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A massive factory fire in the West Midlands may have led to asbestos being released into the environment, fire chiefs said. People living nearby were urged to shut their windows and stay inside. Up to 200 firefighters had been tackling the fire, which spread to a second building. Police shut roads around Monty's Tropical Rags factory and its surrounding buildings after ...

Firefighter: Dive in pool saved burning Fla. teen's life By Rich Phillips CNN Related Articles: 3 Fla. teens charged as adults for setting boy on fireTeen set ablaze screams in agony on Fla. 911 tape Related content sponsored by: DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — It's a call that no firefighter ever wants to have to answer. For firefighter-paramedic Bobby Goss, it was ...

Jeff Clark helped save a Doberman from a burning home in 1999. It resulted in what became a world-famous photo of the dog "kissing" Clark on the scene. Now, the Charlotte, N.C. fireman is at it again. He and fellow vamp Alan Haynes grabbed nine brown-and-white puppies who were trapped in a house engulfed in flames earlier this week. When they ...

NEW ORLEANS — Michael Labruzza, of Gretna, learned the art of firefighting as a young boy, accompanying his father, Anthony Labruzza, to many fires, watching and learning everything he could. At age 16, Michael Labruzza joined the David Crockett's Junior Fire Department, when it began in 1977. He learned to help the operators at fires by retrieving the equipment from the ...

Chicago convicted arsonist keeps firefighter pension By John Kass Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — How can we best honor the judge who granted a $50,000 yearly firefighter's pension to a convicted serial arsonist? Hear ye, hear ye, Cook County Judge LeRoy Martin Jr. You've just been inducted into the judicial wing of the Chicago Way Hall of Fame. Martin's ruling, handed down ...

ARIZONA - In a gesture of solidarity against a bad spate of child drownings, law enforcement, medical personnel and others across Arizona are wearing purple ribbons throughout August. More than 60,000 of the ribbons have been distributed across the state in an effort to prevent further drownings. Already this year, five children have drowned to death in the Tucson area. The ...

Fatal Fire At 5-Story Building In The Bronx Newsday 8/23/09 A woman has died after a fire tore through a five-story building in the Bronx. A fire official says that the woman was pronounced dead at Montefiore Medical Center on Sunday afternoon. The city's medical examiner is expected to determine the cause of her death. The fire at the Bronx building ...

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The pace of contractions told the Jackson Township woman that her baby would arrive sooner than expected. An ambulance was called to take her to Mount Carmel West hospital, but all three regular medic crews were on other emergencies at the time. That's when a fourth ambulance — previously a backup — sprang into action and got ...

Black smoke could be seen for miles when a fire broke out  at the Michigan Marine terminal, near the BP terminal,  in River Rouge, MI. Truckers who were leaving the terminal reported seeing gasoline shoot into the air, followed by a big explosion. The fire broke out only yards from a neighborhood that borders the industrial area.

Calif. county hopes to end fire station brownouts By Roger H. Aylworth The Chico Enterprise-Record OROVILLE, Calif. — At the request of a Chico supervisor and with the concurrence of the rest of the Board of Supervisors, Butte County staff is going to take a look at whether the system of closing one fire station a day can be halted. Tuesday, Supervisor ...

CLARK COUNTY, WA - At 7:32 p.m. Saturday, after fighting two big grass fires near where Vancouver meets Hazel Dell, firefighters were dispatched to yet another fire. The 20 firefighters, from Vancouver Fire and Fire District 6, were called after a neighbor noticed smoke coming from a house at 12617 N.W. 38th Ave. in Felida. They extinguished the blaze. The residents ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Craig Samples' bedroom is a veritable shrine to red and black. Bulldog blankets, pictures and pillows everywhere. Glass-encased footballs signed by Vince Dooley, Larry Munson and Mark Richt stack up neatly on shelves. A tiny noisemaker trumpeting Georgia's fight song sits near his bed. The room — though brimming with sports keepsakes, family pictures and faith-based musings ...

Huge swirls of smoke filled the sky as fire crews fought flames that ravaged the historic Park Theatre Mall. The Park Theatre Mall housed 11 businesses that were destroyed, but the adjacent Park Theatre was saved. No one was hurt in the fire, though 4 bystanders and an auxiliary police officer were sent to the hospital to be treated for smoke ...

9/11 responders' cancer sparks fears of epidemic By Ed Pilkington guardian.co.uk AP Photo/Mark Lennihan FDNY firefighters work amid debris at the WTC site after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Related Resource: The Guardian Related content sponsored by: NEW YORK — A spate of recent deaths of New York police and fire officers who took part in the emergency operation ...

Lawrence Township firefighter dies after Hartford Speedway accident WSBT-TV Report   Close By WSBT 24/7 News Story Created: Aug 1, 2009 at 10:28 PM EDT Story Updated: Aug 1, 2009 at 10:28 PM EDT Harold Curtis, a lieutenant with Lawrence Township (Mich.) Emergency Services, died Saturday at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. Related Content Firefighter suffers minor injuries at South ...

August 24, 2009 Two Buffalo Firefighters Perish on Genesee Street Firefighters have worked furiously to reach their fallen comrades and have removed two of their own from the basement of the building. The fire claimed the lives of two of Buffalo's bravest following a collapse of the floor. Reaching the firefighters position to extricate them took time because the building was ...

By John Rogers The Associated Press AP Photo/Chris Carlson A memorial display is seen outside Dodger Stadium. Related Article: Calif. wildfire that killed 2 firefighters ruled arson   Related content sponsored by: LOS ANGELES — Two veteran firefighters who died trying to save the lives of dozens trapped in the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history were remembered as heroes ...

LAS VEGAS—Officials say they expect to easily hit the 1,500 limit on applications for 15 city of Las Vegas firefighter jobs. About 1,300 firefighter hopefuls lined up at City Hall Monday to apply for the jobs, which take 16 weeks of training at the county firefighter academy. The line of applicants snaked along the sidewalk outside the building well before offices ...

Firefighters from across Florida are learning how to fight fires aboard large vessels by practicing today on the SS American Victory. Twenty firefighters from Tampa, Safety Harbor, Clearwater and Sarasota and Putnam counties are fighting a simulated fire in the ship's engine room. Their greatest challenge is navigating through tight areas of the vessel with all their equipment to get to ...