A Miami defense attorney is feeling the heat after his pants caught fire as he delivered closing arguments in an arson case. Witnesses told the Miami Herald 28-year-old Stephen Gutierrez was fiddling in his pocket Wednesday while addressing jurors when smoke started billowing from his pants.
Firefighters in the Wisconsin community of Mayville had to respond to a fire at a familiar scene - their own firehouse. Firefighters were dispatched round 10 p.m. Saturday after a passer-by reported seeing flames at the station, which is not staffed around the clock.
The firefighter tried to encourage the fallen lamb out of the man hole by putting on his best mother sheep tones Firefighters are best known for their bravery and courage - but not many would imagine making sheep noises as being on their list of known talents. Luckily however, for one unfortunate two-week-old lamb which fell down a man hole - and then into an underground pipe - in a field in Northern Ireland, it is.
A double homicide suspect who police said used gasoline to set fire to his wife and son following an argument at a bowling alley has recovered well enough from his own burns to be turned over to the Brevard County Jail Complex. Edgard Fuentes, 64, was transferred to the jail from the burn unit at Orlando Regional Medical Center on Feb. 1 after being treated for severe, life-threatening burns from the Jan. 11 incident and staving off an infection.
The Hometown Volunteer Fire Company in Schuylkill County is getting ready to host its second adults-only naughty bingo night. The first event last year drew a standing-room crowd with people from several surrounding counties and even New Jersey.
Considering the risks, trust is hugely important among firefighters. But that creed was broken last summer when a Toronto firefighter apparently stole from his colleagues - using false alarms.
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In this Jan. 11, 2017, photo provided by Sherman Hiatt, people work to put out a wildfire triggered when a pile of chicken manure caught fire in a barn near Charleston, Ark. In this Jan. 11, 2017, photo provided by Sherman Hiatt, people work to put out a wildfire triggered when a pile of chicken manure caught fire in a barn near Charleston, Ark.
"I've actually had to call fire crew to come and get the smell checked out at my other house because it was so noxious and took over the entire house," he said. "It definitely does give me a headache when the odors are pretty strong," said Rachel Gelbmann, who also lives in the area.
A married white man confessed to igniting his own vehicle and also scrawling a racist slur on his garage door while staging a supposed hate crime. On the morning of December 12, Jenny and David Williams of Denton awoke to find their pickup truck and motorcycle burning.
... to report and track hail events, due to technological improvements. The fall season ushered in another few months of weird weather. A wet and cold October was sandwiched between a notably warm September and November. The eleventh month finished as ...