Chief Justin McKenzie leads the newly-formed, full time fire department in Fultondale, and he’s using flames in a unique way. A master of the grill, McKenzie was recently a contestant on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games – a show hosted by Guy Fieri in which different cooks compete for prize money.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIAT-TV CBS 42 Birmingham

Even when he works two consecutive 24-hour shifts, Chris Aberle rarely sleeps at the fire station. Sometimes he tries. If he is lucky, he might pick up a couple hours of rest. But lately his shift has been getting calls at night. “No one ever sleeps, you know, even if we had no calls from midnight to 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penobscot Bay Pilot

Firefighters battled a two-alarm commercial fire at a building on Wednesday evening in Seattle’s SODO area. Crews were called to Seventh Avenue South and South Lander Street, just east of the Seattle Public Schools administration building. A KIRO 7 photographer at the scene saw lots of smoke billowing from the building.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Stevens County Fire District 1 says crews made significant progress on the Ford Corkscrew fire Wednesday. According to their latest update, the fire remains at 14,000 acres in size and is now 14% contained. What's even more encouraging is that they say they have the fire's perimeter 100% contained.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

A man is under arrest after breaking into a home in Tacoma overnight while the family was sleeping and setting the bathroom on fire, police say. The incident unfolded at around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when officers responded to a home in the 1300 block of East 58th Street. Officers responded to the home after receiving reports of a disturbance and fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle