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An Upton and Rescue apparatus was rear-ended while blocking traffic at a crash scene on I-65 in Kentucky.

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An apartment fire in Aurora displaced about 50 residents and sent two to the hospital.

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Hazelwood will ask voters in August to approve a $14 million bond for a new fire station.

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VIDEO: The Country Meadows fire near Badger Canyon was 90 percent contained as evacuations were scaled back and outside crews left the area. The fire threatened more than 150 homes over the weekend and attention is shifting to what caused it and whether the person responsible could face consequences. Firefighters said the fire spread quickly uphill Saturday afternoon and moved toward homes in the Triple Vista area within minutes.

The Major family said they noticed smoke after getting home from a soccer game and then soon had to rush to evacuate with their children and pets. “I said the smoke looked really close to our house and Shane got a little sacred because it looked like it was on top of our house,” a family member said. The fire burned as much as 1,700 acres, destroyed one shop and damaged some nearby properties after flames came within feet of backyards.

The Major family said their trampoline melted, landscaping blocks were damaged and several shrubs and trees burned. “We’re pretty sure that the helicopter buckets actually probably saved our house,” a family member said. Investigators confirmed the fire was human-caused. That raised new questions about responsibility as the response moved into a new phase.

KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

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