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Nightclub Fire Kills Hundreds in Brazil

Staff Writer — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:08:52 +0000

The death toll in a horrific nightclub fire in Brazil as risen to 232, according to news sources. This number is updated from the original count of 245 first reported by local news sources. A fire started at the Boate Kiss nightclub around 2 AM in the southern city of Santa Maria. The club was [...]

Daring Firefighter Saves Woman From Burning Building, Then Saves Her Financials

Nick Romano — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:15:52 +0000

A Philadelphia firefighter pulled a Superman-worthy stunt when he risked his own life rescuing a woman from a burning building, but his heroics extended far beyond that moment. When a warehouse fire broke out on Wednesday, Fran Cheney and his team arrived on the scene to put it out. It was Cheney, though, who battled [...]

Two Workers Saved After Nearly Drowning In Stuck Elevator

Ken Hayes — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Two construction workers took an elevator at a construction site in Staten Island on Sunday. The elevator became stuck, so they started pushing different buttons to try to get it to move. When they got to the basement button, the elevator started moving downwards. Great, right? The problem was the basement was severely flooded from heavy rain.

Firefighter Rescues Kitten From Inside a Pipe [VIDEO]

Jordan Breindel — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:43:16 +0000

Earlier this week, a man dropped off a section of rusty pipe to firefighters at Redding, California’s Fire Station #4. Why? There was a kitten trapped inside of it. That’s right, a real life, just-larger-than-pipe-sized cat. So were these American heroes able to squeeze him out? Yes!

Watch the nail-biting endeavor in the three-part rescue series below.