Huge flames destroyed several businesses in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. A massive plume of smoke could be seen rising from the 6-alarm fire on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters arrived at the scene four minutes after the initial call just before noon Sunday. Officials say the flames appeared to start in a chocolate shop and spread to at least nine nearby retail stores.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Two Bridgeport firefighters, Necole Dundy Pittman and Montique Pettway-Moore, took a historic step forward together Friday - breaking a glass ceiling. Both are veteran lieutenants who are now captains — the first women captains in the department's history. "This is a moment to be proud of, and I understand the magnitude of my achievement," said Pettway-Moore.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Connecticut

Firefighters in San Bernardino County found themselves running to safety after encountering a massive, boulder-filled mudslide barreling towards them Sunday as heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Hilary battered the area. KTLA learned that crews at Fire Station 99 in the Forest Falls area heard a loud noise that they went to check out.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles

First responders rescued an elderly woman Friday afternoon who had been trapped under a fallen tree limb at her home on Wakefield Avenue in Port Washington, the Port Washington Fire Department said. The woman received non-life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to North Shore University Hospital by the Nassau County Police Department Aviation Unit.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Island 360

The trick to fighting wildfires in the steep canyons of the north Cascades is to look for every available resource, even rock faces, to hold back and contain the flames, said veteran firefighter Alan Lawson. Hundreds of firefighters are using those tactics now against the more than 4,500-acre Sourdough fire in North Cascades National Park.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle