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Drywall Dust From N.C. High-Rise Prompts Fire Call

Heavy smoke pouring out of one of the upper floors of a high-rise apartment building in uptown Charlotte Tuesday was caused by construction workers cutting drywall.

News • April 24th, 2013

Ohio Teen Dies Saving Her Baby From House Fire

When a fire broke out in her home, the 16-year-old girl saved her baby by placing her outside a window on a porch roof before perishing in the blaze.

News • April 23rd, 2013

Bad Weather Didn't Stop Ill. Crews From Saving Woman

Police, fire and ambulance personnel regularly venture out in snowstorms but weather "fit for neither man nor beast" is just part of the job for Decatur responders.

News • April 23rd, 2013

Fire Badly Damages Former Upstate N.Y. Hotel

Firefighters in Rouses Point were forced to mount an exterior attack on a four-story building that caught fire, burning the attic and roof off the wood-framed structure.

News • April 23rd, 2013

Firefighters in Tenn. Battle 'Biggest' Fire in Its History

It's been described as the biggest fire in this Lake City history, and it took 50 firefighters from six area departments to bring it under control.

News • April 22nd, 2013

Ohio Firefighters Make Due With Temporary Station

Despite operating from a residential home while their fire station is replaced, Toledo firefighters say their response times remain acceptable.

News • April 22nd, 2013

Calif. Crews Engage in Four-Hour Trash Firefight

Firefighters tore apart a burning truck filled with construction debris early Sunday during a four-hour firefight at a Santa Rosa trash and recycling yard.

News • April 22nd, 2013

Fire Rips Through Long Island, N.Y Apartment Complex

A fire ripped through a 16-unit apartment complex in Coram Sunday afternoon, leaving as many as 40 people homeless.

News • April 22nd, 2013

Kansas Firefighters Find Man in Burning Home

Police and fire crews responding to a 1:30 a.m. alarm in the Douglas County community entered the residence and found the man sleeping on a couch.

News • April 20th, 2013

Crews Rescue 22 From Russian High-Rise Fire

Firefighters rescued 22 people and evacuated 200 others from the 16-story building.

News • April 20th, 2013

Lightning Strike Sparks Miss. House Fire

Lightning struck a vacant Gulfport home early Friday, destroying the structure and threatening an adjacent home.

News • April 20th, 2013

Missouri Families Evacuated as Homes Flood

Heavy rains on Thursday flooded areas of the metro-east, forcing two families to be evacuated in East St. Louis and firefighters in a boat to rescue a stranded motorist.

News • April 19th, 2013

'Textbook Rescue' Credited For Saving Illinois Woman

An 86-year-old woman remains hospitalized after being rescued from a fire in her home Wednesday evening.

News • April 19th, 2013

LA to Shift Firefighters From Engines to Ambulances

To handle an increase in medical emergency runs, the Los Angeles fire chief will reassign dozens of firefighters from engines to rescue ambulances starting next month.

News • April 17th, 2013

Fire Causes $1.7m Damage to California Strip Mall

Four businesses were destroyed when fire ripped through a Fresno strip mall Tuesday.

News • April 17th, 2013

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