The local fire union wants to know why a multi-million dollar surplus, found by Metro government from last year's budget, can't be used to reverse cuts made this year. The city found an extra $4 million in an audit of the last fiscal year, which ended this past June. Now, it’s up to Metro Council to decide where that money will go.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAV-TV NBC 3 Louisville

VIDEO: Roanoke’s Fire Station 7 was recently demolished after nearly a century of serving Grandin Village, but people got to take a piece of its history home for free this weekend. Roanoke Fire EMS gave away more than 1,000 bricks salvaged from the historic structure, which had stood since 1922. The fire department tore down the firehouse to make way for a new, larger fire station on the same site.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSLS-TV NBC 10 Roanoke

Fire fighters from Benton County Fire District 1 say they did not find anyone inside a recreational vehicle that burst into flames Saturday morning; however, they did find the remains of a cat. The fire started at 7:45 a.m. in an RV at 203106 E. Bowles Road. Neighbors called 911 after seeing smoke and flames billowing from the RV.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19 Pasco

The Spokane Fire Department prevented more than $100,000 in damages to someone's home, which was threatened by a nearby fire Saturday morning. The fire sparked on the 500 block of South Regal just after 5 a.m. According to a press release, the first firefighters there found a small fire outside a single-story home that was rising up toward the house.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2019 9:21:18 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

A man is behind bars after allegedly trying to burn his parents house down earlier today. It happened in Benton City on Flagstone Drive. Benton County Sheriff's deputies say they got a call from the suspect's relative from inside the house who told them the 23-year-old wanted to burn it down. Deputies also say he was allegedly armed with a knife and started attacking family members.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2019 7:50:21 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com