Officials released new information about the fire that tore through The Dive, a floating bar and restaurant on Lake Winnipesaukee.

According to the state fire marshal’s office, the fire was reported around 3:40 p.m. Saturday, while the boat was anchored at the Smalls Cove sandbar in Alton and open for business.

Firefighters from Alton, Gilford, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro responded to put out the flames. The New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol also helped with the response.

No civilian injuries were reported, though the Alton Fire Department confirmed one firefighter had a minor injury.

In a statement, Alton Fire Department Chief Reinert said firefighters had limited resources, with a handful of departments able to use boats with firefighting capabilities on the lake.

High boat traffic on the lake Saturday also made the response harder, as crews had to get around other boats.

State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey said investigators think the fire started in the kitchen area. The fire is not considered suspicious, and the vessel owner has been fully cooperative with the investigation.

WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester

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VIDEO: In the Horse Capital of the World, horses once played a role far removed from racing and farming, they were central to public safety.

Sunday marked exactly 100 years since the Lexington Fire Department’s last horse-drawn fire response. The response team was dispatched from the city’s current Station 3.

Mayor Linda Gorton issued a proclamation designating July 26, 2026, as ‘Lexington Fire Horse Heritage Day.’ In 1926, Lexington had four operating fire stations, all located downtown.

Three of them were designed to house horse-drawn response units. A century later, the department now operates 24 stations spread across the city.

Fire Chief Jason Wells said the department’s structure was also different then. “There were paid members back then. They essentially lived at the fire station. There were not a lot of shifts or anything like that, they were pretty much there full time,” Wells said.

Today, Lexington residents will likely hear sirens when the fire department responds to an emergency. In 1926, that sound was different.

“The wagons would have bells on them. There was a rope attached and the members who were riding on that wagon would ring the bell, and that was sort of the notification to, you know, move out of the roadway,” Wells said.

WKYT-TV CBS 27 Lexington

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Firefighters were working to extinguish a structure fire likely caused by an electrical box near New River Monday morning.

Crews were dispatched to the area of Central Avenue and Honda Bow Road, west of New River Road just before 5 a.m., where they arrived to find heavy flames engulfing a building.

The extinguishment appeared to prove more complex than a typical structure fire due to a large number of items scattered across the property, including several RVs, cars and at least one boat.

All residents had evacuated before firefighters arrived. No injuries were reported, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

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VIDEO: Two fires in White Swan destroyed more than 20 structures including 16 homes and pushed the Yakama Nation to declare a state of emergency. State-mobilized crews were still fighting The Signal Peak Fire and The White Swan Fire as response teams worked across the area. At about 2:15 p.m. Monday, air support was visible overhead as several agencies responded after state mobilization was granted for both fires.

A close look around White Swan showed heavy damage. The post office burned and two homes next to it were reduced to rubble, while downed power lines added to the destruction across town. Ryan Chadwick with South Puget Sound’s strike team explained that his crews were working in unfamiliar terrain. He said high winds and dry vegetation made the fire fight harder.

Fire officials told the reporter some control lines had been completed, but conditions could still shift. Yakima County Fire District 5 Deputy Chief Joel Byam said the focus was on keeping the fire from spreading farther. “It’s really being present in the community. It’s putting out some hotspots, watching for anything that kind of pops up. Looking at the, the homes that did burn, the properties that did burn and helping those property owners that, that lost things are what can we do to help them in their community,” said Joel Byam.

For some families, the loss was immediate and personal. Little Man Scabbeyrobe said he lost the home where he had lived for the past 21 years. “We don’t know what we’re going to do next. I just got here yesterday, and as soon as I rushed back, I try to come in and try to save my things. But they blocked every road and said I couldn’t get in. Now we’re just going to find somewhere to stay with our family members,” said Scabbeyrobe.

Residents nearby also told NonStopLocal they had been without power since Saturday. The community was also turning toward recovery as help efforts began to take shape. Harrah Elementary School was being used as an evacuation center. The Wapato and Toppenish longhouses were asking for hygiene donations, and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in White Swan was making meals for people in need.

KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

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VIDEO: 16 apartments were destroyed in a Spokane Valley fire on Sunday afternoon. The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) says the fire was burning all five floors of Building 8 of Eagle Rock Apartments. About 60 people are displaced. SVFD says they got calls reporting the large fire around 1:23 p.m. 60 fire personnel and 33 apparatus reported to the scene.

Fire officials said at a press conference on Monday that the fire affected 24 apartments and destroyed 16. SVFD said Monday that crews rescued 10 pets from the building, and 5 pets were killed in the fire. No injuries were reported by residents or firefighters. Rey Fuller lived in one of the 16 destroyed apartments.

She says she wasn’t supposed to be home initially the day of the fire. “Thankfully, plans fell through and I was actually home,” said Fuller. Fuller says the fire crept up the side of her apartment instantaneously, only giving her enough time to grab her two cats and one singular jacket.

KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

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