VIDEO: Seattle City Light says it is closely monitoring the Sourdough Fire burning near its Skagit Hydroelectric Project, consisting of three dams near the towns of Diablo and Newhalem. City Light is also assisting wherever possible to support operations, including with the use of heavy equipment and boating support for structure protection in connection with the hard-to-reach fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

VIDEO: It’s a rare sight in July... firefighters walking the Cle Elum Ridge in the Central Cascades Forest with drip torches in hand, setting fires. These men and women aren’t preparing for a wildfire. Essentially, they’re attempting to prevent the next big one—they’re working on what’s known as a prescribed burn, a burn that’s meant to return natural processes to the land.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 10:08:49 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

An explosion and fire at a Sherwin-Williams paint factory in Garland injured one employee and shut the facility down Monday morning, company officials said in a statement. The explosion happened around 1:15 a.m. Monday at the company's plant at South Shiloh Road and Forest Lane in Garland, according to the statement.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

VIDEO: In an emergency, we expect our first responders to be prepared for anything, but that comes with practice, which is exactly what Collier EMS is getting at Naples Community Hospital. Training in NCH’s new state of the art simulation center helps crews prepare for the unexpected. “Yes, this high intensity, low frequency occurrences, high intensity meaning catastrophic results if you don’t figure out what’s going on and low frequency meaning, I may not see one of these my whole career,” said Dr.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WINK-TV CBS 11 Fort Myers

Just over one year after a 7-year-old girl died in an Albertville house fire, one volunteer fire chief’s mission sparked by her death has put life-saving equipment in the hands of firefighters. Now, Alder Springs Volunteer Fire Department Chief James Edwards said his mission, Project Charlie, has been accomplished.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNT-TV CBS 19 Huntsville