Police say a suburban Philadelphia firefighter killed in an explosion at his home was experimenting with homemade rocket fuel.State police say 22-year-old James McGovern died in an explosion Saturday in his front yard in Kennett Square, Chester County. Authorities say McGovern … [Read more...]
A Pittsburgh firefighter avoided serious injury after almost falling through the roof of a South Side home while battling a blaze late Sunday night.Crews were called to the South 24th Street home at about 10 p.m.The roof of the home collapsed, and a firefighter was able to catch … [Read more...]
23-year-old Chance Zobel was proud to be a firefighter.Interim Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins recalls Chance's excitement from the very beginning."I remember meeting with him and he was very eager to get started, he was already in the department, he was very eager to get … [Read more...]
23-year-old Chance Zobel was proud to be a firefighter.Interim Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins recalls Chance's excitement from the very beginning."I remember meeting with him and he was very eager to get started, he was already in the department, he was very eager to get … [Read more...]
Dozens of San Antonio firefighters gathered for more than an hour Sunday night watching as one of their own was rescued from a rolled ladder truck that crashed while navigating a turn on the city's West Side. San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said four firefighters from Fire … [Read more...]
Two firefighters were injured Sunday as they fought a blaze in a Brampton home, which officials later discovered was a marijuana grow-op. The injuries occurred as the firefighters rushed into the burning home, located near Steeles Avenue West and McLaughlin Road, at … [Read more...]
It’s a working fire. A large aluminum shed on a ramshackle former agricultural complex in Methuen is spouting black smoke and ragged tongues of flame. The city’s Ladder 1 is parked beyond a rusted security fence, its extended ladder supporting two firefighters who are … [Read more...]