A 12-unit apartment building in Tacoma near University Place went up in flames Tuesday afternoon, resulting in a partial roof collapse, Tacoma fire officials said. The two-alarm fire at 2602 Westridge Ave. West started at about 4 p.m. and caused damage to all 12 apartments in the building, but no one was believed to be hurt or missing, said Tacoma Fire Department spokesman Joe Meinecke.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 1:48:28 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Four firefighters in Martin County, Kentucky, were injured when a shell exploded on the ground. It was all caught on camera. Everyone said they're lucky the damage wasn't any worse. The second annual Inez Independence Day Celebration had been off to a high-flying start Sunday night until the accident.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3

PHOTO/VIDEO - A new Richland fire truck’s engine blew up destroying the truck and sparking a blaze along Interstate 82 Monday afternoon. The city purchased the truck about a month and a half ago, Battalion Chief Ron Duncan said. Before the fire department started using it, a firefighter drove it to a Dodge dealership in Hermiston for service.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald - Metered Site

Grace Cuenin isn’t usually part of the Henrico Division of Fire’s Engine 13 unit. However, when the team needed to temporarily fill a space on a recent shift, it happened to be her turn to join. Cuenin worked with fellow firefighters Michelle Greep and Nichole Beall for the entirety of their 24-hour shift two weeks ago.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond.com

Justin Sticker motions toward his right cheek and forehead, parts of his face that were replaced with titanium plates after a car accident almost took his life 21/2 years ago. He can recall the date - Nov. 12, 2014 - but little else from a night that put him in a coma for 16 days and left him with a collapsed lung, a bleeding brain and a catalog of broken bones.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Beaumont Enterprise