Some black city firefighters, in a departmental dispute over facial hair, will not turn the other cheek. Four African-American FDNY members afflicted by a painful skin condition are bristling over their reassignments to light duty — because the ailment prevents them from getting a clean shave, the Daily News has learned.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

A firefighter is recovering at Harborview Medical Center after getting severe burns on his body while fighting wildfires in the state. Brett Read is many things. He is a husband. He is a father. He’s also a firefighter. He had risked his life to protect others for seven years. Recently, that risk of losing his life was closer than he’s ever experienced.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Orange flames were engulfing both sides of the multi-family home -- from the ground to the roof. And smoke was billowing into the air from the windows and the second-floor balcony, where four residents stood. The scene Friday morning on Kenwood Street was dire. Residents had no place to go -- their home was being taken over by flames and they couldn’t get to the front door.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brockton Enterprise

A savage brawl between two warring groups of FDNY firefighters at a Bronx firehouse has sparked multiple investigations and shocked even hardened department brass, The Post has learned. More than a dozen members pummeled three rivals with punches and kicks to the head during the melee, sources said.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

Two mobile homes were burned and other homes were threatened as two large brush fires burned in the South Sound Sunday, keeping firefighters across the region quite busy. The first fire began near Covington just after 4 p.m. when a witness spotted a fire in the 25000 block of 188th Ave. SE. Firefighters arrived to find a blaze moving toward a home and spreading into thick brush.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000