Firefighters in Bethesda, Maryland, are in court after an argument over one firefighter's Confederate flag license plate. A Montgomery County firefighter with 10 years service says he spoke out against racism after seeing a fellow firefighter had the flag affixed to the front of his pickup truck. Fellow firefighters say in court documents requesting protective orders that the firefighter, Idris Debruhl, threatened them.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

Frank Doolittle leans against the rack of helmets, coats, coveralls and boots along the wall in the Summitville firehouse. The simple building sits along a flat stretch of Route 209 about eight miles south of Ellenville. Doolittle’s bald pate is offset by a bristly, brown beard that juts from his chin.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Middletown Times Herald-Record

A father and his two kids are in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after they suffered severe injuries when their mobile home caught fire this morning near Benton City. Action News was on scene and talked to the man who helped pull the children out of the burning home. "I saw the dad inside the house filled with flames, he was on fire," said Luis Madrigal, a witness at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

Middlebury (IN) Fire Department 100-foot midmount aerial platform quint. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins ISX 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump.

Crews worked Monday to contain a wildfire in Snohomish Country. Officials said 10 engines, seven crews and two helicopters were assigned to the steep slopes near Suiattle River Rd. in Darrington where the 70-acre fire was burning. No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is unknown.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 6:37:51 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5