A fire on Sunday morning destroyed a three-story building that was home to a diner and apartments in Butler. Emergency dispatchers said the fire was reported shortly after 9 a.m. at a building on Center Avenue that houses Hutch's diner and two floors of apartments. One firefighter was reported caught in a flashover by the rapidly spreading flames and exited through a window and onto the roof of a neighboring building, where other firefighters helped him to safety.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

Firefighters at Fort Bragg’s Fire Station No. 7 have been complaining for years that their building is deplorable — even sickening. The roof leaks. Exhaust from the engine trucks wafts into sleeping quarters. Carpets are soaked with water when it rains. Holes in walls are covered by steel sheets. The problems have been documented by building inspectors, federal occupational safety regulators and Fort Bragg leaders since at least 2014, yet the building continues to fall into disrepair.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fayetteville Observer

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