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Posted: Nov 8, 2023

VIDEO: Crews respond to large encampment fire near I-5 on ramp near Seattle

Emergency crews responded to a large fire at an encampment next to Interstate 5 in Seattle Tuesday morning. Video from a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) camera shows large flames and a plume of black smoke coming from a structure on top of a hill near the northbound I-5 on-ramp from South Dearborn Street.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Nov 7, 2023

VIDEO: Fire burns historic air base hangar in Southern California

Fire damaged a historic hangar early Tuesday at the former Tustin Air Base in Orange County. The fire was reported at about 1:30 a.m. near Valencia Avenue and Armstrong Road, where flames were shooting through the roof of the towering wooden hangar. Parts of the roof fell to the ground, and firefighters took up positions outside the hanger, which is typically empty, due to the threat of collapse.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
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Posted: Nov 7, 2023

Arkansas fire station completed, aims to protect firefighters from cancer

VIDEO: The long-awaited North Little Rock Fire Station No. 8 is officially up and running following years of work and months of setbacks due to the March 31 tornado. NLR voters approved a half-cent sales tax back in 2017 to fund this new fire station, and it was almost complete prior to the spring tornado.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARK-TV NBC 4 Little Rock
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Posted: Nov 7, 2023

This Day in History: Heaven Hill Distillery in Kentucky burns in devastating fire

VIDEO: On this day in 1996, one of the country’s worst-ever distillery fires began. At the Heaven Hill warehouses in Bardstown, Kentucky, a fire started in the afternoon on Nov. 7 that eventually destroyed nearly 100,000 barrels of bourbon. A storm was brewing in the afternoon, with winds clocking in at 70 mph.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLWT-TV NBC 5 Cincinnati
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Posted: Nov 7, 2023

For a Texas mother and son duo, firefighting is a fulfilling occupation

The Central Fire Station of the Killeen Fire Department is a full-purpose building designed for long shifts. The kitchen area, with different refrigerators for firefighters working various shifts, the sleeping areas and even fitness equipment donated by Planet Fitness all showcased the unique and embedded qualities of being a firefighter, which is that it is not a 9 to 5 job.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Killeen Daily Herald
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