Posted: Apr 23, 2024
"I heard explosions. The warehouse is on fire," neighbor Patrick Petrillo said.
It was Petrillo's middle-of-the-night unnerving wake-up call.
"What did it look like?" I asked him. "It was 200 feet in the air. Higher than those poles, and I knew it was done," he said.
The fire erupted in the 4800 block of Kernsville Road, in North Whitehall Township.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown
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Posted: Apr 23, 2024
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted last week to enact a disaster declaration for the recent station fire that devastated the South Tongass Fire Department. Mayors from the borough and cities of Saxman and Ketchikan issued the disaster declaration on April 12.
South Tongass Fire Chief Steve Rydeen choked up as he took the podium at the Assembly’s April 15 meeting.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Alaska Public Media
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Posted: Apr 23, 2024
VIDEO: The Milwaukee School of Engineering is playing host to a competition drawing students from all over the world, and this year's "Cast in Steel" contestants found insight from their local fire departments.
"Lt. Schultz, Engine 37, and this is The Love Handle."
The Boston Fire Department was called on by students who wanted to know if the Halligan bar they crafted would work on the job.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
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Posted: Apr 23, 2024
VIDEO: The Spokane Fire Department has determined the cause of a deadly house fire that killed two parents and left two children on life support.
According to SFD, an extension cord used in place of permanent wiring was the found to be the cause of the fire on N. Howard St. Firefighters says the fire started on the house's front porch and quickly spread upstairs where the family was located.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
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Posted: Apr 23, 2024
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Fire crews have been on scene of the fire at the Lineage facility for over 24 hours.
The 525,000 square-foot freezer facility, located on Bowles Road just off Highway 397, housed produce items including peas and carrots, before catching fire at around 5:15 Sunday morning.
According to Jenna Kochenauer, a Public Information Officer with Benton County Fire District 1, in the early hours of the fire, crews responded to the scene and found a small amount of smoke coming from inside one of the building's freezer bays.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW+ 19 Pasco
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