VIDEO/PHOTOS: Two people are dead after a motorcycle crashed into a Seattle Fire Department truck in Queen Anne Monday morning. The fatal crash occurred at 3:16 a.m., and the Seattle Police Department said traffic on the 1000 block of Queen Anne Avenue North is closed going all directions. According to police, the motorcycle was speeding eastbound on Prospect Street and ran a stop sign before it crashed into the SFD ladder truck, which was responding to a fire-alarm call and had its lights on.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Fire officials have reported that the Cougar Creek Fire, which has been burning since July 15, 2024, southwest of Clarkston, Washington, has reached 80% containment as of Monday morning. The fire has scorched 24,091 acres in the rugged terrain near the Grand Ronde River and Highway 129 intersection, and its cause remains under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Big Country News

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A logging truck flipped over in a crash that left its trailer hanging over a wall on a highway in New Hampshire on Friday morning. The southbound side of Interstate 293 near Exit 6 in Manchester was closed to traffic following the wreck, according to New Hampshire State Police. The truck driver and the driver of a sedan also involved in the crash were taken to Elliot Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV FOX 25 Boston

A new law looks to change how forever chemicals are used in firefighting gear. At a signing ceremony on Beacon Hill on Thursday, Governor Maura Healey signed a bill into law meant to protect firefighters from harmful PFAS in their equipment which have been linked to higher rates of cancer. This crucial law requires firefighting equipment manufacturers to provide written notice to local, state government, and other buyers if their equipment contains forever chemicals.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 Springfield

VIDEO: Living proof of the American dream now has a home inside Lexington Firehouse #7. Nihad Smlatic recently completed his probationary period, but that’s not the only thing he’s accomplished of late. “I can’t believe it’s finally here, I’m a U.S. citizen,” he said from the station house on a Tuesday morning between alarms.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLEX-TV NBC 18 Lexington