Fort Lauderdale firefighters receive special training for pet rescues and first aid, treating animals with the same urgency ...

Authorities are working to rescue multiple dogs trapped inside a burning home in Fort Lauderdale’s Melrose Park neighborhood ...

Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast ...

A house fire in Fort Lauderdale forced evacuations Thursday, according to authorities.  Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said ...

Swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach were shut down Saturday due to the pieces of oil washing ashore and oil slicks in the water ...

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue announced that the oily substance on the beach prompted lifeguards to tell beachgoers to stay out ...

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South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves stepping in dark, greasy balls of oil, possibly ...

Firefighters arrived at the home in the 3000 block of Southwest Sixth Street in the Melrose Park subdivision shortly after 10 a.m. to find heavy smoke coming from the side of the house, said Fort ...

Now the trio is being publicly recognized as heroes, each receiving the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Good Samaritan Award on Wednesday night. “There’s no doubt in my mind that their quick ...

A fire that ignited inside a Fort Lauderdale home claimed the life of a pet, officials said.Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The damage was largely contained to an elevator shaft, but the blaze burned through the roof above it, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said. (Tangerine Manning/Courtesy) ...