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State Fire Marshal Investigates Freeport Fire Chief
State fire officials are investigating Fire Chief Ben Greenslait amid allegations that he is not properly certified. Deborah Cox, a spokeswoman for...
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Fire Damages Blairs Restaurant
A Sunday morning fire destroyed one section of the roof at the Woodlake Bar and Grill and filled the building with smoke and water damage. Blairs...
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Firefighters Turn Up Heat On Lawmakers
Hundreds of off-duty firefighters Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass a bill that seeks to shore up the state's firefighter pension fund. The clocking is...
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Former Caribou Fire Chief Indicted On Sex Charges
The former chief of the Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department was indicted by the Aroostook County grand jury on several sex charges on Friday....
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Northern AZ Wildfire Grows, Prompts Evacuations
Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire Monday in northern Arizona that has forced residents from their homes in the historic mining town of...
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Fire Captain Demoted For Martin Case Posts
A Miami-Dade fire captain was demoted for comments posted on his Facebook page about the arrest of a neighborhood watch volunteer for shooting an...
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Rocky Mount NC One Dead Fiery Crash I 95 Closed
On May 9, 2012 at 9:28 PM, City of Rocky Mount NC Fire units were dispatched to a vehicle crash on Interstate 95 involving several tractor trailers...
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Firefighters Union Pushes To End Pittsburgh's State Oversight
As Mayor Luke Ravenstahl pushes to get the city released from state financial oversight, he has the assistance of a firefighters' union that's been...
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Northern AZ Wildfire Grows, Prompts Evacuations
Crews spent the weekend fighting several wildfires, including a 4 1/2 square-mile blaze in northern Arizona that prompted evacuations in a historic...
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Myrtle Beach Firefighters Respond To Blaze At Daycare
Myrtle Beach fire investigators are searching for the cause of an early morning blaze at Pat-A-Cake Day Care and Learning Center, according to...
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Daytona Firefighters Put Out Apartment Blaze
Firefighters were able to put out a bedroom fire before it could char the rest of the apartment on South Beach Street. The fire broke out around 7...
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Payne City Fire Is Case Of Arson, Firefighters Say
An early morning fire in Payne City was deliberately set, Macon-Bibb County fire officials said. No one was injured in a blaze that spread from one...
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Firefighters Rescue Kids From Extra Alarm Broadview Blaze
Firefighters rescued several children from the top floor of a three-story building during an extra-alarm fire early this morning in west suburban...
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4-Alarm Woodburn High School Fire Ends An Ordinary Day Of Classes
Friday started out an ordinary day for the 1,556 students who attend the sprawling campus of Woodburn High School. Bracketed on the north and south...
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New Market Volunteer Firefighter Injured In Strawberry Plains Fire
A member of the New Market Volunteer Fire Department suffered minor injuries when a 120-year-old, three-story home burned this afternoon. According...
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3-Alarm Fire Damages Longswamp Township Barn
A three-alarm fire caused by a tractor that malfunctioned damaged a barn in Longswamp Township Saturday morning, officials said. The two-story barn...
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Fire Destroys Abandoned Douglasville Mill
An early Saturday fire that Douglas County authorities have labeled as suspicious destroyed a century-old, dilapidated cotton mill that has stood...
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Fire Destroys Pro Shop At Beaver Island Golf Course
An early-morning fire Friday that destroyed the Beaver Island Golf Course pro shop on Grand Island didn't deter golfers from the links. I thought it...
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Shopping Center Fire Destroys West Orange Bakery
A bakery was destroyed in a Friday morning fire at a shopping center in west Orange County, fire officials said. Orange County firefighters responded...
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Maimed Firefighter's Prosthetic Leg Cited As City Approach To Cost-cutting Is Debated
Haggling over the price of a prosthetic leg for an injured Buffalo firefighter led to a three-month delay and ended up saving the city about $8,000,...
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