A bear cub was treated for burns at the Cedar Creek Fire near Mazama on Monday. State Department of Natural Resources employees responded Monday after a bear cub was found with a burned snout within the fire area. Specialists have treated the cub and he’s expected to make a full recovery. The Cedar Creek Fire, sparked July 11 about six miles southwest of Mazama in Okanogan County, has burned more than 24,000 acres and was listed at 11 percent contained Monday morning.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 6:45:11 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Weymouth Fire Department is planning to reopen a fire station that was closed due to budget constraints more than a decade ago, reports The Patriot Ledger.

Due to a national recession and town-wide budget constrains, the fire station was downsized to an administration headquarters in 2008.

Since coming into office, the current administration has added seven new firefighters and funded another five firefighters who were hired with temporary grant money. The town received a second federal grant in March of 2020, which provides more than $559,000 to cover a portion of personnel expenses for four new firefighters.

The Southington Fire Department’s Station 5 will close for a month for renovations, reports Patch.com.

Fire department personnel and equipment will be temporarily relocated to Station 3. The Station 5 is slated to reopen in September.

DeSoto Parish sheriff’s investigators are seeking information on a man wanted for vandalizing a fire truck, reports KTBS 3.

According to the sheriff’s office, Harley Clay Giecek and an accomplice illegally entered a fire station and spray painted graffiti on the inside and outside of a fire truck.

The sheriff’s department already has one suspect in custody.

A fire at 54 F St. in Ephrata on Sunday claimed the life of two dogs. Ephrata Fire Chief Jeremy Burns says his department was summoned to the fire scene at around 5:30 p.m. When firefighters arrived, flames were scene shooting out of the kitchen window and a boat was on fire. Burns believes something on the kitchen stove sparked the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 2:02:46 PM - SOURCE: iFiber One News Radio