The Rooster Comb Fire south of Wenatchee is now 60 percent contained as evacuation levels are set to be lowered Monday evening. The fire is now listed at 88 acres after an infrared flight over the area on Monday, according to Chelan County Fire District 1. About 130 personnel worked the fire on Monday after state mobilization was approved.
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The Red Oak Area Volunteer Fire Department has been presented with a newer fire engine, reports The Andalusia Star-News.

NAFECO based in Decatur (AL) provided the truck, which was built by KME Fire Apparatus. He stated the new truck would be a greatly improved addition and has a 2,000-gallon tank.

The new truck with a 2,000-gallon tank will fill two pumpers at a time and have 1,000 gallons per truck.

Fire Chief Jonathan Norris said Red Oak was long overdue for a new truck after the previous one had been in use since 1980.

A fire truck was putting out a vehicle fire when it was hit by the tractor-trailer, reports WYFF 4.

Troopers said the driver of the truck was injured but no firefighters were hit in the accident. The news station reports that one person was put into a medical helicopter and flown from the scene.

A Palo Alto Fire Department engine suffered major damage in a fatal accident with a box truck, reports CBS San Francisco.

The fire engine was tending to a solo vehicle crash when a driver of a white box truck carrying a load of baked goods struck the fire engine on the left rear portion of vehicle. The fully loaded engine spun counterclockwise upon impact.

The crew immediately went to help the driver. It took them nearly 30 minutes to cut away the wreckage. The driver later died at the hospital. The man’s identity has not yet been released.

The damaged $600,000 fire engine was assigned to Station 4. To replace it, Station 4 will have to pull an older truck out of the reserve backup fleet.

A woman riding a moped crashed into a ditch when San Juan Island Fire and Rescue’s Engine 31 Department passed her on a blind hill, reports San Juan Islander.

The county sheriff reports that the fire engine crew did not stop nor report the accident.

The fire engine was responding to a medial call. The fire department has been sending fire engines on aid calls for the past 18 months.

The fire engine came up on two mopeds and one scoot car on the road. The engine crossed the double yellow line, went into the oncoming lane in an area that had limited to no visibility.

An EMS rig stopped and asked the woman if she needed aid. She said she didn’t but would need someone to retrieve the damaged moped.