The Philadelphia (PA) Fire Department went to Ladder Tower for this 100-foot tractor-drawn aerial.

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The Macon-Bibb County (GA) Fire Department has added eight new engines, funded by a voter-approved SPLOST.

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Chicago firefighter Michael Altman, 32, died from injuries sustained in a fire on West North Shore Avenue.

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PHOTOS: Firefighters raced to the scene of a massive fire in Branchburg, NJ. A row of townhomes caught fire early Wednesday morning. The two-alarm alarm fire was burning through the attached homes on Old York Road just before 5:45 a.m.

NewsCopter 7 was over the scene as the gas-fed flames quickly spread through the cockloft of multiple townhomes. There are no known serious injuries. The cause of the fire is unknown. Local officials are working with county partners to assist residents who have been displaced, including efforts to secure temporary housing and provide necessary support services.

The Red Rock Preserve is an affordable housing townhouse community that was just completed two years ago. Mayor James Schworn released a statement: “As Mayor of Branchburg, and on behalf of the Township and our residents, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks and deepest gratitude to our emergency service volunteers, our law enforcement personnel, and all of our mutual aid partners for their extraordinary efforts in containing the fire at the Red Rock Preserve.

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Lt. Jason Brockmeyer has worked at Franklin Township Fire Department in Ohio for 20 years. Since he’s been there, his department was often called to fight highly dangerous flammable liquid fires.

“We were considered the experts in this field,” Brockmeyer said.

That’s because the township fire department had over 1,000 gallons of aqueous film forming foam, also called AFFF, given to them by nearby fuel storage facilities years ago. It’s a tool that firefighters have relied upon since the 1960s, which smothers flames with a heat resistant film.

The problem is that foam has high concentrations of PFAS, commonly called forever chemicals. PFAS come with health risks if humans are exposed.

Brockmeyer recalled a time when his chief asked him to figure out where to get rid of the foam.

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