Jerry Roberts was working his shift as a dispatcher at the Norwich Police Department early Tuesday morning when he heard a call over the scanner reporting a fire in nearby Montville. Then he heard the address 430 …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

An unusual spate of nearly three dozen fires in six days has sparked the interest and concern of local arson investigators racing to find those responsible before the next blaze is ignited. Between Thursday …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Fires raging across large sections of Detroit tonight are being blamed on downed electrical wires. There's no fire bug here, said Detroit Fire Department Capt. Steve Varnas surveying the damage from a blaze in …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Two Westbrook female firefighters who sued the city for sexual harassment will get about $850,000 under an agreement reached with city officials. The sexual harassment complaints from Lisa Theberge and Kathy …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

It was a firefighter's worst nightmare. The critically injured teenager that Arthur Kersey helped remove Sept. 1 from the mangled wreckage of a head-on collision was his own son, Dylan. But in the predawn …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Police arrested a veteran Bridgeport firefighter after he allegedly was videotaped pouring a toxic acid onto his neighbor's water supply fittings in the Woodland Mobile Home Park as a result of an apparent …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

The 84-year-old survivor of a fire at an apartment complex early Tuesday is safe at her son's home in Bluewater Bay, along with her most prized possession her cat. Anne Rank was the first resident of the College …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

The construction worker who showed up at the Hilltop fire station was nonchalant. He thought an underground gas pipe had been punctured on W. Broad Street and asked firefighters to take a look. Firefighters …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A 9/11 firefighter who was a cheerleader for the law firm that negotiated the Ground Zero settlement has angrily rescinded his approval of the deal after learning he would get about $30,000 less because of a …

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A 26-year-old Bowie Volunteer Firefighter remains hospitalized after sustaining burn injuries battling a house fire on Saturday. Firefighters from Largo, Bowie and surrounding communities responded to the fire on …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Firefighters ramped up their battle Tuesday against a wildfire that forced about 3,000 people to flee their homes as the wind-whipped blaze filled the surrounding canyon with heavy smoke and spit flames. The …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A Somerville man was injured last night at the scene of a two-alarm house fire after being struck by a street cleaning sign that was knocked over by a fire hose during a freak accident, officials said. The …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A two-alarm fire damaged a warehouse and sent one firefighter to a hospital this morning. The fire was reported to dispatchers shortly after midnight at Chesapeake Service Systems in the 700 block of 7th St. No …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A fire in a group of privately owned stables at a West Virginia racecourse killed at least 27 thoroughbred horses, officials said. When the fire broke out early Tuesday in barns adjacent to the Charles Town Races …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Horry County firefighters were called to a tobacco barn fire Tuesday morning near Nichols, according to Leslie Yancey, the department public information officer. Firefighters were called at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday to …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Several people, including two children, were rescued Monday morning from a blaze in a sparsely occupied Bronzeville condo building where conditions were described as pretty bad by a Chicago Fire Department …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Australian firefighters arrived in Emmitsburg early Monday on the final leg of a 4,600 mile cross-country run from Santa Monica Pier, Calif., to New York City. Their coast-to-coast journey is to commemorate …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

It all started with a little trash talking at the fire station. Several months later, Macon-Bibb County firefighter Ellen Kicklighter has been honored as the fastest firefighter in the state when it comes to …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

An extra-alarm fire gutted a vacant two-story commercial building in the South Loop early this morning. The fire in the 1300 block of South Michigan Avenue broke out about 2:30 a.m., quickly was raised to two …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A bobcat climbing up a power pole resulted in a small brush fire near Piru that was contained in several hours Monday morning, according to Ventura County Fire Department officials. It looked like he was climbing …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A person rescued by firefighters from a burning condo Monday morning has died. Firefighters reached the first-floor Park South condo at 1511 N.W. 43rd Avenue at about 7 a.m. and found heavy smoke and flames, said …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Fire ripped through the garage bays of a Mill Street warehouse that serves as a transfer facility for recycled animal products and cooking oil and grease Monday afternoon. The blaze at the Albany transfer station …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A Tarrytown New York firefighter who climbed down into a manhole to try to rescue a worker apparently overcome by fumes has died along with the man he tried to save. Firefighter John Kelly and Department of …

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Colleton County Fire-Rescue responded to a two-alarm fire in a single-family residential structure Monday morning 6-September at 05:25. Engine 18 and Medic 18 arrived to find heavy smoke conditions, with flames …

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

A wind-driven wildfire broke out in the rugged Colorado foothills and quickly spread across 4 square miles Monday, destroying some homes and triggering evacuations of as many as 400 others. No injuries were …

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

An early Monday house fire blamed on an electrical malfunction has killed three adults in Ohio, authorities say. Firefighters were called to the house in Hilliard, Ohio around 3:30 a.m. to find the home engulfed …

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Area rural fire chiefs say they are finding it harder and harder to recruit younger members to be part of rural fire departments. The time commitment coupled with the lack of financial benefits is taking its toll …

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

An early Sunday morning fire in the borough of Conyngham left four people homeless. The blaze was reported to the Luzerne County 911 Center by a neighbor and several fire companies responded to 314-316 Main …

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Two Socorro volunteer firefighters and three other men were arrested by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office in connection with an alleged aggravated robbery in east El Paso County. Sheriff's Deputy Jesse Tovar …

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Quick thinking, physical endurance and the ability to reassure people in crisis situations are all necessary skills for firefighters. The Jerome City Fire Department is looking for all that and a little more in …

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST