Firefighter

Firefighters have higher heart attack risk 'because of heat'

The study may explain why heart disease is the leading cause of death among on-duty firefighters, the researchers from the University of Edinburgh said.

Firefighter Simon McNally, who was physically fit, had a heart attack while at work, at the age of 36.

"The doctor said if I'd gone home instead of coming to hospital I probably wouldn't have woken up."

He had been working as an instructor in Essex for three years where he set fires inside a shipping container three or four times a day, and was exposed to temperatures of 600-1,000C.

Police: firefighter kills sheriff's deputy, self

The firefighter fled the home where he shot his wife, and later shot and killed himself at a fire station about 15 miles away.

The shooting happened Sunday night in the Los Angeles suburb of La Canada (kahn-YAH-duh) Flintridge.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a call of a woman screaming. Inside the home, they found she had been shot and killed.