Fire severely damaged the Meadow Lakes home of Houston Fire Chief Tom Hood Friday, leaving him and his family seeking temporarily shelter from the Red Cross. Mat-Su Borough emergency responders were dispatched to the fire at about 2:30 p.m., and by about 3:45 p.m., the main body of the fire was extinguished, leaving only spot fires inside the structure to be extinguished, according to incident commander and West Lakes Fire Chief John Fairchild.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wasilla Frontiersman

The wildfire here last August was so hot and fast that not even metal buildings surrounded by concrete and asphalt could defend Lake Chelan Building Supply from being destroyed in the firestorm. The Chelan Complex Fire "melted the windows, swept into the buildings and burned from the inside out," said Brett La Mar, owner and general manager of the Chelan lumberyard.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

The wildfire here last August was so hot and fast that not even metal buildings surrounded by concrete and asphalt could defend Lake Chelan Building Supply from being destroyed in the firestorm. The Chelan Complex Fire "melted the windows, swept into the buildings and burned from the inside out," said Brett La Mar, owner and general manager of the Chelan lumberyard.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

Cutlerville Fire Department, Grand Rapids, MI, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine.

Firefighters in Redmond made a heartbreaking discovery Saturday afternoon when they found several pets killed in a fire at a condominium complex. Redmond firefighters were called out to the sixty-01 condos near Old Redmond Road and 137th Avenue. The fire was so intense that crews on scene requested a three-alarm response.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2016 6:21:56 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5