Firefighters battled to save fire station from party store blaze
A fire broke out inside a vacant party store in southwest Detroit this afternoon and came dangerously close to spreading to an active fire station next door.
Vacant Detroit fire station littered with records, ravaged by thieves
Thieves stole copper plumbing, wiring, fixtures and pipes, while the city left tens of thousands of records behind.
Gunman shoots at Detroit fire engine from roof of abandoned church
The fire company (Engine 50) was featured on the documentary “Burn.”
Fire station without power since Friday in southwest Detroit
Engine 48 is one of the most important lines of defense against a fire at the Marathon refinery and provides protection to tens of thousands of people in southwest Detroit.
Thieves loot Detroit fire station of beds, belongings, TVs
Gone was the entire kitchen that firefighters had remodeled with their own money for Christmas 2011.
Photos: Scavenging for scrap metal
Who are the scrappers? They are laid-off autoworkers, drug addicts, high school dropouts and others trying to get by.
In one afternoon, Detroit firefighters struggle against residents, fires and budget cuts
It wasn’t an unusual afternoon for the fire department. Just a typical day in a city where nothing is unusual anymore.
Thieves steal from fire truck at scene of blaze
The theft marks another embarrassing, eye-opening moment for a fire department battling more blazes with fewer firefighters, trucks and gear.