A mother and her two children are rescued from flooding by firefighters in lifejackets in Draperstown, County Londonderry.

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BOSTON — Police say a preliminary investigation indicates an explosion and fire at a Boston apartment building may have been the result of a failed suicide attempt. Firefighters rescued at least 15 people early Monday, including a 6-year-old boy who was dropped from a third-floor window of a large apartment building in the city’s Roxbury section. Read full article > >

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Police say Boston fire may have been suicide attempt; firefighters catch boy in 3-story drop

The terrorist attacks scythed through generations of firefighters and Wall Street traders in the largely Irish-Catholic neighborhoods on the Rockaway peninsula. Also, the neighborhood’s Muslim bagel man; and the connection between the 9/11 families and wounded American soldiers.

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The 9/11 Decade: Hit So Hard by 9/11, Rockaway Struggles to Let Go

Wildfires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes as firefighters work to prevent further losses

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Texas firefighters say they have contained 30% of the state’s most destructive wildfire in more than a decade, helped by a second day of milder winds.

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Texas wildfire crews gain ground

Calming winds offer firefighters a chance.

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Texas Wildfires Slow Down

Firefighters have rescued a four-year-old boy who fell down a well in south west China’s Guizhou Province. The dramatic rescue was shown on state television.

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VIDEO: Trapped Chinese boy rescued from well

Forest firefighters in eastern Arizona said on Monday they had made major progress by containing 10 percent of the wildfire that has burned for 16 days and displaced thousands from their homes. Firefighters said they had managed to stop the advance of…

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Firefighters Get Upper Hand in AZ

Firefighters in the US state of Arizona begin slowly to wrest control of parts of a huge wildfire that has scorched an area bigger than Los Angeles.

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Arizona firefighters ‘make gains’

A major wildfire in Arizona continues to grow as strong winds hamper the efforts of more than 2,300 firefighters to contain it.

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Arizona wildfire ‘still growing’

Arizona firefighters resorted to extreme measures to fight the third-worst fire in state history on Sunday, intentionally burning many acres to steer the wildfire away from several mountain communities. The Wallow Fire, which has already scorched more…

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AZ Firefighters Fight Fire With Fire

Firefighters have not found a way to contain the Wallow Fire in eastern Arizona, a blaze that the state’s governor has called “absolutely frightening.” It’s burned through 225 square miles of wilderness and threatens mountain communities near the New…

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Firefighters Can’t Contain Arizona Wildfires

A 39-year-old man has died following a fire in East Lothian which took firefighters almost three hours to put out.

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Man dies in early morning blaze

The menacing Mississippi River’s floodwaters have claimed their first victim, washing away a 69-year-old man in Vicksburg, Miss. Firefighters patrolling in a boat saw Walter Cook clinging to a fence, but he was washed away and was dead before they…

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Mississippi Floods Claim First Victim

More than 40 firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a scrapyard on Tyneside.

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Fire crews tackle scrapyard blaze