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Posted: Nov 7, 2023

Arkansas fire station completed, aims to protect firefighters from cancer

VIDEO: The long-awaited North Little Rock Fire Station No. 8 is officially up and running following years of work and months of setbacks due to the March 31 tornado. NLR voters approved a half-cent sales tax back in 2017 to fund this new fire station, and it was almost complete prior to the spring tornado.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARK-TV NBC 4 Little Rock
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Posted: Nov 7, 2023

This Day in History: Heaven Hill Distillery in Kentucky burns in devastating fire

VIDEO: On this day in 1996, one of the country’s worst-ever distillery fires began. At the Heaven Hill warehouses in Bardstown, Kentucky, a fire started in the afternoon on Nov. 7 that eventually destroyed nearly 100,000 barrels of bourbon. A storm was brewing in the afternoon, with winds clocking in at 70 mph.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLWT-TV NBC 5 Cincinnati
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Posted: Nov 7, 2023

For a Texas mother and son duo, firefighting is a fulfilling occupation

The Central Fire Station of the Killeen Fire Department is a full-purpose building designed for long shifts. The kitchen area, with different refrigerators for firefighters working various shifts, the sleeping areas and even fitness equipment donated by Planet Fitness all showcased the unique and embedded qualities of being a firefighter, which is that it is not a 9 to 5 job.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Killeen Daily Herald
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Posted: Nov 6, 2023

Man dies in Moses Lake house fire

A 64-year-old Moses Lake man is dead after he became overwhelmed by flames and smoke in a late-night house fire on Sunday. Moses Lake Firefighters say the fire was reported at around 10 p.m. at a home on Crestmont Drive in Moses Lake. Crews arrived to find a two-story consumed by flames; black smoke and flames could be seen coming from the front and rear of the structure.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2023 11:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiber One News
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Posted: Nov 6, 2023

VIDEO: Newly released body camera footage shows response to encampment explosion outside Seattle hospital

PHOTOS: Newly released body camera videos show the emergency response to an explosion at a homeless encampment outside Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The explosion and subsequent fire happened on the morning of July 21 after witnesses in the encampment reported finding what they believed were improvised explosive devices around a tent where drug users were smoking fentanyl.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC/CW 4 Seattle
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