Mount Pleasant Village Board authorized $4.125 million in bonds for purchases including a new South Shore Fire Department fire apparatus.

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Moses Lake plans a temporary third fire station to improve north-end response times while a permanent station is designed.

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Laguna Beach is expanding its firefighting infrastructure with a new helicopter refilling tank, or HeloPod.

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CAL FIRE's FIREHAWK S-70i has seating for nine helitack crew members and one pilot, a fixed tank that holds 1,000 gallons of water or foam with pilot controlled drop volumes, and a retractable snorkle to allow the aircraft to hover over a water source and resupply, without landing.

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PHOTOS: Canton Fire reports they no longer believe a man is missing after a search through a debris field on Thursday, July 30, following a home explosion.

Witnesses told FOX 8 News that the sound of an explosion at 1617 Bonnot Place NE, woke them up shortly before 4 a.m. on Thursday. Canton Division Chief Steve Henderson tells FOX 8 the explosion could be felt 2 miles away.

Canton Fire released video of the moment it happened. Henderson said the home was already destroyed when firefighters arrived. The blast was so powerful, it blew one man into the street.

Canton Fire says he was taken to the hospital with burns to 80% of his body. “It was a big boom like a bomb or missile was going off. It actually shattered some of my neighbor’s windows even and shook my whole house,” said Victor Howell, who shared video of the scene.

SkyFOX video over the neighborhood showed a massive debris field around the home. The man who survived the explosion told fire that there was another person in the home, prompting a search.

WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland

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