VIDEO: More than 400 elevators got stuck when a massive blackout wiped out power in parts of Manhattan on Saturday, the city’s fire commissioner said. The blackout left 73,000 customers without electricity for several hours on Saturday evening, Con Edison said. At a press conference on Sunday, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said more than 400 elevators got stuck during the outage.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

VIDEO: Finally, firefighters saw his face. Cardiologist Jebran Karam was buried under six to eight feet of rubble when his Ballantyne house exploded July 2, firefighters from Charlotte Fire Station No. 3 told reporters Friday. Somehow, Karam stayed conscious. He called 911 on his smartwatch and stayed on the phone with dispatchers, so his rescue team knew he was alive.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Charlotte Observer

Firefighters battled a brush fire near Cascade Valley Park on Saturday afternoon and believe they know what caused the blaze. According to Grant County Fire District #5 Battalion Chief Robert Horst, firefighters responded to reports of an outside fire in the area of Cascade Valley Park on the hill at approximately 12:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2019 7:45:32 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Authorities say a 30-year-old man was injured Saturday when he broke out his bedroom window to escape a fire that enveloped his home. Firefighters were called about 6 a.m. to reports of a home on fire at 3303 W. Seventh Ave., according to a Kennewick Fire Department news release. Arriving fire officials found a large volume of fire coming from the building and an injured resident in the front yard, the release said.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2019 6:42:40 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Unless you were at The Evergreen State College in the 1970s, you probably don’t know that students once served as firefighters — driving engines, handling hoses and coping with medical emergencies. Until he was asked to direct the documentary, Jonah Barrett said, “I didn’t know either.” And he’s an Evergreen grad, class of 2016.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2019 3:18:32 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian - Metered Site