By Tara ONeill, CT Post A local firefighter was briefly trapped while running low on air battling what fire officials described as a “dangerous” fire in a duplex Wednesday night, officials said. Units were dispatched to a two-family home on Bloomfield Drive around 9:30 p.m. … [Read more...]
By Stephen Pimpo Jr., WJLA: A firefighter fell through the stairs while fighting a blaze that destroyed a townhouse in Prince George's County and damaged another Sunday morning, according to authorities. The Prince George's County Fire Department said the heavy fire started … [Read more...]
Firefighters setting back fires in Creek County, Oklahoma Friday were nearly trapped between two fires. Firefighters were using the back fires to control the main grass fire they were battling when someone set another grass fire behind them, according to a NewsOn6 report. … [Read more...]
By TyLisa Johnson, Tampa Bay Times: A 44-year-old Tampa man was arrested Saturday night after Florida Highway Patrol troopers said he drunkenly crashed into a fire truck assisting with another crash, then drove off. The incident took place shortly after 10 p.m., according … [Read more...]
A medical helicopter carrying three crew members crash landed late this morning. All three crew members suffered minor injuries; there was no patient on board. According to WREG, the chopper landed hard near the Union City (Tenn.) Police 911 building. The Air Evac Lifeteam … [Read more...]
Two Houston firefighters working an ambulance shift were injured when a car slammed into the back of their rig at highway speeds. The crash happened early Thursday while the crew was on the scene of a two-vehicle crash that KHOU reported happened as a result of road rage. The … [Read more...]
Gore District (Nova Scotia) Volunteer Fire Department Jeff Ettinger escaped serious injury Sunday when he rolled the department’s main tanker pumper in a ditch and struck a utility pole. Ettinger was the rig’s only occupant. “My husband left as the lone person in our pumper … [Read more...]
Firefighters escaped injury when a motorist slammed into a Montgomery County (Md.) Fire and Rescue Service rig while it was blocking a working crash scene Sunday. Fire and medic crews were on a crash scene on the Beltway near Bethesda, where there had been more than five … [Read more...]
It appears that three Texas firefighters narrowly escaped being caught up in an exploding truck last week. Images from Facebook show three firefighters escaping on fire while trying to contain a three-truck crash that left one driver dead on I-10 near Houston. One 18-wheeler … [Read more...]
On July 10, 2017 at approximately 14:10 we were clearing from a truck fire on Interstate 64 east-bound lane at mile marker 163 in Carter County, Kentucky. The left lane was shut down due to the truck fire. The crew that was on Engine 1 for the Grayson Fire Department just got … [Read more...]