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Posted: May 23, 2024

Charging lithium-ion batteries at Maine firehouse cause fire, one injury

Multiple lithium-ion batteries charging on a shelf at the Stacyville Fire Department caught fire Tuesday night, leading to damage and an injured firefighter. It happened shortly before 9 p.m. at the fire station located at 370 Station Rd., the state fire marshal's office said in a release Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland
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Posted: May 23, 2024

Museum in Colorado fighting for historical bronze fire bell, now in a church storage yard

VIDEO: A Denver museum has been fighting for the last 14 years to bring a piece of the city’s history back home after a 140-year-old bell, which was presumed missing, turned up at a church in Pueblo. “The bell itself is a 1,600-pound bell, which is quite large and it’s got a tone that even the bell company said is kind of a special tone,” Dan Farley said.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
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Posted: May 23, 2024

Charging lithium-ion batteries at Maine firehouse cause fire

Multiple lithium-ion batteries charging on a shelf at the Stacyville Fire Department caught fire Tuesday night, leading to damage and an injured firefighter. It happened shortly before 9 p.m. at the fire station located at 370 Station Rd., the state fire marshal's office said in a release Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland
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Posted: May 23, 2024

Nine-year-old Marysville boy hailed as hero after calling 911 to save teacher

VIDEO: Nine-year-old elementary school student Cormac Booth is being honored by his school and local firefighters after he sprang into action to help his teacher. On Tuesday, Cormac said his teacher passed out in the middle of class. Cormac immediately called 911 for help. “My teacher, she got up fast, she fell and she passed out.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2024 11:26:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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Posted: May 22, 2024

East Pierce firefighters rescue dog that fell 15 feet into abandoned mine hole

PHOTOS: East Pierce Fire & Rescue firefighters rescued a dog that had fallen about 15 feet into an abandoned mine hole Tuesday morning. The department posted about the rescue — which happened outside of Burnett — on X at 11:56 a.m. Tuesday. The owner said his dog, Raider, fell into the abandoned mine hole and could not get out, according to the department.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2024 11:28:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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