A stolen vehicle smashed into a Vancouver home Sunday evening, causing both the house and SUV to catch fire, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Shortly after 8 p.m., fire crews responded to a structure fire at 4710 Northeast 56th Place. It was reported that an SUV had crashed into a house and two people were seen fleeing on foot.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

Whatcom County led the state in fatal fires last year, according to preliminary figures from the Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office. Seven Whatcom County residents died in fires in 2022, said Alicia Causey, assistant deputy state fire marshal, a figure that was confirmed by local fire service officials: Four people died in Bellingham fires last year, said Fire Department Capt.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald - Metered Site

Wow, take a look at this: a Manchester Fire ladder truck is frozen on Liberty Street, where crews responded to a fire at a multi-family home last night.

No one was hurt in that fire. News 9 confirmed the building is owned by Mayor Joyce Craig #wmur pic.twitter.com/YZLmMc3z38

— Hannah Cotter (@HannahWMUR) February 4, 2023

Firefighters in two New Hampshire cities faced challenging conditions battling fires in the bitter cold weather, wmur.com reported.

A multi-family home on Elm Street in Keene went up in flames Saturday morning, displacing nine people, the report said.

Keene fire Chief Donald Farquhar said in addition to slippery roads, firefighters responding to the scene were met with several frozen hydrants so they had to use one from the next street over, according to the report.

It was so cold Friday night that a Manchester fire truck got stuck, the report said.

Freedom News was on the scene of an accident in New York Friday night between an FDNY SUV and another vehicle that ended with a ladder truck boxing in the second vehicle while police arrived.

The incident happened at West 43rd Street and 8th Avenue in midtown Manhattan at about 6:15 p.m. The driver of the vehicle hit a piece of department apparatus but did not immediately stop.

“FDNY reportedly caught up to the alleged hit and run vehicle and boxed the car in until NYPD responded to their location,” Freedom News reports.

More Freedom News video here.

Bill Trotter
Bangor Daily News, Maine
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Feb. 2—Orland voters on Wednesday approved a proposal to build a new fire station.

Voters approved the measure 259-105 during a special town meeting referendum.

The new building, projected to cost $4 million, will replace the existing station, which was built in 1974. It is too small for modern fire trucks, which has caused the town to custom-order smaller and more expensive trucks. It also sits on a flat, low-lying lot that makes the building prone to flooding.

A new station will have a drainage system, making it easier to clean the department’s fire trucks, as well as an exhaust system for the building and a washroom for firefighters — all of which the current station lacks.

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