Baltimore Fire Chief Niles R. Ford called for reforms to reduce "inadequacies of accountability" after a veteran firefighter died and remained unnoticed for hours inside a vacant rowhouse where he had fallen while responding to a blaze last November. In a report released Friday, investigators said fire personnel took "a haphazard approach" to ventilating the house where Lt.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: baltimore sun

PHOTO: Action News is learning new information about five U.S. Forest Service firefighters and a sixth person injured in a rollover crash near Clovis. The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 7:30 Sunday morning on Highway 168 between Shepherd and Academy avenues. Firefighters Derek Soden, 29, of Mariposa, and Lee Sands, 37, of Groveland, are at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Frenso/Visalia

Investigators say "smoldering material" on the front deck was the cause of a fire that damaged a single-story home, and left several pets unaccounted for. Firefighters raced to the 25100 block of 142 Avenue SE around 8 a.m. to find the front deck on fire, and flames quickly spreading to the rest of the home.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2015 12:37:29 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Investigators say a fire that raced up a hillside to an apartment building was likely started by fireworks thrown from a car. Flames as high as 30 feet scorched the outside of an apartment complex Saturday night, forcing residents to evacuate. The smoke and flames could been seen from the freeway. It started around 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2015 11:37:02 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News