A fire brigade has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after sending two engines and seven firemen to rescue a seagull. The brigade struggled for more than an hour to save the injured bird, which was trapped on a factory roof in Bridgwater, Somerset. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A rescue team navigated flooded farmland in a boat to save a 70-year-old woman and her dog from rising floodwaters and made another critical rescue _ a pot of stew from the woman's stove. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Watch a number of videos from a fire that broke out earlier today in the Hollywood Hills near Griffith Park and the famed Hollywood sign. picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

A cat today sparked a full-scale rescue after he chased a mouse into a three inch gap between two garages - and got stuck for two hours. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A man who helped an elderly couple escape their burning home was arrested after the rescue because of a scuffle with emergency workers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Rescue crews had to cut apart a portable toilet to rescue a man who got stuck naked inside the potty. Authorities say the 31-year-old man used his cell phone to call 911 on Sunday from inside a portable toilet. picked by goober 6 months ago

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

A woman was arrested and charged with arson and burglary after police say she set fire to the home of a neighbor she thought had stolen her keys. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Lt. Jeff Brinkley was the first to arrive and the video from inside his patrol car clearly shows the entire back half of the car in flames.

*video linked in article picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

When a passer-by called reported a worker dangling from a Western Area Power Administration tower 150 feet in the air, Fire and EMS rescue workers hurried to help - making "him" the luckiest training dummy in the world picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

A young mother jumped almost 15 feet out a window and despite having a broken foot, cuts and bruises, she broke another window and raced up a flight of stairs to rescue her two small children from the fire that destroyed her home Tuesday morning. picked by henkspaan 12 months ago

A fire truck responding to a house fire on Olive Street in Elyria early this morning lost its rear axle and gas tank on Broad Street near East Bridge .
The Firefighters on the truck were all able to escape without injury. picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago

According to court documents, the woman told police that Hart held her against her will, threatened her with a knife, choked her, threw lighter fluid on her and lit her on fire. He then lit the couple’s bed on fire, destroying some of her personal belongings. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Fire officials in Clearwater, Fla., say a heroic cat that helped its owner escape a fire did not make it out of the burning mobile home alive. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Kebe Peinda Gotha set herself on fire at Rome's city hall on Friday in an apparent protest over a visit to Italy by Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade. Here is a auto-translated article from an Italian paper picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

During a Thanksgiving Day fire, Anna returned the favor — twice.
Anna, a blond heeler, nudged Jennings about 3:30 a.m., whining and howling. Jennings, who had fallen asleep on the couch, awoke to find her mobile home engulfed in flames. picked by sicc 1 year ago

After a call from the RSPCA, alerted by members of the public, fire officers dispatched an animal rescue expert and an aerial platform to the scene at Cove. It wasn’t until their expert was 25ft up that they realised they were victims of an illusion of nature. The ‘iguana’ was no more than a broken algae-covered branch. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Most of a downtown block in Toronto was gutted by fire last week. Early rumors suggested it might've been an explosion in a meth-lab. The Fire Chief extinguished that theory, but other reasons for the disaster may be weeks or months away. picked by jago 9 months ago

The rescue crews are waiting for a group out of Maryland that specializes in large animal rescue. No one at the scene has the proper equipment to get to the horse that's been stranded since Thursday afternoon. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Goin and his crew of two other Kentucky National Guardsmen could keep flying through a brutal snowstorm to rescue a 13-year-old girl who had been in an accident or play it safe.

"They wanted to see that little girl rescued if at all possible," Goin said. picked by henkspaan 12 months ago