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Posted: Oct 14, 2024

VIDEO: 10 boats burned, 1 person injured in large fire at Texas marina

Fire officials in Grapevine said an accidental electrical fire broke out on a boat at Silver Lake Marina on Sunday, spreading to at least nine other boats and leaving one person injured. Officials told NBC 5 that the fire was brought under control and investigators are looking into what caused the flames to break out.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
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Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Tennessee fire department loses truck in flood

VIDEO: As flood waters swept through Cocke County and its surrounding areas, first responders worked to rescue those in need of help. At the Parrottsville Fire Department, they were working to make it to a home when flood waters became so high that they caused their truck to stop working. “We heard trees breaking behind us, we didn’t know what was going on.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLT-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 8 Knoxville
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Posted: Oct 14, 2024

More firefighters across Minnesota seeking help for mental health issues

VIDEO: Firefighters across Minnesota continue to seek help for post-traumatic stress in record-setting numbers. George Esbensen, president of the Minnesota Firefighters Initiative (or MnFire), told us the number of firefighters across Minnesota who’ve sought help for post-traumatic stress and other medical issues continues to grow, with 1,400 seeking assistance in 2023 and so far through August of this year, more than 900 have asked for help.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Saint Paul
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Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Retired firefighter recalls Smokey Bear balloon crash in New Mexico 20 years later

VIDEO: It's been 20 years since Smokey Bear struck a 670-foot radio tower west of Balloon Fiesta Park on Oct. 10, 2004. The hot air balloon became entangled in the 50,000-watt tower with two children and their pilot inside. Retired Los Ranchos Fire Department Lt. Dan Barela recalls the horrors of the incident when he and a PNM worker rescued all three inside.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAT-TV ABC 7 Albuquerque
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Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Duplex fire turns deadly in Port Angeles, leaves another injured

Around 8:27 p.m. on Saturday, Clallam 2 Fire and Rescue and the Port Angeles Fire Department responded to a fire on the 100 block of South Washington Street in Port Angeles. When crews arrived they found smoke coming from a duplex home. Crews received word that two people were unaccounted for and immediately launched a search and rescue while battling the flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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