Baltimore City Fire Department has had several engines and trucks out of service for months, a union says, raising concerns about longer response times and maintenance delays.

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Rappahannock Electric Cooperative donated a crane truck to Little Fork Volunteer Fire & Rescue’s large animal rescue team in Rixeyville.

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Cleveland City Council advanced a plan to accept up to $1.03 million in federal grant money to replace 151 aging mobile radios used by police, fire, and EMS vehicles.

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Five homes in East Newark were destroyed or badly damaged in a morning fire along President Street.

Multiple neighbors told News 12 New Jersey that the fire started when a motorcycle exploded while being repaired inside of a garage. Witnesses say the man working on the motorbike suffered serious burns before taken away by ambulance.

People evacuated their homes along President Street at around 11:15 a.m. as the fire grew in size. Residents in this section on East Newark live in row homes. They are three story structures with a family on each floor, making it possible that as many as 15 families will be touched by this.

News 12 spoke with one man who lives next door to the home where the fire started. Ricky Zhao heard that initial explosion. He heard people yelling for help and quickly got out of his home and out onto the street.

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PHOTOS: A piece of original artwork honoring firefighters who died in the Sept. 11 attacks now has a permanent home at Ashland Fire Station 1.

The Ashland Firefighters Local 1269 said the union and Ashland Fire & Rescue received the original painting “A Prayer for My Brother” from renowned artist and former Ashland firefighter William S. Phillips. The union said Phillips donated the artwork to Ashland Fire & Rescue.

Local 1269 called the painting “a powerful tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the firefighters who gave their lives on September 11, 2001, and to the brotherhood that continues to connect firefighters across generations.” The artwork is now on permanent display in the lobby of Fire Station 1, the union said.

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