Survivors jump from fire escapes in fatal Bronx fire as bystanders help save lives

Workers at a bodega brought out a small step ladder for fleeing residents to lower themselves onto instead of having to jump.
NBC Los Angeles

Firefighters rescue woman who crawled onto roof to escape South LA fire

Firefighters rescued a woman who crawled out of a second-floor window to escape a fire Tuesday morning at a South Los Angeles residence. Video showed the woman facedown on a section of slanted rooftop ...
Queens Chronicle

Wind-driven flames trap firefighters

More than a dozen firefighters were injured, some seriously, after a rapidly shifting blaze in East Elmhurst on Sunday ...

'She's lucky he had a ladder' | Neighbors describe dramatic Greenspoint-area apartment fire rescue

Caught on camera: neighbors used a ladder to rescue a woman from her burning apartment.
CBS 58

5 jump from balconies, 6 rescued by ladder after apartment fire near Fond du Lac and Bourbon

A large apartment building near Fond du Lac and Bourbon in Milwaukee caught fire early Friday, May 1, sending 11 people scrambling to escape, according to the Milwaukee Fire Department.Firefighters ...
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Dramatic moment firefighters escape burning home

This is the dramatic moment firefighters escaped a burning home. Houston Fire Station 51 in Texas was alerted after the apartment caught fire, with reports of possible residents trapped inside.