VIDEOS: Investigators looking into the lower Manhattan parking garage that collapsed a day ago, killing one worker and hurting five others as concrete floors pancaked atop one another, say initial findings indicate the age of the building, and the number of vehicles parked on the roof deck, contributed to the disaster, officials said Wednesday. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York City
VIDEO: A Southwest Ohio family is grieving the death of a 13-year-old boy who overdosed on over-the-counter allergy medication.
Jacob Stevens' family made the difficult decision to say goodbye after the Greenfield teen spent nearly a week on a ventilator. WSYX in Columbus said Stevens was attempting what's been dubbed the "Benadryl Challenge" on TikTok. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati
A massive fire that killed two people in northeast Harris County was sparked by an overloaded extension cord, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office.
Officials said an extension cord plugged in at one trailer home was being used to fully supply power to another trailer home on the property. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
VIDEO: The Centers for Disease Control is launching a new survey to better understand how the work firefighters do could be linked to cancer.
The president of the Tulsa firefighters union said this is something he’s been advocating in favor of for years.
Matt Lay, who battled and beat a previous cancer diagnosis, said he has lobbied Congress for something like this for six years. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-DT CBS 6 Tulsa
An ambulance on the way to an emergency call was hit broadside by an SUV that, sources say, was being pursued by police on Friday morning in Northeast Philadelphia.
The crash happened around 10:30 a.m. at E. Cheltenham Ave. and Saul Street.
In video obtained by Action News, the ambulance's siren can be heard just moments before it is hit broadside by an SUV. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters are quick to respond in an emergency, but one local fire chief took his public safety efforts one step forward.
Haines City Fire Chief Thomas Murphy Jr. was part of a three-member team that developed four emergency medical devices used on ambulances and at hospitals nationwide and internationally. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa Bay
One hundred and seventeen years ago, a devastating earthquake hit San Francisco. The quake and fire killed thousands of people and took years to rebuild the city. On April 18—almost 120 years later—the community continues to remember those who lost their lives that day and honor those who rebuilt the city. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON-TV MyNetworkTV 4 San Francisco
A roof collapsed at a church after a three-alarm fire sparked Monday morning in southwest Oklahoma City. Shortly before 5:15 a.m., a passerby called authorities to report a fire at a church near Southwest 74th Street and Walker Avenue, just off Interstate 240. Fire department officials said crews arrived and found heavy flames on the front side of the God of No Limits Family Ministries. - PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City
New information is emerging about a train derailment in Somerset County that sent flames and smoke above Moosehead Lake Saturday morning.
Bill Jarvis, chief of the Jackman-Moose River Fire & Rescue Department, was one of the first responders on the scene.
Jarvis said it was an ‘absolute miracle’ the three workers, all from Maine, were not more seriously hurt. - PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABI-TV CBS 5 Bangor
VIDEO: Ten years ago today, the tiny town of West, Texas drew the attention of the world when a fertilizer plant exploded.
It was a fire inside the West Fertilizer Company, which sparked the detonation of 30 tons of fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate. While ammonium nitrate is powerful enough to make bombs in Afghanistan, it's also been used for crop production in America for decades. - PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT-TV CBS 11 Fort Worth
VIDEO: As a tribute to Volunteer Fire Departments (VFDs), Straub Brewery, along with their wholesale and retail partners, recently launched a statewide program to raise awareness and support the critical role of VFDs in protecting Pennsylvania’s communities.
In March of 2023, over 2,000 cases of Straub Brite Cans were packaged with a commemorative label honoring VFDs and shipped to Wholesalers. - PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brewers In Pennsylvania
A massive fire destroyed a barn in far west suburban Sugar Grove Thursday.
Firefighters from Elburn and Countryside assisted in containing the fire in the barn at 3-S-598 Bliss Rd. The fire was in a rural area with no fire hydrants, requiring tanks of water to be shuttled in.
The barn was destroyed in the fire. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago
VIDEO: The Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS team has a new way of treating patients dealing with pain, that's also addressing the state's opioid epidemic.
It's called the Nitronox and it's inside every AMFEMS ambulance. It's a portable machine that uses a mix of oxygen and nitrous oxide to treat patients for pain while they're on a scene or in the back of an ambulance headed toward the hospital. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville
VIDEO: A team effort was underway in Escondido to rescue one of their trucks from an "active sinkhole" that formed beneath the truck Thursday evening.
Escondido police said they heard the radio call for assistance around 4:40 p.m. from a firefighter who said their engine had partially succumbed to a sinkhole in a church parking lot in the 1000 block of West Country Club Lane. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS 8 San Diego
VIDEO: Like many kids, current Middlebury senior Emily Jones was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records as a child.
"I thought it was cool and wanted to have a record," said Jones. While sifting through an extensive list of records months ago, Jones found a section of categories all having something to do with firefighting. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTZ-TV NBC 5 Plattsburgh
VIDEO: Firefighters and high schoolers from around the state gathered Wednesday at the Missouri Capitol for Firefighters Day. This annual event honors both current and past firefighters while encouraging the future to fight on.
Hundreds of firefighters filled the Capitol rotunda with joy. Even though the majority of the room was filled with official firefighters, the real stars were the students admiring their work. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMU-TV NBC/CW+ 8 Columbia
Part of S. 19th St. on Milwaukee's south side was blocked off Wednesday night after several houses were destroyed in a fire. The fire started around 4 p.m. at a home near S. 19th St. and Burnham St.
"So windy outside. So, I just checked out the window, and I saw the noise, where it was coming from, and I saw the house on fire," said neighbor Delia Velez, who told CBS 58 she heard a loud boom before seeing the fire. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Uber is funding a new program that aims to get electric bikes with dangerous non-certified lithium-ion batteries off New York City streets.
The company said on Wednesday it will soon allow the thousands of New York City delivery workers who use e-bikes the ability to trade-in their bikes for newer, safer models. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Business
PHOTOS: Niles firefighters saw a 1940s-era fire truck — one steeped in local history — rejoin the village’s fleet last month.
On May 1, 1941, the village of Niles purchased a Model 21 Pirsch Triple Combination Fire Engine for $6,150. Last month that engine, with its designation of “Niles Fire Dept. No. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal & Topics
VIDEO: An explosion, early Tuesday morning, rocked a garage in Erie while firefighters were inside.
It was so powerful, it completely blew off the garage door. Fire officials have issued a warning about electric vehicles and electric modifications at your home.
A total of three Mountain View Fire Rescue firefighters were inside the garage when water made contact with the electric vehicle’s battery, officials said, causing that explosion. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
