A few guests and hotel workers evacuated the Kennewick Suites Monday after a small fire started just before noon. Firefighters said the fire started after some electrical work was being done. The inside of the wall caught on fire in the laundry room and crews knocked through that wall to get to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 5:56:35 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

A few guests and hotel workers evacuated the Kennewick Suites Monday after a small fire started just before noon. Firefighters said the fire started after some electrical work was being done. The inside of the wall caught on fire in the laundry room and crews knocked through that wall to get to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 5:56:35 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

A few guests and hotel workers evacuated the Kennewick Suites Monday after a small fire started just before noon. Firefighters said the fire started after some electrical work was being done. The inside of the wall caught on fire in the laundry room and crews knocked through that wall to get to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 5:56:35 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

Military technology used to track terrorists and insurgents while keeping American troops safe is making its way to the blazing battlefields of wildfires. From heat-seeing cameras to drones to night-vision goggles and satellite trackers pinpointing firefighters’ exact locations, military technology is helping fire managers better deploy air tankers above, and fire crews on the ground.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: usa today

Augusta Fire Marshal Jason Beard has been indicted on extortion charges. According to the federal indictment returned by a grand jury Thurs­day, Beard is accused of extorting money from nightclub owners and managers with threats of economic harm. The indictment, which contains six counts of extortion and one count of attempted extortion, accuses Beard of making threats to enforce overcrowding regulations and ignoring such violations if owners did pay, which allowed the clubs to operate in an overcrowded and dangerous manner.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: augusta chronicle