NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say they've arrested a former firefighter in the blaze that damaged the western New York apartment of a volunteer firefighter who said he received a racist, threatening letter earlier this week.
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says one of its firefighters was killed Saturday evening in the Lake Tahoe area after he was struck by a tree while battling a wildfire.
Funeral services were held today for Utica Firefighter Matthew Benn, who was killed last weekend when the snowmobile he was driving went off the trail and hit a tree.
HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (AP) — An American flag stolen from the family of a firefighter killed on Sept. 11 has been returned with a note that says: "I am so sorry, I had no idea."
NEW YORK (AP) — New York firefighters are mourning the death of a 40-year-old lieutenant killed when he became trapped on an upper floor of a Brooklyn public-housing high-rise.