There’s a growing recognition that how a helmet moves and feels with the firefighter is just as important as how it protects.

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Michael Glenn Boddie of Atlanta is charged with damaging a gas line while operating his tractor-trailer at the Marietta Fire Department, failing to report the incident, and lacking insurance.

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Bellevue rabbi, his family and seven summer camp counselors escaped a house fire over the weekend by jumping from a second-story window, according to a colleague helping the family recover. No one was seriously injured, though Rabbi Sholom Elishevitz suffered minor burns to his hands and smoke inhalation.

The seven camp counselors, who were visiting from out of state, also escaped with minor injuries, according to Rabbi Mordechai Farkash, director of the Eastside Torah Center. The fire broke out around 5 a.m. Saturday at the family’s Bellevue home, which also served as a gathering place for meals and celebrations within the local Jewish community. “Everybody survived,” Farkash said. “The house is completely ruined, destroyed in ashes, and we’re going to have to help them rebuild.”

KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

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VIDEO: One firefighter was injured after a second-alarm fire tore through a commercial building in Midtown early Tuesday morning.

The fire broke out just before 4 a.m. inside a building on West 30th Street.

Video from the scene showed heavy flames shooting from the building’s windows as firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control.

A large emergency response converged on the area, with thick smoke billowing into the air.

Officials said the commercial building was unoccupied when the fire started.

One firefighter was injured while battling the blaze. Officials have not released the firefighter’s condition.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

WABC-TV ABC 7 New York City

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Firefighters continued battling a wildfire burning on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge on Monday as strong winds and steep terrain complicated efforts to contain the blaze.

The Lyle Hill Fire has burned an estimated 233 acres since it started Sunday afternoon near Lyle. The fire was initially estimated at a larger size Sunday and again Monday morning, but officials reduced the acreage estimate Monday afternoon after getting a better assessment of the burn area. Officials said no homes or other structures have been destroyed, but evacuation orders forced some residents to leave their homes.

A Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation order for the northern portion of Lyle was downgraded to Level 2 “Get Set” on Monday afternoon, according to Klickitat County Emergency Management. Temporary evacuation points in Goldendale and Lyle, along with the temporary shelter at Columbia High School in White Salmon, have closed.

Other Level 3 evacuation orders that had remained were also downgraded around 6 p.m. on Monday.

KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

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