VIDEO: Calallen grad Valerie Perez is a member of Corpus Christi Fire Station 7, but when she's not protecting the Coastal Bend she's putting out fires on the baseball diamond with the Firefighters. "Three years ago I think I picked up a baseball for the first time in 19 years," Perez said. "A ball competitively was about 10 years, so three years ago until now just between USA Baseball which opened the door to this kind of opportunity.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRIS-TV NBC/CW+ 6 Corpus Christi

Tacoma fire crews battled a boat fire in Commencement Bay on Thursday. According to authorities, Tacoma police were the first to get to the scene after calls of a fire in the waterway in Tacoma. When police arrived, they found a 35-foot gas vessel engulfed in flames. They also found two people and a cat that had jumped off the boat into the water.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

On July 4, fire crews extinguished a motorhome and manufactured home fire, according to Deputy Fire Chief Ray Lamoureux with Yakima County Fire District 4. Fire crews responded to reports of a motorhome on fire at 6:21 p.m. at 371 Woodward West Road. The fire started in the motorhome and caused a propane tank to explode, engulfing the structure.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NonStop Local

PHOTOS: An explosion was reported as a fire ripped through an RV Tuesday in Peabody, Massachusetts, sending three people to hospitals. Video shared with NBC10 Boston showed flames erupting from a vehicle, and footage from Walker Road showed firefighters surrounding an RV that was nearly completely gutted by fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-CD NBC 10 Nashua

VIDEO: Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs joined Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski and others to promote fire safety ahead of the Fourth of July. There are over 10,600 home fires that are started by grills each year, according to the National Fire Protection Association. During the summer, and especially in the upper Midwest, data also shows a significant increase in homeowners' insurance claims due to fires started by grilling activities.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee