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The Pinckneyville, Illinois Fire Chief's son, Firefighter Corey Shaw, was killed in a collapse at a multi-alarm fire Friday morning. The fire occured at an antique mall which spread to the Opera House next door. Corey, 22, was killed when operating on a ladder. The fire consumed the Pinckneyville Antique Mall and the Kunz Opera House.

I have found the holy grail of firefighting videos! Recently posted on youtube is this gem that captures the Dave Statter school of firefighting in all it's glory. ...and now you know where Dave and all of the trolls who leave "I fight what you fear" comments on his site learned how to fight fire!

In case you just crawled out of a rock, the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins 4-0 in game 7. In a huge showing of poor sportsmanship and sore losers, some a lot of piss-poor Vancouver Canucks fans took to the streets rioting and wrecking their town. Makes sense doesn't it? Not exactly. Here is some video of what firefighters had to deal with in Vancouver...

At 6 minutes in, there is talk about backing out because they don't have water supply set up....and then there is radio traffic about needing EMS because they have a firefighter trapped and not out of the building yet.

A Muncie, Indiana Firefighter was killed today battling a church fire at the Tabernacle of Praise Church . Details are still coming in as to what exactly happened. What we do know is that a firefighter has been killed. It is another sad day in the fire service.

A firefighter is reported (but unconfirmed) as being missing after a roof collapse at a Church fire today in Muncie, Indiana. The Tabernacle of Praise Church caught fire just before 4pm today at 2200 E. Fuson Road. The building was well involved with fire when the roof collapsed. At this point, it is believed that one firefighter is missing after the collapse.

Check out this series of videos below. A man dropped off a section of pipe to Redding (CA) Fire Department Station #4 because there was a kitten stuck inside. The firefighters acquired a pipe cutter from another City department and rescued the kitten. It appears as though maybe other City workers assisted with the rescue as well!

The video captures units arriving, the supply line being laid and then hooked up, and firefighters scrambling to get water on the fire. The person taking the video does a great job of capturing firefighters at work. The firefighters do a great job of getting a knockdown on the fire. During the 4:00 mark you can see sparks fly presumably from the service line to the house. It is difficult to tell if the exposure has caught fire, but with that amount of fire and the wind, I would imagine it sustained some damage.