The Boise Fire Department responded quickly to the Claremont Fire, which has burned over 3,500 acres.

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Heavy rainfall in Willoughby Hills caused flooding at the fire department, impacting operations as crews responded to multiple emergencies while managing water removal.

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PHOTOS: A fire caused an explosion at a home on East Kedlin Avenue in Spokane on Monday afternoon. According to the Spokane Fire Department, calls came in just before 12:30 p.m. of a carport fire with explosions heard. When firefighters arrived, they found a heavy fire involving a shed, deck and a home.

SFD says everyone inside the home was able to escape and crews got the fire under control within 15 minutes. Although the home suffered significant damage, firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to other nearby homes.

Investigators say the fire was accidentally caused by welding sparks that ignited nearby materials. SFD says the fire smoldered undetected for around 20 minutes before igniting the deck and spreading rapidly. The explosions heard were caused by paint cans and compressed gas cans in the shed. No one was hurt. The American Red Cross was called to help the people and pets displaced by the fire.

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The Yakima Fire Department now has a new leader, Tom Huntington. He started as interim fire chief on Monday July 6, following former Chief Aaron Markham’s retirement. The city brought in Huntington as it looked for someone to take the job permanently. City Manager Vicki Baker hired him, but the city has not set a timeline for when that process will end.

“We’re entering into a pretty quick turnaround of probably a few months and then we’ll go kind of go a month at a time from there, based on needs of the city and how things are progressing,” Huntington said. Huntington comes to Yakima with three decades of fire service experience. He retired last year after spending more than 10 years as chief of the Richland Fire Department.

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PHOTOS: A massive fire broke out at a vacant church in Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood on Tuesday evening.

The former Grandview United Presbyterian Church near Grandview Avenue and Kearsarge Street caught fire around 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Smoke billowing high into the sky from the 3-alarm fire was seen from numerous spots in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Views of the Pittsburgh skyline showed a plume of smoke above buildings in Downtown, as Pittsburgh firefighters worked on the ground on Mount Washington to contain the fire.

The fire drew onlookers who watched as crews battled the smoke and flames. Pittsburgh Public Safety asked people to avoid the area as the fire ripped through the church.

The fire was brought under control just before 9 p.m. However, crews were expected to remain overnight to monitor hotspots.

“One of the big things is the size of this structure and the complexity of this structure,” Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Assistant Chief Matthew Davis said.

CBS News Pittsburgh

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