The Arlington (TX) Fire Department needed to beef up fire protection at the Arlington Municipal Airport with a more modern ARFF truck, before the World Cup came to town.

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VIDEO: New body camera video shows the aftermath of a helicopter crash near Orting that injured a pilot Saturday, as a flight instructor explains how an emergency maneuver may have helped the pilot survive. The helicopter was involved in Christmas tree harvesting on Nov. 7 when it made a hard landing in a parking lot.

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue reported that the pilot, the only person aboard, was taken to a hospital with moderate, non-life-threatening injuries. In newly released Pierce County Sheriff’s Office body camera footage, a deputy speaks with a witness who says the helicopter lost engine power approximately 40 to 50 feet above the ground while coming in to land. The pilot can be seen inside the helicopter as emergency responders arrive.

“Forty to 50 feet is very low,” said Mike Murphy, a helicopter flight instructor at Glacier Aviation at Olympia Regional Airport.

Murphy, who has taught helicopter pilots for 26 years, said an engine failure at such a low altitude leaves little time to react. One emergency maneuver pilots train for is called autorotation, which allows a helicopter to descend without engine power. The move has been discussed among aviation enthusiasts reacting to the crash online.

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Battalion Chief Bill Dennstaedt with Spokane County Fire District 3 told KREM 2 crews on scene that a fire started at a shop near Geiger Heights on Wednesday night. Crews put out the fire quickly before it spread anywhere else.

According to Dennstaedt, the garage was fully engulfed when crews arrived, but a quick response from the team stopped the flames from spreading to nearby structures. No one was injured in the fire. The cause remains unknown.

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VIDEO: Fire crews and police responded to a residential fire in Pasco early Wednesday morning. The call came in around 4:53 a.m. for reports of a fire at a home at 25 West A Street.

Video from the scene shows flames coming from the top of the roof as emergency crews continued working at the scene. Police and fire crews remained at the home as of Wednesday morning. There was no immediate information available about possible injuries.

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A downtown Spokane recycling pickup became an emergency when a woman was dumped into a truck by mistake. The truck was on its route when the driver emptied a dumpster and heard the woman scream. First responders went to the 1200 block of West Sprague and used a fire truck ladder and a stretcher to get her out. The Spokane Police Department said she had minor injuries.

Crews took the woman to a local hospital for treatment. The Spokane Police Department says this is the third time this situation has happened to the same driver.

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