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Posted: Nov 27, 2023

How One Utah City Survived the Great Fire of 1898

PHOTOS: At 4am, gunshots rang through the dark night, as local townsfolk awoke to a most terrifying sight. A large fire had erupted at the top of Main Street, and the American Hotel was engulfed in uncontrollable flames. Park City’s Sheriff, Thomas Walden, had sounded the alarm with three successive shots, and the whistle at the Marsac Mill quickly notified the nearby mining campsite and homesteaders.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utah Stories
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Posted: Nov 27, 2023

Spokane Fire Department using AI technology to improve city-wide safety

VIDEO: Soon, Fire Station 5 in Eagle Ridge is going to be under construction, and thanks to new AI technology “Darkhorse,” the public won’t notice a difference. “Station 5 with our concrete, that company is going to be relocated temporarily. We can model exactly what the outcome of that move will be,” said Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
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Posted: Nov 25, 2023

One person injured after fire at Tukwila grocery store

A large fire broke out at a Somali grocery store in Tukwila on Friday morning and escalated to a second alarm, meaning about 40 firefighters were on the scene, before it was extinguished. When firefighters arrived, they found a fire on the first and second floors of Sophiya Halal Mini Market located near Tukwila International Boulevard and South 146th Street.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2023 12:27:54 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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Posted: Nov 24, 2023

2 RVs burned in Seattle's SODO neighborhood as colder temps increase risk for encampment fires

VIDEO/PHOTOS: People living in two RVs in Seattle's SODO neighborhood escaped serious injury when a fire broke out Friday afternoon. The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) responded to an encampment fire at the intersection of 6th Ave South and South Stacey Street around 2:45 p.m. “I immediately ran down and yelled because I saw people scrambling.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2023 11:22:35 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Nov 22, 2023

12 displaced after electrical fire at Renton senior living facility

A fire at a south King County senior living facility Wednesday morning displaced 12 people. The fire broke out at Solstice Senior Living at Renton, located on Monroe Avenue Northeast, shortly before 2 a.m. Puget Sound Fire said the cause of the burn was determined to be electrical. No injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 11/22/2023 2:28:48 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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