Towering orange flames 100 feet tall. A billowing plume of thick black smoke. An aircraft engulfed in a blaze. And it’s happening along Interstate 75 toward southern Punta Gorda, not far from the highway. Don’t panic and don’t dial 911. It’s not a real emergency. In fact, this scene hasn’t even occurred yet.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Florida Weekly

It’s a busy morning as Lieutenant Anderson suits up and hits the treadmill. But it’s not some part of police training, or his morning routine, it’s part of a new enhanced cardiovascular screening program put on by Essentia Health and the West Fargo police and fire departments. They began implementing the program after a rough scare and an even tougher loss.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Valley News Live

An abandoned pizza restaurant in Lynnwood was completely destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning. Emergency crews responded to the fire at the abandoned Alfy's Pizza building, located on the 4800 block of 196th Street Southwest, around 1:30 a.m. The fire was under control by 2:15 a.m., according to a tweet from the Lynnwood Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A man is dead after a trench collapsed at a construction site in Renton, Wednesday. The Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority (PSRFA) responded to the construction site at NE 38th Street and Lincoln Avenue NE around 1 p.m. for the incident. Pat Pawlak, the PIO for Zone 3 with PSRFA, said the man was trapped in the trench, but others were able to partially unearth him and told officials he did not have a pulse.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

PHOTOS: Fire crews are mopping up after a vehicle fire turned into a small brush fire along I-182 in Richland. Wednesday afternoon, firefighters and WSP responded to a camping trailer fire in the eastbound lanes of I-182 near the Vantage Exit (MP 4). Trooper Chris Thorson said the fire spread to the median of the highway, causing a small brush fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima