Giovanni Di Quattro, owner of the Rainbow Café, watched nervously as firefighters battled the three-alarm fire billowing out of the Heritage Building at 134 E. Main St. late Tuesday afternoon, just east of his restaurant. It was one of his cooks who discovered the fire, which ignited in a laundry room of the two-story building.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2017 1:50:28 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter

A two-alarm fire burned through the roof of a Milton senior living community Tuesday evening, according to East Pierce Fire & Rescue. It is unknown what caused the large blaze at the Alder Ridge Senior Apartments, 2800 Alder St., East Pierce Fire Chief Bud Backer said. Firefighters were dispatched to the complex about 6:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2017 1:44:10 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Many firefighters at New Milford Fire Company 1 will remember Frank Matagrano for his 43-plus years of dedication to the company as both a volunteer firefighter and an engineer. Matagrano, 75, died on Friday, nine days after he suffered a stroke, which then led to a heart attack as he was on his way to a scene.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northjersey.com

After over a year of surgeries in an attempt to heal his knee from infection, a firefighter underwent surgery to have his leg amputated. Reporter Herald reported that Berthoud Fire Protection District fire investigator Josh Macdonald was injured in a March 2016 house fire after pulling 75-year-old Cecil Ann Dunfee from her burning home.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com

Spokane Fire Department said they are seeing an increase of violent calls that have jeopardized the safety of first responders. The Spokane Fire Department responded to a house fire earlier this week. The homeowner became violent. He struck a firefighter in the face while being rescued. He became violent again, striking another first responder.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM.com