VIDEO: More than 50 fire personnel battled a two-alarm fire at a Burien elementary school on Wednesday morning. Crews responded before midnight to Southern Heights Elementary school on 14th Avenue South before midnight. The fire response blocked 14th Avenue. Fire officials said the fire happened on the roof of the school's gym.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Two people are dead from separate fires that started early Wednesday morning in Seattle. One person is dead, another person is in critical condition, and five others are injured after an apartment fire in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. Seattle Fire Department (SFD) crews responded to the 100 block of Vine Street at around 2 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Last Thursday, the Anacortes Fire Department celebrated the centennial birthday of the newly restored fire engine, Engine 2, and the first birthday of their new fire truck, Truck 29. The AFD conducted a ceremonial “push in” ceremony for their new firetruck. The new vehicle is a 2024 Pierce Aerial Ladder Truck, and it replaced their 2000 American LaFrance ladder truck.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2024 3:34:00 PM - SOURCE: goAnacortes - Metered Site

Marion Inc. supplied the Coralville Fire Department in IA with a Spartan Metro Star pumper featuring a Cummins engine and Waterous pump, enhancing their firefighting capabilities.

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Two boaters and a dog managed to escape unharmed Monday afternoon when a fire destroyed the boat they were on in San Francisco Bay. The fire burned the 45-foot vessel off Westpoint Harbor in Redwood City at around 1 p.m. The San Francisco Fire Department said one of its rescue boats was at the scene extinguishing the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco