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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

Guns Stolen From Vehicles at South Forsyth Fire Station Monday Morning

SOUTH FORSYTH-- Several firearms were stolen on Monday from the personal vehicles of Forsyth County firefighters and EMTs working out of a south Forsyth fire ...

Early Monday morning, five vehicles were broken into and three guns were stolen at Forsyth County Fire Station 10 at 3860 Old Atlanta Road, near Lambert High School.

“Five different vehicles belonging to the fire staff at Station 10 were broken into, forced windows and broken windows,” said Dep. Doug Rainwater, a spokesman for the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.“Of the five vehicles, three of them parked overnight had guns in them, and of course they all belong to firefighters working that shift.”

Rainwater said the break-ins happened between 1-7 a.m. on Monday.

Fire Division Chief Jason Shivers said firefighters returned from a call around 1 a.m. on Monday and nothing had been broken into at that time, but noticed the damage during a shift change at 7 a.m.

"When they came back from a call just after 1 a.m., they could see the parking lot, and they know everything was fine then, so it had to be between then and shift change,” Shivers said. “When they came out at shift change, they found broken windows, and disarray in the vehicle interiors where someone had gone through them."

Shivers said no electronics or other items were stolen from the vehicles and there was “no indication they made entry into the station or fire apparatus.”

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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

Elderly man killed as TV sparks fire in Snohomish home

A man in his 90s was killed early Tuesday in a house fire reportedly caused by a malfunctioning TV set that burst into flames, officials said. Emergency crews responded to the scene, near the 16300 block of Roosevelt Road, at about 4:20 a.m. after receiving reports of a TV on fire and heavy smoke at a home there, with one person trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 6:42:51 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News
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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

Insurance company sues New York fire department over 2014 station fire

They’re supposed to be fighting blazes, not starting them — especially in their own firehouse. Members of the Goldens Bridge Fire Department in Westchester accidentally ignited a 2014 fire that wiped out their headquarters, a Manhattan federal lawsuit says. Their insurer filed the suit to force them to foot the bill for the damages to the tune of $9 million.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

4 Texas children die when pesticide, water mix creates toxic gas

Four children died after someone at their home sprayed water on a previously applied pesticide, causing a reaction that produced toxic phosphine gas, officials in Amarillo, Texas, said. At least five other people were hospitalized in Monday's incident. Fire Capt. Larry Davis said a family member had used water in an attempt to wash away the pesticide -- aluminum phosphide -- which had been applied under the home.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

Arkansas fire chief calls it quits early, says the mayor is a dictator

Billy Burns has been the fire chief in Stuttgart for the last four years, but Burns said he’s spent the last two years trying to find a way to retire early. Burns claims working for Mayor J.W. Green is insufferable, saying he’s had no control of his department. Friday was Burns’s last day on the job at the Stuttgart Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATV-TV ABC 7 Little Rock
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