After running a 100-foot Pierce tractor drawn aerial (TDA) for 10 years, the Folsom (CA) Fire Department decided it was time to step the rig down into reserve status and purchase a new front-line TDA, which it did—a Pierce Ascendant® 107-foot TDA. “We wanted to keep the same style of cab on the TDA as […]

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The Electric Xtender deploys in 10 seconds, extends 18 inches above the pump house, and can flow water in both the raised and lowered positions.

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One person is dead after an apartment fire late Tuesday night in Tacoma, according to the Tacoma Fire Department. The department said crews responded around 11:47 p.m. to the 200 block of North Yakima Avenue after reports of flames coming from an apartment building. When firefighters arrived, they found flames climbing from a first-floor unit up the side of the building. Crews quickly extinguished the fire, officials said.

The fire was contained to one apartment unit and part of the building’s exterior. The department confirmed one person died in the fire. All other occupants safely escaped, and no other injuries were reported. Officials urged people to use caution in the area as firefighters and Tacoma police remain on scene investigating the cause.

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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The Shoreline Fire Department says it extinguished flames at a vacant building that used to be a nursing home. The department was dispatched to the building on 15th Avenue NE around 3:45 on Wednesday after the fire alarm went off.

Crews arrived to find no smoke or fire initially. Upon investigation, fire and smoke were found in an adjacent property on the west side of the building. Firefighters brought the fire under control and completed an extensive search of the building. The cause was determined to be an electrical fire originating in the panel room. There were no injuries reported.

KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

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A massive fire near Livermore was brought under control Wednesday evening after flames destroyed a barn and scorched nearby buildings amid dry, grassy conditions.

The blaze, named the Tesla Fire, broke out around 2:30 p.m. on a property near Tesla and Cross roads.

Crews from CAL FIRE and the Alameda County Fire Department arrived to find two large barns and surrounding brush fully engulfed in flames.

“It was very smoky conditions, very life-threatening smoke, so what we had to do was attack it from the outside,” said CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Alex Mikesell.

Vehicles, propane tanks, and welding equipment stored inside the structures triggered multiple explosions during the fire, sending a large fireball and thick black smoke into the air.

Neighbors said they heard multiple loud pops during the explosions.

Firefighters spent several hours battling the blaze before bringing it under control after about five hours.

While crews kept the flames from spreading to nearby homes, the two barns were completely destroyed.

KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland

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