Two residents were slightly hurt during a Lacey house fire Wednesday afternoon, according to Lacey Fire District 3. Firefighters arrived to find large flames outside of the home, in the 900 block of Marvin Road Southeast, spreading to the home itself, Batallion Chief Steve Crimmins said. Lacey Fire was investigating the cause of the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 1:49:07 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

Someone deliberately started the fire that triggered the fatal explosion in West three years ago, government investigators announced Wednesday. They did not identify any suspects. Their conclusion was based on a re-enactment of the fire performed at a research lab in Maryland, according to officials from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Texas fire marshal’s office.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news

As details emerge about concessions that Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin is seeking from the union representing the city's firefighters, dozens of high-ranking veterans are putting in for retirement. Fire Chief Reginald Freeman said this week that more than 50 firefighters have put in their retirement papers, and he expects that number to grow to between 80 and 90 by the end of the fiscal year, June 30.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hartford courant

VIDEO - A Clayton County road reopened late Wednesday afternoon as investigators looked into a serious crash involving a fire truck. Three sisters and three firefighters were hurt. Investigators told Channel 2’s Liz Artz at the scene that 6-year-old Akhirah Muhammad who was airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta

Authorities say a woman who oversaw finances for the former Show Low Fire District embezzled nearly $1.8 million over several years. A report from the Arizona Office of the Auditor General released Wednesday detailed the allegations against Natalie Cluff based on a probe that was launched in 2012. The auditor accused Cluff of illegally issuing 474 checks totaling $1,794,594.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix