Multiple townhomes were damaged on Monday in a massive fire at a complex in Raleigh. Sky 5 flew over the scene on Maplecroft Court in Raleigh, off of TW Alexander Drive, and saw several homes on fire.

According to the Raleigh Fire Department, firefighters were called around 4:15 p.m. More than 65 firefighters from the Raleigh and Durham fire departments responded to the fire.

Firefighters told WRAL News that no one was injured in the fire and no one was home, adding that one cat was rescued. A neighbor, named Larry, shared a video with WRAL News moments after the fire started.

“What I saw first was the siding of the unit just melting away,” he said. Assistant Chief of the Raleigh Fire Department Stephen Corker said the fire took an hour and a half to get under control.

He said the biggest challenge was the ongoing drought. “It is dry, and that allows ground vegetation to catch fire easily. And with the high temperatures, it uses a lot of manpower to rotate crews through. Keep them fresh,” he said.

WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh

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PHOTOS: A gas grill fire early Monday morning in Bothell spread into a home, sending firefighters into heavy smoke conditions and prompting a rescue of a dog reported to be inside. Just after 12:40 a.m. Monday, June 15th, Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue crews responded to reports of a gas grill on fire against a home in the North Creek neighborhood.

When firefighters arrived, they found fire extending from the grill area at the back of the house into the structure. Crews launched an interior attack and conducted searches to make sure everyone was out of the home. As firefighters worked to contain the blaze, the fire spread into the attic and through a portion of the roof. Crews pulled ceilings and opened concealed spaces to find and extinguish hidden fire, and were able to stop the fire before it spread further through the home.

KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

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Last Friday, Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) crews responded to one of the more unusual calls of the year: a cow moose stranded in a backyard pond.

After the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife advised they wouldn’t be able to respond until the following day, volunteers from Humane Evacuation Animal Rescue Team (HEART) and their Technical Large Animal Rescue (TLAR) team stepped in and requested assistance from SVFD.

SVFD says rescuers developed a plan to help the moose back onto dry land. Crews tried several options, including building a ladder ramp. Initially, the moose refused to use the ramp, but eventually was able to climb out of the pond and quickly returned to grazing nearby.

Despite being stuck in the pond for approximately five hours, she appeared to have avoided any serious injuries. “A huge thank you to the dedicated volunteers with the Humane Evacuation Animal Rescue Team HEART Spokane and their Technical Large Animal Rescue Division. Their expertise played a critical role in the successful outcome of this rescue,” said SVFD in a Facebook post.

KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

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PHOTOS: The Juniper Dunes fire northeast of Pasco in Franklin County had spread across nearly 10,600 acres, or 16 square miles, by Monday evening and was 0% contained, according to the Southeast Washington Inter-agency Team. The Washington Fire Chiefs Association reported that the fire appeared to be human caused, but provided no details.

No structures have burned, but late afternoon Monday a Level 2 evacuation order was issued for areas near the Juniper Dunes in Franklin County. Franklin County Emergency Management has posted the evacuation zone on its Facebook page. Residents were told there was a significant threat in their area and that they should be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice.

The fire had been burning toward the northeast since Saturday night from the area around the northern part of Juniper Dunes Road, driven at times by the wind. On Monday, it was burning in the Juniper Dunes recreation area 10 miles northeast of Pasco and spreading into the Juniper Dunes Wilderness. Southeast Washington Inter-agency Incident Management Team personnel had arrived to help on Sunday.

About 80 fire crew members were on scene Monday, and the fire also was being fought from the air with multiple air tankers using water from the Snake River, according to the fire chiefs association. As fire spread into the wilderness area, access to it with firefighting vehicles as not possible, and firefighting was being done with hand tools. There are no roads or maintained trails in the wilderness area. No firefighters have been injured.

Tri-City Herald – Metered Site

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Morehead City Fire-EMS has opened a new $2 million Station 3, replacing temporary facilities used since Hurricane Florence.

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