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Two firefighters in Mississippi had to be rescued after their fire truck flipped yesterday (Nov. 19) while responding to a call, according to WLOX-TV.

The two Forest County volunteer firefighters were on en route to a car fire at approximately 1 p.m. when the incident occurred.

Fire Coordinator Chip Brown told the news station that the fire truck's driver was rushing to the call when he lost control, causing the vehicle to roll over.

Both firefighters were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.

WEST CHESTER, Pa.
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A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail.

A Chester County judge says the deal for Robert Tracey Jr. is surprising. The 37-year-old Coatesville man got a sentence of the 242 days he has already served to 23 months in prison.

Five people were injured when two fire trucks collided at the scene of a bushfire on SA's Yorke Peninsula.

It broke out early in the afternoon north-west of Curramulka and was fanned by strong winds on a day of extreme temperatures.

The fire started in farming land and headed south-east towards the town and coastal areas.

FDNY firefighters are again raising concerns about the city's new 9/11 dispatch system after a father and his two sons were killed in a blaze in Brooklyn yesterday (Nov. 18), according to NY1.

Firefighters called to the blaze were sent to the wrong address, leading the Uniformed Firefighters Association to blast the new system.

ETNA TWP, Ohio-- Four firefighters from the West Licking Joint Fire District were injured this morning (Nov. 18) when a ceiling collapsed on them while battling a blaze at a business, according toThe Newark Advocate.

Crews responded to a fire at SJ Professional Painting after the company's box truck caught fire and spread to the nearby building, climbing up the side and into the attic.

UVALDE, TEXAS

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Smoke was still billowing from the Border Recycling Center in Uvalde late Tuesday night.

The smoke at times could be seen from as far away as San Antonio.

The fire broke out just after 1 p.m. at the Former Frio Foods plant located off Hacienda Road.

The Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department worked to contain the fire throughout the night and into Wednesday morning.

SPARTANBURG, S.C.

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An overnight fire shut down a Spartanburg textile plant and left firefighters struggling to keep the charred structure from collapsing.

Crews were on the scene of the Martex fiber plant on Southport Road all night. Crews were called out to the plant just before 11 p.m. on Monday.

It took more than 60 firefighters to knock down the flames that officials described as "heavy" when they first arrived. Once they tackled the flames, crews worked to put out hot spots around the structure.

SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. -- A Wagram firefighter transmitted a "Mayday" after being pinned by a falling pipe while under a house while battling a blaze yesterday afternoon (Nov. 17), according to reports from the North Carolina-based Web site FireNews.net and the newspaper The Laurinburg Exchange.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --

Police have arrested a man after a fire displaced 20 families at a Hermitage apartment complex late Monday night.

The first blaze sparked at about 9 p.m. at the Arbours of Hermitage apartment building off Old Hickory Boulevard.

Police arrested Robert Sibert, 46, and charged him with aggravated arson in the case.