Some Toledo firefighters battling cancer are now battling something else. It’s the City of Toledo itself. That’s because the city is taking them to court over Worker’s Comp claims that have already been accepted. It’s a fight that could affect their long term health but in the short term it’s causing lots of stress It all starts with a state law saying firefighters who contract cancer are presumed to have contracted it through their job and can get worker’s compensation.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV ABC/CW 13 Toledo

At the suggestion of Commissioner Michael Siers, the Nags Head Board of Commissioners during its July 7 meeting formed a task force to address fire safety issues in large oceanfront homes. The move comes several weeks after a two-alarm structure fire destroyed an 18-bedroom home on the oceanfront in Kill Devil Hills where more than 40 occupants had to be evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Outer Banks Voice

A man has been arrested after he reportedly taped a road flare to a propane tank, lit it and threw it at people outside a Boulder fire station. Mark Stephen Szyperek, 58, was arrested Monday on suspicion of four counts of attempted first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, fourth-degree arson and possession of explosives.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boulder Daily Camera

VIDEO: The Spirit of Oklahoma firetruck just completed its journey from the northeast all the way back to its home state of Oklahoma. It’s a truck that connects fire departments from here at home all the way to New York City. After 9/11, this truck was given as a gift from the state of Oklahoma to the New York City Fire Department for their sacrifice and strength.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXII-TV CBS/FOX 12 Sherman

This summer's fire season could be as bad as the wildfire season of 2015, which was the worst season in our state's history, according to an analyst with the Department of Natural Resources. The sun may be out but with no rain in the forecast this is not what the DNR wants to see. "You know, we started out with a really dry Spring and we haven't had much of that catch-up moisture at all," said Vaughn Cork, a fuel analyst with DNR.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima