Detroit firefighters brace for Fourth of July weekend that rivals Devils’ Night
For four decades, Devils’ Night has been the most destructive period for fires in Detroit. Not anymore.
Number of suspicious fires rose again in May, sparing few sections of Detroit
Detroit’s failing fleet of engines and trucks responded to more than 150 suspicious fires in houses, businesses, apartment buildings, schools and churches in the busiest month yet this year.
Detroit’s new fire engines delayed by questionable changes, lack of oversight
The city will depend even longer on its frail, long-neglected rigs that have been breaking down at unprecedented rates.
Firefighter who blew whistle on hazardous firehouse conditions was disciplined
The administration taught a lesson to a fire sergeant for launching a complaint about long-neglected dangers at the city’s firehouses.
Fires break out inside iconic ruins of Michigan Central Station in Detroit
Fires were on two floors of the hulking building owned by billionaire Matty Moroun.
Popular marijuana dispensary set afire in Detroit
Gas was doused on the roof of the cannabis store and set afire.
Detroit firefighters blow whistle on hazardous firehouse conditions, no smoke alarms
Many Detroit firehouses are fire hazards with no smoke alarms.
At 37, convicted killer & firefighter collects Detroit pension from prison
Whether Terrill Hardaway was even eligible for a pension is another question.
11 photos: Large fire tears through 2 houses on Detroit’s east side
Neighbors said scrappers recently tore apart the abandoned houses for any metal of value.
Another downtown manhole cover ‘blows,’ but DTE denies problems
Less than two days after firefighters reported an underground fire in downtown Detroit, they spotted smoke coming from another “blown” manhole Monday morning, just a block from Cobo Center.