None of the 31 construction workers rescued in the tunnel sustained visible injuries, according to LAFD. Firefighters said construction workers climbed over a roughly 12 to 15-foot pile of dirt to escape.

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides them in their Damascus fire station. The psychological wall is higher.

There are simple steps people should take to protect their weapons and explosives during a fire, officials said.

A group of firefighters in Arizona were in the middle of training when they "were called into immediate action" for a real-life rescue, officials said. The firefighters, from multiple agencies, were at a recreation spot on the Salt River in Mesa training for swift water rescues when they saw a man "who was unresponsive in the water,

Firefighters in Chile’s capital have rescued over 100 people from a high-rise fire. The blaze started Thursday in the building’s basement near Plaza de Armas in Santiago.

Firefighters in Riverside County are working to extinguish a vegetation fire burning in the hillsides of Temecula Thursday morning. The blaze, dubbed the Madera Fire, broke out around 9:33 a.m. near Pauba Road and Winners Circle.

Firefighters have been called to an industrial estate blaze after thick black smoke was seen billowing near Newport docks. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service received a call at about 14:44 BST on Thursday to reports of a fire at Felnex Industrial Estate, Newport.

GOODHUE, Minn. (KTTC) – Firefighters were on the scene of a home in Goodhue overnight. This is what the area looked like just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of North 6th Street and Park Avenue. Goodhue Fire and Rescue, the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office, Zumbrota Police, fire and ambulance service were at the scene.