Last Thursday, the Anacortes Fire Department celebrated the centennial birthday of the newly restored fire engine, Engine 2, and the first birthday of their new fire truck, Truck 29. The AFD conducted a ceremonial “push in” ceremony for their new firetruck. The new vehicle is a 2024 Pierce Aerial Ladder Truck, and it replaced their 2000 American LaFrance ladder truck.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2024 3:34:00 PM - SOURCE: goAnacortes - Metered Site

Two boaters and a dog managed to escape unharmed Monday afternoon when a fire destroyed the boat they were on in San Francisco Bay. The fire burned the 45-foot vessel off Westpoint Harbor in Redwood City at around 1 p.m. The San Francisco Fire Department said one of its rescue boats was at the scene extinguishing the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco

PHOTOS: Vincent Dransfield was so famously resilient that when he passed away at home in Passaic County, three months after celebrating his 110th birthday, it came as a surprise. “It was very unexpected,” said his granddaughter, Erica Lista. Even among world’s few hundred supercentenarians, the term for those 110 or older, Dransfield stood out as an anomaly.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

VIDEO: You could be living on top of a danger in South Carolina and not even realize it - something some Upstate families have learned the hard way. Abandoned water wells - there’s a proper procedure for how they should be closed up, but officials say that isn’t always happening. “They’re all over and sometimes they’re just covered up and kind of forgotten,” said Oconee County Emergency Management Director Scott Krein.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNS-TV FOX 21 Greenville

VIDEO: Restoring power to millions of Texans slammed by the deadly and destructive storm Beryl could take days or even weeks, posing a dangerous scenario for residents who will not have air conditioning as sweltering heat settles over the state. Beryl slammed into southern Texas as a Category 1 hurricane Monday, knocking out power to more than 2.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Weather