VIDEO: A building on the campus of a southeast Charlotte prep school was destroyed by a three-alarm fire Monday night, officials said. Charlotte firefighters responded to a fire at Charlotte Preparatory School on Boyce Road a little before 11 p.m. When firefighters arrived, they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the building.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCNC-TV NBC 36 Charlotte

Hundreds of safe e-bike and scooter charging and storage stations will soon be installed across New York City’s public housing buildings as a way to prevent battery fires. Mayor Eric Adams, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday announced plans to install 173 outdoor stations at 53 NYCHA developments starting next year, with a total of 327 stations planned.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 6sqft

VIDEO: Firefighters have a new tool for rescues in rural areas of northern Santa Barbara County. Fire Station 21 in Old Town Orcutt has a new UTV which can be used to quickly reach injured hikers or anyone trapped in a remote area. Every second counts when someone’s injured and trapped in a hard-to-reach location.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSBY-TV NBC/CW+ 6 San Luis Obispo

Pennsylvania has just over 1,800 registered fire departments. Nearly all – 98.6 percent to be exact – are registered volunteer or mostly volunteer departments with the Keystone State ranking third in the country behind Delaware and Minnesota. Those who volunteer with their local companies in their local communities are heroes in almost every sense of the word.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Politics PA

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday warned of the return of locally acquired cases of malaria, meaning the infections were not linked to foreign travel and appear to have been transmitted by mosquitoes in the U.S. carrying the parasite. So far, there have been four locally acquired cases of malaria in Florida and one in Texas within the last two months.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News