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 Nearly 50 Missing
 After Conn. Blaze 

Early morning fire reduces apartments to rubble

Apr 26, 08 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flames engulfed an apartment complex in Norwich, Conn., today and left more than 100 residents homeless, the Norwich Bulletin reports. The fire had already consumed two buildings when firefighters showed up at 1:30am, and they scrambled to get 105 of 150 tenants out in time. The rest are... More »

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firefighters • Connecticut • house fire • fire • Norwich, Connecticut

Firefighting Is US' Sexiest Job

Personal trainer, CEO and cowboy also turn-ons, site finds

Feb 14, 08 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans may ogle the celebrities gracing the covers of gossip mags, but firefighter remains the sexiest job title on the books, the Boston Globe reports. Personal trainer comes in a close second, according to Salary.com's Valentine's Day survey. It's the site's first such survey in three years, and though... More »

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nurses • CEO • sex • firefighters • reporter • doctor • flight attendants • lawyer • veterinarian • interior designers • event planners • job • teacher

Volunteer Efforts Revive
New Orleans Firehouses

Donations help fix 'critical safety issue'

Dec 13, 07 12:06 AM CST
(Newser) - With public money tied up, generous donations of time and funds have restored four New Orleans firehouses, the Times-Picayune reports. "This is a critical safety issue,” said the district chief. With 22 of 33 city firehouses hit hard in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, many firefighters still work out... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • firefighters • donation • volunteer

Malibu Blaze 'Looks Good'

Dying winds, high mobilization help firefighters corral 40% of fire

Nov 25, 07 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The wildfire that scorched 50 Malibu homes yesterday is now 40% contained and should be corralled by Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dying Santa Ana winds and what one official called "unprecedented mobilization" helped firefighters control the blaze. Crews are busy stamping out hot spots today to make... More »

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California • Los Angeles • firefighters • Malibu • California wildfires

UPDATED

Malibu Blaze 25% Contained

Six firefighters receive minor injuries

Nov 24, 07 6:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Firefighters have contained 25% of the Malibu fire that scorched 4,700 acres yesterday, burned 49 homes, and forced thousands to evacuate, the Los Angeles Times reports. "The effort will be to try to pick it up, catch it and nail it before it continues to move westward,"... More »

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Los Angeles • firefighters • evacuation • Malibu • arson • California wildfires

East London Warehouse Burns

Blaze at Olympic site sends dense plume of smoke lover city

Nov 12, 07 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - A giant blaze broke out at an abandoned London warehouse on the site of the 2012 Olympic games today, sending a huge column of black smoke over the city. Fire crews reported no casualties and authorities have found no evidence linking the incident to a terrorist attack. Officials said it... More »

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London • fires • firefighters

OC Fire Dept. Was Ill-Equipped

Lack of equipment, manpower allowed Santiago fire to grow into monster

Oct 28, 07 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Orange County firefighters might have contained the fire that ripped through Irvine, the county fire chief says, if only there were more of them. Orange County was short on manpower and fire engines even before it sent crews to help contain Malibu’s fires. With state reinforcements busy elsewhere, and... More »

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California • firefighters • wildfires • Orange County • Santiago • California fires

Wildfire Winds to Drop Tonight

Oct 24, 07 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest forecasts show the gale-force winds whipping flames across Southern California for the fourth day slackening by early evening, giving aircraft an opening to fight fires that have forced almost a million to evacuate, the AP reports. The news prompted one emergency official to declare: "The worst is... More »

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weather • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Southern California • firefighters • wildfires

Fire Rescues Tax Resources

Oct 22, 07 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - As wildfires rage across the region, Southern California officials are begging residents to evacuate when ordered and to avoid making phone calls, CNN reports. “We've been unable to do any suppression effort because the fire resources are being used to do rescues,” one fire chief railed. Rescuers complain... More »

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California • Southern California • firefighters • San Diego • Malibu • wildfires • rescue • Malibu Colony

Wildfires Racing to San Diego

Oct 22, 07 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A wildfire bearing down on San Diego this morning, moving faster than expected, is forcing 10,000 to evacuate their homes, after one person was killed and 17 more injured in a series of fires across Southern California yesterday. Near hurricane-level winds have fanned a dozen outbreaks from Santa Barbara... More »

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Los Angeles • firefighters • San Diego • Malibu • wildfires • Malibu Colony

Hundreds Flee Malibu Fires

Hundreds evacuated as 1,000-acre fire rages out of control

Oct 21, 07 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Massive brushfires raged through Malibu today, causing hundreds to flee and destroying at least 6 buildings. Officials say that the 1,000-acre fire is out of control despite 500 firefighters on the scene and almost 1,000 en route. Twenty-to-thirty mile-per-hour winds will sustain the fire for days and threaten... More »

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Los Angeles • firefighters • Malibu • wildfires • Santa Ana • Malibu Colony

5 Killed in Energy Plant Blaze

Oct 3, 07 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five workers trapped in an empty water tunnel at a Colorado hydroelectric plant were killed late yesterday when a chemical fire ignited in equipment. The workers had communicated after the blaze erupted that they were safe, but firefighters later found their bodies as they battled the blaze. The men worked... More »

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fires • firefighters • workers • Georgetown • Colorado • hydroelectric

Swiss Fight Fire With ...Er, Rap

Video promotes new emergency number

Sep 25, 07 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of receiving directory assistance calls on their emergency line, Swiss firefighters filmed a rap video that no one could forget. The resulting “118 Project," which clears up the  confusion, has become a YouTube sensation. “They chose rap because it is spoken and not sung,” a... More »

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YouTube • France • Switzerland • firefighters • rap music • rap video • Swiss firefighters

Firefighter Settles for $1.5M in Dog Food Case

Fire officials called incident a prank

Sep 22, 07 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - An LA firefighter who sued over a meal mixed with dog food has settled with the city for $1.5 million, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fire officials called the dog food incident a prank, but Pierce alleged racism. The city offered $2.7million last year, but Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa... More »

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Los Angeles • firefighters • court • racial inequality • Tennie Pierce

Fires Are 'National Humiliation'

Officials say blazes are contained, but critics condemn 'national humiliation'

Aug 29, 07 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Firefighters in Greece said today they have tamed the wildfires that have ravaged the countryside, the BBC reports, but the political tempest over the handling of the crisis is just heating up. As protesters demonstrated in Athens against the government, crews said the fires that have claimed 63 lives are... More »

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firefighters • Greece • Socialist Party • wildfires • Costas Karamanlis • Peloponnese • Athens • Greece fires

Heads Roll in FDNY After Deadly Fire

Three officials demoted after blaze kills 2 in uninspected building

Aug 27, 07 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three top FDNY officials were demoted today in the wake of the Deutsche Bank fire that claimed the lives of two firefighters. The August 18 blaze has been blamed on careless smoking, but the department neglected required inspections on the condemned building. The commissioner also ordered inspections of all construction... More »

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New York City • fires • Ground Zero • Deutsche Bank • firefighters

2 More Injured at Ground Zero Building

Scaffolding falls from structure where firefighters perished

Aug 23, 07 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two New York firefighters were injured today by scaffolding falling from the Deutsche Bank building near ground zero, the AP reports. The incident came less than a week after a fire at the skyscraper across the street from the World Trade Center site claimed the lives of two other firefighters.... More »

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New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • firefighters • skyscraper • Duetsche Bank • scaffolding • John Galt Corp.

Fire Probe Focuses on
Pipe Failure

Water supply under scrutiny in deadly blaze near Ground Zero

Aug 20, 07 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A broken standpipe may have crippled the battle against Saturday's Deutsche Bank tower blaze near Ground Zero. Water filled the basement as flames on higher floors raged, the Times reports, and water from the hose connected to the suspect standpipe apparently didn't reach past the fifth floor. Firefighters spent precious... More »

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New York • fires • Ground Zero • Deutsche Bank • firefighters • Environmental Protection Agency • contamination

2 Die in Fire at Ground Zero

Aug 18, 07 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two firefighters died in a blaze that broke out this afternoon in a skyscraper being demolished at the edge of ground zero in Lower Manhattan. The fire broke out in the partially dismantled Deutsche Bank building, which had been vacant since 9/11, condemned because health officials ruled that it was... More »

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New York City • fires • Ground Zero • Deutsche Bank • firefighters • skyscraper • toxic dust

Dallas Gas Explosion Injures 3

Truck fire ignites massive blasts; major highways shut down

Jul 25, 07 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least three people were injured today after a stock of acetylene tanks and 18-wheelers exploded at a gas plant south of downtown Dallas, sending thick plumes of black smoke and chunks of debris flying into the air. Two people suffered burns and a third sustained a back injury; all... More »

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Texas • gas • Dallas • fires • firefighters • explosion • helium • oxygen • acetylene • blast • gas facility • gas plant • truck fire • air • industrial experts • burns

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