Strangers rescue toddler, mom from burning home but can’t reach grandma
They crawled through the house until they saw a disoriented woman with a toddler in her extended hands.
Arson investigators thwarted by sudden demolition by Mayor Duggan administration
The apartment made national news in 2011 when a lottery winner killed an Australian landlord outside of the building on Detroit’s east side.
Second-alarm fire in Detroit apartment leaves downtown, east side woefully underprotected
Making matters worse, two chiefs couldn’t respond because their trucks wouldn’t start.
Man dies in house blaze just blocks from recently closed fire station
The city of Detroit has closed more than a third of Detroit’s fire stations since 2012, leaving neighborhoods without adequate protection.
First week of February: Fires kill 2 brothers, burn 26 houses; rigs malfunction
Five fire rigs malfunctioned on the way to fires or at the scene, and at least two fire hydrants were broken, causing more extensive damage.
Daring rescue by Detroit firefighters saves squatter from boarded-up house
The boarded-up brick house was oozing black smoke when a neighbor told arriving Detroit firefighters that a squatter may be inside.
Detroit on Fire: 220+ houses, buildings burn in January; fire rigs malfunction
Despite Detroit’s population decline, fires continue to devour neighborhoods at a punishing rate,
We’re tracking every fire in Detroit in 2015 to provide unflinching look at crisis
Fires are ravaging neighborhoods, claiming lives and chasing residents out of the city.
Numerous explosions force evacuations, second-alarm in downtown Detroit
Firefighters evacuated an office building and cordoned off a section of downtown Detroit this morning after several explosions caused a fire in the high-rise and prompted concerns of more widespread problems.
Detroit firefighters threatened with discipline for taking donations, talking to media
As the Detroit Fire Department sinks into a deeper funding crisis, placing more lives in danger, Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration is cracking the whip on firefighters who accept donations or speak to the media.