Firefighters continued battling a wildfire burning on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge on Monday as strong winds and steep terrain complicated efforts to contain the blaze.

The Lyle Hill Fire has burned an estimated 233 acres since it started Sunday afternoon near Lyle. The fire was initially estimated at a larger size Sunday and again Monday morning, but officials reduced the acreage estimate Monday afternoon after getting a better assessment of the burn area. Officials said no homes or other structures have been destroyed, but evacuation orders forced some residents to leave their homes.

A Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation order for the northern portion of Lyle was downgraded to Level 2 “Get Set” on Monday afternoon, according to Klickitat County Emergency Management. Temporary evacuation points in Goldendale and Lyle, along with the temporary shelter at Columbia High School in White Salmon, have closed.

Other Level 3 evacuation orders that had remained were also downgraded around 6 p.m. on Monday.

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VIDEO: What started as a Facebook Marketplace listing has turned into a years-long passion project for Yuma firefighter Raul Carlos.

Carlos, who has spent the last 10 years in the fire service, found the vintage 1978 Pierce fire engine online and knew he couldn’t pass it up.

“When I saw it, the listing was posted maybe a couple days, and it was one of those where I knew I had to do it,” Carlos said.

The fire engine has a long history.

Originally built for a fire department in Ohio, it later made its way to Arizona, where several owners began restoring it before Carlos took over the project.

Despite its new purpose, the truck still operates much like a traditional fire engine.

“You have a captain, you have a driver, or what we call engineers,” Carlos explained. “All these switches control how you get water to your nozzles and your hoses.”

But inside the truck’s compartments, the story changes.

Carlos is converting the fire engine into a mobile tap truck featuring eight taps capable of serving everything from nitro cold brew and lemonade to mocktails and other specialty drinks.

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VIDEO: A massive three-alarm fire gutted a historic church in San Francisco’s lower Pacific Heights neighborhood Monday afternoon, prompting evacuations and leaving the 134-year-old structure in ruins.

Despite the extensive damage to the San Francisco Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church, located at the intersection of California and Broderick streets, the San Francisco Fire Department reported no injuries or permanent displacements.

The blaze is now contained.

All evacuation and shelter-in-place orders were lifted by Monday evening. However, the area remained an active scene.

Firefighters were expected to remain on “firewatch” through Tuesday to monitor hot spots and prevent the fire from rekindling.

The fire broke out around 1:15 p.m. Monday, sending thick plumes of smoke wafting into nearby homes and forcing some residents to wear masks outdoors.

Eventually, some 100 firefighters were assigned to knock down the flames. The church, built in 1892, was constructed with a significant amount of wood and featured extensive void spaces that allowed the fire to spread rapidly.

KNTV NBC 11 San Jose

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Fifty percent of Suffolk's coverage area is non-hydranted rural land, so the department needs a robust water carrying capacity.

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Sixteen-year-olds in Washington will soon be eligible to enroll in initial emergency medical responder (EMR) and emergency medical technician (EMT) training courses under a new rule adopted by the Washington State Department of Health.

The Department of Health’s Office of Community Health Systems announced it has officially filed a CR-103 rule adoption with the Office of the Code Reviser to amend state regulations governing EMS training programs. The rule change implements House Bill 1722, passed by the Legislature in 2025, which authorizes students as young as 16 to begin EMR or EMT education.

The adopted amendments revise Washington Administrative Code sections 246-976-022 and 246-976-041, expanding eligibility for initial EMS training while maintaining existing program requirements for approval and enrollment.

According to the Department of Health, the rule was filed June 22 and formally adopts changes allowing 16-year-old students to enroll in initial EMR and EMT training courses. The agency said the changes are intended to align state regulations with the legislative requirements established in House Bill 1722 and codified in state law.

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