Fires becoming deadlier as firefighter recruitment wanes


              FILE - Firefighters work outside the apartment building in the Bronx on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in New York. Fires feeding off modern materials found in people's homes are burning faster and becoming more deadly at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters, officials said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
            
              FILE - Ladders are seen erected beside the apartment building in the Bronx after a fire occurred Jan. 9, 2022, in New York. Fires feeding off modern materials found in people's homes are burning faster and becoming more deadly at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters, officials said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
            
              FILE - A Philadelphia firefighter works at the scene of a deadly row house fire, Jan. 5, 2022, in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia. Fires feeding off modern materials found in people's homes are burning faster and becoming more deadly at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters, officials said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
            
              FILE - A memorial for the victims of an apartment building fire is displayed in front of the building in the Bronx borough of New York, Jan. 13, 2022. Fires feeding off modern materials found in people's homes are burning faster and becoming more deadly at the same time that fire departments across the country are struggling to retain and recruit firefighters, officials said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Fires becoming deadlier as firefighter recruitment wanes