A Shawnee Heights Fire District apparatus was struck Sunday evening while tending to an accident on the Kansas Turnpike.

The district urged drivers to slow down and use caution when emergency lights are flashing.

The driver of the car was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and no firefighters were hurt.

The Clifton Fire Department is launching a drive to distribute turnout gear, medical supplies and other equipment, much of it surplus but still usable, to firefighters in Ukraine.

The idea started with firefighter Oleg Skachko who emigrated from Ukraine when he was 14 and is now in his third year with the department. And it’s quickly caught on with other departments joining the effort, NorthJersey.com reports.

Firefighters watching as Ukrainian firefighters continue working even as their country is under siege by Russian troops were eager to join the effort to help.

Visit NorthJersey.com for more.

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