PHOTOS: After it was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stephen Siller Foundation Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk resumed for 2021, where the organization said it expected more than 30,000 participants on Sunday. The route retraced the heroic steps of Siller, a New York City firefighter (FDNY), who lost his life on Sept.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Staten Island Advance - Metered Site

McKeesport firefighters aren’t just fighting fires and responding to car crashes, they’re picking up school students stranded by the bus driver shortage. Only on KDKA, Meghan Schiller talks with the firefighter who answered the call and now spearheads an initiative to ease the stress on parents, students, and teachers.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh

The Raritan Township Fire Company is raising funds to restore its gear and station after the remnants of Hurricane Ida deluged the building with flooding and water damage, rendering it uninhabitable for a few months. The storm inflicted damage on the whole station, including the firefighters’ wooden gear lockers, walls, kitchen, generator, bay doors, and other pieces of equipment, said Chief Keith Paradiso.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jersey City Journal

A woman died in a Vancouver house fire early Saturday morning, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Firefighters responded to a house fire at 14808 Northeast 83rd Street at 2:20 a.m. When they arrived at the two-story home, they found flames coming out out the first floor. Crews rushed into the house to put out the fire and search for a reported occupant.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV-TV FOX 12 Portland

As of Sunday morning, the Schneider Springs fire has burned more than 107,000 acres. Crews have now reached 43 percent containment. The incident management team says they're expecting cooler and wetter weather to come through this evening. Fire officials say conditions will likely support efforts to connect and reinforce containment lines along 1706 Road near Edgar Rock across to American Ridge and down to the American River, as well as along the 410 corridor near Cliffdell.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle