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Hilltown resident Joe Kay, a former volunteer firefighter with the Plumsteadville Fire Company, is being remember after he died June 1 in an accident, the same day as his wife, Rachel's, 30th ...
A Los Angeles County firefighter was killed and another was injured Friday after responding to a vehicle fire at a quarry in a desert community north of Los Angeles, authorities said. An explosion ...
Barrett was killed in a vehicle accident whilst en route to a fire inspection. [16] Robert Bell: 29: Kent Fire and Rescue Service: W: 8 November 1974: Bell and another firefighter, David Holley, were investigating smoke in a building full of latex mattresses on HMS Pembroke in Chatham Dockyard. It was believed that a flashover occurred and ...
Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
Firefighter Andrew Pontious was killed when a massive tire exploded. L.A. County Fire Department officials said they had no idea such an explosion was possible.
The Esperanza Fire was a large, wind-driven, arson-caused wildfire that started on October 26, 2006, in a river wash near Cabazon, California, United States, west of Palm Springs. By October 29, 2006, it had burned over 41,173 acres (166.62 km 2 ) (or 61 square miles (160 km 2 )) and was 85% contained.
He also received the Saluda County Fire Service’s Firefighter of the Year in 2017. Chief Chad Satcher, 53, a fire chief with the Saluda County Fire Service. He was killed on Sept. 27, 2024 while ...
The memorial in Bancroft Gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon to the firefighters killed in the fire. On 2 November 2007 a major fire occurred at a warehouse near the village of Atherstone on Stour in Warwickshire, England. Four firefighters from the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service were killed whilst tackling the blaze. This was the largest loss ...