As a fire continues to burn at a chemical plant in suburban Rockton, Kirk Wilson, chief of the Rockton Fire Protection District, says that firefighters stopped putting water on the fire, fearing that water run-off could carry chemicals into the nearby Rock River. “We stopped some of the water suppression and some of the fire suppression, and we went ahead and let the product burn off due to the fact that the Rock River sits just west of Chemtool, (approximately) 500 yards away,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAQ-TV NBC 5 Chicago

The Delaware General Assembly is aiming to help with what volunteer fire departments say is a struggle to get new members. A task force has come up with ten new recommendations and new programs to attract and retain more volunteer firefighters. Among those recommendations, develop a recruitment and retention training class at the Delaware State Fire School, and establish an program that would assign full-time members to companies in all three counties.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMDT-TV ABC/CW+ 47 Salisbury

Fire crews say one person is still unaccounted for after a suspicious fire tore through the old Brownstown Tavern. The fire ignited overnight Saturday with crews called to the building near the intersection of Branch Rd and Brownstown Rd west of Harrah at 4:40 a.m. The owner, Tim Catilleja had testified in a federal trial against Jordan Stevens this past week; Stevens is accused of killing a woman in Toppenish in 2019.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

A man and woman were found dead early Monday after a fire at a Seattle homeless camp, emergency officials said. Crews responded to the scene, in the 3000 block of 25th Avenue South, at around 3 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames at the encampment, said Kristin Tinsley of the Seattle Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 3:13:59 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Construction of two permanent fire stations continues underway for Queen Creek, reports YourValley.net.

The town currently has five fire stations. The two, new stations are identical in design and square footage. The new fire stations will be about 13,300 square feet total.

The new buildings will be divided into three sections. The first section will increase the capacity for the number of firefighters to 10. The second portion of the stations will have three apparatus bays. A third section will include turnout storage, laundry facilities, a small storage room, work room and station gyms.

The budget for Station No. 2 is $8.5 million and for Station No. 5 it is $9.1 million. The fire chief said he expects more stations to come online as Queen Creek grows and response-time goals must be met.