One person drowned and a rescuer was seriously hurt at Fivemile Lake on Wednesday. South King Fire and Rescue, Valley Regional Fire and Rescue, and Renton Regional Fire Authority crews were called to the lake along 44th Ave. S in Auburn, at Fivemile Lake. Authorities clarified what happened on Thursday, saying that one kayaker fell into the water and a Good Samaritan went into the lake to try to rescue that person.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 2:56:05 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ TV FOX 13 Tacoma

A massive two-alarm fire destroyed a former Elks Lodge in northeast Portland early Thursday morning. The fire started at about 2 a.m. at a building on Northeast 100th Avenue, near Northeast Irving Street. PF&R said crews are very familiar with this building as there have been multiple fires at the building over the past few years.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

VIDEO: A retired firefighter is breaking records in weightlifting competitions and he’s doing it with only one arm. “I was a firefighter for the city of Franklin and we had just come back from a fire, I was guiding the truck back into the bay for the driver and it was just a freak accident I got pinned in between the truck and the wall,” said Mike Diehl.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton

VIDEO: Every second matters for first responders, and Martin County Fire Rescue now has another tool that will help heighten its response time during emergencies. "Once our emergency lights are activated, it communicates through a transmitter within the vehicle, that’s going to communicate wirelessly through GPS as well to the traffic preemption cabinet," Division Chief Christian Montoya of Martin County Fire Rescue told WPBF 25 News.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPBF-TV ABC 25 Tequesta

PHOTOS: In the eighteenth century, fire protection was usually by citizens rallying around the fire battling the flames with bucket brigades. Winchester required buckets on each floor of every building and fifty-gallon tubs of water placed about the town. If a fire broke out, a bell was rung and the towns folk were expected to turn out and fight the flames including women and children.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Royal Examiner