Every fire starts with a spark. How a spark gets its start may not be such an obvious fact. "What kicked it off, that’s the hard work our investigators are doing,” Washington Department of Natural Resources deputy communications director Joe Smillie said, in reference to the Oregon Road Fire burning near Elk.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The Sourdough fire in the Ross National Recreation area has had minimal growth with the arrival of cooler temperatures and light rain. The fire remains at 6,234 acres with 25% containment. Park officials have reopened some trails, and camps including Diablo and Gorge overlooks, East Bank, and Thunder Knob trails.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 23 Seattle

VIDEO: A driver and passenger were killed in an apparent street race when their vehicle crashed into a firetruck, injuring four crewmembers, in West Compton Tuesday. The crash was reported around 12:30 a.m. as the engine company was responding to a medical incident, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Craig Little said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles

VIDEO: A very scary situation, a 12-year-old boy now hospitalized after partaking in a TikTok challenge went wrong. "I woke up to him just screaming and I woke up so fast that I kicked the dog gate out of my door frame, and then I saw him, he was on fire," Tiffany Roper mother of 12-year-old boy said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Mesa

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Prince George's County fire station was damaged after an ambulance caught fire early Sunday morning, the agency said. "We do have our share of fires in Prince George’s County, but running a fire within one of our own fire stations is very unique," Department Public Information Director Alan Doubleday said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington D.C.