Posted: Jul 9, 2018
Video footage that surfaced Thursday raised new questions about the San Francisco Fire Department’s response to the Asiana plane crash on July 6, 2013, particularly its handling of a subsequent incident in which a fire rig ran over a 16-year-old girl.
“I mean, s— happens, you know?” San Francisco Battalion Chief Mark Johnson appears to say in footage from the camera attached to his helmet, according to a report published late Thursday by ABC7 investigative reporter Dan Noyes.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
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Posted: Jul 9, 2018
For years, firefighters at Seattle’s Station 31 have worried that the place where they barbecue steak and try to sleep between calls might be making them sick.
Red flags were first raised in the early 2000s, after a string of firefighters were diagnosed with cancer. But a subsequent study found no link between the station and the illness.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
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Posted: Jul 9, 2018
The Nisqually John Fire, sparked Wednesday afternoon along the Snake River in southern Whitman County, is 100 percent contained and fire officials say evidence shows it was likely human-caused.
The wildfire, which burned near Nisqually John Landing in the Snake River Canyon for more than three days, was first reported just after noon Wednesday — the Fourth of July.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Moscow-Pullman Daily News
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Posted: Jul 9, 2018
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Limestone Fire Protection District, Claremore, OK, AutoCAFS pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; and Darley Champion LDMBC 1,500-gpm pump.
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Posted: Jul 8, 2018
A man is behind bars for setting his West Seattle apartment on fire early Sunday.
Firefighters responded to the 4700 block of 42nd Avenue Southwest at about 1 a.m.
According to Seattle police, a man living in the apartment returned to the scene and told officials he had intentionally started the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2018 4:43:19 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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