VIDEO/PHOTOS: A suspect stole a Portland Fire & Rescue boat and commandeered it down the Columbia River early Thursday morning, says the agency. PF&R stated that Rescue Boat 21 was taken from the boathouse by an unauthorized user. Local law enforcement and the Coast Guard pursued it. PF&R said the boat traveled downstream.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren may stand 7-foot-1 and tower over even some NBA players, but he still isn't tall enough to reach a second-story window on his own. It's a strange way to look at his height, but maybe not so much when you consider what he and some of the other Thunder players spent their Wednesday afternoon doing in the city.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sports Illustrated Media Group

VIDEO: Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a tumor in his chest. He was only 30 and had been in the Boston Fire Department for less than a decade. But as he investigated his diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma in October 2020 and sought successful treatment, he learned he and others wore gear that contained the toxic industrial compound PFAS.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Baltimore

A fire management team is hoping to turn over control of a pair of wildfires burning in Yakima River Canyon to local crews Friday. Both the Roza Slope and South Slope fires, burning on either side of the Yakima-Kittitas county line, are at 60% containment, according to the Southeast Washington Type 3 incident management team, which assumed command of the fire Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Autumn begins late next week, and firefighters are urging you to not let your guard down. Wildfires are still a big concern, even as the season changes. "Human beings still cause over 90% of our wildfires in Washington state," Washington State Forester George Geissler said. It's an alarming statistic.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland