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Three firefighters were injured during fire and a fourth was injured in a crash Fire officials said kids playing with a stove led to a blaze that injured three firefighters at the scene Tuesday afternoon. Another firefighter suffered critical injuries while responding to cover an empty Bronx fire station.  The fire was reported at 12:30 p.m. in a two-story home at 636 East 235th Street in the Bronx. Flames spread to four other homes and four alarms were sounded, according to a statement released from the department.  About 30 minutes into the fire, a mayday was called and that situation was quickly...

The North Tonawanda volunteer firefighter who received a racist letter in his mailbox had his home set on fire. Kenneth Walker and his family were out of the house at the time of the fire, but their two cats perished. Kenneth Walker recently received a letter stating he should resign his position at the fire department, “or you will regret it.” Investigators are not sure yet if the two are connected, but are looking into it. The FBI is now looking into the case. The reaction ranged from anger to shame after residents learned that a North Tonawanda volunteer firefighter...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA)- A man is dead and a 16-year-old boy is under arrest after a shooting outside a home in Boiling Springs early Monday morning. The Spartanburg County Coroner says the victim is 60-year-old George Kevin Rush. Officials with the North Spartanburg Fire Department tell us Rush was a fire commissioner for the department. The shooting happened on Willow Run Terrace just after 6 a.m. Monday. The sheriff says a teenager is in custody. While being arrested, deputies tell us the suspect kicked out the window of a sheriff’s office cruiser. Investigators believe the teen acted alone and they...

The department expressed concerns that the flag may put firefighters at risks for ‘extremists targeting the fire engine’ Riverside County Fire Department firefighters were ordered Monday to remove a pro-police flag from one of their engines. The “thin blue line” flag was originally installed by firefighter Eric Hille to honor police officers killed in Baton Rouge and Dallas. He posted a picture of the flag July 17, hours after a gunman killed three officers in Baton Rouge. “We wanted to show our support for our brothers in blue,” Hille wrote to accompany the original Facebook photos. The following day, the firefighters were...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo firefighters are being urged by their union and the New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association (NYSPFFA) to be cautious, after the state association found threatening comments against firefighters on social media. The NYSPFFA says the threats come from a subject claiming to be from an extremist group, but the group has not been named. It provides these examples of threats found online (with original capitalization): "As you fight, remember that the FIREMEN and POLICE are on the SAME SIDE! Don't be fooled." "WE ARE CALLING ON ALL GANGS ACROSS THE NATION! ATTACK EVERYTHING IN BLUE...