A wildfire burning in the Wenas area north of Naches has prompted evacuations in Yakima and Kittitas counties, as well as the closure of the Wenas Wildlife Area. The Cow Canyon Fire was reported at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Wenas Barbecue Horse Flats Camp and grew to 5,600 acres as of 2 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 1:30:00 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

A utility truck that belonged to the West Covina (CA) Fire Department was recovered Wednesday afternoon after it had been reported stolen the day before, according to a report published by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

The red 2002 Ford crew cab pickup was found in the 700 block of Nantes Street intact after it was taken from a city lot near the fire station, according to the report. Previously, a gas card assigned to the stolen truck was found in the position of a homeless man who was stopped in El Monte on Tuesday, according to the report, which also said the homeless man told authorities he didn’t know anything about a stolen truck.

Subsequently, the homeless man, identified as Saul Cruz, 31, was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property and grand-theft auto, according to the report. Information provided by the suspect led police to recover the stolen truck according to the report which also said how police located the homeless man was unclear.

Voters approved funding for a new fire station and a new ladder truck for the Green Oak Charter Township (MI) Fire Department, according to a report from Livingston Daily.

The bond issue appropriates $12.5-millon for a new fire station and funding for replacing a 27-year-old aerial, according to the report.

The new facility will be 18,500 square feet and have more room for staff quarters and a large training room and will be constructed on property just behind the current structure, which was built in 1992, according to the report.

In 20 years, the bond is expected to be paid off with an estimated millage of 0.5905 mills in the first year, according to the report.

Historic flooding has hit Kentucky and left devastation in its wake and residents and first responders scrambling, according to a report published by CGTN America.

The television station crew traveled to Hindman to find out how the fire department is dealing with the flooding that damaged its station and equipment.

Ashland (OR) Fire & Rescue has made a decision to purchase a $700,000 fire engine the department’s fire chief has deemed an essential purchase, according to a report published by Mail Tribune.

According to the report, the department’s backup engine is a heavy brush truck and the town’s primary engine, a 1,500-gpm pumper, has been off line in need of various repairs and the chief fears it  will soon fail completely.

The chief has already been in touch with Hughes Fire Equipment, a Pierce dealer in Oregon, and learned the dealership had three engines available that met the departments needs but two were sold, according to the report, which required the city to act immediately to get the one remaining engine.

Although city councilors expressed some reservations about spending the city’s contingency funds, they voted for the expense and the city can expect the new truck to be delivered by December, according to the report.