A Lake Sutherland cabin was scorched and a dock was destroyed after high winds reignited a debris fire Tuesday, Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips said. No one was home when the fire approached the cabin at 880 South Shore Road. A man who was rebuilding a dock for the California-based property owner had left for lunch after putting out a debris fire, Phillips said.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 3:21:03 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

A Lake Sutherland cabin was scorched and a dock was destroyed after high winds reignited a debris fire Tuesday, Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips said. No one was home when the fire approached the cabin at 880 South Shore Road. A man who was rebuilding a dock for the California-based property owner had left for lunch after putting out a debris fire, Phillips said.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 3:21:03 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

July 4 marks the 40-year anniversary of the house fire that killed Pete DiMaria's mother, brother, sister and grandfather. DiMaria was just 11 years old when it happened at his house in Pompano Beach. The fire sparked overnight. He still doesn't know how it started. His grandfather tried rousing the family awake, but the smoke knocked them out.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: naples daily news

They’re called “superusers,” and in 2015 alone, the top 40 superusers in Los Angeles accounted for about 2,000 emergency responses. “When ambulances are responding to these individuals — sometimes the same individual two times a day, taking the same patient to an ER twice in one day — that ambulance is not available to respond to the rest of the community,” said Los Angeles Fire Department Medical Director and physician Marc Eckstein.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPCC-FM

Botetourt County Fire & EMS Chief Jeff Beckner died Friday morning at the age of 57. Beckner worked in fire and EMS for more than 30 years, and he was known for his strong leadership and hands-on style. He worked in Roanoke before becoming chief in Botetourt County in September 2014. “He’s the kind of fire chief that doesn’t come around very often,” Roanoke Fire-EMS Chief David Hoback said.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Roanoke Times