Nearly 200 first responders are on scene after a five-alarm fire ripped through a Metro East recycling center. The fire was reported around 10 a.m. Wednesday on Fox Industrial Drive in Madison, Illinois. Heavy black smoke was seen across the area as flames shot out of the Interco building. Workers were inside recycling batteries, Madison Mayor John Hamm III said.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis

PHOTOS: The 911 call came in about an elderly man who had fallen outside a storage facility in central Phoenix. The fire crew, who are also paramedics, found 80-year-old Noel laid on his back on the concrete ramp under direct sunlight; he was weak, thirsty and very hot. Noel, an Englishman with diabetes and hypertension, had been moving furniture when his legs gave way.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Guardian

VIDEO: January’s deadly vacant rowhome fire along south Stricker Street rocked Baltimore City to its core. Three firefighters were killed and another was injured that day, and since then the cries for change have grown louder. Now, a new report from Maryland Occupational Safety and Health reveals the possible failures that may have put the firefighters in danger.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBFF-TV FOX 45 Baltimore

VIDEO: After 150 years of service the De Pere fire department has gone through many large changes. Despite these changes, the department uses its history to prepare for the future. "We always grow from the big events we have to get a little bit better," said battalion chief Brett Jansen. A technological advancement that is a far cry from the humble beginnings of the fire department back more than a century ago.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

VIDEO: The community came out in droves to say their final goodbye’s to a hometown hero taken too soon. The Spokane Valley Fire Department says it’s a tragedy to deal with a loss like this, but they’re celebrating the legacy of a firefighter who never stopped serving his community. Dan Patterson died unexpectedly from heart complications he suffered after a shift.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane