VIDEO: The Cowlitz Complex, a collection of 21 small, active wildfires burning in steep terrain in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in a 20-mile radius around the small town of Randle, has burned 697 acres and is currently 5% contained, according to fire officials. A total of 469 personnel have been assigned to fighting the fires.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

Smoke lingered in the heat as fire Capt. Jeff Wainwright sweltered near Hangman Valley outside Spokane this past June. Baking in his bunker gear on a wildfire assignment, he caught a whiff of himself and realized the smoke was sticking to the open pores of his skin. Back when he was a teen, Wainwright said, he wouldn’t have thought twice about being able to smell himself, but now at 53 with a family, it’s a different story.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian

FOX 13 News spoke to the man who says he knows the four people killed following a house fire in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. Saturday morning, fire officials and police responded to a house on the corner of N 48th St and Whitman Ave N. Investigators say they found four people dead inside, including two adults, a child and a baby.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Tacoma

VIDEO: State officials had been warning Florida residents about the threat posed by storm surge to electric vehicles since Monday, days before Hurricane Idalia made landfall. In the aftermath of the destructive storm, Pinellas officials report at least two incidents of electric vehicles combusting after their lithium-ion batteries were exposed to the saltwater.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa Bay

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the creation of a new Inter-Agency Fire Safety Working Group meant to ensure the safety and security of energy storage systems across the state, following fire incidents at facilities in Jefferson, Orange, and Suffolk Counties this summer. State agencies will begin immediate inspections of energy storage sites, and the working group is intended to help prevent fires and ensure emergency responders have the necessary training and information to prepare and deploy resources in the event of a fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: POWER Engineering