A group of Oklahoma City firefighters took it upon themselves to solve a unique problem for neighbors of the firehouse. Bri Johnson, 10, was diagnosed as a toddler with spinal muscular atrophy, caused by a deficiency of a motor neuron protein. "It's the gene that helps you walk, and since I don't have that, I can't walk," she said.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: newsok.com

Fort Wayne (IN) Fire Department, two pumpers. Monarch cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL 380-hp engines; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 750-gallon tanks.

A fire ignited in a commercial kitchen after a gas line broke at Talay Thai Restaurant in the 4500 block of 200th Street Southwest on Wednesday afternoon around 12:30 p.m. The restaurant where the fire broke out was occupied at the time. It was successfully evacuated without injuries. Lynnwood Fire crews were able to contain the fire to the stove.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 5:51:51 PM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today

A fire ignited in a commercial kitchen after a gas line broke at Talay Thai Restaurant in the 4500 block of 200th Street Southwest on Wednesday afternoon around 12:30 p.m. The restaurant where the fire broke out was occupied at the time. It was successfully evacuated without injuries. Lynnwood Fire crews were able to contain the fire to the stove.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 5:51:51 PM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today

Pullman fire marshals are investigating a series of cotton fluff fires that came close to damaging five homes in the College Hill neighborhood Tuesday night. Around 10:20 p.m., Firefighters were called to the 1200 block of Hillside Drive to extinguish several fires burning in yards. The fires came within just a few feet of at least five houses, but were doused before major damage was done.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 4:46:53 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6