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After leading a number of residents out of high water earlier Wednesday, first responders with the Naples Fire-Rescue Department had to make one final rescue: their own.

Cuban firefighters are working with special teams sent by Mexico and Venezuela as they battle for a second day to control a fire blazing at a big oil tank farm. The area’s governor says efforts Sunday are focusing on preventing the flames from spreading further. Authorities say one firefighter is dead and others are missing since lightning struck a storage...

By collecting and preserving the history of the city’s fire service, the museum aims to educate the public — especially children — on fire prevention and safety.

A look inside the New York City Fire Museum and why it’s so important to learn fire safety. (Video produced by Leanna Wells)

Firefighters are battling a blaze in central California which has already burned nearly 17,000 acres and was only 10% contained as of Monday morning.

President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years. The move announced Tuesday affects more than 16,000 firefighters and comes as much of the West braces for a difficult wildfire season. Pay raises for the federal firefighters had been included in last year’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, but they...

An early morning, multi-alarm fire that ripped through an apartment complex in New Jersey has displaced around 150 residents, Orange city officials said. The fire, which broke out just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, engulfed a three-story, 82-unit apartment complex on Park Avenue and High Street, according to officials. No deaths or injuries were reported, according to city officials. The New…

An early morning fire in Orange, New Jersey, has displaced around 150 residents.

Over 1,000 firefighters backed by bulldozers and aircraft battled the largest active wildfire in the U.S. on Saturday after strong winds pushed it across some containment lines and closer to a small city in northern New Mexico.

Winston-Salem firefighters warned that chemicals at the site could cause a large explosion.

A Colorado firefighter jumped in to help a dog who’d fallen through ice into a frigid pond.

Baltimore’s fire chief says three firefighters were killed and a fourth was injured when part of a vacant home collapsed while they were battling a blaze

Firefighters in Sicily are digging through rubble in the search for missing people after an explosion apparently caused by a gas leak killed at least three people

Four New York City firefighters suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday when part of a first floor ceiling collapsed on them as they were battling an Upper East Side fire at a mixed-use building that housed a restaurant, according to authorities. Romney Smith reports.

Four New York City firefighters suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday when part of a first floor ceiling collapsed on them as they were battling an Upper East Side fire at a mixed-use building that housed a restaurant, according to authorities. The fire started at about 5 a.m. in One Dragon restaurant on the ground floor of a five-story building on…

A neighbor raced to rescue residents stuck in a burning home in Cranford, New Jersey. Brian Thompson reports.

A raging house fire in Cranford, New Jersey claimed the life of one person and injured another, local authorities said. Chopper 4 captured images of the intense scene that unfolded on Beach Street near West End Place — prompting several area fire departments to spring into action. One woman died and two other people who were inside had to be…

One person was killed and another injured in a fire that ravaged a house in Cranford, New Jersey. Tracie Strahan reports.