Emmanuel Church Was Detroyed By Fire This Morning
South Carolina - Colleton County Fire-Rescue responded to a well involved fire at the Emmanuel Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith located at 27771 Lowcountry Highway in the Town of Smoaks. The fire was reported at 032...
Fire Near River Destroys Million-Dollar Fresno Home
California - An intense fire scorched the bank of the San Joaquin River in northwest Fresno on Thursday, destroying a million-dollar home and forcing residents of eight other h...
July 3, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By The Fresno BeeFirefighters Rescue Driver Trapped In Burning Car
New York - A Wyandanch ex-chief's trip home for an early lunch Thursday proved fortuitous for two Deer Park brothers when the car they were in hit a tree, bursting into flame...
July 3, 2009 | Topix - Rescue | Written By NewsdayWife Who Shot NY Fire Marshal In Bed Gets 25 Years
New York - A woman who shot her New York City fire marshal husband to death while he slept in their bed has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Forty-year-old high...
July 3, 2009 | Topix - Legal Issues | Written By Associated PressLightning Strike Destroys Mass. Church Steeple
Massachusetts - Lightning has struck a historic eastern Massachusetts church, damaging its roof and destroying its steeple. The Medway Community Church was hit by a lightning bolt...
July 3, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By Associated PressMayoral Hopefuls Pounce As Three Firehouses Closed
Massachusetts - The controversial brownout of three Boston firehouses yesterday turned into an election-year firestorm, with one mayoral hopeful accusing Mayor Thomas M. Menino of...
July 3, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By Boston HeraldTulsa Firefighter Injured Thursday
Oklahoma - A firefighter suffered burns to his neck while battling a house fire Thursday morning. The cause of the fire in the 2800 block of East 42nd Place North is under in...
July 3, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By Tulsa WorldTheft Charge Levied Against Deputy Chief
Maine - The deputy chief of the Island Falls Fire Department has been charged with felony theft after allegedly misappropriating about $10,000 in town funds. Maine State P...
July 2, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By Bangor Daily NewsFirefighters To Vote On Plan That Would Save 68 Jobs
California - After months of bitter negotiations, the city of Sacramento and its fire union have agreed to salary concessions that they say will save the jobs of dozens of fire...
July 2, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By The Sacramento BeeFire Engulfs Gym At Douglas Byrd Middle
North Carolina - Fayetteville firefighters battled a fire Wednesday that engulfed Douglas Byrd Middle School's gymansium, collapsing the roof. Firefighters responded to a 911 call...
July 2, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By Fayetteville ObserverFew Survive Cardiac Arrest, Even With Hospital CPR
You don't have to be Michael Jackson to have this problem: The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in m...
July 2, 2009 | Topix - Rescue | Written By Associated Press
