VIDEO: Three Bellevue firefighters had to be hospitalized after responding to a two-alarm building fire on Wednesday. The initial call for the fire near the intersection of NE Eighth Street and 148th Avenue NE came in about 11:20 a.m. Smoke and flames were visible as crews arrived, according to Bellevue Fire Department Deputy Chief Doug Halbert.

Crews established an initial attack line to battle the fire, which was crawling up the outside of the building to the attic. “When we got here, we made a very quick attack on the fire to try to put it out as quickly as possible,” Halbert said. Firefighters entered the building to start a primary search and make sure it was fully evacuated. However, Halbert said the fire spread rapidly, and crews moved to a defensive position once it got too dangerous. “When you see the attic get to a certain level, it’s time to pull out,” Halbert said.

One civilian suffered minor injuries from burns, and they were not taken to the hospital. Deputy Chief Doug Halbert told KING 5 Wednesday evening that one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion, another suffered a minor back injury and a third suffered a cut to his arm.

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PHOTOS: Bellevue firefighters battled a large fire at an office building at 14670 NE Eighth St. on Wednesday, prompting a full closure of a stretch of the roadway, according to the city.

Firefighters confirmed that everyone inside the building had evacuated the building as Bellevue Fire and several neighboring agencies responded to the incident at the office building between 142nd and 148th Avenues in the Crossroads neighborhood.

Crews were dispatched to the fire at around 11:30 a.m. in response to reports of a fire on the first floor of the business, according to fire officials.

The fire quickly spread to the 2nd floor, and crews worked for a while to put out the flames and hot spots, fire officials said. Two firefighters were transported to local hospitals as a precaution for smoke and head impact, fire officials said.

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The New York City Fire Museum will reopen to the public Thursday after two years of repairs.

The museum, located in a renovated 1904 firehouse at 278 Spring St., has been closed since May 2024 because of concerns about the building’s structural integrity.

The reopening comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the deadliest day in FDNY history. Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore will attend.

The museum houses historic FDNY firefighting artifacts and memorabilia, including items dating to the era of horse-drawn apparatus. Despite the repairs, thousands of artifacts on display remained in place.

Visitors will enter through a new glass entrance featuring new flooring decorated with enlarged patches from FDNY and EMS houses across the city.

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VIDEOS: Investigators were out at the scene Thursday after a fatal midair crash left a pilot dead and two Pennsylvania state troopers injured.

They will be looking into what caused a small plane and a state police helicopter to collide midair in Central Pennsylvania Wednesday night.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are both investigating. The crash happened at the Carlisle Airport in Cumberland County, southwest of Harrisburg, around 7 p.m.

When first responders arrived at the scene, a Pennsylvania state police helicopter was on its side and a small plane was in pieces.

The acting commissioner of the state police said the helicopter crew, based out of Harrisburg, had been conducting routine training exercises.

“The pilots would not have been able to even see that airplane approaching them,” said Pennsylvania State Police Acting Commissioner Col. George Bivens, adding that it was a “very violent crash.”

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: Fire crews have responded to 11 fires in the area of the Shadow Hawk and Royal Hills apartments in Renton since June, causing concern for residents who had a close call with the most recent blaze to break out. The new numbers come after a juvenile was suspected of starting a brush fire behind the Royal Hills apartment complex during peak fire season.

Renton Regional Fire Authority and Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority responded to the brush fire near the 3000 block of Royal Hills Drive Southeast around 5:30 p.m. Monday. Video from the scene showed firefighters working behind the apartment complex as flames burned underneath transmission lines. Crews were able to knock down the fire and prevent it from spreading to the complex.

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