Category: firefighter

Surfside Death Toll Rises to 22, First Responder Finds His Daughter’s Body

The death toll from the collapse of a Florida condominium tower rose to 22 on Friday. Four more bodies were found in the rubble, including the 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter. A second residential building was ordered to be evacuated after it was deemed unsafe. “Our hearts and prayers are with the families affected…


Death Toll From Condo Collapse Rises to 22, First Responder Finds His Daughter’s Body

The death toll from the collapse of a Florida condominium tower rose to 22 on Friday. Four more bodies were found in the rubble, including the 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter. A second residential building was ordered to be evacuated after it was deemed unsafe. “Our hearts and prayers are with the families affected…


Death Toll From Condo Collapse Rises to 22

The death toll from the collapse of a Florida condominium tower rose to 22 on Friday. Four more bodies were found in the rubble, including the 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter. A second residential building was ordered to be evacuated after it was deemed unsafe. “Our hearts and prayers are with the families affected…


Firefighter’s Young Daughter Among Latest Victims Recovered in Florida Condo Collapse

SURFSIDE, Fla.—The death toll from last week’s condominium collapse in Florida rose on Friday to 20 after search-and-rescue crews found two more bodies, including the 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter. The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble, which was suspended for most of Thursday over safety concerns, proceeded on Friday with greater…


Surfside Death Toll Rises to 20, First Responder Finds His Daughter’s Body

A Miami firefighter dug up his own daughter’s corpse from the wreckage of the Champlain Towers South on Thursday night. “Our hearts and prayers are with the families affected by this horrific tragedy,” said Miami Fire Rescue Chief Joseph Zahralban. “We can confirm that a member of our City of Miami Fire Department family has lost…


California Firefighters Had Job Dispute Before Fatal Attack

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A Los Angeles County firefighter appeared to have a longstanding job-related dispute with the colleague he shot and killed at their small, rural fire station in what became California’s second deadly workplace shooting in less than a week, authorities said Wednesday. The gunman also wounded a fire captain at the station about 45…


Motive Unclear as Alleged Shooter Kills Firefighter at Station in California

A firefighter allegedly killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days, authorities said. The alleged gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home…


Motive Unclear as Alleged Shooter Kills Firefighter at Station in California: Authorities

A firefighter allegedly killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days, authorities said. The alleged gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home…


Motive Unclear as Firefighter Kills Colleague at Station

A firefighter allegedly killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days, authorities said. The alleged gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home…


LA County Fire Station Shooting Kills 1 Firefighter

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station Tuesday killed one firefighter and wounded another, multiple media outlets reported. Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims shortly before 11 a.m. at Fire Station 81, about 45 miles north of Los Angeles, according to a statement from the county…