An Oxford Battalion Chief’s quick action saved a man’s life Saturday afternoon after the lift the man was on caught fire. Oxford firefighters said at 2:50 they responded to a call at Hooligans Harley Davidson on Davis Loop to a man on a lift that had caught fire. The lift had made contact with the power lines and the man was trapped approximately 25 feet off the ground.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham

You would think rushing into a burning building to save the lives of people trapped inside would merit a living wage - at a minimum. While firefighters can hit salaries of anywhere from $12 to $50 an hour, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national average is about $27 an hour. In the Lowcountry, that average falls to $19.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston

VIDEO: A home being renovated in New Castle, Lawrence County caught fire Sunday morning. The fire broke out at the N. Mercer Street home around 5:30 a.m. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 was told a family living a few blocks away saw the glow in the sky. They woke up the next-door neighbors of the home that caught fire and got them out of their house.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

Vaccine makers are preparing for a next possible phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout: booster doses. The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized third doses of both the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for certain immunocompromised people: solid organ transplant recipients or "those who are diagnosed with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO: Two people were killed in an apartment fire in Browne’s Addition early Monday. morning. A firefighter was also injured. The fire started at 2304 W 2nd Ave. shortly around 2:45 a.m. The fire burned two apartment buildings and flames could be seen shooting from the roof. Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the flames started in Tiffany Manor, which has 11 unites and spread to the residence apartment which has seven.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane