Local and state firefighters are working to contain the Roza Creek Fire burning in the Yakima River Canyon between Yakima and Ellensburg. At last check the fire was more than 600 acres and growing. A type 3 firefighting team was expected to arrive Thursday taking over command of the fire. Level 1 evacuation notices were issued Wednesday by the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office for those living on Roza View Drive and Burbank Creek Road, meaning residents need to stay alert and prepare to leave if the fire grows close to homes.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2023 2:16:14 PM - SOURCE: KATS-FM 94.5 Yakima

St. Louis City firefighters battled a huge fire overnight at an old north city Catholic Church that was turned into an indoor skate park. The fire was so intense that the embers spread to a building two blocks away. What's left of the old St. Liborius Church is ‘Sk8 Liborius,’ on the Hogan and North Market streets, until the huge fire gutted the building overnight.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

PHOTOS: The anniversary of American independence has added significance this year for the Friends of Engine 64 Inc., a nonprofit that now owns the Hahn pumper that Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company put in service on July 4, 1983. What is known as Six-Four served Chestertown until 2010, when it was donated to a fire company in Brierfield for what would be a decade of added service for several communities in rural Alabama.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kent County News - Metered Site

A dramatic water rescue unfolded in real time Wednesday afternoon in the Passaic River in Garfield, and CBS New York brought it to you live on television and online. With the Passaic River roaring around them, two first responders stood knee-deep in their Clifton Fire dingy. "It's thrilling, but not so much for the poor guys that are in the river," witness Bernard Gustafson said.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV CBS 55 Riverhead

Panama City Beach in Florida is now the deadliest in the U.S. so far in 2023 after three more deaths this past weekend. Despite double red flag warnings, which mean no swimming is allowed in the Gulf, heavy rip currents led to the three drownings and dozens of rescues. National Weather Service statistics show that Panama City has had seven rip current-related deaths in the past nine days, more surf zone fatalities than any other beach in the U.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Hill