Tagged fire

Two in critical condition following Mission District fire

December 1, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two adjacent apartment buildings caught fire in the Mission District early Thursday morning. Four individuals were injured -- two critically – and there were no deaths. Responding firefighters ...

Jasper County, Texas firefighter killed in car accident

John M. Guilfoil

August 29, 2011

DALLAS -- A Texas firefighter was killed in a car accident Sunday. Angelina River Volunteer Firefighter Anthony Quinten Meyers, 38, was working a Jasper County wildfire when the ATV he was riding in was st...

Dallas firefighter dies in apartment fire

John M. Guilfoil

August 14, 2011

A Dallas firefighter was killed Sunday while battling an apartment fire in southwest Dallas, officials said. The multiple-alarm fire broke out at the Ridgecrest Apartments at 4:15 p.m. Fire Lieutenant To...

One dead in New Hampshire house fire

Brittney McNamara

July 22, 2011

A fire in a single family home left one dead in Hebron, N.H. early Friday morning, according to the Hebron Fire Department. Officials say the cause of death was smoke inhalation, but are still withholding t...

Connecticut firefighter dies on duty

John M. Guilfoil

April 19, 2011

A Windsor, Conn. firefighter died in the line of duty after collapsing during a fire on Monday. Robert Watts, 50, a Marine Corps veteran and volunteer firefighter in the town of 30,000, was charging a fire h...

Texas firefighter severely burned in wildfire

John M. Guilfoil

April 12, 2011

A northern Texas firefighter was critically burned fighting a wildland fire last weekend, according to FirefighterCloseCalls.com, which reports on firefighter fatalities and injuries. Elias Jacquez, a member...

Home damaged in East Boston blaze

John M. Guilfoil

March 29, 2011

A single family house in East Boston was seriously damaged Monday night in a fast-moving 2-alarm fire. Firefighters responded to 211 Havre St. at about 9:08 p.m. and quickly called out a second alarm. Th...

Dachshund found alive a month after Hyde Park house fire

John M. Guilfoil

March 22, 2011

An adorable and very much alive longhaired Dachshund was found in the ruins of her owners' Hyde Park house nearly a month after the house burned down. Boston's Angell Animal Medical Center is caring for the ...

Brockton fatal fire ruled electrical

John M. Guilfoil

March 17, 2011

State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan and Brockton Fire Chief Richard C. Francis said Thursday that the cause of this morning’s fatal fire in Brockton was electrical n nature. The fire at 4 Northfield St. broke...

63-year-old Chicopee woman dies after fire ravages cluttered home

John M. Guilfoil

March 15, 2011

A 63-year-old woman was killed Monday in a house fire in the Western Massachusetts city of Chicopee, fire officials said. The 2 a.m. fire appears to have been electrical in nature, according to a fire depart...

Smoking named cause of fatal Ipswich fire

Shannon O'Neill

February 27, 2011

Fire occurred Friday morning, leaving one dead

Smoke detectors make difference in Derry, N.H. house fire

John M. Guilfoil

January 8, 2011

A Derry, N.H. split-level house was damaged in a Saturday evening fire, but fire officials said that working smoke detectors and quick thinking may have averted real disaster. Residents were home when th...

Prosecutor: Argument over money led to fatal Chelsea fire

John M. Guilfoil

January 7, 2011

A Chelsea woman was held without bail after her arraignment on murder and arson charges in the wake of the Christmas Eve house fire that killed a 20-year-old living in another apartment in the house. Melissa...

Chelsea Christmas Eve fire ruled arson, murder

John M. Guilfoil

January 7, 2011

State Police attached to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office and Chelsea Police detectives yesterday arrested a Chelsea woman in connection with the fatal Christmas Eve fire in Chelsea. ...

Taunton City Hall fire ruled Arson

John M. Guilfoil

January 6, 2011

Fire investigators announced Thursday that the August 17, 2010 fire that damaged Taunton CIty Hall was arson. “This is an ongoing criminal investigation by State Police assigned to the Office of the State Fi...

Three firefighters hurt battling 2-alarm Derry, N.H. blaze

John M. Guilfoil

December 27, 2010

Three firefighters were injured fighting a 2-alarm house fire in Derry, N.H., Monday evening, authorities said. The fire broke out in the 2 1/2 story single family home at 12 Eastman Drive and quickly spread...

15 school buses destroyed by fire in Bradford, N.H.

John M. Guilfoil

December 25, 2010

Fifteen school buses were destroyed as they sat dormant in a parking lot in Bradford, N.H. early yesterday morning, police said. The fire began at 4.45 a.m., and it quickly spread among the closely grouped v...

3-alarm fire strikes house in Uxbridge

John M. Guilfoil

December 11, 2010

Firefighters from around the region battled a 3-alarm fire at the home of one of their own last night in the Worcester County town of Uxbridge. The fire broke out at 7:19 p.m. at the duplex at 12a Hazel St.,...

Young Israeli firefighter dies in wildfire

John M. Guilfoil

December 5, 2010

A 16-year-old volunteer Israeli firefighter died in the Carmel forest fire in Israel, a wildfire that is ravaging the landscape. Elad Riven, of Haifa, was killed Thursday. He was a volunteer with a scout gro...

Simple fire ties up entire Lawrence Fire Department, again

John M. Guilfoil

December 4, 2010

Fire swept through a three-family home in Lawrence on Saturday afternoon, severely damaging it and leaving several people unable to return home for the night, fire officials said. According to Lawrence Acti...