In 2006, the Tripod Complex fire tore through the Okanogan National Forest. The fire was bad, but its effect on the wildlife habitat was worse. Canada lynx, an elusive medium-sized wildcat, have struggled to keep numbers up in the North Cascades while wildfire have eaten up their historic range. Lynx love dense forests, so do wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 11:27:59 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Tacoma

A roof collapsed at a church after a three-alarm fire sparked Monday morning in southwest Oklahoma City. Shortly before 5:15 a.m., a passerby called authorities to report a fire at a church near Southwest 74th Street and Walker Avenue, just off Interstate 240. Fire department officials said crews arrived and found heavy flames on the front side of the God of No Limits Family Ministries.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City

New information is emerging about a train derailment in Somerset County that sent flames and smoke above Moosehead Lake Saturday morning. Bill Jarvis, chief of the Jackman-Moose River Fire & Rescue Department, was one of the first responders on the scene. Jarvis said it was an ‘absolute miracle’ the three workers, all from Maine, were not more seriously hurt.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABI-TV CBS 5 Bangor

VIDEO: Ten years ago today, the tiny town of West, Texas drew the attention of the world when a fertilizer plant exploded. It was a fire inside the West Fertilizer Company, which sparked the detonation of 30 tons of fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate. While ammonium nitrate is powerful enough to make bombs in Afghanistan, it's also been used for crop production in America for decades.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT-TV CBS 11 Fort Worth

VIDEO: As a tribute to Volunteer Fire Departments (VFDs), Straub Brewery, along with their wholesale and retail partners, recently launched a statewide program to raise awareness and support the critical role of VFDs in protecting Pennsylvania’s communities. In March of 2023, over 2,000 cases of Straub Brite Cans were packaged with a commemorative label honoring VFDs and shipped to Wholesalers.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brewers In Pennsylvania