A house explodes on Detroit’s East Side, killing a woman in her early 40s and injuring a 46-year-old man. It happened just before 3:50 p.m. Saturday in the 19400 block of McCormick, near Moross and I-94.

The Detroit Fire Department (DFD) has confirmed that the body of a man was found by its fireboat crew.

The Detroit Fire Department is currently under scrutiny following a series of incidents, including a recent fire truck crash and allegations of payroll fraud within the department.

Two first responders are being honored in Detroit in a heartwarming celebration of heroism.

Two tips regarding the Detroit Fire Department are raising questions about the department’s operations.

Terell Josey, 27, was sentenced for shooting Detroit Fire Department Lt. Frank Dombrowski, 55, at the parking lot of a Shell gas station at the corner of Rochester and East Wattles road in 2021.

Two people were rushed to the hospital, and 12 others have been displaced after an apartment fire on Detroit’s west side.

Two women remain hospitalized with critical injuries, and a 3-year-old girl is receiving burn care at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

Many Metro Detroit residents were awakened by an emergency notification early Monday morning after a possible explosion at an apartment complex in Detroit.

The Detroit Fire Department is hosting a webinar on Wednesday to show tips on home heating and carbon monoxide safety.

In the choir room, where students typically learn music, teachers and administrators gathered to learn how to save lives.

The Detroit Fire Department is battling a blaze at the Lafayette Towers.

Detroit Fire Department launched its DFD Safety Series webinars to help keep residents safe.

Hazmat teams gave the “All clear” after an explosion rocked General Motors' Factory ZERO in Detroit.

Thanks to the Detroit Fire Department, residents can get a smoke alarm installed in their homes free of charge.

Detroit residents can get a smoke detector installed in their home free of charge through Oct. 2025.

Did you know the winter months are a peak time for fire-related deaths? That’s one reason Local 4 is highlighting Fire Prevention Week, which runs from Oct. 6 to Oct. 12.

A pressure explosion inside a sewer has sent a manhole cover flying in downtown Detroit.

A massive mulch fire in Detroit that was burning for nearly three days has been extinguished.

The Detroit Fire Department is battling a mulch fire at a storage yard on the city’s west side.

More than 100 people call the building home.

There are nearly 200 cities receiving funds from the state. Despite being a city that could really use the money, Detroit is not on the list.

Tuesday morning started with a radio call about the Detroit Fire Boat, which was still out of service ahead of the 4th of July holiday boating weekend.

Safety is top of mind ahead of the NFL draft as hundreds of thousands of people descend on Detroit for the three-day event.

In a city like Detroit, you would assume we have the necessary fire trucks to make rescues in highrise buildings.

When we talk about getting or giving CPR, we don't always think about young people, but Friday, 13 and 14-year-olds aren't just learning how important it is but how they can use it to save the life of someone they know and love.

A Highland Park couple had to make the split-second call last week to toss their children out of a window to escape a fire.

The Detroit Fire Department is under fire for negligence claims, which has caused the fire commissioner to respond as to why firefighters were ordered out of an apartment fire when the crews were putting water on the fire.

The Highland Park fire chief is furious over a surprising move by Detroit firefighters who were ordered to gather their hoses and depart while a fire raged behind them.

Detroit Fire officials said one person is deceased, another hurt in a Southwest Detroit house fire.

The Detroit Fire Department, while responding to a house fire, has found the remains of a human body.

A Detroit emergency medical service paramedic has been placed on unpaid leave after the ambulance he was driving sideswiped three parked vehicles while transporting a patient.

Local 4 has learned more information about why the closest fire engine didn’t respond when an SUV crashed into The Fillmore in downtown Detroit.

The Detroit Fire Department is located around the corner from The Fillmore, which is why it is so confusing why they did not respond when an SUV crashed into the theater downtown.

Detroit city leaders say staff will look into a senior resident’s claim about the damage left to her home after a fire response at a neighboring vacant home in June 2023.

Anyone who recognizes the boy or has any information regarding his parents or guardians is urged to contact the Detroit Police Department’s 8th Precinct at 313-596-5801.

"People are throwing things at the fire engine,"

Chuck Simms was officially named Commissioner, removing the “interim” from his title.

A vacant church has collapsed on Detroit's west side.

The fire department responded to reports of an explosion at a building in Detroit’s Eastern Market neighborhood on Saturday.

In the event of an emergency, would you know where to find an AED?

Officials are investigating nude photos that appear to have been taken by a Detroit city employee while at work.

Local 4 spoke to sources within the Detroit Fire Department who are fuming after another truck broke down in the line of duty.

There are questions being raised about issues at the Detroit Fire Department. There are not enough vehicles, rigs are missing equipment, and firefighters are concerned.

A firefighter in Detroit is demanding answers after it took 35 minutes for an ambulance to arrive to transport a man who was having trouble breathing.

Officials are responding to a hazmat situation at the Speedway gas station on Detroit’s east side.

The Detroit Fire Department has signed an emergency contract to add to the number of ambulances that will be on the road over the next four months.

A Detroit mother is fighting for her son’s innocence regarding a house fire that took place in 2008, where a firefighter was killed.

A body has been found inside a burned home by the Detroit Fire Department on the city's west side.

A body was found in a vacant lot on Detroit’s west side on Saturday after a fire was extinguished, according to police.

The Detroit Fire Department has denied that there are significant issues, although multiple EMS units are closed daily.

A major donation to the Detroit Fire Department has allowed the firefighters to welcome a furry friend to the team.

The 34-year-old Detroit Fire Department medic was on the road and apparently didn’t like the actions of another driver during the morning rush. Police say she made displeasure known by firing shots.

A medic from the Detroit Fire Department is facing nine charges after she fired shots at a driver who wouldn’t let her merge into traffic, officials said.

The Detroit Fire Department is looking to hire up to 50 firefighters.

A Detroit Fire Department medic has been arrested in connection to a suspected road rage shooting that took place Friday morning in Redford Township.

Close to collapsing is a two-story building leaning over a Detroit sidewalk, and the city is promising to take action.

A judge had a stern message in court to a 46-year-old man charged in the brutal murder of a 22-year-old Detroit Fire Department intern.

On Tuesday, a Detroit mother pleaded no contest to charges claiming she didn’t tell firefighters her 18-month-old adopted daughter was inside her burning home.

Firefighters are battling a fire on Detroit’s east side, near Belle Isle.

Crews from the Detroit Fire Department battled an apartment fire on the city’s west side.

Detroit police and the fire department are seeking a person of interest linked to a suspected arson case.

Detroit firefighter will be honored Thursday night at the Above and Beyond ceremony over his heroic housefire save from January.

It has come to my attention that not everyone calls the night before Halloween “Devil’s Night” after a TikTok went viral explaining that we Michiganders might actually be in the minority.

A 75-year-old man was killed in a house fire in Detroit on Sunday.

Officials say that a hazmat situation occurred at US Ice after an ammonia leak.

Several people were hurt after a building explosion occurred on Detroit’s west side.

An unidentified body was found early Wednesday morning inside a burning car in Detroit, officials report.

A Detroit firefighter was trapped for hours as other firefighters rushed to get him out after a home collapsed.

A couple died early Monday morning in a house fire on Detroit’s east side.

On hot days like Saturday, firefighters with heavy coats and police wearing bulletproof vests under their uniforms have it really hard, so precautions need to be taken to make sure they don’t end up in the hospital with heat exhaustion.

A 34-year-old Detroit man is facing numerous charges for his alleged involvement in a house fire that collapsed on firefighters, trapping at least two and injuring eight.

A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Detroit house fire that trapped two firefighters and injured others.

A person of interest linked to an arson at a Detroit home that collapsed on firefighters Thursday is in custody, according to sources.

Eight Detroit firefighters were hospitalized after the collapse of the vacant building seen in the video player above. One of them was trapped under the rubble for two hours as his fellow first responders worked to free him.

Two firefighters have been rescued after they were trapped under debris when a vacant burning building collapsed in Detroit, officials said.

Dry weather conditions have sparked fears over the use of fireworks in Metro Detroit ahead of the holiday weekend.

Detroit fire crews are battling a blaze at Woodward Bar in the New Center area on Tuesday.

Four firefighters were taken to the hospital and two residents were injured when an SUV collided with a fire truck that was heading to a house fire in Detroit, officials said.

A fire rekindled at a popular Midtown restaurant Tuesday morning that caught fire, and was completely destroyed, just days ago.

A former Treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighters Union was sentenced to one year in federal prison for embezzlement.

Two men and a woman have been charged in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found wrapped in carpet in the trunk of a burning car, Detroit officials said.

It’s one thing to be a female firefighter. There are not many of them, but what about a female Asian American firefighter? That’s something the DFD hadn’t seen in its 162-year history until Jackie Lam came along.

A fire broke out at an apartment complex Sunday on Detroit’s west side, displacing residents from three units.

Mia Radosavac lost her entire family to a house fire in 2018, and she is determined to prevent another family from experiencing a similar tragedy.

Officials with the Detroit Fire Department say a firefighter was trapped for only a minute when a wall collapsed during a house fire.

A Detroit man stole an EMS rig and then took it on a joyride. While the man was in the vehicle, he also decided to use the EMS radio.

A man was killed Wednesday when a house caught fire on Detroit’s west side, officials said.

Two firefighters were injured Saturday morning while responding to a fire at a Detroit home.

Authorities reportedly pulled three women from the Detroit River early Friday morning.

Two people were found dead Tuesday night in a Detroit home in what authorities believe to be a carbon monoxide poisoning.

Investigators are convinced the fire at Mudgie’s Deli and Wine Bar in Corktown was intentionally set.

Saint Andrew’s Hall is temporarily closed while the venue plans to repair a loose joint in the floor.

Officials are investigating a fire at Mudgie’s Deli in Corktown.

When he took his post as Detroit Fire Commissioner, Chuck Simms promised to reach out and visit every firehouse in the city.

An elderly couple was killed early Thursday morning in a fire on Detroit’s west side.

Two people were killed Thursday in a house fire on Detroit’s west side, officials said.

A man was killed and a woman was seriously injured Monday in a house fire on Detroit’s west side, firefighters said.

Officials said they have linked a “serial arsonist” to nine fires set in Detroit and Highland Park. So far, he has been charged in connection with five of them.

Police responded after reports came in about a Detroit Fire Department rig being parked outside a Melvindale bar.