Pullman Fire Department officials said the improper disposal of a cigarette led to a fire at a duplex on Monday that caused $90,000 in damage. Pullman and Whitman County firefighters were called out at 11:31 p.m. to NW Harrison Street near the Harrison Tot Lot. The occupants initially told crews the fire had been extinguished, but when officials arrived there was smoke and fire on the front porch.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 6:03:08 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

 

Selectpersons will consider three options to repair frame corrosion on the 2006 Engine 3 firetruck when they meet.

Fire Rescue Chief Mike Booker gave the board a heads-up on the problem last fall.

The frame has "severe corrosion," according to Booker and Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere.

Booker contacted Greenwood Emergency Vehicles in Massachusetts, a dealer of E-One firetrucks, to see if the company would cover the cost of repairing the frame.

"However, the frame corrosion is beyond the warranty," LaFreniere said.

 

An injured Dundee Township volunteer firefighter reportedly was refused treatment at a local clinic because he did not have his identification with him, officials said. Dan Motylinski, chief of the Dundee Township Volunteer Fire Department, said one of his firefighters partially fell through the floor while battling a blaze at Country Heritage Community Homes Saturday morning.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Monroe news

Four family members, including two young children, were killed Monday night after a house exploded in Northfield Center Township. Northfield Center Fire Chief Frank Risko said a mother and her two daughters, ages 8 and 12, were found on the first floor near a front hallway of the two-story colonial-style house.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northeast Ohio Media Group

A quick-thinking off-duty Medway firefighter averted a potential catastrophe yesterday after a boiler at a local day care sprang a carbon monoxide leak. Lt. Matt Anzivino, 42, said he was dropping off his two young daughters at Back to Basics Preschool on his way to work yesterday at about 7:40 a.m.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald