PHOTOS: Multiple agencies responded to a large fire in Wood County on Pemberville Road, according to officials.

According to Jerusalem Fire Department Chief Jim Wolfe, a structure fire at Pat & Son Towing and Recovery in the 25000 block of Pemberville Road in Lake Township required multiple jurisdictions and counties to respond to help contain the blaze at around 8:30 Monday night.

As of 9:43 p.m., Wolfe confirmed that the flames were still active on scene. Northwood Fire Department confirmed to WTOL 11 crews on scene that the fire is under control at this time and there were no injuries.

Flames could be seen from the Ohio Turnpike near the Pemberville Road exit as firefighters responded to the call. The building has been deemed a total loss, according to Lake Township fire officials.

WTOL-TV CBS 11 Toledo

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VIDEO: In 2020, NewsChannel 5 first shared the story. It was about Nashville Fire Department captain Tony Murrell and his sister Tabula Lowe.

At that time, Lowe had been diagnosed with kidney failure and was on a transplant list.

“My siblings, they decided to go and find out their blood types because that’s the first step in becoming a match,” Lowe told NewsChannel 5 in 2020. The perfect match was Murrell.

“He said, ‘Do you need a kidney?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Then it’s done,'” Lowe said in 2020. “My brother doesn’t just save lives in the fire department. He has this heart of gold.”

In 2023 Lowe died. Murrell wanted to do something in his sister’s memory, something that could help people.

A line stretched out to the door at the Belcourt Theatre. Guests walked down a red carpet and took pictures.

“I know everybody!” Murrell smiled, looking around the room. “These are all my friends, family, and co-workers, church people. They love me. They came out in bunches.”

Murrell has spent the past three years truly on a mission.

WTVF-TV CBS 5 Nashville

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VIDEO: An off-duty firefighter is being credited with saving the lives of three children after a boat capsized on Alvarado Lake, trapping them underneath the overturned vessel.

The Alvarado Police Department and Alvarado Fire Department responded to the reported capsizing, which involved nine occupants, according to a statement from the Alvarado Police Department. Officials said the boat flipped and trapped three children beneath it.

Jason Horne, a medic and firefighter with the Midlothian Fire Department with 20 years of experience, was nearby on the lake in his own boat with his 12-year-old daughter, Emilie, when a group of people frantically flagged them down. “I just saw him dive in,” Emilie Horne said.

Horne swam toward the capsized boat and went underwater to search for the children. “I went underwater, under the boat, reached up, seeing if I could grab anything, and I felt a life jacket,” Horne said.

He pulled a young boy out first, who was breathing. Horne then dove back under. “I took a breath, dove underneath the boat again, reached like I did the first time and I grabbed a leg,” he said.

That time, he found a little girl who was unresponsive. Horne climbed onto a flat portion of the capsized hull and began performing CPR while his daughter called 911. He said the girl began breathing.

KENS-TV CBS 5 San Antonio

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VIDEO: One person has died in the Chelan Hills Fire, marking the second wildfire fatality in Washington this year, as crews continue working to contain flames burning east of Lake Chelan. Authorities confirmed the victim was trying to flee the fire by vehicle when smoke overtook the car and the person was unable to escape. The person had been reported missing. Human remains were found inside the vehicle. An official identity is yet to be released.

Meanwhile, other residents who fled the flames say they feel fortunate to have made it out alive. Among them is Lonnie Kirk, who built a family farm with his wife, Elizabeth, and their three teenagers in the small town of Orondo. The farm is now gone. “We lost everything. Our house, our cars and trucks. We pretty much left with the clothes on our backs,” Kirk said. An online fundraiser has been established to help the family rebuild.

The fire exploded over the holiday weekend, growing to more than 10,000 acres and destroying at least a dozen homes and more than 100 structures, according to authorities. Kirk said his family had little more than an hour to evacuate once the wind shifted. “Sixty, 70 mile-per-hour winds came up, the wind shifted. The next thing you know it’s at our back door,” Kirk said. “We were literally leaving our property as it was right at the back of our house.”

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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