Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steffen Haehnel, firefighter and pyrotechnician from the Berlin fire department, demonstrates how to set off a firework rocket ...

After thinking it was destroyed in World War II, the Wiescherhöfen Fire Department discovered their 1929 flag at the Phoenix Hall of Flame Museum. The unveiling of the German fire department flag ...

FURSTENWALDE, Germany – In the vehicle bay of Fürstenwalde-Mitte fire station, a young volunteer checks the gears of a large fire engine. Yusuf Abdirahim, a 37-year-old asylum-seeker, knows what he is ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German firemen rescued a mysteriously naked man trapped in a narrow chimney in central Berlin, a spokesman said on Thursday. The fire brigade was alerted to the emergency after ...

At least 200,000 litres of crude oil have leaked from a defective pipeline in the German state of Brandenburg which surrounds Berlin, according to initial estimates by the fire brigade. The oil ...

At least five workers were killed in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday when a scaffolding collapsed at a building site, a fire brigade spokesman said.

Photos purporting to show a device that sprays a firefighter with a shower of water for protection have been shared online for decades. In fact, the device has been discussed in print — usually as a ...