A ferry tale ending: Stranded on the Potomac River. Sixteen cars, drivers and passengers, aboard the General Jubal A. Early. A tree caused White’s Ferry to come to a halt for about four hours on Thursday evening. Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service crews were about to begin a rescue operation to bring the people to shore when the vessel suddenly came free of the tree. All are well.
NEW – “I had the ambulance and I had a pretty good time driving it”: The words of Mindy Jones from a must see interview. Jones was in handcuffs when she told a reporter about her joy ride in a stolen ambulance. It was taken from Oklahoma’s Shawnee Regional Medical Center. Click here to watch the story. Trust me you don’t want to miss this one.
I never liked being an “I told you so” and certainly not in this case: Not that anyone else didn’t predict this, but our column from one-year-ago saw the future for the Baltimore City Fire Department’s rotating closures. Read the impact of Wednesday’s fatal fire that occurred near a closed truck company.
Former Maryland volunteer is charged with setting a man on fire: You may have seen the story of Joshua Mashburn. He was arrested in Little Rock, Arkansas after being accused of using gasoline and a candle to set a man on fire in Frederick, Maryland. It turns out Mashburn, until August of this year, was a member of the Burtonsville VFD in Montgomery County. Read more.
Fireground audio and raw video from Chicago: Click here to watch and hear the 5-11 in a high-rise that killed one person and injured others (including 5 firefighters). More fireground audio can be found here.
Local 2 points to fire in debate over staffing levels: Yesterday’s fire in Chicago is already making its way to the negotiating table. Read the details.
A picture worth seeing: Check out this from Firegeezer.
Firefighter shuts valves to propane tank as fire burned: Pictures and the story from Norfolk, Nebraska after fire shot from a 30,000 gallon propane tank following a ruptured pipe. Click here.
Commercial fire in South St. Louis: This fire was yesterday at 3100 South Jefferson Avenue. The building had both a business and apartments.
