About 1,200 acres of land are scorched in a community southwest of Chelan as firefighters work to contain the Stayman Flats wildfire. Washington State Department of Natural Resources said the fire was 30% contained as of Tuesday afternoon. Flames have yet to consume any buildings, and firefighters say that’s due in part to the aggressive attack on the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

A car fire has blocked all lanes of the SR 520 floating bridge Wednesday morning. As of 10:30 a.m., vehicles are getting by in one of the lanes. The Washington State Department of Transportation urges drivers to "use caution in this area and expect delays."
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

The Crane Township and Cecil (OH) Fire Department recently put a new pumper in service after raising taxes for the past three years, according to a report published by The West Bend News.

The new apparatus was built by Pierce Manufacturing on a Freightliner cab and chassis at a cost of $423,000, according to the newspaper, that also reported the truck is equipped with a 1,250-gpm pump, a 1,000-gallon tank and a Husky foam system. The truck was built in Bradenton, FL, and features slide-outs in compartments for tools, the paper says.

The U.S. departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security and the Interior, along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), announced the 11 federal and 36 non-federal commission members on July 7. More than 500 applications were submitted for the positions. Eli King, energy emergency management director for the Washington State Department of Commerce, was appointed to the national Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission earlier this month.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2022 4:33:00 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

An Oklahoma fire chief and firefighter jumped out of their brush truck seconds before it was over run by a massive wildland fire, according to a report published by KSWO ABC7.

According to the report the fire chief and firefighter were members of the New Hope Volunteer Fire Department and they were fighting a fire in the neighboring community of Cement. As they were fighting the fire, flames overran them and caught the truck on fire, the television station reported, adding the men jumped for their lives as flames consumed the apparatus.

A replacement truck will cost the department about $80,000 and the firefighters are seeking donations to cover the expense, the station reported.