A Port of Portland firefighter indicted in the alleged sexual assault of a female colleague during a 2014 work trip to Texas was fired last week after an internal investigation found he violated the Port's work policy and ordinances. Jason McCann, who had worked for the Port for eight years, was fired Aug.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian

A volunteer firefighter died Saturday an hour after responding to a commercial structure fire. U.S. Fire Administration reported that firefighter Lawrence Sesso, 40, with the Sayville (N.Y.) Fire Department, suffered a cardiac arrested on his way home from responding to a fire and participating in a fire department parade.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

The North Star fire burning on the Colville Indian Reservation has grown to 147,000 acres and is only three percent contained. Fire crews reopened Highway 155 on Monday between Nespelem and Omak but delays can still be expected because of the firefighting activity. They have been able to keep homes from burning in the area and they are making sure it does not come any closer to town.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2015 8:30:51 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

The Alder Lake Fire burning west of Elbe has grown to 150 acres as it continues moving east. Steep rugged terrain is making the firefight difficult, and Forest Service officials say the fire could spread to state DNR land. About 60 people are working this wildfire sparked by lightning on August 11.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2015 6:45:19 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13