VIDEO/PHOTOS: The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service was held Sunday in Emmitsburg, Maryland, to honor 144 fallen firefighters. The event, hosted by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), was held at 10 a.m. The 42nd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend events honored 144 fallen firefighters; 79 firefighters who died in 2022 and 65 who died in previous years.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBFF-TV FOX 45 Baltimore

VIDEO: A first responder that tossed his cookies ended up helping a bakery go viral on social media. An apology in the form of a gag cake has drawn millions of eyes to a St. Albans sweets shop. Jacob Hernandez is a Charleston firefighter who took his annual physical agility test in March. "I get about halfway through the test after doing the Kyser test of evolution and I can feel it coming,” Hernandez recalled.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCHS-TV ABC 8/FOX 11 Charleston

The Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge in the Olympic National Park burned to the ground on Sunday around 4:30 p.m. The lodge was under construction and was fully engulfed in flames, said the Olympic National Park in a news release. No one was in the lodge during the fire and there were no injuries. The park said both Clallam County Fire District 2 and Port Angeles Fire Department responded to the fire and are currently in the mop-up phase.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The city of Airway Heights is receiving more than $1 million in grants to help buy and renovate the new fire station. City officials announced Wednesday the city will receive $1.3 million in grant money from the Washington state legislature to help purchase the city's new fire station. Before renovations can begin on the new building, however, a bond to fund them needs to be approved by voters during the August primary election.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 1:43:28 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

A massive three-alarm fire engulfed an industrial warehouse in Commerce Friday, sending thick smoke into the air and destroying what is believed to be a plastic manufacturing plant. The blaze erupted at about 3:40 a.m. in the 6500 block of Flotilla Street west of Davie Avenue. Los Angeles County Fire Department crews encountered flames leaping into the air, creating a massive plume of black smoke that could be seen for miles.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles