1970s & BEYOND

Crowell Collier - 1999

Springfield, Ohio

• Penn Central Freight House fire (300 S. Limestone) - Aug. 25, 1970
• D.T.I. Freight House fire (300 S. Limestone) - Oct. 9, 1970
• Helkensen Paper Box fire (714 Rubsam) - April 9, 1971
• Midwest Rug Cleaners fire (R-230 Chestnut) - June 18, 1971
• Ronez Homes fire (Belmont & Home Rd) - Aug. 7, 1971
• B&M Fiberglass fire (350 S. Fountain) - Aug. 9, 1971. Several firefighters jumped from roof to escape flames, fueled by resins and solvents. [Roberds] 
• Yannucci’s Restaurant fire (1725 W. Main St) - March 7, 1972
• Springfield Furniture fire (502 W. Euclid) - Aug. 28, 1972
• Credit Life fire (204 S. Lowery) - Sept. 2, 1972
• Kar Gard muffler shop fire (2100 S. Limestone) - Oct. 21, 1972. 3 alarms. Roof collapsed. Firefighters had narrow escape. [Roberds]
• Ebners Junk Yard fire (North & Water) - 1973
• Xenia tornado - April 3, 1974. Tornado killed 32 people.
• Ohio Edison generating plant - 1976
• Tower Hall fire, Wittenberg University - Feb. 1, 1977; 3 alarms with fire on 6th floor; 4 students, 4 firefighters injured; 2 students rescued by Truck 7's aerial ladder. [Wittenberg press release, Springfield Daily News]
• Locomotive derailment at Skelgas Co. - April 4, 1978
• Group home fire, multiple fatalities - 1978
  
  1980s and 1990s
• Ohio Masonic Home - Jan. 10, 1982
• Kelsey-Hayes warehouse fire, Aug. 27,1984
• Crash of twin engine Piper Navaho aircraft (1907 Kenton St.) - Jan. 3, 1989; pilot Mark Garrett Annest died; responding fire companies included Engine 6. [Family seeking information, contact Fire Journal editor.]
• Coventry Village fire (2354 North Limestone St.) - 1994
• I-70 chemical incident - Aug. 10,1995
• Crowell-Collier fire - May 10, 1999. General alarm.
  
  21st CENTURY
• Firefighter Brian Fleming died in line of duty - July 17, 2005. Illness. [Springfield News-Sun]
• R.D. Holder Oil Co. fire (Folk Ream Road, Clark County) - April 19, 2012. [Dayton Daily News]
• Carter Jewelers Co. fire (Fountain Avenue and Main Street) - Feb. 10, 2013
• McMurray's Irish Pub fire (122 East College Ave.) - June 7, 2013 
• Unusual Incident -  Jan. 13, 2014. Rescue 1/Hazmat 1 assisted police at scene of "chemical suicide" near Springfield's municipal stadium. Note in vehicle warned of presence of hydrogen sulfide.
• Tri-State Pallet fire (Monroe and Gallagher streets) - Jan. 6, 2015