A brush fire in Richland destroyed 15 acres of land after flames ripped through the area. The fire started around 11:30 Sunday morning near the 240 and Saint Street in Richland. According to the Richland Fire Department, initial reports indicate that a train had just gone by. However, firefighters have not been able to confirm the starting factor.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2018 3:37:26 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The abandoned house in the 700 block of North Sixth Avenue was becoming familiar to Yakima firefighters. In six months, firefighters were there four times putting out fires until the home eventually was demolished. It was one of 30 buildings listed by the city as abandoned and dangerous where firefighters responded to calls, sometimes more than once.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2018 9:08:25 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

A Swatara Township fire company is suspended and no longer responding to calls after an investigation into reports that some members were being subjected to racial slurs, harassment and bullying. Director of Fire Services Mike Ibberson said the Lawnton Fire Company was taken out of service on May 31.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penn Live

The FDNY is considering stationing one less firefighter at its busiest engine companies as part of a cost-savings measure to cover rising medical leave, officials said Thursday. As early as next week, the Fire Department might stop assigning a fifth firefighter to the 15 engine companies that had the extra help.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

At least 22 people were killed and 40 injured Thursday when explosions ripped through several fireworks factories in a Mexican town that has a long history of deadly blasts. The explosions occurred in Tultepec, a town in Mexico state known as the country’s pyrotechnic capital and the site of a blast that claimed 42 lives in 2016.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles TImes