A New York firefighter collapsed at a fire scene Thursday morning after suffering an apparent heart attack.

Kevin Townes, 54, a longtime Mount Vernon firefighter died, Fire Commissioner Noah Lighty told LoHud.com.

Firefighters responded to the house fire on...

A Livingston Parish firefighter died Saturday morning after experiencing a medical emergency shortly after battling a house fire.

Firefighter Scott Osenenko, 45, with Fire Protection District No. 4 responded to 9673 Florida Boulevard around 4 a.m. on the first arriving engine and worked for...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand --

Two people are dead after a helicopter they were flying to fight a fire crashed into the ocean off New Zealand's far north coast.

The two have not yet been formally identified but are presumed to be a pilot and a conservation worker.

Commercial divers on...

A North Carolina firefighter died Thursday morning.

Johnny Norton, of the Hot Springs Fire Department, Madison County Fire Station 3, went into cardiac arrest while participating in a search, according to FireNews.net.

He was rushed to Mission Hospital where he...

An Ohio fire chief suffered an apparent heart attack while assisting at a house fire.

Lewisville Community Fire Chief Greg Baker, 52, was helping refill tankers when he was stricken, according to The Times Leader.

An EMT treated Baker, and called for a...

A longtime member of the Rothsville Fire Company collapsed and died Thursday morning while assisting at the scene of a crash.

Fire Police Officer Ed Steffy, 71, was directing traffic at East Newport Road and Rothsville Road when he suffered an...

They likely thought the fire in the ceiling was small and under control.

Then it killed them.

North Perth firefighters Ray Walter, 30, and Ken Rea, 56, had a few seconds' warning that the roof above their heads was engulfed in hidden flames...

Federal investigators have determined that both the fire chief and an instructor yelled at a firefighter to get down off a rope just before he plunged to his death.

Chip Imker, 35, a member of Cambridge Fire Department in Minnesota, was killed May 23...

Funeral services are being finalized for a veteran Fairfax County, Va. firefighter found dead in his bunk in the station on Saturday morning.

Horace "Chris" Pendergrass, 49, was found in the bunkroom of Station 41 at about 8:30 a.m., according to...

A Georgia firefighter exposed to Hepatitis while assisting at an incident in 1993 died in July.

Fulton County Firefighter Harold Gregory Gibson, 53, died on July 2, according to the USFA.

The 12-year veteran contracted Hepatitis C after coming in...

NIOSH investigators say a number of factors led to the death of an Ohio firefighter last year.

Ryan Neil Seitz, 26, was killed instantly when a pressurized water tank exploded and struck a hose reel. Part of that hose reel struck him in...