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June 1, 2023

FIVE FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN MOBILE HOME FIRE – TEXAS

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A total of 29 Las Cruces firefighters responded to a mobile home fire on Wednesday, May 31 at the 1400 block of Branding Iron Circle. Officials say they were dispatched to a report of a fire at around 10:50 a.m. including a possible trapped occupant inside the mobile home. Officials...
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FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN ROOF COLLAPSE AT HOUSE FIRE – MISSISSIPPI

NATCHEZ — A Memorial Day house fire on Saragossa Road in Adams County ended in the total loss of the home and the injury of at least one firefighter when the roof of the structure collapsed. Natchez Fire Chief Robert Arrington said the firefighter was taken to the emergency room by ambulance but appears to...
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MASS. FIREFIGHTERS PINNED IN COLLAPSE, SELF-RESCUE

By WGGB/WSHM: A three-alarm fire on Oak Street in Springfield nearly turned deadly when two firefighters were pinned underneath a ceiling that collapsed, pinning them to the ground. We’re getting answers from the experts on how they train for these situations before the heat is on. Fire Commissioner B.J. Calvi said they train around the...
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CAR CRASHES INTO AMBULANCE AND FIRE TRUCK IN FLORIDA

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Amid a rainy afternoon across the Tampa Bay area, a driver hydroplaned on Interstate 275 in Pinellas County and then crashed into a firetruck and ambulance, troopers say. Nobody involved in the crash was hurt, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. The 39-year-old was driving at around 3:35 p.m....
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FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 6/1

On 6/1/ 2008 a “massive, early morning fire at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and studio backlot in Universal City, California destroys a trove of irreplaceable recordings by some of the greatest musical artists in American history, thousands of archived digital and video film copies and King Kong Encounter, one of the park’s most...
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