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Andrew Ashcraft, 29; Robert Caldwell, 23; Travis Carter, 31; ... Adam Finseth, 40, firefighter/paramedic killed responding to the 2024 Burnsville shooting [1] References
The Yarnell Hill Fire was one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires since the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, which killed 25 people, and the deadliest wildland fire for U.S. firefighters since the 1933 Griffith Park fire, which killed 29 "impromptu" civilian firefighters drafted on short notice to help battle the Los Angeles area fire.
As a boy, McGrew remembers being traumatized by a news report that some firefighters died in a blaze he knew his father was battling. Read more: Opinion: L.A. was lucky, with lots of help fighting ...
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.
Authorities identified the firefighter who died as Andrew Pontious, a nearly two-decade veteran of the fire service who was most recently assigned to a four-member fire engine at Station 93 in ...
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 ...
A public memorial was held on November 5, 2006, at the San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore, CA for the five fallen firefighters. [10] The community (worldwide) donated over $1.3 Million to the Central County United Way and nearly $400,000 to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation in support of the families of the fallen firefighters.
A rock outside Los Angeles Fire Station No. 69 in the Pacific Palisades memorializes Daniel Ramirez, a 23-year veteran firefighter, husband and father of three who died by suicide Aug. 1, 2023.