Lombard (IL) Fire Department pumper. Impel cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CS 1,500-gpm pump.

 

A 36’x48’ shop south of Finley is a total loss after it went up in flames Saturday night. Firefighters received the call tonight around 7:10 P.M. of a structure fire on Sloan Road near Highway 397. Benton County Fire District 1, Kennewick Fire Department and Richland Fire Department all responded. Benton County Fire District 1 officials say they had to fight flames defensively since the roof had already collapsed by the time they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2017 2:25:03 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

It’s not the first time Senate Republicans have proposed rejecting negotiated pay increases for state workers, while offering flat annual raises that would be cheaper. And just like before, those alternate raises aren’t something lawmakers have the power to impose. Leaders of the Senate majority have proposed saving the state about $250 million in the next two years by rejecting most of the labor contracts Democratic Gov.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2017 1:41:55 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

A fire in central Washington state destroyed an apple packing plant late Friday and into Saturday but firefighters saved a nearby cold storage building. Chelan County Fire District 1 spokesman Rick Isaacson says flames shot from all four sides of the 200-foot long, two-story building when firefighters arrived just after 8:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2017 8:36:51 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

The Spokane Fire Department and the Spokane Police Department are investigating the cause of a fatal residential fire that occurred early Saturday morning. At approximately 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, the SFD responded to a residential structure fire in the 1900 block of W. Fairview Ave. One of the occupants of the home indicated there was another person unaccounted for.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2017 3:17:51 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2