Santa Clara County Fire Department crew responding to a medical call in the 1400 block of Miramonte Avenue 2:30 a.m. Monday collapsed the bridge spanning Permanente Creek. No one was injured. The accident left approximately 12 residents without a way to drive their cars across the private drive, according to resident Richard Feldman, but they...Read More
A firefighter from Odessa broke his wrist and at least 300,000 chickens perished in a four-alarm fire near Cecilton, Md., that lasted from Monday night into Tuesday morning. "If it wasn’t the biggest it was one of the biggest fires in Cecil County," said Cecilton Volunteer Fire Company Chief Bobby Plato Jr. Plato said the...Read More
A Modesto firefighter was taken to a hospital Wednesday after falling through a floor while battling a blaze. While battling the fire, a firefighter fell through the floor of the home and landed in the basement, according to the incident commander. The firefighter got hung up on the debris as he fell through the floor...Read More
A total of 22 firefighters were sent to rescue a cat that was stuck on a roof as a result of ‘crazy’ health and safety regulations Five apparatus from 3 different fire stations were dispatched by Suffolk (U.K.) Fire Service to save the tortoiseshell tabby from the top of a Victorian semi-detached house in Leiston....Read More
Three firefighters suffered injuries when the top-floor ceiling of a three-story burning building collapsed on them late Tuesday afternoon. Capt. Malcolm Maxwell, Lt. Frank Edmond and Engineer Jesse Shabazz were treated at Methodist Hospitals Northlake campus for non-life-threatening injuries after fellow firefighters carried them out of a third-floor window onto a ladder truck. “Our guys...Read More
