Jackson County voters will decide whether to raise a phone bill surcharge to fund replacement of aging emergency radios for police and firefighters countywide.

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Engine 18-EQ is a 2016 KME Predator XLFD heavy-duty rescue-engine powered by a Cummins ISX15 engine.

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PHOTOS: A fire at a Birmingham apartment complex displaced at least 20 residents Sunday afternoon, with the American Red Cross responding to assist those left without a home.

Officials said no injuries were reported. Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service responded to the blaze at the 2700 at Homewood apartment complex on Temple Crest Drive just after 4 p.m.

Birmingham Police Department officers were also on scene, knocking on doors to help residents and their pets evacuate. Residents were quickly forced outside and stood for hours watching the fire spread from unit to unit.

One resident said smoke was visible from more than ten miles away. Vittorio Corey, who has lived at the complex for three months, said he initially thought a neighbor was grilling before realizing the building was on fire.

“I was standing on the end of my bathroom and I saw smoke. I thought someone was barbequing. But there was a fire, so I walked down to the end and had some officers down there, and as soon as they kicked the door open, the flames just erupted,” Corey said.

WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham

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VIDEOS: Two helicopter pilots assigned to the Widemouth 2 Fire died after a helicopter crash, according to the Sevier County sheriff and interagency partners of the Great Basin Geographic Area.

The pilots worked for Helicopter Transport Services, a Forest Service exclusive-use contract aircraft company. Officials said the pilots’ families had been notified. Their identities have not yet been released.

A Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter carrying a pilot and a crewmember crashed at about 10:40 a.m. Aug. 7, 2026, officials said. The crash sparked a fire in the surrounding vegetation.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox mourned the loss of the two pilots in a statement posted on social media. “Today we mourn two helicopter pilots who lost their lives while fighting the Widemouth 2 Fire,” Cox wrote.

“They put themselves in harm’s way to protect our state and gave their lives in that service. Abby and I are heartbroken. Our prayers are with their families and the entire wildland fire community.”

KJZZ-TV CBS 14 Salt Lake City

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VIDEO: A Fort Bend County family’s goose may be that honking hero we all need. That goose — named Goosey — alerted his owner’s family to a fire that started in their barn earlier last week. The heroics were captured on video.  

Goosey is only about four months old, and most of the time, he keeps to himself. But early Tuesday morning, Goosey made sure his family knew something was wrong.

“I was watching TV and I conked out on the couch,” said Bert Gerber.

That’s when Goosey let out several honks in the middle of the night — a sound the family hadn’t heard before. It was all caught on their security camera. Their barn was on fire and Goosey was sounding the alarm.

“I just casually came outside and I saw a fire billowing out of there,” he said. “I grabbed a water hose and ran over there.”

He quickly put out the flames. The animals inside were somehow safe. A few more minutes, the family says, could have changed everything.

KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

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