While returning from multiple storm-related alarms on 7/4/26, the engine had backed into the bay. The company was toned out for a motor vehicle accident. While boarding the engine, the chauffeur began pulling out while a firefighter was still getting on. The firefighter fell onto his stomach inside the rig, his legs still hanging out....Read More
A firetruck and a car collided early Friday morning in Longwood. The two vehicles collided at the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue just after 5:30 a.m. Citizen video shows a grey car with damage to the front of the vehicle. The FDNY says two EMS personnel and another person suffered minor injuries....Read More
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — A Lexington firefighter was transported to a hospital early Sunday morning after they were injured while combating a working structure fire on Charles Avenue. According to Lexington Fire Battalion Chief Derek Roberts, the fire department was dispatched around 2 a.m. to the 800 block of Charles Avenue for a house...Read More
HOUSTON – Investigators are working determine how a Houston Fire Department unit hit a METRORail train earlier this evening north of downtown Houston. Captain Raul Reyes with HFD tells us Engine 9 was on a call with lights and siren activated when it happened around 6:50 p.m. at Hogan Street and North Main St. He adds...Read More
All A Carteret (Northern NJ, just west of NYC on the water) Fire Department marine unit was heavily damaged Friday afternoon after being struck by a surfacing whale while operating in the Arthur Kill near the mouth of Raritan Bay. Carteret FD Marine 2 was traveling south of Arthur Kill when a whale suddenly surfaced and struck...Read More
Eleven Firefighters Killed in Explosion of Propane Rail Car – Doxol Gas Distribution Plant – Kingman, Arizona – July 5, 1973 On July 5, 1973, 11 Kingman Arizona firefighters and one civilian were killed in a catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) at the Doxol Gas Distribution Plant. The explosion occurred following a fire...Read More
