A Type 6 engine is now at Beaver Dam (AZ) Fire Department to improve wildfire response in AZ, UT, and NV, enhancing local volunteer efforts at no cost through the Rural Fire Readiness program.

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PHOTOS: Approximately 85,000-86,000 chickens died in a fire that consumed an industrial chicken coop in the late-night hours of Jan. 17 and early-morning hours of Jan. 18 in Cherokee County. Valleytown Fire Department Chief Justin Hyde told News 13 that crews were called to Andrews Valley Poultry Farm at 617 Taylors Creek Road in Andrews at 9:18 p.m. on Jan. 17.

Hyde said the owners of the facility told him there were about 85,000-86,000 chickens in the building at the time of the fire. No staff were in the facility, and all the chickens died, Hyde said. “It was a 60 feet by 600 feet commercial structure. When crews arrived, the fire was 50% involved. We requested a county-wide response for tankers,” Hyde said.

“It took us about six hours to put out the fire. Crews were there until about 3 a.m. Saturday morning.” Hyde said the cause of the fire is still under investigation and that the fire caused an estimated $5 million in damages. “No people were in the building at the time of the fire. No firefighters or any other personnel were injured in the fire,” Hyde said.

WLOS-TV ABC 13 Asheville

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Southwest Fire District has teamed up with Harvester Homecoming Inc. to revive a piece of local history. The Southwest Allen County Fire District announced in a press release that it is collaborating with Harvester Homecoming Inc. to restore a 1941 International K-7 fire truck, the first fire truck that the department ever purchased.

Formerly the Wayne Township Fire Department, Southwest Fire purchased the truck from the Fort Wayne International Harvester Truck Works and used the workhorse vehicle until the mid 1960s, when it was auctioned off. A gentleman from Arkansas reached out to the fire department in 2007 after he purchased the pumper truck at an auction in Texas.

He tracked down the department by the name painted on the doors and asked if they wanted the historic truck back, and they did. Since bringing the truck back home again in 2007, officials have weighed what to do with it and how to get it back in working order. Recently, Southwest Fire District Chief Donald Patnoude and Assistant Chief Thomas Goodwin met with Harvester Homecoming CEO Ryan DuVall, and the restoration is already underway.

WANE-TV CBS 15 Fort Wayne

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VIDEO: A man is in custody after three people were injured in a stabbing and fire early Tuesday, including one person who suffered life threatening injuries. Tacoma police and fire crews responded to the 4000 block of S 34th Street after 4:30 a.m. after reports of a possible stabbing, according to Tacoma police. Responding officers reported a possible fire at the home, which fire officials said is a halfway house. Fire crews were able to contain the fire quickly, but the exact levels of damage is not known.

Tacoma fire transported three men to local hospitals. Two of the men suffered serious stabbing injuries and one had life-threatening injuries, including being burned and stabbed. One other person was treated at the scene. Officers searched the area and took a man into custody just a couple blocks away, according Tacoma police spokesperson Shelbie Boyd. He will be booked on three counts of assault and first degree arson.

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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VIDEOS: Four Baltimore firefighters were injured when a firetruck crashed on an icy road late Sunday night, according to department officials. The firefighters were taken to a hospital as a precaution and later discharged, officials told WJZ.

Officials said the crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. as the crew was responding to a single-box alarm. At Chesapeake Avenue and Maude Avenue, the firetruck slid on an icy patch of road and hit a parked box truck, officials said.

Four firefighters were evaluated for minor injuries and taken to local hospitals, according to officials. As of Monday afternoon, the firefighters had been discharged. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. The crash happened as parts of Maryland were experiencing icy road conditions and dangerously cold temperatures following light snowfall over the weekend.

WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

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