There’s no summer break for East Valley Fire Chief Dale Hille. The Yakima Valley is in the midst of fire season, and things are unlikely to slow down. On the Fourth of July, fire crews diligently keep watch for fires caused by pyrotechnics. That’s especially true in Moxee, where setting off fireworks is legal with a permit from 9 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/4/2023 9:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

Fire crews have gained control of a 4-alarm fire that ignited in a neighborhood near 40th Street and McDowell Road Friday afternoon. The Phoenix Fire Department said the fire started as a backyard palm tree fire that quickly spread into dense vegetation and surrounding homes. The hot embers from the fire became airborne and landed on nearby homes, alleyways and vegetation.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

PHOTO: The Santa Fe Fire Department and the Kiwanis Club have given Old Man Gloom a new role — putting out fires instead of burning in them. For nearly a century, the giant marionette officially known as Zozobra has burned to the ground every year at Santa Fe’s Fort Marcy park, turning people’s collected glooms to ash.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Fe New Mexican - Metered Site

Flames towered above a South Los Angeles store early Saturday when a fire burned for more than an hour at the two-story structure. Firefighters were called at about 1:30 a.m. to the 4100 block of S. Broadway and 41st streets. Heavy smoke was billowing through the roof of the Best Bargain store and there were signs of possible structural collapse, forcing firefighters to battle the fire from the outside.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

PHOTOS: A home under construction in Marysville was deemed a total loss after a fire destroyed it. Fire crews with Marysville Fire District, Snohomish County Fire District 19, Snohomish County Fire District 21, and Snohomish County Fire District 22 responded to the home off 112th St NE just before 5 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle