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Black Sunday has been used to describe January 23, 2005, when three firefighters of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) died in two fires: two at a tenement fire in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, with four others being seriously injured, and one at a house fire in the East New York section of Brooklyn.
The day was dubbed “Black Sunday” after another firefighter, Richard Sclafani, was killed in a Brooklyn blaze. At Friday’s graduation ceremony, Chief of Department John Esposito told ...
The joint raid was a part of a coalition attempt to stop mortar and rocket fire on the Green Zone by seizing neighborhoods in Sadr City being used as launching points by the Mahdi Army. Rockets and mortar fire continued to fall on the Green Zone and US military bases around the capital during the assault.
The Black Sunday bushfires were a series of bushfires that broke out across South Australia on 2 January 1955. Extreme morning temperatures coupled with strong north-westerly winds contributed to the breakout of numerous fires in Adelaide Hills, Jamestown, Waterloo, Kingston and Millicent. Most were caused by sparks from powerlines in the wind.
Cal Fire currently has 14 Fire Hawks in its fleet, with the other two arriving in 2025. The newest helicopters are a heavy-duty complement to Cal Fire’s fleet of 34-year-old UH-1H Super Huey ...
At a press conference early Sunday morning reported by WISN 12, Lipski said a call came in just before 5 a.m. about an entire house on fire and credible reports of people inside. The fire on the ...
Black Saturday bushfires at Steels Creek in 2009. The state of Victoria in Australia has had a long history of catastrophic bushfires. The most deadly of these, the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 claiming 173 lives. Legislation, planning, management and suppression are the responsibilities of the Victorian State Government
L.A. firefighters battle the Palisades fire along Radcliffe Avenue on Wednesday. Meanwhile, members of private fire crews have gathered at L.A. developer Rick Caruso's home to guard it against flames.