firefighter death

firefighter death

Inmate firefighter thought to have died of natural causes

January 13, 2012 70

SAN LUIS OBISBO, Calif. — Just over a week ago, on Wednesday January 4, a California inmate firefighter, Crisanto Leo...

Jasper County, Texas firefighter killed in car accident

John M. Guilfoil

August 29, 2011 21

DALLAS — A Texas firefighter was killed in a car accident Sunday. Angelina River Volunteer Firefighter Anthony Quinten Meyers, 38,...

Dallas firefighter, 35, dies on duty

John M. Guilfoil

June 23, 2011 21

DALLAS — A 35-year-old city firefighter died Thursday morning after he was found unresponsive in the station. Chris Pham, 35,...

Texas judge refuses to grant firefighter death benefits to transgendered widow

Brittney McNamara

May 30, 2011 36

A Wharton county, Texas, Judge recently ruled that a transgender widow’s marriage to a Wharton Firefighter was not legal at...

Connecticut firefighter dies on duty

John M. Guilfoil

April 19, 2011 15

A Windsor, Conn. firefighter died in the line of duty after collapsing during a fire on Monday. Robert Watts, 50,...

New Hampshire firefighter dies in training

John M. Guilfoil

January 16, 2011 17

A Sandown, N.H. firefighter died during a training exercise Sunday morning. Harold Frey, 46, of Sandown, was finishing an ice...

Maine volunteer firefighter killed responding to call Monday night

John M. Guilfoil

January 4, 2011 25

A volunteer firefighter from the Shapleigh, Maine department died last night in a single vehicle accident while responding to a...

33-year-old Rehoboth firefighter dies of heart attack while responding to emergency

John M. Guilfoil

November 29, 2010 46

Southeastern Massachusetts is in mourning after the death of a third generation firefighter, who suffered a heart attack while responding...

Mexican national charged in crash that killed S.C. firefighter

John M. Guilfoil

November 16, 2010 15

A woman responsible for a traffic crash that killed a South Carolina firefighter faces several charges. Neida Ortega, 34, was...

Connecticut firefighter dies after shift

John M. Guilfoil

October 27, 2010 10

NEW HAVEN — A Waterbury, Conn. firefighter has died after suffering a massive heart attack hours after his shift ended...

Ghent firefighter killed responding to call

John M. Guilfoil

October 20, 2010 8

A Ghent, N.Y. firefighter died while responding to an emergency call on Tuesday, according to FireFighterCloseCalls.com. Captain William Akin, 52,...

Blast Magazine was launched in 2007 with a simple thought — do journalism for the video game generation. We’ve really seen a lot since the 1980s. Nintendo Mega Man games, dial-up Internet, Dos, and the Palm Pilot were all in their infancy as we grew up. We shared files on 1.44MB (that’s MEGABYTE) floppy discs, and they were more than sufficient. As we grew up, the Internet blew up. Today you can stream a movie live in HD. Not only did HD not exist when we were growing up, but downloading a single, low-quality MP3 of our favorite song could take over an hour!

Technology developed quickly as we came of age, and we can claim to have mastered everything from iPads to Netflixes. But there is one thing that our generation did not have to grow up with — car maintenance.

A lot of us are interested in cars and trucks and motorcycles — this site wouldn’t be necessary if we weren’t. But how many Gen-Y’ers have ever had to change their oil? Change the brakes? Fix a cracked serpentine belt? Fixing cars was always something optional for us. We had to want to jack up a car and change a tire.

So now that we’re adults and we’re starting to recover from the crushing debt of our student loans, (We’re very bitter about this) we are finding our interests diversifying. If we were into cars already, we are getting more into cars. If we could never afford it, we are slowly raising our expectations. Say what you will, we are a curious generation.

Blast Cars is not exactly a beginners’ guide to the galaxy, but we’re not going to assume you know everything. We’re learning with you, and the experts we’ll bring into the process will walk both of us through everything we ever wanted to know about everything automotive.

In addition to restoring our Shop Truck, we are following some other Gen-Y restoration projects, including a racing bike. We’ll also bring you some relevant news, reviews, and rumors. We’ll even take a look at some of the most famous cars in movies, music, TV, true crime, and other popular culture. Let us know what you want to see!