The large overnight fire in Durham may bring back memories of a similar one three years ago in Raleigh. During the historic Raleigh fire, flames spread to nine buildings – it was a much bigger fire. Many people are asking: Why did the Raleigh fire expand so much farther and cause so much more damage than the Durham fire? Sandy Kromenacker, a fire expert in Raleigh, compared this Durham fire to the memorable downtown Raleigh fire in 2017, saying, "Both properties were under construction.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh

In a town where nearly everyone lives in the same building, COVID-19 has emerged. The Prince William Sound community of Whittier, where around 85% percent of its 280 year-round residents live in the 14-story Begich Towers building, now has six positive resident cases among a family there, according to Jim Hunt, Whittier city manager.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Anchorage Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEO: A historic building in Uptown in Kenosha that houses several businesses and apartments was the scene of a massive fire early Wednesday morning. The fire, which was called in just before 8 a.m., apparently started at the Music Outlet, 6217 22nd Ave., according to Kenosha Fire Chief Charles Leipzig.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

Young people who have asthma will test a phone app to help them manage their condition during wildfire season in a Washington State University College of Nursing-led study that’s getting under way. The study is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 in the Pacific Northwest, said Julie Postma, principal investigator and associate dean for research at the College of Nursing.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2020 4:32:02 PM - SOURCE: Washington State University

A worker at a CBD oil extraction facility in Grand Mound was hospitalized with serious burns on his legs, face and head after a butane explosion, according to a release by the West Thurston Fire Authority on Wednesday morning. The employee, a 51-year-old man, works at Footprint Biosciences. He was inside the room where the explosion occurred, according to the fire authority.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2020 10:44:23 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle