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Posted: Sep 14, 2024

Suspicious fire under investigation in Walla Walla, causes $200k in estimated damages

Fire crews responded to a commercial structure fire in the early morning of Sept. 14. Walla Walla firefighters were dispatched to 111 George St. for reports of a junkyard fire threatening a home at 1:57 a.m. According to WWFD, the fire involved a residence, shop, and multiple cars as crews arrived on scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2024 8:08:00 PM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now
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Posted: Sep 13, 2024

VIDEO: Massive inferno burns Pennsylvania warehouse, residents told to stay indoors

Flames and thick smoke shot from a large warehouse in Northeast Philadelphia Friday morning as firefighters battled the large blaze that could be seen and smelled for miles around and forced local residents to stay indoors. The fire along Adams Avenue, near East Wingohocking Street in the Frankford neighborhood, broke out around 5:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia
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Posted: Sep 13, 2024

Fire engine returned to New York fire department after being decommissioned for 60 years

PHOTOS: More than 60 years after Hicksville Volunteer Fire Department’s fire engine was decommissioned, the vintage vehicle has finally returned home. The engine’s return began last month when former Hicksville Fire Chief Patrick McGeough alerted company historian and former Chief Karl Schweitzer of a posting on the antique apparatus – long thought to be lost to the salvage yard.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Nassau Observer
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Posted: Sep 13, 2024

After I-15 fire in California, new rules proposed for lithium-ion battery transport

VIDEO: About eight weeks after a fire shut down Interstate 15 between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) is proposing new rules on the transportation of lithium-ion batteries. The 44-hour closure of I-15 about 25 miles east of Barstow was a major problem for weekend travelers on their way to Las Vegas.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLAS-TV CBS 8 Las Vegas
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Posted: Sep 13, 2024

Arizona fire agencies come together to learn new techniques for palm tree rescues

VIDEO: Multiple fire departments and districts came together to train for palm tree rescues at Reid Park in Tucson. Firefighters use a lot of gear including shoes with spikes to rescue people stuck in palm trees. But now they’re working on a faster, safer way, where those spikes are no longer necessary.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLD-TV CBS 13 Tucson
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