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May 3, 2023

FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN HOUSE FIRE – ILLINOIS

One firefighter was transported to the hospital while battling a fire that engulfed an unoccupied home near Antioch early Wednesday morning, authorities said. The Antioch Fire Department responded around 3 a.m. Wednesday to the 25100 block of West Oak Lane in unincorporated Antioch for a report of a structure fire. Firefighters arrived to find heavy...
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TANK BLEVE AT CHICKEN COOP FIRE IN SOUTH CAROLINA (VIDEO)

PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. — A South Carolina family on vacation in Florida got a disturbing message from a neighbor over the weekend about what turned out to be an explosion at their home that was caught on camera. IMG_2565 – DOWNLOAD VIDEO HERE! The neighbor wanted to know why there were so many emergency vehicles...
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KANSAS CITY EMS CHIEF SPEAKS AFTER FATAL CRASH

WARRENSBURG, Mo. — A Kansas City area EMS chief is speaking with the KSHB 41 I-Team after an ambulance crashed and killed a patient. Kansas City, Missouri, police are now looking into what caused it. The crash happened on Sunday near 71 Highway and Bannister Road. The ambulance was on its way to Research Medical...
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FIREFIGHTER LODD-FACTORY FIRE-Australia (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that 1 of the 3 injured Queensland Firefighters (Australia) has died in the Line of Duty from her injuries. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) 1st Class Firefighter Izabella “Izzy” Nash, 46, initially suffered critical injuries inside with two colleagues about 0230 hours on Tuesday before all three were feared...
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IRVING, TEXAS FIRE DEPARTMENT RIGS STRUCK TWICE IN 24 HOURS

Irving firefighters report that two fire apparatus have been hit by vehicles while working at accident scenes since Sunday morning. The first accident occurred at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 on Highway 183 near County Line. In that crash, a fire truck was serving as a blocker apparatus on the scene of a...
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FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/3

On 5/3/1908 the Aveline Hotel fire in Fort Wayne, Indiana left sixteen dead and twenty injured that started near the elevator shaft on the first floor from defective wiring around 3:10 a.m. “Within five minutes, however, the interior of the structure was a seething furnace, and many of the guests were caught in their rooms...
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