A criminal investigation into who was responsible for a massive explosion that leveled several buildings and killed a volunteer firefighter last July has concluded that no crime was committed, Sun Prairie Police Chief Patrick Anhalt said Thursday. Instead, police said, a broken chain of communication between utility contractors and subcontractors resulted in the location of a gas line being improperly marked prior to the July 10 explosion.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times

A strike of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) planned for Friday is on hold as the company and union prepare for a last-minute bargaining meeting Thursday night. The EMTs work for the private ambulance company American Medical Response (AMR), which contracts with the city of Seattle to provide some ambulance service.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times

A firefighter from Northumberland County passed away on Thursday. The coroner tells Newswatch 16 Scott Dannheimer, 53 of Shamokin, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after responding to a fire in Coal Township. He was found unresponsive in the cab of the firetruck and transported to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV Newswatch 16

At a fire on West Street, Worcester Deputy Fire Chief Martin Dyer remembers pulling up to a three-decker where there appeared to be a small fire. As firefighters prepared to put it out, the blaze did what fires often do in those iconic three-story apartment buildings: it ran up through the walls to the roof and soon firefighters were scrambling to keep the building from burning to the ground.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Three Orlando firefighters were injured in a crash Thursday night that shut down a portion of the interstate, according to the Orlando Police Department. Officers said the firefighters were responding to a minor crash on eastbound 408 shortly before 11 p.m. when another vehicle rear-ended the firetruck.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG Click Orlando