A 21-year-old former San Bernardino County Fire Explorer is suspected of starting numerous fires that resulted in more than $5 million in damages as a diversion to burglarize fire stations across Southern California, the Orange County Fire Authority said Tuesday. Christian David Saddler, of Hesperia, has been serving a five-year prison sentence on an arson and burglary conviction since July, authorities said.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles

On a January night in 1883, flames engulfed Milwaukee’s Newhall House hotel, among the tallest buildings in the nation at the time. In just two hours, the fire killed more than 70 people. The fire remains among the deadliest unsolved arsons in U.S. history. The tragedy drew global attention to Milwaukee, with heart-wrenching stories of victims who were burned to death or killed as they leapt from the burning building.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Magazine

MTSU Police has joined hundreds of law enforcement and emergency personnel from throughout Rutherford County to take part in a first-ever comprehensive training program to better coordinate response to major incidents and active threats in the county. MTSU Police Capt. Jeff Martinez, a U.S. Army veteran, is among a group of instructors who is helping train roughly 1,200 emergency personnel by the end of the year made up of law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel representing Rutherford County, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, Eagleville, MTSU and Motlow State Community College.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mufreesboro Voice

Firefighters battled a 2-alarm blaze early Wednesday morning at an abandoned lumber mill in Snohomish. The fire began at about 12:45 a.m. near Harvey Airfield east of SR 9. The first units on scene arrived to find the building engulfed in flames and called for additional help, going to a second alarm, according to Asst.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has announced they are sending crews to help a hand in Alaska with fires. The Department of Resources sent a press release on Tuesday with the following information: This week, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) dispatched 69 more wildland firefighters to Alaska to help fight the raging, record-breaking wildfires there.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19 Pasco