A video shows a firefighter falling out of a burning home while evacuating. WJAR reported that 28-year veteran Lt. Michael Hillier fell head-first out of a second-story window while trying to escape the flames. “He fell evacuating the building,” Battalion Chief Steven Houle said. “He was coming down the ladder.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

PHOTO - The Martins Ferry Volunteer Fire Department’s new purple fire engine is in service. In fact, it was christened Wednesday when it was called to a minor traffic accident on Ohio 7 at Hanover Street, Lt. Justin Matz said. The custom pumper truck, which cost $488,616, was manufactured by Sutphen in Columbus, Ohio.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times Leader

“I wouldn’t want them to save my life,” said Yakama Nation tribe member Wade Ohms. Ohms says he wouldn’t trust the EMTs from Yakima’s American Medical Response team, who recently posted controversial comments on Facebook about Native Americans. “That’s really unprofessional. As EMTs, emergency technicians, that’s really sad to hear someone say something like that,” said Ohms.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

More than 30 firefighters from across the Upper Yakima Valley responded to a fire that injured one person and damaged a Lancaster Road home Wednesday morning. A resident of 600 Lancaster Road returned home about 7 a.m. to find a fire burning on the ground floor of the house, according to Selah Deputy Fire Chief Jim Lange.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 10:53:58 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

The Seattle Fire Department ruled Wednesday that Tuesday night’s large barge fire on the Duwamish River was accidental and it estimated damage at $1 million. The barge was loaded with crushed cars — scrap metal — and fire officials did not say exactly how the fire began. The barge was moored in the 600 block of S.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 8:15:09 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13