Firefighter Close Calls

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – New reports are shedding light on how two Augusta firefighters were hurt last week while responding to a house fire. It happened last Friday on Walker Street, with the fire eventually spreading to two other homes. The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says a deceased male was found in the river on […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – One day after an explosion at a near-complete vet clinic on New Centre Dr. in Wilmington, the Wilmington Fire Department has released new details. According to WFD Fire Chief Steve Mason, a fifth firefighter is recovering from injuries. WFD had previously reported that only four firefighters were injured. Of the five people injured, […]

All, Two Columbia (South Carolina) Firefighters are recovering after being trapped in a roof collapse during a fire early today, Thursday. The Columbia-Richland Fire Department responded to the fire just after 0220 hours at the Dough Bar & Grill nightclub. Just after members entered the building, a portion of the roof collapsed. Two Firefighters were […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) A Charleston firefighter is speaking out for the first time about his recent cancer diagnosis and how a partnership to screen firefighters helped catch it early. Firefighters are exposed to more cancer-causing chemicals while on the job than many other professions and 9% more likely to develop cancer, according to the Charleston […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Vine Grove fire station caught fire overnight Wednesday, resulting in extensive damage. Vine Grove Fire Chief Matt Haddle said no injuries were reported after station No. 3 at 203 N. North Mill ST. caught fire. Firefighters worked throughout the night to get the flames out. The department lost three trucks […]

By Fox Carolina: The Glassy Mountain Fire Department announced that two firefighters were injured in a motor vehicle accident Sunday evening. According to officials, the firefighters were responding to an emergency. The fire department said that both firefighters and the driver of the other vehicle were transported to Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital for evaluation […]

 By WBRC: A firefighter was taken to the hospital after an early morning fire Sunday, August 17. According to Midfield Fire and Rescue, crews were called to a structure fire in the 800 block Alden Avenue after a fire originated from food left unattended on the stove. One firefighter was taken to a local hospital […]

In May of this year, there was an incident involving our Mobile Burn Trailer (MBT). We are a small county-run training academy serving 19 fire departments. During the start of an evolution, there was an unexpected ignition in what we now know was leaking propane within the burn room. There were no injuries. Over two […]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Several people were displaced, and three firefighters were injured after a Scranton fire Sunday night. It was a frantic scene on Scranton’s south side. Fire shot through a business and row homes at Pittston Avenue and Orchard Street. Crews were called just before 6:00 p.m. to the 300 block of Pittston […]

Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a four-alarm fire in Brooklyn on Friday night that left four firefighters and a resident with minor injuries. The Fire Department said the inferno ignited just before 9:10 p.m. on Aug. 15 inside 273 Bleecker St. in Bushwick. Engine Company 271, Ladder Company 124 and Battalion 28 were among the first units […]

A volunteer firefighter and fire police officer in Bristol Township has died from injuries he sustained while working an arson call last week. Ed Margavich, who had more than 60 years of service, died Friday, according to the Third District Fire Company. The company said Margavich died from injuries sustained “during the performance of his […]

WAKEFIELD, The Bronx (WABC) — A recently evicted man is under arrest and facing charges after a fire in a Bronx apartment building injured two firefighters. FDNY officials say they received reports of a fire and people jumping out of the window at 4140 Carpenter Ave. between East 230th and 231st streets in the Wakefield section. Crews arrived […]

A Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) firefighter is in stable condition after he was injured Friday morning battling a residential fire on SW 8th Drive. According to a GFR release, multiple units responded to a fire located at 2620 SW 8th Dr. around 10:17 a.m. The fire started in the garage but was brought under control and is […]

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Victorian-era home caught fire Thursday afternoon, injuring a firefighter and displacing several people, including four children. Crews arrived at the corner of Thesta Street and Grant Avenue to thick flames and plumes of smoke pouring out of a two-story Victorian-era home. The four children and three adults living in the […]

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — FDNY crews put out a large fire at an apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Friday morning. The blaze was reported at 305 E. 95th St. around 10 a.m. The fire on the roof extended to the cockloft and into three penthouses on the top floor […]

A hero FDNY firefighter was arrested for attacking a fellow smoke-eater with a chair in a Staten Island fire station, police said Wednesday. Firefighter Christopher Mullin, 53, was busted Monday for the Friday night firefighter-on-firefighter attack in Rescue 5 headquarters on Clove Road near Targee St. in Concord, cops said. During an argument with the 62-year-old firefighter, Mullin allegedly pulled the other man’s chair out […]

PITTSBURGH — Five volunteer firefighters have been suspended after being accused of responding to a call while under the influence of alcohol last week. Our news partners at the Trib reported Wednesday that five of Shaler’s Undercliff firefighters were suspended on Aug. 8. Officials said the concern about the firefighters’ behavior stems from an Aug. […]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A firefighter was hospitalized after being injured while battling a fire at an apartment complex in Kingwood on Wednesday, according to authorities. The Houston Fire Department said crews responded to the fire at Mustang on the Trail Apartments on Lake Hills Drive at about 3 a.m. Capt. Sedrick Robinett said one firefighter […]

VEAZIE, Maine — One person was taken to the hospital to be treated for burns and more than a dozen firefighters were treated at the scene for heat-related illnesses after battling a large fire in the Penobscot County town of Veazie on Tuesday. Just after 3 p.m., firefighters were called to 5 Thompson Road and […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A massive four-alarm fire on Dewey Avenue Tuesday afternoon has left three firefighters and two people injured, and has also displaced multiple people and families. The fire started at around 12:16 p.m. and was put out by 2:01 p.m. News10NBC spoke to neighbors who saw the first flames come out of a […]