A group of St. Lucie County firefighters are world champions after winning first place in the team category of the 2020 Firefighter Combat Challenge held over the weekend in Texas. Brian Riebe, Kevin Reilly, Caden Wilson, Matt Coney and Dante Hill of the St. Lucie County Fire District had the best averaged completion time of the course dubbed as the "toughest two minutes in sports" by ESPN.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TC Palm

A new report from Minnesota's State Fire Marshal Division says fire sprinklers could've saved the lives of those killed in a November 2019 high-rise fire in Minneapolis. "It’s a bold statement, but it’s a very accurate statement," said State Fire Marshal Jim Smith. "We know through our experiences that sprinkler systems put fires out.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Minneapolis

A motor home caught fire, sending a plume of smoke into the sky, Tuesday afternoon while traveling on Columbia Way along the Vancouver waterfront. The fire occurred at about 4 p.m. The owner of the motor home, Jill Sage, said she was driving down the road and smelled smoke. She and the other occupants got out of the vehicle before it burst into flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 6:44:36 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

A man has been arrested for setting a fire at the Paulsen Building early Tuesday morning. Police arrested 32-year-old Charles Campbell for second-degree arson and a felony Department of Corrections warrant. Authorities say they checked surveillance video from a business nearby, and officers at the downtown precinct found Campbell near Third and Howard later Tuesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 6:30:40 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

The Yakima Fire Department handled three fires over four hours Monday, including a kitchen fire that destroyed two units in an apartment building. The string of fires started a little after 9 a.m. with a brush fire on the Yakima Greenway, according to a news release from the department. That fire burned about 3,600 square feet of heavy brush near the Valley Mall Boulevard exit on Interstate 82.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 11:55:32 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic