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Posted: Aug 30, 2024

Roof collapses on firefighters in Spokane Valley house fire

VIDEO: The Spokane Valley Fire Department responded to a house fire when the roof collapsed while attacking the fire. Around 3 a.m. firefighters responded to the 1100 block of North Tschirley Court with large flames coming from the roof of the house. During the attack of the fire, the roof collapsed near seven firefighters who managed to escape the incident uninjured.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:39:00 PM - SOURCE: NonStop Local
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Posted: Aug 30, 2024

Fire burns RV and nearby trees in Kennewick

An RV caught on fire on Thursday in Kennewick, according to the Kennewick Fire Department. At around 6:59 p.m., crews were sent to the 100 block of South Washington Street for an RV on fire that was spreading to nearby large trees. Callers also reported that a dog might have been in the RV. KFD and Benton County Fire District 1 responded, knocking down the flames and controlling the fire nine minutes following the first unit's arrival.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 4:53:00 AM - SOURCE: NonStop Local
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Posted: Aug 30, 2024

VIDEOS: Looking back at massive 1997 Indiana tire fire

As a massive plume of black smoke permeated the sky above Fort Wayne Wednesday, the blaze reminded some of a historic fire that happened in southeast Fort Wayne nearly 27 years ago. On Aug. 30, 1997, a fire broke out at an abandoned tire warehouse on Bowser Avenue in southeast Fort Wayne. The fire happened less than a mile from Wednesday’s fire at the intersection of Wayne Trace and New Haven Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WANE-TV CBS 15 Fort Wayne
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Posted: Aug 30, 2024

Kansas top five in nation for arson fires

A national report indicates Kansas is one of the leading states for arson incidents. Last year, there were 5,440 arson incident reports made to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Kansas made up 6% of the nation’s arson reports with 307 cases. Kansas had the fifth most cases of incendiary fires in the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNT-TV NBC 27 Topeka
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Posted: Aug 30, 2024

'Extreme makeover' underway to convert RV dealership into new fire station in Nevada

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Henderson Fire Department traded in fire hoses for sledgehammers this week. The department kicked off the "extreme makeover" of a former motorhome dealership into a new fire station for the city. Henderson announced back in the fall that the city purchased the former Camping World property on Boulder Highway near Racetrack Road, intending to convert it into the new Fire Station 81.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas
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