Clothing and other material put too close to a baseboard heater caused a fire that damaged a Cornell Avenue duplex late Thursday night, a Yakima fire official said. Firefighters were called out to the 1500 block of Cornell Avenue about 10 p.m. after a passerby spotted fire at the duplex and notified the occupants, Shift Commander Jennifer Norton said.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 8:15:21 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Fire consumed a house near the South Perry District in Spokane early Friday morning. The fire near 5th Ave. and Crestline St. broke out around 5:30am. Neighbors tells KXLY 4 News the house was vacant and he just been sold earlier this month. The roof collapsed while our crews were on the scene. The Spokane Fire Department says there were no injuries to firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 8:08:03 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Tragedy has struck the fire service as three firefighters from two departments have succombed to injuries suffered at the scene of two fires. 

The FDNY is mourning the loss of a 15-year veteran after he died from injuries sustained battling a fire at a movie set in Harlem.

In York, Pennsylvania, the fire department has lost two firefighters after a building collapse.

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• 2 firefighters dead, 2 injured in building collapse
• NYC firefighter dies battling blaze on Harlem movie set

 

 

Two York City firefighters were killed when a wall collapsed Thursday at the former Weaver Piano & Organ Co. building, which had been heavily damaged in a fire that began the day before. Ivan Flanscha, 50, of York Township, died just before 4 p.m. at York Hospital, according to a report from the York County Coroner's Office.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch

A veteran city firefighter was killed in a raging five-alarm fire on a Harlem film set Thursday night, the FDNY said. Firefighter Michael Davidson, 37, was the nozzle man, the first to brave the flames when his company, Engine 69, arrived at the scene on St. Nicholas Ave. at W. 149th St. at 10:50 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News