Indianapolis Fire Department

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman is critically injured after a fire broke out at an apartment complex on the north side of Indianapolis. According to Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD), 11 units were dispatched to Cedar Common Apartments on Harcourt Road after multiple calls of an explosion turned apartment fire. Upon arrival, crews located an adult […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Five people were transported to local hospitals after an apartment fire Monday night. Firefighters responded to 2847 Elwin Dr, which is not far from 30th Street and North Post Road. The Indianapolis Fire Department says three children — a baby, toddler and possibly a teenager were taken to Riley Hospital and two adults […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Three workers were rescued after they became stuck on a scaffolding late Monday on the side of Regions Tower in Downtown Indianapolis. All three people — ages 52, 47, and 52 — are window glaziers and were making repairs when they became stuck around the 19th floor about 10 p.m., according to the […]

  INDIANAPOLIS — A hazmat team was contacted after a chemical spill involving nitric acid pushed heavy smoke into the air on the northeast side of Indianapolis on Thursday morning, fire officials said. Shortly after 9 a.m., firefighters responded to a working chemical spill that involved nitric acid at Imagineering Finishing Technologies on Emerson Avenue, […]

The Indianapolis Fire Department are on the scene of multiple explosions in front of the Oceanaire restaurant on South Meridian St. in downtown Indianapolis. The official IFD Twitter account reports of an underground transformer explosion that caused a lot of noise and smoke. Underground transformer explosion causes heavy smoke & noise at Meridian & Maryland. […]

Southside School Bus Crash Injures Student Emergency crews took at least one student to the hospital after a school bus crash Monday morning on the Southside. According to media reports, this crash involved a Decatur Township school bus that was pulled over to pick up children at the ABC Child Care and preschool in the […]

Classes have been canceled at Arlington High School today because of a gas leak. Firefighters say the leak is due to a water heater at the school at 46th and Arlington. Indianapolis Fire Department says about 35 teachers were evacuated.  Students had not yet arrived at school at that time, but are being held outside […]