A tribute is growing in honor of a 26-year-old Burlington firefighter who died after suffering a medical emergency while fighting a fire in New Hartford last week. Colin McFadden, a member of the Burlington Volunteer Fire Department, was one of the many firefighters who responded to help put out a massive fire at the historic New Hartford House in New Hartford last week when he suffered a medical emergency and was rushed to John Dempsey Hospital for emergency surgery.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVIT-TV NBC 30 New Britain

VIDEO: United Airlines is performing the final safety tests at its upcoming Technical Operations Center at Los Angeles International Airport. The $352 million project, which United and the Los Angeles World Airports broke ground on in 2019, will allow the airline to provide service for all of its aircraft fleets.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News - Metered Site

Five states broke records for the average number of daily new COVID cases over the weekend as the delta variant strains hospital systems across the U.S. and forces many states to reinstate public health restrictions. Florida, Louisiana, Hawaii, Oregon and Mississippi all reached new peaks in their seven-day average of new cases per day as of Sunday, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNBC

VIDEO: A massive fire broke out in a Tukwila apartment complex early Tuesday morning, giving firefighters fits as they try to take it down. Zone 3 Public Information Officer Eric Autry said the department was called out just after 5 a.m. for the fire in the 15100 block of 65th Avenue S, which crews almost immediately upgraded to a two-alarm fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

VIDEO: Firefighters in Tukwila continue to fight a 3-alarm fire at a Tukwila apartment building that broke out early Tuesday morning and killed an adult and a child. The building is so damaged that there is danger of it collapsing. Because of that danger, firefighters still haven’t searched some of the building, and five people are unaccounted for, a Tukwila Fire spokesperson said.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle