VIDEOS: An apparent natural gas leak caused a large explosion that shook a Mount Vernon neighborhood and left a home fully engulfed in flames. The explosion was reported in the 900 block of East Fulton Street just after 6 a.m., according to Peter Donovan with the city of Mount Vernon. Firefighters arrived to find a "raging fire" in a home, reportedly fueled by a leaking natural gas line.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2019 9:30:46 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News 1000 AM and 97.7 FM. Seattle

The service honoring Grays Harbor Fire District #2’s Lieutenant/Paramedic Oldham will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 1:00 pm at the Evergreen Christian Community Church (1000 Black Lake Boulevard SW, Olympia, WA 98502). The public and media are invited to join family, friends, and firefighters from around the country as we proudly honor our fallen brother.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2019 5:37:30 AM - SOURCE: KBKW 1450-AM & 94.7-FM

The FDNY-Uniformed Firefighter Association is criticizing the decision to shut down streets around Rockefeller Center for pedestrians during the holidays. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that the city would expand pedestrian space in the area and close streets to traffic, saying the increasing number of people in the area is “creating a real safety issue.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV 55 Riverhead

In view of the Nov. 13 house fire that claimed the life of 39-year-old Lt. Jason Menard, the department’s second line-of-duty death in less than a year, City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. Friday announced his intention to name a task force to look at firefighter safety. The task force will do its work alongside the typically yearlong federal review the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health conducts as a matter of course after a firefighter dies on duty.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

When buildings and vehicles are set ablaze, toxic chemicals are released into the air. Those chemicals can last by hanging on to firefighters' gear, even taken back to the station after fires are put out -- causing troubling consequences for health and safety to those in duty. According to a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health study, firefighters are twice as likely to get skin and testicular cancer and mesothelioma.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9