Fire agencies across Spokane County are reporting an increase in illegal burning calls and uncontrolled fires across the county. Burning outdoors, including yard debris, is not allowed in most areas of Spokane County, and recreational fires are currently allowed until burn restrictions are put in place later this summer.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:44:05 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

A massive fire destroyed a barn in far west suburban Sugar Grove Thursday. Firefighters from Elburn and Countryside assisted in containing the fire in the barn at 3-S-598 Bliss Rd. The fire was in a rural area with no fire hydrants, requiring tanks of water to be shuttled in. The barn was destroyed in the fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

VIDEO: The Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS team has a new way of treating patients dealing with pain, that's also addressing the state's opioid epidemic. It's called the Nitronox and it's inside every AMFEMS ambulance. It's a portable machine that uses a mix of oxygen and nitrous oxide to treat patients for pain while they're on a scene or in the back of an ambulance headed toward the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville

VIDEO: A team effort was underway in Escondido to rescue one of their trucks from an "active sinkhole" that formed beneath the truck Thursday evening. Escondido police said they heard the radio call for assistance around 4:40 p.m. from a firefighter who said their engine had partially succumbed to a sinkhole in a church parking lot in the 1000 block of West Country Club Lane.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS 8 San Diego

VIDEO: Like many kids, current Middlebury senior Emily Jones was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records as a child. "I thought it was cool and wanted to have a record," said Jones. While sifting through an extensive list of records months ago, Jones found a section of categories all having something to do with firefighting.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTZ-TV NBC 5 Plattsburgh