quickly gutted an Aberdeen gas station on May 20.
Nebraska: Embers from a grill sparked a fire on the back porch of a South Sioux City home. The May 16 fire left a resident and a firefighter with minor injuries.
Kansas: Two engines, a quint and two ambulances responded to a house fire in Independence on May 22. The fire reached two alarms before being brought under control. Photo by Gaby Richmond-Reck
Minnesota: Two children were killed and two were injured during a rock and sand slide in Lillydale Park in St. Paul on May 22. Firefighters dug by hand to free two of the children and recovered the body of a third child 20 hours after the collapse was reported. AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jerry Holt
Iowa: A Des Moines firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he fell through a floor while battling an apartment fire. Five units were damaged by the May 16 fire, which left one resident with smoke inhalation.
Missouri: Two 40-foot bridge spans partially collapsed when a cargo train struck a bridge pillar near Chaffee. The collision was triggered when two trains collided at an intersection on May 25. Seven people from two cars on the bridges and two railroad workers were taken to the hospital for injuries.
Wisconsin: A massive wildfire that was discovered on May 13 in Douglas County took four days to contain. The fire consumed closed to 9,000 acres and destroyed more than 70 structures, including 17 homes. Photo by Phil Miller/Wisconsin DNR
Illinois: Galesburg Fire Captain Derek Perry rescued an unconscious 3-year-old boy from a May 14 house fire that was reported just after midnight.
Michigan: Firefighters used a defensive attack on a May 27 house fire in Harpers Woods to knock down the bulk of the fire. As additional crews arrived, firefighters entered the structure to bring the fire under control. Photo by
Matthew Sosnowski
Indiana: A chain-reaction collision involving four school buses left more than 50 students and adults injured in North Webster. One school bus driver suffered serious injuries in the May 23 crash. AP Photo/Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department
Ohio: Two Columbus firefighters were injured on May 25 when an explosion knocked them off a porch as they were battling the warehouse fire.
Southwest
Arizona: A Rural Metro firefighter suffered a hand injury while working to contain a mobile home fire that spread to nearby vehicles and vegetation in Mesa on May 2.
New Mexico: A 160 acre brush fire near Silver City was ignited by a spark that travelled 50 feet into dry grass. Officials say the May 22 fire began from a spark from a grinding operation in a man's workshop.
Oklahoma: Firefighters from Amber, Bridge Creek, Newcastle and Oklahoma City responded to assist Tuttle crews as an early morning fire swept through a building on May 7. The downtown building was home to at least 10 businesses.
Texas: San Antonio firefighters rescued a woman who they heard screaming as they arrived to a late night house fire on May 28.
West
Alaska: More than 50 firefighters responded to a fire that broke out at an automotive repair shop near North Pole on May 27. Firefighters from nine departments battle the fire that damaged two buildings and several vehicles.
Hawaii: A May 24 house fire in Kaneohe left three people seriously injured. The one-story home was well involved with firefighters arrived just after 9 A.M.
Washington: The C Line fire burned through almost 100 acres of rough terrain in the Capitol Forest near Littlerock on May 3. Photo by Department of Natural Resources
Oregon: A 34-year-old man died from injuries days after a May 23 house fire in Aloha. The man's wife and 11-year-old son were also injured in the 5 A.M. blaze
California: Officials believe a pickup truck was intentionally set on fire before it was crashed into a commercial building in Compton on May 7. The truck bounced off a metal roll-down door, limiting the spread of fire to the structure.
Idaho: Boise crews were extinguishing a fire in the closet of a fourplex when they discovered a large amount of drugs in the unit and called for police officers. A snake-warming light ignited the May 17 fire.
Nevada: Reno firefighters used aerial devices to contain a fire that damaged eight units of an apartment complex on May 2. The fire, which displaced nine residents, began on deck and quickly spread through the two-story structure.
Montana: More than a dozen pets were killed in a May 29 house fire in Missoula. The 6 A.M. fire caused $45,000 in damage.
Wyoming: Three workers suffered burns during the second fire in less than a week at the Laramie River Station power plant in Wheatland on May 20. One worker was flown by helicopter for treatment of serious burns.
Utah: A two-alarm fire started in a wood-shavings collector at a Salt Lake City business on May 2. The 6:30 A.M. fire filled the structure with heavy smoke before it was contained.
Colorado: An early-morning fire destroyed a Longmont mortuary on May 28. Officials believed six bodies were awaiting burial when the fire broke out.
