Posted on Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Police officers and firefighters rescued several people, including a critically injured 3-year-old girl and a man using a wheelchair, from a North Side apartment building Friday, officials said. Four adults, …
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
An official says a fire at a candy factory in southwestern Pennsylvania destroyed nearly 20,000 pounds of chocolate. The blaze broke out early Friday morning at a second-floor packaging area at Sarris Candies in …
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
United States President Barack Obama greets firefighters and police after mining his remarks on the economy at Fire Station No. 5 in Arlington, Virginia on Friday, February 3, 2012. It was announced today that …
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
State police continued their investigation Friday into a two-vehicle crash that killed the fire chief of Franklin Township on Thursday night. David M. Flint, 49, of Edinboro, was killed when police said the 2003 …
Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Here's something to think about on Sunday when you're watching the Super Bowl on a giant-screen TV, holding a kielbasa in one hand and a huge tortilla chip smothered in bean dip and hot cheese in the other. On …
Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
A Pittsburg man in his 40s was in critical condition Thursday night after being rescued from a burning residence, and authorities said it was a miracle he survived at all. Contra Costa Fire Protection District …
Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Ariel Terry said she had just returned from walking to the store when she heard a loud noise. There was a boom and then it smelled like something was on fire, she said on the scene at Underwood Lodge Apartments …
Posted on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
One firefighter was injured Thursday morning in a three-alarm fire at an old textile mill building in Rowan County. The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. at the old Parkdale Mills plant, on Meriah Street in …
Posted on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Hinsdale Fire Chief Robert J. Johnson, who pleaded guilty last month to a drunken driving charge, began this week serving a 10-day jail sentence, according to court documents. Johnson, who was involved in a Dec. …
Posted on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
A former wildland firefighter is set to appear in court next March on charges of arson and endangering or causing personal injury to human life during the commission of a felony. Mike Adam Malenski, 39, is …
Posted on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
A Winston-Salem firefighter was charged Wednesday with molesting a teenage girl, authorities said. Reco Madwell Eaton, 37, of 851 Gray Ave., was charged with five counts of first-degree sexual offense, two counts …
Posted on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Dave Bremer was on his way home from Bible study Saturday night when he ran into the rear of the minivan in front of him. What Orlando police say happened next shocked Bremer and, he said, left him with injuries …
Posted on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Authorities were trying to figure out why a car that was initially stopped near an intersecton started moving again and was struck by a fire engine hustling through an intersection to get to a fire alarm call …
Posted on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
SEQUIM A 40-foot boat that exploded at a marina on Washington's Olympic Peninsula Tuesday evening broke windows, inflicted shrapnel-type damage on other nearby vessels and seriously injured a 78-year-old man, …
Posted on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
A death row inmate is hoping the state parole board will give him the chance to argue that a mysterious man in red could have started the arson fire that killed his 3-year-old son. Webb doesn't dispute the 1990 …
Posted on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
The cause of a Friday fire that burned a chicken house and killed 21,000 chickens hasn't been determined, authorities said Tuesday. The fire was reported at 6:33 a.m. in one of four chicken houses on the 1500 …
Posted on Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
No one was injured, but a spectacular fire at the First Assembly of God Church at Bridge Street and Dolloff Avenue did significant damage yesterday. Firefighters arriving on the scene five minutes after the call …
Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
The Schuylkill County Volunteer Firefighters Association will receive $25,000 from the Schuylkill County Commissioners for training purposes. Frank Zangari, president of the Schuylkill County Fire Chiefs …
Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
City firefighters were battling flames in an unoccupied end-of-row house at 315 Pear St. early today. Firefighters were called to the block shortly before 11:30 Sunday night for reports of fire and smoke from the …
Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
Firefighter Richard Conejo fell into depression after a fellow firefighter, Glenn Allen, perished in a blaze at a Hollywood Hills home almost a year ago. I had nightmares and could hardly eat, Conejo said. The …
