Firefighters found a woman dead in an unit at the Kently Pointe Apartments, 4724 S. 272nd St. Firefighters responded at about 3:45 p.m. Friday, July 15 to a fire at the apartment complex, according to a July 18 email from Puget Sound Fire Division Chief Pat Pawlak. Ten fire department units and 21 fire department personnel responded to the call, Pawlak said.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2022 12:16:00 PM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

An alleged drunk driver crashed into a Fritch (TX) Volunteer Fire Department fire truck as it blocked the road making way for an ambulance responding to the drowning of a 2-year-old, according to a report published by FOX34.

The little girl died as a result of the drowning and the television station says the crash caused a 20-minute delay in response to the incident which occurred in the Blue West beach area of Lake Meredith.

The driver of the vehicle that hit the fire truck was charged with public intoxication, interfering with public duties, and other charges, according to the report.

The little girl was pronounced dead at Golden Plains Community Hospital after about an hour of continuous CPR, according to the report.

A series of small fires broke out along the westbound lane of SR 17 between Moses Lake and Ephrata Monday afternoon, prompting a major callout of firefighters from Grant County Fire District 5 and Grant County Fire District 13, according to a GCFD5 commander on scene. “There’s a total of seven fires,” said Bob Horst, a GCFD5 battalion chief, noting the largest fire was near the junction of SR 17 and SR 282 just east of Ephrata.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2022 10:32:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site

The Ligonier (PA) Volunteer Hose Co. No. 1 is planning to get a new platform aerial later this year, according to a report published by the Latrobe Tribune.

The newspaper reported the city council voted unanimously to withdraw $250,000 toward the $990,000 price for the 70-foot platform aerial  to be built by Sutphen.

It is estimated that the new apparatus could be completed by the middle of September, according to the paper, that added the new unit will be a multi-function apparatus. It will replace a 20-year-old unit, the paper said.

Two Oakland (CA) Fire Department aerial trucks collided early Sunday morning sending four firefighters to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, according to a report published by KTVU Fox 2.

According to the television station, the two trucks were heading to a fire in a vacant building when the collision occurred at the intersection of 20th and Broadway streets. The four firefighters were treated and released with two returning to duty and two recuperating at home, the station reported.