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Posted: Jul 18, 2016

Update: Fireworks likely started Bremerton apartment fire

A mother and kids lighting sparklers on a third-floor balcony started a fast-spreading apartment fire Saturday morning that cost 12 people their homes. Bremerton Fire Marshall Mike Six found four sparklers on the balcony of the complex at 321 Wycoff Ave., which caught fire around 8 a.m. He spoke to the 24-year-old resident who said she lit two sparklers with her children, ages 3 and 4.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2016 3:38:50 PM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun
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Posted: Jul 18, 2016

11-year-old falls from Olympia zip line tower

An 11-year-old girl was airlifted to a hospital after she fell from a zip line tower in Olympia Sunday afternoon. Olympia firefighters said they were called to a report that the girl had fallen at the Westwood Baptist Church, on the corner of Kaiser Road NW and Mud Bay Road NW in west Olympia, at about 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2016 3:30:23 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7
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Posted: Jul 18, 2016

Fire Truck Gets Stuck Under Railroad Bridge in Westwood, Massachusetts

A notorious railroad overpass in Westwood, Massachusetts has claimed another truck, this time an emergency rescue vehicle. A Medway Fire Department ladder truck was driving along East Street in Westwood Wednesday afternoon when the driver attempted to drive under the bridge.


A Medway Fire Department ladder truck was driving along East Street in Westwood Wednesday afternoon when the driver attempted to drive under the bridge. A video shared by Westwood police shows the truck coming to a sudden stop after impact and a piece of debris falling to the ground.

Several minutes after hitting the bridge, the driver backed the ladder truck out from under it. There were no injuries and Westwood police say the crash caused no structural damage to the bridge.

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Posted: Jul 18, 2016

Bottle Tossed at Aetna Fire Truck Heading to Fire Call

A firetruck responding to a reported blaze Thursday was damaged when someone threw a glass bottle at the apparatus, shattering its windshield. No one was injured, but the incident briefly delayed the Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company truck from arriving to the fire call at the Oak Tree Apartments, located at 30 Wenark Drive near Newark.

A firetruck responding to a reported blaze Thursday was damaged when someone threw a glass bottle at the apparatus, shattering its windshield.

No one was injured, but the incident briefly delayed the Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company truck from arriving to the fire call at the Oak Tree Apartments, located at 30 Wenark Drive near Newark.

The firetruck was on West Chestnut Hill Road, in the area of University Avenue, when an unknown person threw a glass bottle at the truck about 10 p.m., said Master Cpl. Jeffrey Hale, state police spokesman. The bottle caused damage to the windshield of the 1997 firetruck.

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Posted: Jul 18, 2016

Idaho Falls Fire Department Puts New Ambulance Crew in Service

The Idaho Falls Fire Department has a new crew in service assigned to Ambulance No. 6.
Newly trained emergency personnel will help keep the department afloat when crews are dispatched. In the past, the fire department has run out of ambulances on a daily basis because of multiple calls at one time. Now, with another staffed ambulance in the fleet, response times can be decreased within the city.

Ambulance No. 6 has had 18 calls since it was put into service on Wednesday.

"Adding the new ambulance crew adds a total of six people to our department. That's two people per shift, which mans the ambulance here at the station. So we have a new ambulance with a crew to augment the existing six ambulances that we have," said EMS division chief Eric Day.
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