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Prosecutor Opens Manslaughter Inquiry After Hoist Cable Snaps, Killing Two Rescuers in Puy-de-Dôme Drill

Psychological support is in place for colleagues following the joint SDIS–CHU training accident in the Sancy massif.

Ice Sailor Airlifted After Falling Through Wannsee Ice With Life-Threatening Injuries

Lambach Embankment Fall Deemed Accident After Rope Rescue

Hiker Survives 30-Foot Fall at Brecon Beacons, Avoids Paralysis After Multiple Surgeries

Six Firefighters Hospitalized After Two London Fire Engines Collide in Clerkenwell

Ten Rowers Rescued From Near-Freezing Rhine After Two Shells Capsize Near Mannheim

MAIB Finds Faulty Winch Caused Fatal Entanglement of Round-the-World Sailor Off Isle of Wight

Back-to-Back Alpine Helicopter Rescues Prompt Warnings on Winter Risks and Costs

Night Winch Rescue Saves Stranded 25-Year-Old in Karwendel After Group Split

Border Patrol Rescues Cyclist Who Plunged 50 Feet Into Otay Lakes Canyon

St Ives Fire-Escape Collapse Injures Four as HSE Opens Investigation

Woman Falls From Third Floor in Córdoba While Trying to Save Cat

Drew Youngquist Named as Snowboarder Who Died in Perisher Crash

Climbing Falls and Glider Crash Across Trentino Alps Kill Four

Man Seriously Injured After Falling into Rotten Manhole Shaft in Dresden

Firefighters Rescue Woman Trapped by Malfunctioning Seat in Oldtimer