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Ohio Firefighters Hurt in 'Nasty' Warehouse Blaze

May 25--Two Columbus firefighters were injured late Friday night fighting a large warehouse fire just north of downtown. The fire in the 1600 block of Third Avenue at Railroad Avenue engulfed a building that was once the old Burnham warehouse, Fire Marshall Ricky Shores said. Units from the Columbus Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded at 10:22 p.m. Three firefighters were on the front porch of the structure when a large explosion blew them back. One suffered a break of his lower...

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Ohio Firefighters Hurt in 'Nasty' Warehouse Blaze

A Columbus firefighter suffered burns and a second suffered a broken leg searching for homeless people in a large warehouse fire Friday night.

News • May 25th, 2013
Kan. Police Grab Hoses, Fight Fire During Standoff

Fearing for firefighters' safety, Wichita police officers grabbed fire hoses and forced their way into a house fire allegedly set by a suspect during a standoff.

News • May 25th, 2013
Minn. Firefighter Hurt in Roof Collapse at House Fire

Police officers rescued a couple from a house fire in Le Sueur that also hurt a firefighter when the roof collapsed.

News • May 25th, 2013
Fire on Million Dollar Boat in Chicago Leads to Arrest

Chicago firefighters found an apparent stowaway on a $1 million boat as they extinguished a fire that broke out on it Friday afternoon.

News • May 25th, 2013
Fire Destroys Building at Closed Kan. Amusement Park

The building that once housed the offices and skee-ball games at the shuttered Joyland amusement park in Wichita was destroyed by fire.

News • May 25th, 2013
Cause of Blaze That Hurt Pa. Firefighters Probed

Several Bellevue firefighters were hurt in an apartment building fire which remains under investigation.

News • May 23rd, 2013
N.M. Homes Threatened in Wildfire Set by Grinder Sparks

The first significant fire for Grant County of 2013 was apparently started by sparks from a man grinding material in his shop. More than 160 acres burned.

News • May 23rd, 2013
Three Greenhouses in Calif. Strawberry Field Burn

A fire in a pile of pallets ignited a blaze that consumed three greenhouses in a strawberry field near Oxnard.

News • May 23rd, 2013
Authorities: Crime Not Ruled out in West Blast

Authorities said Thursday that possible causes of the fire have been narrowed to a 120-volt electrical system, a golf cart or an intentionally set fire.

News • May 17th, 2013
Former West Medic Pleads Not Guilty to Charge

Bryce Reed, who helped at the West fertilizer plant blast, remains in federal custody on the charges.

News • May 16th, 2013
Pennsylvania Blaze Claims Four Children, Two Adults

The house fire in Pottsville, Pa. remains under investigation.

News • May 13th, 2013
Bad Luck Hits Calif. Family That Saved Woman

After saving a stabbed woman, the family's apartment suffered smoke damage, and property was stolen.

News • May 13th, 2013
UK Firefighter Hurt as Safety Demo Goes Awry

He was demonstrating how to extinguish a chip pan fire when he was burned.

News • May 13th, 2013
Officials: S.C. Dad, Daughter Killed in Suspicious Fire

Aiken County Sheriff's officials are investigating the fire, which took the life of a 28-year-old man and his two-year-old daughter as arson.

News • May 12th, 2013
Man Charged in Ill. House Fire That Claimed Four Kids

A 33-year-old man was charged on Friday with four counts of first-degree murder and residential arson in the deaths of the children ages five to 12.

News • May 11th, 2013

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