Rash Of Fires Blamed On Cooking Mishaps

" May 19, 2007 Ohio - An Akron firefighter was injured early Friday morning battling a blaze that started in the kitchen of a house in the 1300 block of California Avenue. Hours later, on the other side of town, crews responded to a fire at a home in the 200 block of Gordon...

Fire Chief Says Firefighting Impaired By Staff Cut

" May 18, 2007 Massachusetts - As relatives grieved for two half-brothers killed in a fast-moving blaze early yesterday, frustrated fire officials said they would have had a better chance to save the boys if their ranks had not been thinned in recent years. Randolph Fire...

Church Destroyed By Lightning Bolt

" May 11, 2007 New York - A lightning strike was believed to have caused a fire at Emmanuel Congregational United Church of Christ in Massena on May 10th. About 120 firefighters from Massena and surrounding townships were on the scene throughout the afternoon and evening, but...

Hayward Blaze Guts Apartments

" May 11, 2007 California - No one was injured, but 20 or more residents may have been displaced by a three-alarm fire that tore through four units of a building Sunday May 6th in the Creekside Villas apartment complex in the 29000 block of Dixon Street, Deputy Chief Craig...

Blaze Destroys Baltimore Warehouse

" May 10, 2007 Maryland - Damage was estimated in the millions of dollars as a three-alarm blaze destroyed a large Southeast Baltimore warehouse yesterday evening. Fire investigators were expected to enter the ruins of the Adcor Industries warehouse in the 900 block of S....

2 Firefighters Hurt Battling House Blaze

" May 3, 2007 North Carolina - One firefighter was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and another fell through a roof and hurt his back while battling a blaze Wednesday afternoon on Back Creek Church Road in northeast Charlotte. A volunteer from the Newell...

Two Firefighters Fall Into Pit While Battling Blaze

" April 28, 2007 Texas - Two Dallas firefighters received minor injuries Friday after falling into a pit while battling a blaze at a vacant warehouse. Firefighters responded to a call about 3:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Westmoreland Road North, said Dallas Fire-Rescue...

Six Year-Old Dies In Blaze

" April 27, 2007 Alaska - Fire ravaged a Fort Richardson military family housing four-plex Wednesday morning, killing a 6-year-old son of an airman and severely burning a 4-year-old son of a soldier in Iraq, Army officials said. Two adults and five other children, from 13...

Burning Support Beam Falls Striking 2 Firefighters

" April 25, 2007 Pennsylvania - Two Topton Fire Company volunteers were injured Tuesday when an iron support beam fell on them as they battled a blaze in a farm-equipment storage shed in Maxatawny Township, authorities said. The injured men, whom fire officials did not...

Movie Fire Turns Real At Newspaper

" April 20, 2007 California - A special effects fireball on a movie set caused a real-life blaze at the Daily Breeze building in Torrance on Thursday, forcing workers to evacuate while firefighters doused the flames. The blaze ignited in the newspaper's former pressroom about...

Hundreds Of Firefighters Battle Blaze In Wauseon

" April 16, 2007 Ohio - As hundreds of people watched, some with tears streaming down their faces, tons of charred rubble came crashing down yesterday afternoon in downtown Wauseon, where a stubborn fire destroyed several businesses. About 300 firefighters from nearly two...

Firefighters Save Family From Blaze

" April 11, 2007 California - Residents of a two-story dwelling on 11th Avenue were roused by an early morning fire Tuesday, and the family on the second floor needed the help of firefighters to escape. According to the San Mateo Fire Department, the blaze was reported in the...