VIDEO: Pierce County Fire Marshals continued their search for what caused a roaring brush fire that destroyed a home in Parkland and threatened several others. The fire happened Tuesday afternoon along Brookdale Road East. During the investigation, fire agencies across the region were worried the dry weather conditions for the next several days could pose similar risks in other communities.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2023 11:29:42 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Renton Regional Fire Authority is highlighting its all-women firefighting team that responded to a plane crash Monday morning. We caught up with two of the women about the response and the efforts to get more women into firefighting. “We train a lot and we train often, but aircraft incidents are a rarity,” said Renton firefighter and EMT Jessica Clearman.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2023 11:27:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

VIDEO: For those who live there, Snag Island is paradise. “It’s very private, you end up feeling like you’re on your own little slice of heaven,” said Chris Leier. Life took a sudden turn early Saturday morning when Leier got a phone call about a neighbor's house going up in flames. "At that point, the house was completely gone,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2023 12:18:50 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A fiery crash on U.S. Highway 75 in Plano brought traffic to a halt Wednesday morning and also produced heavy smoke in the area, as crews were letting fuel burn off. The crash and fire happened around 5:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Highway 75 near Parker Road. The crash involved a tractor-trailer, and two people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

VIDEO: New technology is keeping Hendersonville firefighters safe. It’s a device called Lunar that has multiple applications, not the least of which is firefighter safety in a “MAYDAY” scenario. “If they are in a position where they are trapped and have to be evacuated, they can sound an alarm on this and it will send a signal to the other Lunar devices on scene,” said Assistant Chief George Edwards of the Hendersonville Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville