A three-alarm fire destroyed a home in the 1800 block of South 12th Avenue early Tuesday. The fire was reported at 12:23 a.m., according to the Yakima Fire Department. Winds at the time were more than 20 mph, which threatened surrounding homes on three sides, according to a news release. Because of the winds and the fast-spreading fire, firefighters couldn’t get inside and fought the blaze from the exterior.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 2:04:58 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

After more than 40 years, the volunteers who organize, assemble and distribute the Christmas baskets of food and other items in Othello have it down to a science. The delivery drivers — also volunteers — traveled Saturday into the Adams County Fire District No. 5 fire station two at a time. As they rolled to a stop, the crew was ready.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 1:11:11 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

Two buildings were destroyed Monday night in a major emergency fire in North Hollywood that burned for nearly two hours before being extinguished. The fire was first reported around 9 p.m. in the 5400 block of North Tujunga Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire was "well developed" by 9:15 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

The 91st class of 65 new Orange County Fire Rescue recruits marks the department’s most diverse class in history. Department officials say more than half of the members in the group are Hispanic, Black or Asian. Recruit Paris Nunn, a graduate of the University of Central Florida, is one of 19 women in the class.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

At 5:15 p.m. today church bells will ring downtown, not for the upcoming Christmas holiday but for a more somber reason — the 100th anniversary of the Lyons Union School fire that killed two young girls and destroyed the school. It will be exactly 100 years to the time when a fast-moving blaze tore through the William Street building, trapping and killing 12-year-old Helen Baltzel and 13-year-old Elizabeth Burns.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Finger Lakes Times - Metered Site