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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.

A firefighter with the Utica Fire Department and Sauquoit Fire Department was killed in a snowmobile accident over the weekend.

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.

'Let It Go' is the hit song that keeps on getting better.

This engine purrs like a kitten.

A firefighter doing his part to help after a car accident wound up in handcuffs for his efforts -- and it was all caught on camera.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Fire officials say three Buffalo firefighters have suffered minor injuries while battling a late-night blaze at a home where five residents got out safely.