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Anhydrous Ammonia Tanker Truck Collides With Train in Minn.

A collision between a semi truck carrying anhydrous ammonia and a train sent four people to the hospital and caused the evacuation of an elementary school in Murdock.

News • May 8th, 2013

Pa. Man Guilty in Fire That Nearly Killed Firefighter

A Jeanette man pleaded guilty to starting several fires, including one that nearly cost a firefighter his life when a window burst a window causing a laceration to his neck.

News • May 8th, 2013

Fire Badly Damages Landmark Calif. Bakery, Restaurant

Fire caused heavy damage to Merritt Bakery and Restaurant in Oakland on Wednesday morning.

News • May 8th, 2013

Detroit Firefighters Respond Railroad Hazmat Call

The Detroit Fire Department is on the scene at the CSX Railroad facility in southwest Detroit this morning for a reported hazardous materials situation.

News • May 8th, 2013

L.A. Firefighters Say Abandoned Barrels Are No Hazard

Suspicious barrels along the railroad tracks in Pomona are filled with soil and pose no hazard, according to fire officials.

News • May 8th, 2013

Fire Service Descends on D.C. For CFSI Events

Kicking off CFSI was Lou Amabili, who helped write “America Burning.” The event concludes with a dinner Thursday with Vice President Biden in attendance.

News • May 8th, 2013

Fla. Dept. Caught in Firestorm of Racial Accusations

An East Lake fire lieutenant was demoted for allegedly making a Nazi salute and he's accusing a firefighter of calling him a 'dirty Mexican' as racial tension mount.

News • May 8th, 2013

Hostile Tenants Prevent Investigation of Ore. Fire

Fearing bodily harm to their firefighters, Cornelius fire officials are declining to investigate the exact cause of a fire at a half-way house that destroyed the structure.

News • May 8th, 2013

L.A. City Council Reverses Fire Dept. Staffing Shift

Los Angeles officials have appropriated $1.6M to reverse a controversial staffing plan that removed firefighters from engines to work on ambulances.

News • May 8th, 2013

Maine Fire Chief, Deputy Accused of Misuse of Funds

The chief of the Mattawamkeag Fire Department and his wife, who is the deputy fire chief, have been suspended without pay for alleged misuse of department funds.

News • May 8th, 2013

Okla. Man Arrested After to Church Destroyed by Fire

Fire destroyed the Fellowship Worship Church in McAlester and a man was arrested in connection with the fire.

News • May 8th, 2013

Two N.J. Men Charged With Running 9/11 Scam

Two New Jersey men have been charged in connection with running a 9/11 memorial scam allegedly by collecting donations and selling Tee-shirts from the back of a pickup truck.

News • May 8th, 2013

Ariz. Firefighter Gets $125K in Sexual Harassment Suit

A Tucson firefighter/medic has been awarded $125,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim that alleged he was 'physically and sexually assaulted... multiple times by a captain.

News • May 8th, 2013

Conn. Payload Operator Honored For Role in Birth

A man operating a payloader during Bizzard Nemo has been recognized for helping to clear the roads to get a woman in labor to a New Haven hospital.

News • May 8th, 2013

Fla. Fire Dept. Settles Firefighter's Claim For $39K

Parker City Council has awarded a former firefighter $39,235 to settle a suit that alleged the city retaliated against him for defending a fellow firefighter in 2009.

News • May 8th, 2013

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