Posts Tagged: Fatality
Video: Three-alarm fire with fatality in Prince George’s County.
Apartment fire in Suitland, Maryland.
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Wreck Leaves Two Dead; Could Tougher Trailer Laws Save Lives?
Trailer became unhitched on the interstate.
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Woman Dies in Wreck With SC Trooper
LANCASTER COUNTY - At least one person is dead following a wreck involving a state trooper which happened in Lancaster County late Wednesday night.
The accident occurred around 11:29 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 521 and North Corner Road which …
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Tragedy in Houston Ends with Modest Settlement
On March 30, 2009, Leigh Boone was standing at a street corner with her bicycle, when a Houston Fire Department ladder truck responding to an alarm collided with an engine company, and within a split second rolled on top of her. She died from her injurie…
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$40 Million Paid to Family of Deceased St. Louis Firefighter
Associated Press is reporting that the family of deceased St. Louis firefighter Derek Martin has finally received the money they were awarded by a jury in 2007, bringing to a close their suit against Survivair Respirators and its parent company, Bacou-Da…
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Fire Victim Files Claim Against New York
One of four survivors of a fatal apartment fire in Queens last November, has filed a claim against the city alleging that a dispatching error contributed to his burn injuries. Shafin Ahhamed has incurred over $50,000 in medical bills for treatment of his…
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Politicians Playing “Hacky Sack” with Fire Departments
Here is a very simple formula that my Public Sector Labor Law professor gave us many years ago in law school:
Union official + speaking on an issue of public concern + discipline for speaking = a lawsuit the city cannot win
That formula is being te…
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Alcohol and Fire Lead to Major Headache
An unfortunate decision by the fire chief of Tarpon Springs, Florida, to respond to a fire after attending a social function has landed him in hot water with his bosses. Chief Stephen Moreno was placed on administrative leave after he admitted to the cit…
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UPDATED: 1 firefighter dead, 1 critical, 3 others injured in a dumpster explosion at a foundry. Victims from St. Anna FD in Calumet County, Wisconsin.
Explosion at foundry kills a St. Anna Fire Department firefighter and injures nine other firefighters.
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Fatal Ambulance Crash in Pennsylvania
A COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, WOMAN DIED MONDAY after her minivan T-boned an ambulance at a controlled intersection.
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Tanker Ka-Boom in Germany
The tanker burst into flames immediately, killing the driver.
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Fire on 36th Floor Kills One, Brings 5 Alarms
The fire broke out shortly after midnight this morning on the 36th floor of the 44-story condominium apartment building.
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Vancouver Mystery Mansion Murder/Arson
the FF's began overhauling in the basement and came across a charred body of what appeared to be an adult male.
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Florida Ambulance in Fatal Crash
AN 18-YR.-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED SUNDAY AND three other people seriously injured in Jacksonville, Florida, when an ambulance collided with a pickup truck.
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Fatal Fire at Indiana Hotel
A FIRE THIS MORNING AT A VINCENNES, INDIANA, HOTEL has left one person dead and three others injured.
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Gas Pump Fire Update
YESTERDAY WE REPORTED ON THE FIRE at a self-service gas station in Frederick, Maryland, that severely burned the man who was pumping gasoline into either his car or a portable gas container.
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