The Uno Peak Fire burning in timber and rugged terrain 15 miles northwest of Manson has grown to 400 acres, according to a press release from the U.S. Forest Service. The fire was reported at 8:18 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Central Washington Interagency Communications Center. It’s currently at zero percent containment.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2017 3:26:35 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

The Pismo Beach man who was killed Thursday morning in a collision on Highway 41 in Kings County was a Santa Maria-based U.S. Forest Service battalion chief. Gary Helming, 47, sustained fatal injuries in the collision, which occurred south of Highway 33, according to the Kings County Coroner’s Office and the California Highway Patrol.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Luis Obispo County Tribune

A frantic mother rang the doorbell of the Orlando Fire Department’s Station One about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Her 26-day-old son was cradled in her arms, lifeless and blue after he’d stopped breathing moments before, OFD Lt. Tim Capps said. A firefighter took the baby from his mother, rushing him through the fire department’s largest station at 78 West Central Blvd.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel

Firefighters had to swim to a fire hydrant while rescuing a family from a burning home. In a Washington Post video, a crew from the Houston Fire Department responded to a fully-involved house fire in a flooded neighborhood. The house was surrounded by three feet of water, according Senior Fire Captain Jay Dillon.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Poor preparation by park crews and a massive failure of imagination allowed the November wildfire that began in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to grow, pick up speed and sweep through Gatlinburg and surrounding parts of Sevier County, leaving death and destruction in its wake, according to a federal review released Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News Sentinel