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A fire broke out in a vacant house Tuesday and turned into a 2-Alarm fire. Fire was seen from the house upon arrival. The fire was fought defensively and with ladder pipes for the most part. Extinguishment took more than an hour. 1st Alarm: Engine 24, Engine 17, Engine 37, Engine 21, Ladder...

Indianapolis fire crews had a busy Thanksgiving Day with four working fires Thursday. At one fire, firefighters found two people shot inside the home, one person was pronounced dead at the scene, the other died at the hospital, two children were rescued from that house. At another fire, one...

One person was taken into custody and suspected of arson after a fire in Cincinnati's Madisonville neighborhood on Saturday. Firefighters on scene reported the "strong smell of gasoline" in the home. Units dispatched: Engine 49, Engine 31, Engine 8, Engine 46 (Safety), Ladder 31, Ladder 18...

The Cincinnati Fire Department could soon start charging nursing homes every time they respond to lift assists saying that it's the nursing home staff's responsibility. CFD's procedures are to send a fire engine or ladder truck to lift assists...

Columbus firefighters were dispatched to a report of a possible gas leak at the Kelton House Museum on Monday. While the firefighters were inside the building investigating, an explosion occurred causing part of the building to collapse. The firefighters were able to escape the building...

Recently in Kentucky, a firefighter crossed jurisdictional boundaries to save the life of a child who was choking. Hours later the chief of the department where that firefighter works received an e-mail from the chief of the jurisdiction he responded to saying to "stay out of his jurisdiction"...

Here's cell phone video taken near the crash shortly after the explosion https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17MhYVEX1R/

UPS reports the jet had 200-250 thousand gallons of fuel

From what I understand the 4th Alarm is just county fire units. There's also Louisville Fire has some trucks, plus Airport, plus HazMat and foam trucks from various departments.

A single engine plane crashed in rural Madison County, IN, which is between Indianapolis and Muncie. When emergency crews arrived on scene the plane was found crashed into a tree and was on fire. The fire was quickly extinguished. Bystanders removed the pilot from the plane and began performing...

Here's the rundown via Pulse Point as of 7pm ET. A total of five radio channels were used.

A large fire started Tuesday at a scrapyard in Northern Virginia. The incident was initially dispatched as an outdoor fire, was upgraded with additional companies, a RIT task force (routine for working structure fires), a foam truck, Fort Belvoir airfield Crash truck, HazMat, a second alarm...

A greater Cincinnati smoke shop went up in smoke (pun intended) early Sunday after a drunk driver struck an electric pole knocking down wires and starting a blaze that destroyed the building...

This fire was the second of three simultaneous working fires. The first fire was a porch fire dispatched 10 minutes prior and was in close proximity. The fire was upgraded to working but was quickly handled and some of the crews then went to the second fire. A third working fire was in a garage...