An explosion at a Vancouver warehouse early Friday morning left the building structurally unsound, according to fire officials. Firefighters were called to Powers Paper Company, 1700 W. 20th St., at about 3:45 a.m. for a report of a fire alarm, Vancouver Fire Department Firefighter and Spokesman Darrin Deming said.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2016 11:35:18 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

An elderly woman was burned in a Skyway house fire Friday morning when she tried to rescue the family dogs. An elderly man suffered smoke inhalation. Firefighters went to the house in the 6700 block of South 120th Street just before 7:45 a.m. They found smoke coming from the back of the house. The woman suffered burns when she tried to rescue four dogs.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2016 11:23:19 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

It comes down to a lack of continuing training for firefighters and a complicated radio system they used on calls like the one on Dalhgren Street in Madisonville 15 months ago. A 350-page report, released Thursday, lays out how a fire combined with human error resulted in firefighter Daryl Gordon's death.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati

A massive backyard party in Freetown that drew around 1,000 people prompted a local firefighter to rant on Facebook. Police broke up the bash and a few days later, the fire chief said, firefighter Kyle Grenier posted a racially charged message that said, "I can see the next fire call will be this house on fire and I'll make sure I can't find the hydrant lol.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

A suburban woman slapped a Chicago firefighter when he wouldn't let her ride a Divvy bike past a reversing fire truck, prosecutors said Wednesday. The 56-year-old fireman had stopped traffic near Wells and Van Buren streets about 4 p.m. Monday to accommodate a fire truck that was backing into the Chicago Fire Department station at 419 S.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dnainfo.com