Vanderburgh County dispatch confirms there was a working commercial structure fire Saturday at Pike’s Mattress. According to dispatch, the call came in at 4:09 p.m. Black smoke seen even from the Lloyd Expressway filled the sky and sirens started to fill Division Street in Evansville as Pike’s Mattress became engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFIE-TV NBC 14 Evansville

PHOTO: If you’re driving through Avenel, New Jersey, you might just slam on the brakes and say, “What on Earth is THAT?” That’s because you’ll catch sight of a hulking, metal figure standing tall—a bizarre yet impressive sculpture that seems ready to charge into a burning building, ax in hand. Meet “The Smoke Eater,” a larger-than-life firefighter tribute that looks like the lovechild of the Tin Man and a Transformer.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Shore News Network

VIDEO: Monday marks five years since the explosion in Farmington that devastated the community and killed Fire Capt. Michael Bell. Six firefighters and LEAP maintenance manager Larry Lord were seriously injured in the blast on Sept. 16, 2019. Firefighters were called to the LEAP building on Route 2 in Farmington at 8:07 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTW-TV ABC 8 Poland Spring

A two-alarm fire that spread through an apartment complex in Edmonds put two people in the hospital and damaged at least eight units. Snohomish South County Fire reports heavy smoke was pouring from the building on 236th Street S.W., a couple of blocks east of Edmonds Way, when crews arrived just before 3:00 p.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2024 3:32:32 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-FM 97.3 Tacoma

The bans on outdoor burning in unincorporated Whatcom County and the North Cascades have been lifted. The Whatcom County Fire Marshal’s Office made the announcement Friday, citing an increase in fuel moisture levels and cooler temperatures with rainfall forecast for the area. The Stage 1 burn ban ended at 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2024 8:12:07 PM - SOURCE: KBAY-FM 98.9 Bellingham