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Last year nearly 2,500 people died as a result of fires.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/fires-becoming-deadlier-as-firefighter-recruitment-wanes/"></div>WASHINGTON (AP) — Fires feeding off modern materials found in people’s homes are burning faster and becoming deadlier at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters, officials said Thursday. Officials with various firefighting-related agencies were in Washington to call attention to fire-related problems roughly a year […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Setting...

Fires are burning faster and becoming deadlier at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/fires-becoming-deadlier-as-firefighter-recruitment-wanes/"></div>WASHINGTON (AP) — Fires feeding off modern materials found in people’s homes are burning faster and becoming deadlier at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters, officials said Thursday. Officials with various firefighting-related agencies were in Washington to call attention to fire-related problems roughly a year […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings...

Fires feeding off modern materials found in people's homes are burning faster and becoming deadlier at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters, officials said Thursday.