VIDEO: According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, a man has been arrested after a video showed a car racing around a fire truck with lights and sirens on in April. Deputies said 25-year-old Elijah Grove-Thomas faces felony and misdemeanor charges. According to Orange County Fire Rescue, the incident happened near Sand Lake and Winegard as they responded to a car fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Daytona Beach

PHOTOS: Anthony Cardiff knows exactly where he was on Aug. 21, 1963, even though it was nearly 60 years ago. It was the day he lost a leg; 19 other people were injured, and three Ashland firefighters were killed by an oil tank explosion at the Centre Coal Company off Route 9 in Framingham. "I remember there was no pain and I sat up," said Cardiff, who was 12 at the time.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Metro West Daily News - Metered Site

There were an estimated 42,795 fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes in 2022, down by 0.3% from the year prior, according to early estimates released in April 2023 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. While a reduction in crash-related deaths, even one as slight as this, is generally positive, the facts remain deeply concerning: Crash-related deaths rose more than 10% in 2021 and more than 7% the year before that, marking a disturbing trend leading into and persisting through the COVID-19 pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVZ-TV NBC/CW+ 21 Bend

VIDEO: People are starting to return to their homes as firefighters confirmed the Jenny Creek Fire near La Center, Wash. was 90% contained on Thursday. The fire, now at 32 acres, started Wednesday afternoon when a mobile home caught fire north of town and the flames spread up a hill, forcing nearby residents to flee.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

VIDEO: Dry, hot conditions made it easy for a brush fire to take off in Lakewood on Wednesday, forcing evacuations of several neighborhoods. Crews were able to get the upper hand, saving homes and lives in the process. Police went door-to-door to evacuate residents as the fire tore through Fort Steilacoom Park while firefighters attacked the flames from both the ground and the air.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2023 11:51:50 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle