VIDEO: The ability to run into a blazing fire is a special skill. Now, we can see just what our local firefighters did to rescue two dogs from a Springfield Home engulfed in flames. One of the Fairfax County firefighters who made the rescued shared his helmet camera video. The home at 7707 Carrleigh Parkway was destroyed in a July 19th blaze that started in the evening when no one was home.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC

The battle ended Monday in a windowless State Personnel Board meeting room on Capitol Mall after 18 witnesses and six days of testimony. Whether former Cal Fire Assistant Chief Mike Ramirez wins back his job after all that depends on how effectively he put Director Ken Pimlott and department leaders on trial.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee

The Columbia Fire Department is mourning the death of one of their own when a 25-year-veteran firefighter died Sunday after falling ill earlier in July. Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said Firefighter Tyron Weston, 51, fell ill on July 3 and was on his way to recovery when he died Sunday morning. Jenkins said Weston has been a member of the Columbia Fire Department since August 1990.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the state

VIDEO: A Lacey coffee stand was set on fire last week and the arsonist was caught on camera as he set the fire. The arson occurred on Wednesday at about 4 a.m. at the Bongiorno Brew Espresso stand at 4914 Lacey Blvd. SE. The man rode up on a bicycle, shattered a window, lit a prepared incendiary device and tossed it inside, according to police.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2015 11:09:41 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A puppy named Bonita is credited with alerting a Spokane Valley family to a fire early Monday that heavily damaged their apartment complex. Bonita started barking around 9 a.m. when a row of garages at the Broadway Square Apartments, 11910 E. Broadway Ave., caught fire. The racket alerted the dog’s owner, Tara Peters, who was at home with her 4-year-old son, Anthony.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2015 12:42:38 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review