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

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

A 64-year-old Moses Lake man is dead after he became overwhelmed by flames and smoke in a late-night house fire on Sunday. Moses Lake Firefighters say the fire was reported at around 10 p.m. at a home on Crestmont Drive in Moses Lake. Crews arrived to find a two-story consumed by flames; black smoke and flames could be seen coming from the front and rear of the structure.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2023 11:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiber One News

PHOTOS: Newly released body camera videos show the emergency response to an explosion at a homeless encampment outside Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The explosion and subsequent fire happened on the morning of July 21 after witnesses in the encampment reported finding what they believed were improvised explosive devices around a tent where drug users were smoking fentanyl.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC/CW 4 Seattle

Russell fire chief Dylan Riedel now owns the motorcycle gas tank that changed his life forever when it exploded and engulfed him in flames this summer. It’s “just as a constant reminder that your life can change in an instant, so don’t take it for granted,” he said. The explosion happened less than 30 seconds after he got out of his fire truck.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wichita Eagle - Metered Site