About 15 percent of Lime's Spokane fleet was charred in a warehouse fire Sunday night. A spokesperson for the company said about 150 e-bicycles and scooters were damaged in the fire near E. Mallon St. and N. Yardley St. Spokane Valley Fire crews were first to arrive and found flames coming out of the building.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:51:10 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

A Lexington County firefighter has died after he was struck by a semi while trying to help victims of a car crash. The fire service said Lexington County Fire Service Fire Engineer Paul Quattlebaum, a 22-year veteran of the agency, had been dispatched to a service call around 3:30 p.m. Friday. While he was headed to the scene, he and his partner saw a car crash in the 5200 block of Fairview Road.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLTX-TV CBS 19 Columbia

The 38th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service took place over the weekend at the National Fire Academy in Maryland. The sound of bagpipes and drums could be heard for miles as people gathered to remember and honor 119 fallen heroes from 2018 and previous years. The rainy weather didn’t stop over 5,000 people from silently listening to fire officials talk about brave men and women from all over the nation, who died protecting their community.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDVM-TV 25 Hagerstown

VIDEO: Authorities reported multiple injuries after a series of electrical explosions sent massive fireballs into the air Saturday night at a shopping and dining complex in Huntington Beach. Staff at the Old World German restaurant on Center Avenue noticed an odor coming from the underground electrical vault.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

The firehouse on John F. Kennedy Boulevard is just under a mile from Janice Pantano’s Central Avenue shore home, but on May 23, when Pantano called 911 to report her car on fire, it took 19 minutes before firefighters had begun spraying water at the scene. By the time the fire was put out, her car and her home were destroyed.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City