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

A Lake Travis firefighter has returned to work more than six weeks after a severe firetruck crash on FM 620 left her injured. According to Lake Travis Fire Fighters, Lt. Rachel Zambrano returned to work Tuesday after a six-and-a-half-week recovery. Lt. Zambrano was riding in the fire engine on May 16 when she noticed its engineer was suffering a medical emergency.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVUE.com

Finding people willing to work as emergency responders is getting to be a tough task. A lack of trained paramedics and emergency medical technicians stresses emergency networks in Aberdeen and surrounding rural areas, said Keith Sharisky with Aberdeen Fire & Rescue. That's why the department is striving to become a paramedic education center that provides new training programs.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

Firefighters and construction technicians finally freed a man whose hand has become caught in an excavator in Bellevue on Thursday afternoon. Crews were working at a gas station in the 13900 block of NE 20th Street when the incident happened around 3:20 p.m., according to Lt. Camari Olson with Bellevue Fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 6:12:22 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Fireworks are the suspected cause of a blaze in a Lake Stevens cul-de-sac that damaged five houses late Wednesday night. The fire in the 900 block of 17th Street Northeast was ruled an accident by the Lake Stevens Fire Department, but details are still under investigation. There were no injuries, but damage was estimated at $1 million.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 5:45:33 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times