By WHDH: Four firefighters were injured while working to extinguish a massive, 8-alarm blaze that broke out in a waste and recycling plant in Roxbury on Sunday morning, officials said. Crews responding to the fire on Gerard Street around 8:30 a.m. were quickly ordered out of the building and used ladder trucks to fight the...Read More
By IAFF: “I am going to die.” These five words were written by Lt. Brian Kyono in his personal journal — words read aloud by a close friend and colleague, San Francisco Assistant Fire Marshal and Local 798 member Chad Law, in a documentary honoring his life. “I was with him while he wrote this, and we...Read More
Paul Spennato had just celebrated his daughter’s first birthday when he discovered a myxoid liposcara tumor behind his knee. The 14-year firefighter with the Westport Fire Department, underwent radiology that burned his leg so badly, doctors had to delay surgery to remove the tumor. He also used all his sick time on expensive treatments, said Spennato,...Read More
TAMPA, Fla. — A 43-year-old man is behind bars after troopers said he led them on a pursuit in a stolen ambulance in Tampa. Michael J. Esquilin was hit with numerous charges, including burglary of an emergency vehicle, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. The chase happened around 8:28 p.m. Saturday after troopers...Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — For the first time, we’re hearing the actual 911 conversation with an 11-year-old Virginia Beach girl who performed CPR on her dad who was having a massive heart attack. For this interview, I met with dispatcher David Fowler and Vada Carawan at the Virginia Beach dispatch center. It was their first...Read More
There are no injuries following a two-vehicle accident in Adams County on Sunday evening. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 7:40 p.m. on State Route 24 about a mile south of Othello when 54-year-old James D. Bennett of Pasco ran a stop sign in his sedan at Hampton Road and collided with...Read More
