Mishap at Fireworks Safety Demo Injures Advocate – Jonathan Bullington
Chicago Tribune In front of a crowd of news media, fire officials and Illinois Fire…

Guns Blamed for More Than 21 Western Wildfires – BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press.  Officials have been asking the public to scale back celebratory shooting on..

Fireworks Explosion Burns N.H. House, Injures 9 – The Associated Press . The nine injured people ranged in age from infant to adult. Two children…

Crash Stats: Fourth is Deadliest Day on Roads – Safiya Ravat
Houston Chronicle. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, more than 700…

A heavy tanker drops retardant as crews battle the Shingle Fire east of Cedar City, Utah, on Monday, July 2, 2012.

 Air Force Tanker Planes Returned to Duty – DAN ELLIOTT
Associated Press. The Air Force had sidelined its seven remaining firefighting C-130s to…
 

Passer-By Rescues Woman From Calif. House Fire – Mark Gomez
San Jose Mercury News, Calif.   Twice the man went into the San Jose home in an effort to find a woman…

Firefighters’ Kids to Benefit After Colo. Camps Saved – Matt Steiner
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Officials grateful for the protection of the Eagle Lake Camps are..

Texas Firefighter Charged for Restroom Photos – Cody Stark
The Huntsville Item, Texas . The firefighter has been charged with a felony for leaving a smartphone…

Two Charged With Arson in San Francisco Blaze – The Associated Press. It took more than 100 firefighters over an hour to control the suspicious…

Candles Cause Maine Fire That Injures Three – Gregory Kwasnik
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine. Once on scene, officials rescued a man and his two children from a…

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