Police said a man was hospitalized after fireworks he was handling in an apartment in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood exploded. The Seattle Police Department tweeted just after 10 a.m. that it was investigating an explosion at an apartment in the 100 block of First Avenue North. A spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department said the man had a serious injury to his hands and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Beginning May 16, Clark County residents dialing 911 may make a new connection with the Clark County Emergency Medical Services’ new Nurse Navigation Program. The innovative healthcare solution is provided through a partnership between the Vancouver Fire Department (VFD), Clark County emergency medical services and American Medical Response (AMR).
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Vancouver

Firefighters have determined an overheated generator caused the fire at the Benton County Justice Center. On April 17, around 1:30 p.m., firefighters of the Kennewick Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at the Benton County Justice Center at the 7000 W. Okanogan Pl. in Kennewick. Initial reports indicated a smell of smoke in the building and a possible fire in a wall.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 8:31:00 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBW/CW+ 19 Pasco

Two people are dead after three trailer homes went up in flames in a massive fire in northeast Harris County overnight. Video from the scene shows flames engulfing the trailer homes in the 8800 block of Furay Avenue near Mesa Drive. The Sheldon Fire Department was the first to arrive at the scene at 11:47 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

VIDEO: The Centers for Disease Control is launching a new survey to better understand how the work firefighters do could be linked to cancer. The president of the Tulsa firefighters union said this is something he’s been advocating in favor of for years. Matt Lay, who battled and beat a previous cancer diagnosis, said he has lobbied Congress for something like this for six years.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-DT CBS 6 Tulsa