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Posted: Nov 8, 2022

Follow Up: Marysville neighbors recount dramatic windstorm rescue

New details paint a harrowing picture of a rescue during Friday’s windstorm. At the height of this crisis, a woman living along 56th Drive took a direct hit from a fallen tree. “There was this young lady that was upstairs, sleeping upstairs in the back left corner of the house, and now she’s downstairs with a tree on top of her,” noted Rodney Peterson, a neighbor.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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Posted: Nov 8, 2022

1 student injured in shooting at Ingraham High School in north Seattle, person in custody

A person is in custody after a shooting at Ingraham High School in north Seattle Tuesday morning. Seattle Public Schools (SPS) tweeted that one student was believed to have been shot. According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), officers received reports of a shooting at the school, located on the 1800 block of North 135th Street, at 9:55 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Nov 7, 2022

Fire Renews Calls for Third Saugus (MA) Station

When a fire broke out on Susan Drive in Saugus (MA) last week, the first due companies for the area were on the west side of town, responding to another alarm at the end of Forrest Street. That, according to the Saugus Firefighters’ Union, left companies “behind the eight ball” as they raced to the scene, ItemLive.com reported.

While no one was wounded in the blaze, the union took to Facebook to once again call for the town to construct a third fire station in west Saugus, which they say would alleviate issues like the ones faced in the response to the Susan Drive fire.

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Posted: Nov 7, 2022

Tornado Hits Hughes Springs (TX) Volunteer Fire Station

Firefighters gathered at Hughes Springs Volunteer Fire Department Sunday to salvage what records and equipment they could from the mangled I-beams and collapsed rooms of their wrecked building, KLTV.com reported.

It could take a week to clear all the downed trees and debris in this East Texas city slammed by tornadoes this past Friday night, the report said.

Randy Jones arrived at the station Friday night, preparing chainsaws and emergency equipment expecting to help in damage areas, not knowing what was coming next, the report said. Jones somehow got underneath a vehicle, then a workbench toppled over, possibly shielding him from flying debris. He was unscathed while the building around him was wrecked.

The fire department received calls from the public offering assistance as the Facebook post below shows.

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Posted: Nov 7, 2022

Fire truck damaged in Edmunds County (SD) grass fire

Officials in Edmunds County (SD) said 13 departments responded to a grass fire between Bowdle and Roscoe Sunday, according to the Edmunds County Emergency Management.

Tractors with discs attached also helped contain the fire. The fire burned around 12-miles long and from a half-mile to a mile and a half wide at times.

A fire truck and tractor were damaged, but no one was hurt.

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