There are Fireworks and fire fears in one local community today. That's because Lorain laid off nearly 2 dozen firefighters as it fights to close a 3-point-6 million dollar deficit. As we've been telling you, the fire department, is upset over the decision. Members now explain the layoffs couldn't have come at a more inconvenient time.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV IBS 5 Cleveland

PHOTOS - The Great Cacapon Volunteer Fire Department is a total loss and at least half of its firefighting equipment has been destroyed after a fire earlier today ripped through the fire hall on Spring Street, authorities said. Firefighters from four states battled the blaze in Morgan County for several hours.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Martinsburg Journal

Six firefighters were hospitalized Tuesday after being exposed to a "chemical haze" emitted from a warehouse on Port Carteret Drive, officials said. Borough firefighters responding to the warehouse around 2 a.m. found smoke, but no flames, said Carteret fire Chief Mark Hruska. "It was smoke from a chemical reaction," he said.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

A Lucas County judge on Tuesday rejected the contention by attorneys for Ray Abou-Arab, who was accused of arson, that investigators intentionally discarded a preliminary report that may have pointed to their client's innocence. Common Pleas Judge Stacy Cook denied a motion filed more than a year ago by attorneys for Mr.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: toledo blade

Firefighters responding to reports of a grass fire in Parleys Canyon may have saved a woman's life after they happened to come across a man who they say was trying to hang her. "They took action where they saw it needed to be," said Sgt. Randy Riches with the State Bureau of Investigations. "They didn't hesitate.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5