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PHOTOS: Firefighters spend the overnight and early morning hours battling a five-alarm fire on Lyell Avenue.

The fire broke out shortly after 11:00 p.m. Sunday at Pallet Express, on Lyell Avenue near Glide Street and spread to a fifth alarm very quickly.

They got the fire under control by Monday morning. No injuries were reported.

Lt. Howard Villegas, a public information officer with the Rochester Fire Department, said crews expect to be on scene for hours but are confident they can keep the fire from spreading.

“Considering the heavy fire load, we’re going to be here quite a while, but we’ll have it contained to just this building,” he said.

Villegas said the building is a large structure filled mostly with pallets, and that several trucks on the property are also expected to be lost. No one was inside the building, he said, and while it had sprinklers, they were unable to contain the fire.

Neighbors were evacuated due to concerns the fire could spread to residential areas. RG&E is reporting more than 500 outages in the area around the fire.

WHAM-TV ABC 13 Rochester

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VIDEOS: A longtime Portland firefighter is finally back on duty after receiving a life-saving kidney transplant.

FOX 12 was introduced to Venedo Alcazar in December 2024. The Portland firefighter of nearly 20 years was living with stage five chronic kidney disease and searching for an organ donor.

Then something remarkable happened. Dr. Karen Douek, a retired nephrologist, otherwise known as a kidney doctor, saw our story and volunteered to donate her kidney.

In December of last year, the two underwent transplant surgery at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. “I always knew I was going to give a kidney at some point.

To know it’s Venedo, a firefighter who puts his life on the line every day, feels really special,” said Douek. Three months later, Alcazar was back in the hospital.

Doctors discovered a mass on his native left kidney. Alcazar said they told him there was an 80% chance that there was renal cancer.

He underwent another surgery to remove the affected kidney. “It felt kind of cool having three kidneys for a while and now I’m just down to two,” said Alcazar.

After a lengthy recovery coupled with a clean diet, Alcazar is medically cleared to fight fires again.

KPTV FOX 12 Portland

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An electric vehicle exploded in a driveway in Winthrop, Massachusetts, sparking a massive fire that burned two homes Sunday.

The vehicle, parked between the two houses on River Road, caught fire around 4:30 p.m., drawing a number of firefighters to the scene, including from the surrounding cities of Chelsea, Revere and Boston.

Two people, including a pregnant woman, were taken to the hospital but are expected to be OK, according to firefighters. A teenager who lives in one of the homes tells NBC10 Boston she’s concerned about everyone affected by this fire.

“Our windows just completely melted and burned inside of our house…in my room I have so much memories made. I don’t know what it looks like in there, but I know it’s definitely bad,” she said. “I’m very, very scared and not only just for me, but for my family and everyone else who lives in these two buildings.”

WBTS-CD NBC 10 Boston

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VIDEO: Police are investigating after someone allegedly set clothing on fire inside a Walmart in Renton on Friday night, forcing the evacuation of the store. According to the Renton Police Department, the fire was reported just before 8 p.m. at the Walmart located at 743 Rainier Ave. S.

Firefighters responded and ventilated the building to clear smoke while officers began an arson investigation. No injuries were reported and no one required medical attention, police said. Renton police spokesperson Meeghan Black told KING 5 Saturday morning that detectives are reviewing surveillance video to identify a suspect.

Investigators have not yet determined exactly how the fire was started. Police returned the store to Walmart management at 11:09 p.m., according to Black. An administrative employee who answered the phone at the location Saturday morning said the store was closed for the day. The investigation remains ongoing.

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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