VIDEO: A raging fire in Queens forced families out of their homes Wednesday night as temperatures fell below freezing for the first time since last winter. The fire started around 8 p.m. at a seven-story building on New Haven Avenue and Beach 22nd Street in Far Rockaway. CBS2’s Cory James reports it took about 100 firefighters two hours to get the blaze under control.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV CBS 55 Riverhead

Hiram's fire chief Bruce Pyburn is proud to show off the town's first fire truck. "This is the original lettering, all gold leaf, original hoses, original ladder," Pyburn said. "It's a '37 Dodge that has been with the department since day one." The truck was purchased in 1937, the same year the Hiram Fire Department was started.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis

The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department is celebrating 100 years of full-time service to the community. The city of Wisconsin Rapids was developed as a consolidation of Grand Rapids, which sat on the east side of the Wisconsin River and Centralia, which was situated in the west side. The two municipalities combined in the spring of 1900 and bore the name of Grand Rapids, until the name was changed to Wisconsin Rapids to correct and freight/mail confusion with Grand Rapids, MI.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids City Times

Rep. Joe Morelle is calling on a federal agency to reverse a new rule that allows railroad tankers carrying liquefied natural gas to roll through Monroe County. The rule went into effect on Aug. 24, though it faces several legal challenges. It allows trains to carry up to 100 tankers of liquefied gas on American railroads, as long as the gas is stored in a specifically-designed tanker whose safety as a container for the gas has been largely untested.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester City Newspaper

Brewster Police suspect that an arsonist is responsible for fires at two local churches on Sunday, November 15. Police say the New Testament Baptist Church burned early Sunday as did Sacred Heart Catholic Church the same morning. Authorities are currently investigating the origin and cause of both fires.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne.com