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Two firefighters are killed and another injured while dealing with a fire in Bray, County Wicklow.
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Firefighters in Las Vegas were battling a fire on Friday at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip.
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Firefighters, volunteers and aircraft tackle forest blazes that have caused widespread death and destruction.
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Firefighters took advantage of calmer wind to dig more lines in their battle against a blaze that has threatened hundreds of homes near this central Washington town.
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EL CAJON, Calif., Oct. 25 -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of six bodies.
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A house fire Sunday morning in this Detroit suburb left three family members dead about the same time that a blaze in Detroit killed two young children, police and fire officials said.
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Calm, cooler weather and unusually high humidity Friday helped firefighters battling a wildfire that had threatened hundreds of homes and burned four cabins.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. Sept. 23, 2004 - Firefighters had trouble getting into a burning home Thursday because the windows were covered by burglar bars and plywood storm shutters, and five family members died.
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Firefighters lost ground Sunday against a large blaze in a national forest as gusty winds fanned the flames, shutting down highways and prompting officials to urge evacuations.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., June 21 -- Passing motorists and a store worker frantically called authorities about a fire behind a furniture store the night that nine firefighters died inside, according to 911 tapes and transcripts released Thursday. An employee said the area was where workers took smoking b...
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A volunteer firefighter is killed and at least 20 homes destroyed as fires continue to burn in Australia.
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Four burned bodies found in the path of California's fierce wildfires raised the death toll to at least 12 people, even as firefighters won the upper hand and officials turned on Friday toward assessing the damage.
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A New York City fire lieutenant died and eight people were injured in a fire in a high-rise apartment building.
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Robert Beddia, who died in a blaze at the Deutsche Bank skyscraper on Aug. 18, stood out as one of only 502 firefighters over 50 on a force of more than 9,000.
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Seven Swiss firefighters were killed in the collapse of a parking garage ceiling in a fire in northern Switzerland, officials said today.
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A man dies and three residents are rescued following a fire in the ground floor of a house in Ayrshire.
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Nine US firefighters die in a blaze in a furniture warehouse in Charleston, South Carolina, officials say.