VIDEO/PHOTOS: Eighteen people were displaced after a fire tore through a multi-family apartment complex in Tacoma Wednesday evening. According to the Tacoma Fire Department (TPD), crews responded to a report of a fire around 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Westwood Square Apartment complex on the 8800 block of Pacific Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

VIDEO: You may know what to do in case of an emergency, but does your child know what to do? Safety measures like knowing how to escape in case of a fire can mean life or death. It's why the Spokane Fire Department was at Finch Elementary earlier on Wednesday, teaching kids what to do in case of an emergency, doing it inside of their brand-new fire safety house.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Benton County Fire Protection District 2 is celebrating its 75th birthday with an open house event on April 27. BCFD2's birthday event will be at Station 210 located at 130 Dale Ave. in Benton City from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Families are invited to spend time with BCFD2, eat hot dogs and cupcakes and check out fire apparatus.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now

A multi-acre pallet yard fire with 20 to 50 foot flames near Tracy lit up the early morning sky on Thursday. Since about 2 a.m., fire crews with the South San Joaquin County Fire Authority and several other surrounding agencies have been responding to a fire located in a 6-acre pallet yard along Grant Line Road.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTXL-TV FOX 40 Sacramento

PHOTOS: New York City is trying to address the deadly threat of e-bike battery fires in various ways. City leaders have passed new laws, increased fines, initiated more aggressive regulation, and supported pilot projects with businesses and nonprofits. That's because some cheap, retrofitted lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes and e-scooters don’t meet safety standards and are dangerously explosive.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gothamist