Posted: Jun 19, 2017
INDIANAPOLIS -- A man suffered minor injuries after a truck belonging to the Indianapolis Fire Department crashed into his car on the way to another call. The crash happened at the intersection of 56th Street and Emerson Way near the Burger King.
The fire department says the truck was on its way to an apartment fire when the vehicle turned in front of them. The fire truck crashed into the side of the car.
The driver of the car was transported to the hospital to be checked out but is expected to be okay. No fire personnel were injured.
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Posted: Jun 19, 2017
King County deputies are looking into a grow operation that went up in flames at a house in Skyway overnight.
The home is near 66th Avenue South and South Langston. Firefighters said the fire was reported at 1 a.m. Monday and when they arrived, there was no one inside the home but discovered a marijuana grow operation.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 6:07:19 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7
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Posted: Jun 19, 2017
An auto repair and sales shop in Port Townsend went up in flames Saturday after someone lit a cigarette in a room filled with gasoline vapors, officials said.
When firefighters arrived to the fully-engulfed Custom Auto Craft and Sales at 2553 Cape George Road they took a defensive tact and focused on protecting nearby structures and vehicles, said East Jefferson Fire-Rescue spokesperson Bill Beezley.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 3:10:22 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Jun 19, 2017
An ambulance crew treated a firefighter for heat exhaustion after he battled a shop fire that caused about $2 million worth of damage near Harrah.
According to Yakima County Fire District 5, the fire began around 2:15 P.M. on the 300 block of Brown Road.
When firefighters arrived on scene, they found a large agricultural building in flames.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 2:28:33 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: Jun 19, 2017
The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death Saturday of Fire Chief Abraham Pitre, said Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz in a statement early Sunday morning.
Diaz called the 44-year-old Pitre's death "sudden" and that the "circumstances of the incident remain under investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyCentralJersey.com
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