Area firefighters put out a fire that severely damaged a small strip mall along Pacific Highway South in Kent on Sunday. There were no reported injuries, the Kent Regional Fire Authority said. The fire all but completely destroyed a Dollar Tree merchandise store, tobacco shop and U.S. Post Office. The fire also damaged a beauty salon, specialty food store and a fitness gym at the mall, according to the Kent RFA.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 1:46:24 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

The Ocean City–Wright Fire Control District Board of Fire Commissioners recently rescinded the suspensions of longtime Fire Chief Billy Lord and Deputy Fire Chief Scott Funchess. The board had agreed in September to suspend both men without pay after an investigator claimed they had used inappropriate language in the workplace.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News

Aug. 22, 2016, is the day Andrea Shipp and Jennifer Goerlitz thought their little girl would not live another day. "Nobody knew what the outcome was going to be," Goerlitz said. "I think Andrea and I have lived in this denial stage for a while." If it hadn't been for the rapid response of Longmont firefighters and paramedics, Clara's mothers don't think their daughter — who has been diagnosed with congenital myopathy, chronic respiratory insufficiency and gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis — would have survived a cardiac arrest.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Camera

A firefighter was injured Friday while battling flames at an automotive shop in Pompano Beach, authorities said. The fire was reported at Lowther Automotive Inc. on SW 14th Avenue. WPLG-TV's helicopter was above the scene shortly before noon and saw significant damage to the roof. The fire had already been extinguished.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV CBS 4 Jacksonville

Once Lackawanna Fire Chief Ralph Galanti saw the blaze that was consuming the former Bethlehem Steel plant Wednesday morning, he quickly turned over the battle to the Buffalo Fire Department. That was just 30 minutes into the fire. The fire was too big for Lackawanna’s 50-member fire department. Buffalo has 700.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News