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Jacksonville Fire Department Lt. David Glidewell received a medium strength electrical shock at a house fire on the 900 block of Fort Worth at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Fire Marshall Dennis Tate said Glidewell …

Three local fires kept firefighters busy in the early hours of Friday morning. Firefighters responded to a house fire on Royston Road, shortly before 1:30 a.m. Firefighters had the fire under control after 11 …

The long lines of black-clad mourners and uniformed firefighters stretched on and on Thursday as thousands thronged to honor two city firemen killed in the line of duty. Lt. Steven Velasquez, 40, and firefighter …

60 firefighters from seven North Carolina fire departments worked late last night into early this morning to prevent an Apex residence from burning down. Fairview Fire Department Chief Ed Brinson said his station …

An industrial building with a tampered gas line exploded Friday, killing a man who was hurled into the street and another who was electrocuted by a downed power line, officials said. The blast turned the front of …

A Sherman County firefighter was badly burned as he tried to fix an antique fire engine earlier this week, the South Sherman Fire District reported. Josh Higgins was helping fellow firefighters move the engine …

Firefighters plan an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that exploded in northern Los Angeles County, chewing through more than 7 square miles of dry brush, forcing …

Shawnee firefighter John Glaser died in a smoke-filled house after he became sick in his oxygen mask and removed it, investigators reported. The report from fire investigators outside Shawnee said Glaser, 33, …

Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow suffered through a record, weeks-long heat wave and smog cloud caused by …

Three firefighters and a cop plunged into the roiling East River yesterday to rescue a suicidal man who jumped from an East Harlem pier as well as two men who tried desperately to save him, authorities said. The …

Citing reports in The Post about firefighters retired on disability competing in martial-arts matches and triathlons, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday told the state Financial Control Board that the Legislature's …

Buffalo firefighters faced a lot of challenges when they responded to a porch fire that quickly extended into a home in the city's East Ferry-Moselle area early Tuesday morning. The blaze was blowing across the …

Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze Wednesday evening that damaged two homes and sent a man to the hospital, a fire official said. Crews were called to a house at 159 Santa Cruz Ave. just after 5 p.m. on …

Real estate agents wore out their computers exclamation point key when 54 Captains Drive was on the market last year. Majestic waterfront masterpiece. This custom home boasts elegance and is in a class by itself! …

Local firefighters are getting sick of the weather forecast they see each day calling for daily afternoon thunderstorms that lately have led to daily lightning fires. The Irmo Fire District worked one major …

Firefighters have freed a man who fell into a peanut holding tank in the 300 block of Factory St. Dispatchers received a report of an injured person at Birdsong Peanuts just after 9 a.m., said Debbie George, city …

A medical helicopter crashed on a Tucson street and burst into flames Wednesday, killing all three people aboard. A witness said the pilot steered the plummeting chopper away from a house. Witnesses told The …

A Fort Bliss soldier arrested on suspicion of impersonating a police officer is now also suspected of impersonating a firefighter. Spc. Jeremy Ray Hernandez, 20, of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, was …

As Jekyll Island moves forward with its plan to add more hotels and rebuild its convention center, the barrier island's fire department may be growing, too. Fire Chief Jason Richardson said he is hoping to get a …

Cooler temperatures and calmer winds helped firefighters in their battle against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate mountain communities on …