Detroit fire officials are investigating a suspicious fire at the department's former training center and whether sensitive records were left behind at the site. The fire started about 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fire Department's abandoned training academy at Warren and Lawton on Detroit's west side. The fire originated on the second floor of the six-story building, said Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

The owners of The Sub and and an adjoining business, which were destroyed in a 2015 fire, are suing the city of San Luis Obispo for more than $5 million, claiming that firefighters’ methods used to combat the blaze were “tantamount to arson.” The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court, alleges the Fire Department purposefully burned down the structure rather than put firefighters in harm’s way, and that city administration turns a blind eye to the department’s alleged “unwritten policies” of letting buildings burn.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Luis Obispo County Tribune

On New Year's Eve in St. Louis hundreds of shots were fired into the sky to celebrate the new year, and according to Issac Newton, they all landed somewhere. One of them ended up in a St. Louis firehouse, narrowly missing a firefighter. "It just so happen that the bullet came through the window adjacent to where he was standing and missed him," said St.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSDK-TV NBC 5 St. Louis

The Littleton Fire Department officially disbanded on New Year’s Day 2019 after 128 years. Now, South Metro Fire Rescue will take over the department’s duties. “Tradition and honor are really big in the fire service and certainly at South Metro Fire we wanted to make sure we honored the 128 years of tradition that Littleton Fire Rescue had established,” South Metro spokesmanEric Hurst said.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver

A house burned down in Prosser Tuesday morning while it was still being built. West Benton Fire Rescue responded to the home at Emick Lane and Nunn Road by the Prosser Airport around 5:15 a.m. The building was fully involved by the time the call came in. The cause of the fire is under investigation and no injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2019 6:37:08 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews