…suspect Daniel Brough “reckless,” “foolish” and “greedy” for his role in the deaths…charged with 3rd Degree Murder… Aug 21, 2004 A blaze that killed two firefighters Friday night began in a tangle of wires and high-powered lamps that a man had set up to grow marijuana in a basement closet, authorities said. Fire Capt. John...Read More
Courtesy of The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The widow of a firefighter who died in an arson fire at a Family Dollar store has filed a $6.5 million wrongful death lawsuit against the store, the Memphis Fire Department and the maker of a self-contained breathing apparatus. Lt. Trent Kirk and Pvt. Charles Zachary,...Read More
Friday, January 21, 2005By Larry O’ConnorStaff Writer Summit Township firefighters knew their captain was in peril, but a distress signal pinpointing his whereabouts was muted in the smoke and flames. Capt. Scott Thornton, 39, died after colleagues found him face down in a second-floor bedroom while battling a blaze Thursday morning at 824 Brown’s Lake...Read More
January 15, 2005 sjnewsco.com James Heenan died on March 24, 2001, of burns received fighting a house fire in West Deptford on Jan. 1, 2001. Heenan fell through a floor into the basement where he was trapped by burning debris for at least 20 minutes. Almost three years later, the state Division of Fire Safety...Read More
CENTERVILLE, Ohio — Police and firefighters evacuated two dozen apartments after a fire raced through a Centerville apartment complex early Monday morning. The blaze happened about 2 a.m. at the Revere Village Apartments on Route 48 near Spring Valley Road. Authorities said all the residents escaped safely, but two firefighters suffered injuries trying to put...Read More
The Associated Press 3/8/2005TACOMA, Wash. (AP) A woman being carried out of a burning house put a gun to a firefighter’s head and pulled the trigger repeatedly but was out of bullets following the shooting death of her boyfriend, police say. The woman, in her late 50s, was hospitalized for treatment of smoke inhalation Monday....Read More
