Posts Tagged: Deadly Fire
Autopsies Indicate Smoke Inhalation
LORIS - Preliminary autopsy results show that an Horry County man and his two grandsons died from smoke inhalation in a house fire, Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick said. Hugh Elliott, 85, a World War II veteran, and his grandsons, Austin D…
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Grandfather, 2 Brothers Killed in Fire
LORIS - The names of the victims in Wednesday morning's fatal mobile home fire in Loris have been released. 85-year-old Grandfather Hugh Elliott, and Brothers Austin Daniel Elliott - 9, and Conner Lynn Elliott - 7 were killed in the tragic blaze at&n…
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Deadly Fire Kills Grandfather and Two Children
LORIS - Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick has released the identities of the three people killed in a house fire just after midnight Wednesday.
Hendrick says Hugh Elliot, 85, died in the fire along with brothers Austin Daniel Elliott, 9, and…
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Blaine, Pennsylvania house fire kills seven children. Bodies found in Perry County farmhouse.
Mother was milking cows on farm when surviving child reported the fire.
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Eight dead, two injured in New Orleans fire. Warming barrel ignited abandoned warehouse.
Temperatures near freezing overnight in New Orleans.
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Picture of the day: A grim scene in Baltimore.
Six dead in early morning fire in East Baltimore.
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Lancaster mayor threatens suit over claim of ‘two-hatter’ harassment. Says IAFF is disrupting mutual-aid. Union denies charge & believes city is violating ruling. Both city trucks broken.
Only ladder trucks available to City of Lancaster are coming from mutual aid companies.
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30-years-ago: MGM Grand fire in Las Vegas kills 85 people & injures 700.
Videos and reports on the deadly fire.
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One Man Dead after a House Fire in Oklahoma City. Lack of Hydrants Hampered Fire Suppression Efforts
It appears from the story that the fire had consumed a good portion of the house by the time firefighters made it to the scene. Once there, they had to shuttle water in via tankers and portable ponds.
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Building Construction Questioned in Deadly Flat Fire
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Officials are questioning the design of a 12 story flat in England. The …
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100 Jumps in one day
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You might remember I posted about two Brits who are skydiving for charity, well apparently there is another firefi…
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Fourth of July Fireworks Explosions
In honor of our Independence, I give you some of the largest fireworks disasters, fireworks factory fires, and other fireworks explosions. Your Happy Medic wrote a post about how he really likes fireworks left to the professionals, and I guess I should t…
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Rolling Brownouts, Firehouse Roulette, Firehouse Closures, Layoffs…
Call it what you will, but I call it poor management.
The three highest priorities in any jurisdiction should be:
Public Safety
Education
Refuse Collection
Those are in no particular order. Those are the necessities. PERIOD. Over the last 5 or so y…
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Just so we are clear…The Fire Critic is World Wide
While the Fire Critic builds his vast empire here at FireCritic.com, I want to be sure that EVERYONE knows we are hoping to report and bring in folks from across the GLOBE. I have already seen hits from Europe, Asia, Australia, and other places across th…
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Jay Lowry launches FFHourly.com
Jay Lowry has launched a new website FFhourly.com. The new site should not be mistaken for FirefighterHourly.com but probably will because their names are so familiar. FFhourly.com is not the same thing as FirefighterHourly.com though.
From Jay Lowry:
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