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Bowie, MD
Police & Fire
Person In Serious Condition After Morning Fire In Prince George's County: Officials
One person is in serious condition after being rescued by firefighters in an morning fire in Riverdale Park, authorities say. Crews responded to the fire in the 6500 block of Baltimore Avenue around 7:20 a.m. on Monday, May 9, the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department said on Twitter. Companies arrived with smoke showing from the 3rd floor of a rooming house. One victim was located by the engine company, removed by Squad 1, and transported to an area hospital in serious condition by Ambulance 1. Chief 1 assisted at the command post. #hv1fd pic.twitter.com/aS0htsuarW — Hyattsville VFD…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Husband, Wife Rescued From Burning Long Island Home
A Long Island couple had to be rescued after an early morning house fire in Huntington overnight. Emergency crews were called to the home on Penfield Drive in East Northport just after 3 a.m. Friday, April 22, Suffolk County police said. When firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames. Officers from Suffolk County Police Department’s Second Precinct used a ladder to reach a woman through a second floor window before carrying her to safety, police said. The woman’s husband was extricated from the home by members of the Commack Fire Department. Both residents were evaluat…
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
2 Dogs Rescued From Hunterdon County House Fire (
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Two dogs were rescued from a Hunterdon County home that went up in flames over the weekend, authorities said. The Hampton Fire Co. Station 13 responded to a burning home in Lebanon Township and found two dogs trapped shortly before 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, the department said. Firefighters worked to clear the home of smoke while dousing the blaze, which was reported by a vigilant passerby, the department said. Meanwhile, both dogs were safely rescued from the home without injury. The scene was cleared within two hours, the department said. The cause of the fire remained under inves…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Three Police Officers Rescue Long Island Man From Burning Home
Three police officers saved a man who was trapped inside a burning Long Island home. The fire took place in Roosevelt around 3:35 p.m., Sunday, April 17, said the Nassau County Police. When officers responded to the call after receiving a 911 call they found that four residents had made it safely outside the burning home, but one man was trapped inside, police said. Three Nassau County officers ran into the home and performed a search for the trapped victim. The officers navigated heavy smoke and were able to locate the man and remove him to safety, police added. The rescued man, age 29, …
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Man Swiftly Rescued After Falling Down Embankment In Lehigh Valley: FD
A person was swiftly rescued after falling down an embankment in the Lehigh Valley Tuesday, April 12, authorities said. Fire crews were battling a fire at a cement plant when they were called to a rescue on an embankment on Catasauqua Avenue in Whitehall Township, the Whitehall Bureau of Fire said. During the fire, Whitehall Bureau of Fire was dispatched to a rescue on Catasaqua Ave. For a fall down a embankment... Posted by Whitehall Township Bureau of Fire on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 The victim — an 80-year-old man — fell 15 to 30 feet and struck a tree, LehighValleyLive reports. …
Vineland, NJ
News
4 People Rescued From Windows With Ladders In Serious South Jersey Apartment House Blaze: FD
UPDATED: Firefighters rescued four people in a serious Cumberland County apartment house fire, authorities said. The two-alarm fire broke out shortly after midnight on Monday, April 4 at 114 N. High St. in Millville. The three-story building includes commercial space on the ground floor. Millville firefighters said they encountered heavy fire conditions in the third-floor hallway and occupants in the windows. "While a crew initiated an aggressive interior attack under punishing heat and smoke conditions a second crew rescued the 4 civilians via ladders," the fire department reported…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Child Among Nearly Dozen Injured In Explosive Silver Spring Apartment Building Blaze (
Updates
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At least ten people including a small child with burns were hospitalized in a fire that tore through an apartment complex in Silver Spring on Thursday, March 3. The second-alarm fire broke out at a four-story home at the Friendly Garden Apartments on Lyttonsville Road. The fire was first reported around 10:30 a.m., according to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich. "Montgomery County Fire and Rescue (MCFRS) promptly responded and worked to both contain the fire and assist residents," he said. Three out of the ten people were hospitalized with serious injuries and the remaining seven w…
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Officers Rescue Two CT Women From Burning House, Police Say
Two Connecticut women were rescued from their burning home as flames surrounded them. The fire took place around 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, in New Haven County at a home on Spring Street in Ansonia. According to Lieutenant Patrick Lynch, of the Ansonia Police Department, the department received a call from a resident on Spring Street reporting her house was on fire and she was trapped. The first two officers on the scene, Sgt. Alex Barreira and Sgt. Ed Magera, forced entry into the home and along with Chief Delucia of the Ansonia Fire Department entered the home, Lynch said. …
Paterson, NJ
News
Heroes
: Paterson's Bravest Rescue Resident In Three-Building Blaze
UPDATE: A vicious blaze was engulfing one two-family home and significantly damaging two other residences -- displacing 26 tenants in all -- when Paterson firefighters rescued a resident in a wheelchair. PHOTO GALLERY: BTFirePhotos The four-alarm Warren Street fire broke out in one of the tightly bunched buildings up the street from Public School No. 10 shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday. It spread quickly. The city's bravest immediately got the trapped resident out before retreating to battle the blaze from the exterior. The main body of the fire was knocked down by 9:45 a.m., a little under …
Paterson, NJ
News
Fire Destroys Paterson Home Improvement Company
Firefighters rescued a dog during a four-alarm blaze that destroyed a home improvement company in Paterson. The blaze broke out in the rear of the Empire Kitchen & Design on Berkshire Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. It went to two alarms and then three in under 20 minutes. It became four bells at 5:45 a.m. as the roof of the single-story building collapsed. The fire was eventually declared under control around noon. No injuries were reported. VIDEO OF THE FIRE: tornadochaser66 / YouTube VIDEO OF THE FIRE (and others): tornadochaser66 / YouTubetornadochaser…
Vernon-Rockville, CT
Police & Fire
Two Rescued After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Region
Two people were rescued from a third-floor apartment in Western Massachusetts during a two-alarm fire. The fire started around 3 a.m., Monday, Dec. 27 in Springfield at 858 Belmont Ave. Springfield Fire Department officials said two people were rescued from the third floor using ladders. One of those rescued was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, another was treated at the scene, the department said. Firefighters had the fire under control in about an hour. The Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad is currently investigating.
Vineland, NJ
Police & Fire
2 Airlifted In South Jersey Home Explosion, 4 Dogs Missing
Two women were airlifted to area hospitals and at least four dogs were missing following an explosion in Vineland Wednesday, multiple news outlets were reporting. Police rescued one person from the rubble while the other walked out of the Cornucopia Avenue home her own around 12:30 p.m., abc6 reports. The home exploded with such force that the walls blew off raining holiday decorations and building debris across the yard– leave nothing but the building’s foundation, multiple outlets say. The force of the explosion blew the walls out of the building and only left the cement foundation stan…
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