US soldiers in Italy vie for coveted expert badges
More than 1,300 service members practice for weeks in Vicenza before taking grueling tests. Less than half pass them.
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More than 1,300 service members practice for weeks in Vicenza before taking grueling tests. Less than half pass them.
Months after three Baltimore firefighters died in a vacant rowhouse fire, the Baltimore Fire Department launched a program Monday to mark hundreds of unstable vacant buildings as unsafe to enter.
Officers said James Bethea ran from the scene and was later found at his job.
It’s particularly important that firefighters have the full picture before entering vacant buildings in Baltimore, which experiences two times as many fires in vacant homes as other areas across the country, according to a Sun data analysis and a 2018 study from the National Fire Protection Association. More than 12% of Baltimore’s structure fires are in vacant properties.
Inefficiencies in Baltimore's tax sale system and predatory investment practices are keeping homes vacant for years. But advocates could soon finally see meaningful change.