Firefighters rescued a person in a wheelchair, a dog and two cats from a fire in an apartment building in Mobile that displaced six families on Christmas morning. Rescuers were dispatched at 7:19 a.m. Wednesday and arrived to a building engulfed in smoke which could be seen in second-floor apartments.

An Oakland man died in a house fire Wednesday morning after safely getting his family out of the home, the fire department said.

Fire crews in Lancashire were called to two separate house fires on Christmas Day. The cause of the first blaze, which began at about 03:20 GMT in Lytham St Annes is under investigation, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said.

The Greenwood City Fire Department responded to two fires less than five hours into Christmas morning. “These boys miss a lot of holidays; they miss a lot of birthdays; they miss a whole lot of everything,

Officials are currently investigating a house fire that broke out in High Point on Christmas afternoon, according to the High Point Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the fire on Embers Court shortly before 2:30 p.