Posted: Dec 7, 2023
PHOTOS: McLane Black Lake firefighters performed a water rescue after a roadway covered with water was blocked by a vehicle.
With the continued heavy rainfall in the Pacific Northwest Delphi Rd. between Cedar Flats and 32nd Ave. in Olympia was covered with water.
According to a social media post from the McLane Black Fire Department, a car tried to drive through the standing water and became disabled.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima
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Posted: Dec 7, 2023
VIDEO: Fire crews along the Skykomish River near Monroe say rescue drivers aided by a drone are to credit with saving the life of a man who fell into the dark, frigid and fast-moving flood waters.
Drone footage captured by Sky Valley Fire’s Assistant Fire Chief Ernie Walters shows the heat signature from rescue divers at 6:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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Posted: Dec 6, 2023
PHOTO: South County Fire’s Board of Commissioners swore in three members, including one newly elected commissioner, at a meeting Tuesday.
Retired Fire Chief Edward Widdis joins the board after being elected in November to one of two at-large commissioner positions. Widdis served as chief of Snohomish County Fire District 1 from 2003 to 2015 after spending 25 years as a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2023 8:58:39 PM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today
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Posted: Dec 6, 2023
Arson investigators are looking into the cause of a massive fire that tore through a home in Point Loma early Tuesday, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Brian Raines.
Both San Diego Fire and San Diego Police were alerted to the fire at about 5:30 a.m. by a call reporting a burglary and a fire at the home on Liggett Drive just north of Point Loma Park.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego
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Posted: Dec 6, 2023
VIDEO: An FDNY firefighter who spent over a year recovering from injuries he suffered fighting a house fire returned to work Monday.
Robert Velazquez was greeted as he walked back into Engine 257, Ladder 170 in Canarsie, Brooklyn. In a Facebook post, the FDNY said in part, "With the support of his family, friends, and his FDNY family, and through sheer determination and grit, Firefighter Velazquez is back at his second home, his firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York City
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