A woman accused of setting fire to her home in Cinebar on Monday and ramming her car into a responding fire engine is now facing felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court. The woman, Katherina L. Howard, 29, was charged Tuesday with one count each of first-degree arson, first-degree malicious mischief, tampering with a fire alarm or firefighting equipment with the intent to commit arson, driving under the influence and hit-and-run to an attended vehicle.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:14:32 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

An extremely aggressive fire broke out Tuesday afternoon on Chicago's South Side. The Bronzeville building fire has since been put out, though firefighters have continued to pour water on it and are keeping an eye on hot spots. The Chicago Fire Department got the call around 3:40 p.m., and by then, the fire was on all floors of the three-story home in the 4500 block of South Michigan Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

Two Maine firefighter organizations hope to enroll volunteers from the state’s more than 400 departments in a new retirement program by the end of this year. Three quarters of the state’s fire departments are run by volunteer fire chiefs, who along with other volunteers, are not eligible for retirement benefits because they do not work as full-time firefighters, according to the Maine Fire Chiefs Association.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site

The Brewster Fire Department has a message for the motorists who “screamed at, cursed at and flipped the bird” at firefighters while they were working the scene of a car crash last week. On Wednesday, June 7, crews shut down a road near the intersection of state Route 241 and U.S. Route 30 and rerouted traffic after a minivan struck a motorcycle, seriously injuring one person.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland

In a Stanislaus County town with a population of 23,000 people, there’s one thing families may not know. Oakdale has a rich history in the fire engine industry, with one family business in town being the only fire engine manufacturer on the West Coast. In fact, Stanislaus County recently celebrated the centennial of the fire engine industry.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento