Ridgeley, WV, received $2.8 million in federal funding for a new fire station, bringing total support to nearly $3.7 million for a project officials say will improve safety and emergency response.

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Skagit County Fire District 14 in Alger received a $12,500 Medic One Foundation grant for new hydraulic extraction equipment.

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A fire broke out in Los Angeles’ Chinatown neighborhood Thursday night, engulfing commercial buildings and sending a large plume of smoke into the air.

Firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire in the 1000 block of North Main Street just before 7 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

“First arriving firefighters found a very large outside fire that was exposing and already extending into a couple commercial structures,” LAFD Capt. and Public Information Officer Branden Silverman told Eyewitness News at the scene.

Witnesses described seeing intense flames before fire crews arrived. “There was just the flames and there was this noise like…. Really really hard,” said Chinatown resident Naara Fischert. Fischert said the flames rose high into the sky.

“It was like all the way up and it was red. Really red red red,” she said. According to officials, a one-story commercial building was already engulfed in flames with heavy fire ripping through the roof when crews arrived.

KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

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Reigning NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Champion Jesse Love will be paying tribute to America’s fallen firefighters when he takes on the Blue Cross NC 300 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

On Saturday, October 10, Love will drive Richard Childress Racing’s No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet adorned with names of 204 firefighters who died in the line of duty.

The special paint scheme, featuring the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) logo, honors the Fire Heroes officially added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland, earlier this year.

The car will be on display at Charlotte Fire Department Station No. 1 prior to the race. Love also plans to meet with families of the fallen firefighters attending the Blue Cross NC 300.

“It is an absolute honor to once again partner with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation through Whelen to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice,” Jesse Love said.

“I have been fortunate to meet with these families the last few years and their stories are incredibly moving, giving me a newfound perspective. I can only hope that I will do them proud on race weekend.”

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A pilot was killed Wednesday morning after a single-engine plane crashed and caught fire in north Fort Worth, officials said.

During a press conference on Wednesday, Fort Worth Fire Department officials said the crash was reported at about 9:55 a.m. along Bonds Ranch Road between Willow Springs Road and Business 287, near Hicks Airfield.

Fort Worth fire crews arrived to find the plane engulfed in flames. Firefighters extinguished the fire and found one man inside the aircraft. He was pronounced dead at the scene, fire officials said.

Video posted on social media showed the wreckage on fire along a nearby road. Officials said the crash also damaged power lines, but power has been restored to surrounding homes.

The crash also sparked a grass fire, which firefighters were able to extinguish. Officials said the plane came down close to a residential community but did not hit any homes. No other injuries were reported.

KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

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