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Video: New Haven 20 to get promotions

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:07:40 +0000

(WTNH) -- After five-years of litigation all the way to the Supreme Court, a group of New Haven firefighters will get what they fought hard for -- their promotions.

Video: Firefighters fight fire inside building

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:01:45 +0000

While you slept, firefighters in the Town of Tonawanda rushed to a large fire inside a commercial building.

Video: Wildfire Breaks Out in Anaheim Hills

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:28:29 +0000

A wind-driven wildfire has broken out in Anaheim Hills in Orange County. Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown says State Route 241 was ordered shut down in both directions shortly after the blaze broke out Tuesday night. Click here for live video.

Video: N. Providence fire overtime

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:10:28 +0000

A North Providence firefighter will appear in court to answer to charges he collected money for overtime that he never worked.

Video: PT Barnum fire safety

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:02:48 +0000

Fight fire with facts; that's the concept behind a door-to-door campaign in Bridgeport following a blaze that claimed the lives of a mother and her three young children.

Video: KC Firefighter Narrowly Escapes Injury In House Fire

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:08 +0000

A Kansas City firefighter nearly fell through the second floor while fighting a house fire early Tuesday morning.

Video: Was The Heights Fire Electrical?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:45:59 +0000

Three people safely escape an early morning fire in The Heights, a district plagued by what investigators believe are almost 20 cases of arson.

Video: Rutherford Fire Closes Route 17

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:13:16 +0000

Route 17 in Rutherford, New Jersey is closed in both directions between Union Avenue and Highland Avenue. Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at Nick's Towing Service on East Passaic Avenue. Avoid Route 17 this morning.

Video: Candle Blamed for Huge Philly Apartment Fire

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:01:43 +0000

Fire investigators in Philadelphia say a candle caused a weekend apartment fire that left nearly two dozen people hurt, including four firefighters. (Nov. 23)

Video: DC Fire Truck Loses Equipment on I-295

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:37:38 +0000

Police say a D.C. fire engine lost a piece of equipment near the 11th Street Bridge ramp on northbound Interstate 295 Monday night, and about a dozen cars ran over it. The debris caused a number of flat tires, and in some cases accident.

Video: Firefighters Hurt in 7-Alarm Fire

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:53:49 +0000

Two firefighters are in the hospital after the floor of an apartment complex collapsed during a 7-alarm fire.

Video: Dozens Hurt in Philly Apt. Building Blaze

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:02:53 +0000

At least 19 people and three firefighters were hurt when the flames broke out early Sunday at a Philadelphia apartment complex. Officials say the fire started in a second floor unit and quickly engulfed the entire building. (Nov. 23)

Video: 4 Homes Go Up In Smoke

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:41:59 +0000

Officials say four firefighters sustained minor injuries and another person has been hospitalized for smoke inhalation at the site of a four-alarm fire in the Bronx that engulfed at least four houses. A fire official said early Monday the blaze on Findlay Avenue was declared under control shortly after midnight, three hours after the first call.

Video: Family Killed In Fire

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

An Ocala woman and her children were killed in a house fire.

Video: California Fire Injures Three Firefighters

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Video: Near-IUPUI fire

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:00:22 +0000

An elderly woman dies in an early morning apartment fire near IUPUI

Video: 1 Person Injured In OP House Fire

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:54:12 +0000

One person is hurt in an early-morning house fire on Saturday in Overland Park.

Video: 5 dead in mobile home fire

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:39 +0000

Five people are dead in a house fire that occurred in the Ocala Estates early Saturday.

Video: FDNY Modifies 911 Reporting System

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:08:43 +0000

The New York City fire department is temporarily changing the process by which 911 calls reporting fires are handled. The move comes after a fatal fire in Brooklyn this week raised questions on a new system which began in May. Fire union officials said the system caused a delay in getting to the blaze that killed two children and a father. FDNY brass said it wasn't true.

Video: Bridgeport looks closer at fire safety

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:05:26 +0000

Some changes are being put into motion to safeguard people in Bridgeport public housing. They include both short-term and long-term improvements when it comes to a fire.

Video: 2009 sees largest class of firefighters

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:01:03 +0000

The ranks of Buffalo's bravest increase with the graduation of the Class of 2009.

Video: 2 People Burned in Mobile Home Fire

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:07 +0000

Firefighters are on the scene of a mobile home fire in Pinal County. Two people suffered burns to their face. One person may be trapped inside the home near State Route 238 and Warren Road.

Video: Blaze Hits N. Austin Warehouse

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:42 +0000

Austin firefighters say a blaze engulfed a warehouse in the 11900 block of I-35 in North Austin Friday morning. They had to shut down the Yager Lane exit in order to battle the flames.

Video: 4 Firefighters Injured In Donelson Fire

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:34:24 +0000

(11/19/09) - Four firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries while battling a Donelson fire.

Video: Fire Union: 9/11 System Caused Delay

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:20:29 +0000

Firefighters called to a deadly blaze in Brooklyn on Wednesday were sent to the wrong address raising concerns about the new 9/11 dispatch system. Fire union officials say the system is problematic. Two 911 callers didn't give the exact address leaving firefighters to find the apartment once they arrived. Fire department officials say it took firefighters about three to six minutes to get to the correct address.

Video: Fire investigation in New Haven

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:45 +0000

(WTNH) -- Fire investigators in New Haven are looking into what caused an early morning fire at a home on Bond Street. One neighbor reported hearing a loud bang or explosion.

Video: Fire fighters pull man from storm drain

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:21 +0000

Austin Fire fighters pull a man from a storm drain after tracking him using the GPS in his cell phone.

Video: Fire devastates Bloomington building

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:59:51 +0000

A Fire devastated a commercial building in Bloomington Wednesday night. Flames broke out around 6:30 at the Eastplex office building on Morningside Drive.

Video: Two Firefighters, Elderly Woman Hurt in Independence House Fire

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Video: Four Corners Fire Kills Two, Injures Child

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:37:35 +0000

Video: Firefighter let huge recycling center fire burn to the ground

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Video: Bridgeport fire ignites housing change

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:13:20 +0000

A fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her three children, has people living in a Bridgeport housing complex worried and asking for change.

Video: Two-hour standoff ends with fire

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:30:23 +0000

A fire was set inside the home of a man who caused a two-hour standoff Tuesday morning, in Buffalo.

Video: Flint Township Adopts Budget With Cuts To Police, Fire

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:02:25 +0000

The Township Board approved a 2010 budget by leaving unfilled positions in the police and fire departments to save money.

Video: Pallet Storage Facility Fire

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:36:45 +0000

Firefighters knocked out a fire in a pallet storage facility at 90th and Juniper Streets in an unincorporated area near South Gate Monday night. No structures were threatened, according to authorities.

Video: 8-year-old boy dies in house fire

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:06:13 +0000

An 8-year-old boy was killed in a house fire in Port Richey late Sunday night.

Video: Fire raises concerns over home insulation

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:52 +0000

A house fire in Layton displaced a family and caused thousands of dollars in damage Saturday.

Video: Three People Found Dead After Fire

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:45:11 +0000

Houston Arson investigators were on the scene of a deadly fire Sunday evening.

Video: Sayre Fire: One Year Later in Sylmar

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:11:03 +0000

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Sayre Fire, which ripped through the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, destroying 480 homes and displacing over 600 families. Watch Phil Shuman's video report on the recovery here.

Video: S. Ottawa Road explosion

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:10:54 +0000

S. Ottawa Road explosion

Video: Man Killed, Teenage Son Burned in Westwood Fire Over the Weekend

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Video: Man Killed, Child Injured In Westwood Fire

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:53:41 +0000

One person is dead and a child was taken to a hospital with critical burns after a fire at a Westwood apartment home.

Video: Rescue attempt in fatal fire

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:38 +0000

Rescue attempt in fatal fire

Video: Silver Eagle Refinery to temporarily shut down

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:07 +0000

The Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross is temporarily shutting down because of findings by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) after the Nov. 4 explosion that damaged several nearby homes.

Video: Firefighters discover body after fire

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:00:32 +0000

Firefighters discover body after fire

Video: Fire chief charged with driving drunk

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:17:54 +0000

WORCESTER - A local deputy fire chief has been arrested for drunken driving in a case where witnesses said he almost ran several cars off the road on Thursday night. FOX25's Martin Morenz reports.

Video: South Kingstown report released on firefighter's death

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:05:44 +0000

A federal report on the accident that killed a Kingston firefighter said his death could have been avoided

Video: Raw Video: Arizona Mansion Up in Flames

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:14:25 +0000

Fire crews in Scottsdale, Arizona are battling a house fire early Friday morning. The house is fully engaged in flames, the cause has not yet been determined. (Nov. 13)

Video: Fire Crews Respond to 1st Alarm Fire

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:29:50 +0000

Scottsdale and Phoenix fire crews are responding to a first alarm fire near 118th Street and Jomax,

Video: Sayre Fire: One Year Later

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:11:46 +0000

Who can forget the terrible firestorms of a year ago that devastated so much of the San Fernando Valley. The anniversary of the so called Sayre fire is Sunday. As Phil Shuman reports many Sayre fire victims have recovered, but others are still struggling.