Firefighters appear to be winning the battle against the Northrup Fire burning near Steamboat Rock just south of Grand Coulee. Due to better mapping, the fire is now 247 acres. The blaze is 95% contained. As a result of significant progress on the firefighting front, all evacuations for homes in the area have been cancelled.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 2:24:10 AM - SOURCE: iFiber One News Radio

VIDEOS: An explosion rocked a New Jersey apartment building Friday afternoon as fire department crews raced to put out flames shooting out of the structure. A multi-level apartment building in Carteret had heavy smoke and tall flames shooting out from much of the roof by 2 p.m. At one point an explosion could be seen in the middle of the roof and the top floor of the building.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

VIDEO: You don’t have to be in Howie Schneider’s presence long to realize he’s a firefighter with more than 30 years of service. The family portraits give it away, as most of the Schneiders wear fire suits for a living. He’s the third generation and spent more than 10 years at the Los Angeles Fire Department, where his grandfather started.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVQ-TV CBS 2 Billings

VIDEO: For a second time this week, a D.C. firefighter has been the victim of car theft while on duty serving the public, but this time, it was an armed carjacking. “It’s extremely frustrating for people that are trying to help other people to have this happen to them,” D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly said.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington DC

On the day before Thanksgiving in 2019, a fire tore through the 14th floor of Cedar High Apartments in Minneapolis. Five people died in the fire. State fire marshals determined sprinklers could've prevented the tragedy. It led to calls for changes to state and federal law. The high-rise apartment building, however, still doesn’t have sprinklers in every unit.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Minneapolis