A Corrales (NM) Fire Department apparatus was stolen and recovered Tuesday after a tire blew as police pursued it, according to a report published by KOB4.

According to the report, the mini pumper was on a medical call when a 35-year-old man allegedly jumped in it and took off. Shortly after the truck was taken police and other agencies plastered alerts and photos on social media pages and tips poured in, the report said.

Within minutes, police were told the stolen truck was spotted in nearby Albuquerque speeding with its light and sirens on, the report said, noting the stolen fire truck traveled on to I-40.

Nearly two hours after the truck disappeared from the scene, Laguna police deployed a spike strip blowing out a front tire, according to the report, causing the driver to pull over near mile marker 108.

Police then arrested the driver, Dennis Chavez and charged him with fourth-degree felony car theft, resisting arrest and criminal damage to property, according to the report.

Authorities are grateful no one was hurt during the incident, including the driver and are baffled why the suspect took the vehicle in the first place, according to the report.

A huge blaze and massive amounts of smoke were seen at a vehicle fire on I-79 southbound in Marion County. According to Marion County 911, the call of a vehicle fire was made at 4:24 on Tuesday afternoon. A video sent by 12 News viewer Chad Nuzum shows what appears to be a box truck still smoking with multiple crews on the scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBOY-TV NBC 12 Clarksburg

VIDEO: Inside a locker at Fire Station 3, Brian McCluney's clothes are exactly as he left them. It's been three years since he worked here, but signs of him are everywhere. “That is his helmet shield, the emblem that was on the front of his helmet,” Stephanie McCluney, his widow, said pointing to a fire truck.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: First Coast News

VIDEO: Dennis Jenkerson remembers the moment he thought he was going to lose two firefighters like it happened an hour ago. “When I say trapped, I mean they had nowhere to go,” Jenkerson said. “They were hanging out the window and the fire was blowing out the window above them.” That was 19 years ago.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSDK-TV NBC 5 St. Louis

Firefighters battled a smoldering fire for nearly five hours at Elmet Technologies at 1560 Lisbon St. Monday afternoon before employing a duct-taped pole to reach burning material in a duct and extinguish it. At 4:19 p.m., the department responded to reports of heavy smoke blowing out from a duct near the top of the building.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lewiston Sun Journal - Metered Site