Nearly 2 million customers in Florida were without power early Friday two days after Hurricane Ian slammed into the state, killing at least 12. Florida’s Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie suggested the number could be higher, announcing during a news conference Friday that as many as 21 deaths had been reported in Ian's wake.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

PHOTOS: The Danville Fire Department has just implemented a new system to give its firefighters bragging rights for good work. "Starting this month, we have instituted the “Hall of Flame” Championship Belt," DFD said in a Facebook post. "This will be awarded to the station and shift with the fastest turnout time [each quarter.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSET-TV ABC 13 Lynchburg

Two people are in the hospital after a house fire in Yakima. One man suffered burn injuries and a woman was transported with smoke inhalation. The fire was on the 500 block of N 22nd Avenue around 2:45 p.m., according to the Yakima Fire Department. The fire is now out, according to crews on scene. The Yakima Fire Department reports that the fire was contained before it could spread to any other structures.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

All evacuation orders for the Bolt Creek Fire have been reduced to Level 1 and U.S. Highway 2 has reopened, the King County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday night. Evacuation orders were at Level 3 and Level 2 for some areas of near the fire, which was estimated to have burned 12,070 acres as of Thursday night.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

PHOTO: Orting Valley Fire & Rescue had to overcome a few challenges Tuesday afternoon. Around 6 p.m. Sept. 27, the fire department received a call about people stuck inside a house while fire erupted in a detached garage. The house was on the outskirts of the city near Orville Road East and Card Road East.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune - Metered Site