This muster often draws an average of 100 pieces of antique fire apparatus that participate in various activities.

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VIDEO: The leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for firefighters is not from fires, although in Worcester there has certainly been terrible tragedy in that regard, such as the Dec. 3, 1999, Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire, which took the lives of six firefighters.

And while cardiovascular events from stress can definitely be a killer, that is not the leading cause, either.

Rather, cancer is the biggest risk for firefighters, and by a staggering margin. According to the International Association of Fire Fighters nearly 80% of member line-of-duty deaths in 2025 were due to occupational cancer.

“Cancer is a pandemic sweeping through the fire service,” said award-winning Worcester-born filmmaker, writer and actor Tommy Jay Dwyer, who comes from a well-known local family of firefighters. “A lot of it is preventable,” he noted. Preventable in the fire service’s own house — namely, its firehouses.

Dwyer, who now lives in Paxton, hopes to bring the hidden challenges facing today’s firefighters to light as the director of the documentary “Burnin’ Down the House,” which has its world premiere on Aug. 6 at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester.

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Firefighters responded to a boat fire at a marina in New London on Thursday morning.

The Groton Fire Department confirmed that it provided mutual aid to a situation at Burr’s Marina on Pequot Avenue.

Surveillance video from a Ring camera was shared with Channel 3. It showed the boat on fire. Channel 3’s traffic system reported that Pequot Avenue has been closed in both directions in the area. The road was closed between Gardner Avenue and Shaw and Nameaug streets.

However, dispatchers could not confirm the exact nature of the incident.

The fire marshal arrived on the scene later in the morning.

“It’s a shame. I don’t know these people or their boat, but it’s devastating,” said Matt Garneau, owner of a boat at Burr’s Marina. “Especially in the middle of summer.”

WFSB-TV CBS 3 Hartford

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VIDEO: Washington is preparing to install 10 additional artificial intelligence-powered cameras designed to detect wildfire smoke in remote areas before flames have time to spread. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources already operates 26 cameras across the state. The latest expansion, funded through the state Legislature, will bring the network to 36.

The announcement comes as a Red Flag Warning is in effect for the Cascade and Olympic mountains overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Isolated thunderstorms are possible in both the mountains and lowlands. Lightning is the primary concern because dry vegetation and hot temperatures could allow any new fires to spread quickly.

The camera expansion was not prompted by this particular forecast, but DNR says the technology is especially valuable when fires begin in remote terrain. “Lacking detection cameras, we are relying on the public,” said Russ Lane, division manager for DNR’s Wildland Fire Management Division.

Lane said several people may pass a new fire before someone recognizes the smoke, realizes it should not be there and calls 911. “One of the goals of the mountaintops with the Pano AI cameras is to see into areas where there’s not a lot of public activity,” Lane said. “We’ll get that early detection.”

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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State firefighting resources have been mobilized to help contain the growing Plum Point Fire in Lincoln County, where flames are threatening homes and power infrastructure. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the deployment Wednesday evening under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan at the request of Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ryan Fish.

The Plum Point Fire was reported about 5:27 p.m. Wednesday near Grand Coulee. Officials estimate the fire has grown to about 150 acres and is continuing to spread through cheatgrass and sagebrush. The fire is threatening nearby homes and Grant County Public Utility District power lines. No evacuations had been ordered as of Wednesday evening, and the cause remains under investigation.

The State Emergency Operations Center at Camp Murray has been activated at Level 2, a partial activation, to coordinate the state’s response.

KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

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