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Man charged in house explosion
A Griswold man was charged Monday with arson after an explosion and fire leveled the house where he and his mother lived and a body was found in a nearby wooded area.
Firetruck driver ticketed
Fire chief blames road's icy condition
CO ousts firefighters
Firefighters at South Bend Fire Station No. 9 evacuated a building Monday, except this time it was for themselves.
Ambulance rolls, MHP car hit on I-90
First an ambulance overturned on Interstate 90 on its way to a call Saturday night.
Fire departments seeking help
Volunteer fire departments throughout Broome County will hold open houses at their individual fire houses, hoping to recruit men and women to help them fight fires and prevent them.
House fire in Fond du Lac
Justin Connaher
Battle weary from fighting two fatal fires in the same day, Fond du Lac firefighters need about three days to repair equipment and rest their bodies before they're at 100 percent, a fire official says.
9 firefighters hurt in 
Canton, OH
Authorities in Ohio say nine firefighters have been injured while battling a fire that spread through three houses in the city of Canton.
3 firefighters hurt at Bronx blaze
A two-alarm fire erupted in a Bronx church Saturday, injuring five people, including three firefighters.
Everett WA fire ousts a dozen
An early morning two-alarm fire ripped through a 10-unit apartment house at 3116 Lombard Ave., sending a dozen people scrambling for safety as a mix of ash and snow fell over the neighborhood. No one was hurt.
Fire destroys steakhouse in northwest Harris County
A fire has destroyed a steakhouse in northwest Harris County, less than a week after it closed.
Firefighters battle Water Mill blaze 
On New Year’s morning, local firefighters spent three hours in 15-degree weather battling a house fire in Water Mill.
Fire wreck Philly apartments
JOSEPH KACZMAREK 
Firefighters battle flames that swept the Bradford Arms apartment building at Bustleton Avenue and Hoffnagle Street in Northeast Philadelphia. A resident said the fire broke out shortly after the new year was rung in.
Firefighter killed, apparatus wreck
A firefighter pinned in a fire truck after an accident Wednesday night in Walker County has died. 
6 lives climed by DC blaze
The victims were among eight people who were inside the bungalow-style home in the 1000 block of Jackson Street NE, near Catholic University, when the fire was reported just after 7 a.m. Three died after being taken to a hospital, while three others were pronounced dead on the scene, said D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department spokesman Alan Etter.
Pottsville  PA apartment hit by fire
WNEP
Firefighters battled freezing temperatures and a raging inferno as they fought a fast-moving blaze at an apartment building in Pottsville. The owner and two tenants who lived at the building were able to escape the blaze late Thursday morning just minutes before the two-story structure at 1324-1326 W. Mahantongo St. was completely engulfed in thick black smoke and flames. None of the three was injured. Pottsville Fire Chief Todd March said the fire was reported just after 11 a.m., when residents were alerted to the fire by neighbors, who saw smoke billowing from the roof.
One dead in FW fire
Firefighters were dispatched to the fire in the 3200 block of Deen Road at 4:09 a.m., Fire Lt. Kent Worley said. When they arrived at 4:13 a.m., they found the entire front portion of the living room to the small frame house engulfed in flames. 

Firefighters discovered water running in the kitchen and a large bowl in the sink possibly indicating that the men tried to put out the fire themselves before they were overcome with smoke.

Command Corner
Why We Are Still Losing Our Own? 
The Simple Things
By James Rose
WTC
As another year comes to an end we take a look back and evaluate the job we have done over the last twelve months. 
NJ firefighter killed in accident
A Union County, NJ, firefighter died  after being run over by a fire truck at the scene of a blaze authorities say was set inside a vacant house by a homeless man trying to keep warm.
Two seriously hurt in suspicious Ottawa hotel fire
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at an Ottawa hotel that caused at least $1 million in damage and sent two people to hospital in serious condition on Thursday.
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