Copter Crashes, Kills 4 During Severe New Mexico Fire Season
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Evidence indicates that a helicopter that crashed in northern New Mexico after helping fight a wildfire over the weekend descended at a fast rate, with the craft ending up...
View ArticleWestern Fires Outpace California Effort to Fill Inmate Crews
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them — even as far as Australia. Yet one homegrown...
View ArticleMan Stayed by Wife’s Side in Missouri House Fire; Both Died
NEW MELLE, Mo. (AP) — An elderly Missouri couple died in a fire when a man refused to leave his wife as their home burned and the floor that was their escape route collapsed, fire officials said....
View ArticleThree NYC Firefighters Critically Hurt in Wind-Swept House Fire
NEW YORK (AP) — Three New York City firefighters were critically injured Friday in what the commissioner said was a “very close call” as wind-swept flames tore through a Staten Island duplex. They are...
View ArticleRussia’s Wildfire Death Toll Rises to 21 in Ural Mountains
MOSCOW (AP) – The death toll from wildfires in Russia’s Ural Mountains rose to 21 Tuesday, Russian state news agency Tass reported, citing local emergency service agencies. Wildfires have raged in the...
View ArticleFirefighters Heard, Couldn’t Rescue Two Killed in Massive North Carolina Fire
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Crews searching the rubble of a massive construction fire in North Carolina on Friday found the bodies of two people who firefighters couldn’t reach to save before the flames...
View ArticleUS and South African Firefighters to Battle Wildfires in Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — More than 300 firefighters from the United States and South Africa are heading to Canada in the coming days to help the country battle an unprecedented wildfire season....
View ArticleDecisions Made After Fiery Ohio Train Derailment Being Examined at NTSB Hearing
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The fire chiefs whose departments were the first on scene of February’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio agree that firefighters need more training about hazardous chemicals,...
View ArticleConn. Supreme Ct. Rejects Work Comp Claim by Part-Time Firefighter
A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in reversing an appeals...
View Article2 New Jersey Firefighters Died Battling a Blaze Deep in a Ship Carrying 1,200...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two firefighters were killed and five others injured battling a blaze that began deep inside a docked cargo ship carrying more than a thousand vehicles, officials said Thursday....
View ArticleCrews Continue to Battle Cargo Ship Blaze that Killed Two New Jersey...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) __ Fire crews on Saturday continued to battle flames that have smoldered inside a cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port, days after the blaze claimed the lives of two New...
View ArticleEuropean Union Rushes Firefighters to Greece as Grueling Mediterranean Heat...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighting aircraft and ground crews from other countries headed to Greece on Thursday to help battle wildfires that have intensified as a heat wave baked much of southern...
View ArticleA Car-Carrying Cargo Ship Burning Near a Dutch Bird Habitat Stokes...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A cargo ship packed with cars burned close to a world-renowned bird habitat off the Dutch coast Thursday as firefighters and salvage crews waited for the flames from a...
View ArticleA Wildfire Raging for a Week in Eastern Australia Claims a Life and Razes...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wildfire is suspected to have killed a man, destroyed more than 50 homes and razed 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) of farm and scrubland in eastern Australia, authorities...
View ArticleLarge Fire Burns 2nd Residential Construction Site in 3 days in Denver Suburb
DENVER (AP) — Firefighters in the Denver metro area responded to the second large fire at an Aurora construction site in three days on Saturday. Officials have not yet determined the cause for either...
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