VIDEO: Knowing what their cat, Meows, went through, enduring and surviving the Gray Fire, Jamie DeAndre and her daughter Jasmine, are holding her a little tighter. "She’s just such a good kitty," DeAndre said. "And just such a strong kitty." Strong only begins to describe Meows. Jamie was in downtown Spokane when she found out a wildfire was quickly moving in on her home.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

As fatal drug and alcohol overdoses continue to outpace last year’s record-setting 1,001 deaths in King County, Seattle officials spent the summer beefing up the city’s emergency response to drug use and overdoses in public places. They’ve pumped money into mobile methadone clinics. They are considering investing in a facility for people to recover from overdoses.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2023 3:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times Online - Metered Site

VIDEO: A four-alarm fire that sparked in Downtown Tulsa on Saturday damaged restaurants, apartments and some businesses, officials say. Two downtown Tulsa restaurants and bars burned, gutting an entire building with apartments on the second floor. Small puffs of smoke still rose from the ruins of the building, 24 hours after the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-DT CBS 6 Tulsa

Ronny J. Coleman, a revered nationally-recognized fire service leader for half a century, who served as California State Fire Marshal and as the chair of the CSFA Volunteer Committee, passed away Sept. 19 in Sacramento. Chief Coleman had been the Fire Chief of the City of Fullerton Fire Department when he was appointed in 1992 by Governor Pete Wilson to the position of State Fire Marshal, a position he held for 8 years.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: California State Firefighters' Association

Two more firefighters have died from illnesses related to their work at the World Trade Center during and after the 9/11 terror attacks, officials announced on Sunday. Their deaths bring the overall toll linked to 9/11-related diseases among members of the Fire Department of the City of New York to 343, which is equal to the number of FDNY members who died on the day of the attacks, the department said.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York