Cedar Rapids is seeking voter approval of a $60 million bond to relocate, remodel or rebuild six fire stations and add a training center, citing outdated facilities, response times and safety.

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Fire truck costs have doubled since 2020, forcing Michigan fire departments to stretch equipment lifespans and seek millages as budgets strain.

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Ridgeley, WV, received $2.8 million in federal funding for a new fire station, bringing total support to nearly $3.7 million for a project officials say will improve safety and emergency response.

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Skagit County Fire District 14 in Alger received a $12,500 Medic One Foundation grant for new hydraulic extraction equipment.

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A fire broke out in Los Angeles’ Chinatown neighborhood Thursday night, engulfing commercial buildings and sending a large plume of smoke into the air.

Firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire in the 1000 block of North Main Street just before 7 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

“First arriving firefighters found a very large outside fire that was exposing and already extending into a couple commercial structures,” LAFD Capt. and Public Information Officer Branden Silverman told Eyewitness News at the scene.

Witnesses described seeing intense flames before fire crews arrived. “There was just the flames and there was this noise like…. Really really hard,” said Chinatown resident Naara Fischert. Fischert said the flames rose high into the sky.

“It was like all the way up and it was red. Really red red red,” she said. According to officials, a one-story commercial building was already engulfed in flames with heavy fire ripping through the roof when crews arrived.

KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

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