A body camera captured some daunting moments in a Spokane County police officer’s life a couple of weeks ago. Deputy Brittan Morgan was out advising citizens to evacuate the quickly spreading Oregon Road Fire when he got caught in the middle of it. His body camera captured him driving on a road with flames burning on both sides of him.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS 27 Lexington

Every fire starts with a spark. How a spark gets its start may not be such an obvious fact. "What kicked it off, that’s the hard work our investigators are doing,” Washington Department of Natural Resources deputy communications director Joe Smillie said, in reference to the Oregon Road Fire burning near Elk.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The Sourdough fire in the Ross National Recreation area has had minimal growth with the arrival of cooler temperatures and light rain. The fire remains at 6,234 acres with 25% containment. Park officials have reopened some trails, and camps including Diablo and Gorge overlooks, East Bank, and Thunder Knob trails.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 23 Seattle

VIDEO: A driver and passenger were killed in an apparent street race when their vehicle crashed into a firetruck, injuring four crewmembers, in West Compton Tuesday. The crash was reported around 12:30 a.m. as the engine company was responding to a medical incident, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Craig Little said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles

VIDEO: A very scary situation, a 12-year-old boy now hospitalized after partaking in a TikTok challenge went wrong. "I woke up to him just screaming and I woke up so fast that I kicked the dog gate out of my door frame, and then I saw him, he was on fire," Tiffany Roper mother of 12-year-old boy said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Mesa