VIDEO: The North Charleston City Council voted unanimously to approve a study identifying and addressing risks for onboard ship fires at Charleston Ports. The study is being funded by a grant received from the South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs totaling $247,381. The main goal of this study is to ensure marine firefighters and port workers have the proper training and resources to act in an emergency.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston

PHOTOS: Firefighters battled a fire that destroyed a home in Bonney Lake early Saturday morning. East Pierce Fire crews said the fire started at 4:38 a.m. in the 21100 block of Snag Island Drive East. Crews said when they got there the home was fully engulfed. Everyone and one dog made it out safely, but one dog did not survive.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

PHOTOS: Crews are treating two people and controlling an active fuel leak after a plane crashed at Renton Municipal Airport Monday morning. The Renton firefighters union first tweeted about the crash at 9:16 a.m. According to the union, the first arriving engine reported a "single plane upside down on runway with 2 patients" at Clayton Scott Field.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

The Level 3 evacuation Levels have been reduced to Level 2 - Be Ready to Evacuate - as of Sunday night, according to Okanogan County Emergency Management. The fire, known as the Eagle Bluff Fire, has burned an estimated 10,000 acres as of 2:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. According to Okanogan County Emergency Management (OCEM), a Red Cross Shelter has been set up at Oroville High School at 1008 Ironwood St in Oroville.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

The Pacific Northwest has seen a significant increase in human-caused wildfires compared to the same time last year, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Officials say since June 1, there have already been 197 human-caused or undetermined caused fire starts that have impacted National Forest lands in Oregon and Washington.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMTR-TV NBC 16 Eugene