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Toronto Propane Fire

Up to 13,000 Toronto residents are returning home after they were forced to flee a massive fire at a propane facility. A Toronto firefighter died near the scene of the blaze, and an employee at the plant is missing.
Bob Leek, a 25-year veteran firefighter, was surveying an area close to the fire at Sunrise Propane [...]

The Whole Scene: Defensive vs Offensive

Note: criticisms and notes made in this post are for the purposes of learning and do not intend to target any one particular company, nor are they representative of opinions of any particular fire department.
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Sudan Airways Crashes, At Least 100 Dead

Bodies are being pulled from the wreckage of a plane that exploded and burst into flames after veering off a runway, killing many of the 217 passengers on board.
The head of Khartoum airport medical services put the number of dead at 120.
Meanwhile, police deputy director general Al Adel Ajeb told local television he could confirm [...]

Austin Governor’s Mansion Ablaze

Texas officials suspect that arson caused a fire that ripped through the state governor’s mansion in Austin on Sunday, heavily damaging the 152-year-old structure.
The building, which had been undergoing extensive renovations, was unoccupied at the time of the fire. The fire was first reported at 1:45 a.m. Central time, and firefighters arrived minutes later to [...]

South Bound Brook Laundromat Fire

Bound Brook area fire departments, including units from South Bound Brook, Bound Brook, Elizabeth Ave., Somerset, & Finderne (NJ) responded to a working structure fire at a South Bound Brook laundromat on the 26th of May, 2008. Police and firefighters were dispatched to the establishment at 70 Main St. at about 2:45 a.m. after a [...]

Fire burns at Universal Studios


Crane Collapses Again in Manhattan

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A 200-foot crane collapsed on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning. The New York Fire Department says it has pulled a number of people out of the wreckage.
It happened just after 8:00 a.m. on 91st Street and First Avenue.
Two construction workers have lost their lives in this [...]

Recycling plant ablaze in Ulm, Germany

Ulm, GERMANY — A blaze that swept through an Ulm recycling center on Sunday night injured a fireman and caused more than €1 million ($1.6 million) in damage. More than 300 firefighters responded to the blaze, which was discovered around 9pm on Tuesday in a warehouse belonging to the recycling center in Ulm, in the [...]

Firefighter Escapes Burning Building

Peabody, MASSACHUSETTS — Firefighter Steve Franzosa was working on the three-alarm blaze at the Essex Place apartment building at 36 Keys Drive when he stuck his head out a window asking for help. Several onlookers, fire officials from area departments, scrambled to move a nearby extension ladder to Franzosa’s window. The firefighter left the scene [...]