VIDEO/PHOTOS: Monday, Feb. 27, marked a somber day in Asheville as firefighters honored one of their own who was taken too soon. The Asheville Fire Department remembered the fifth anniversary of the death of engineer Will Willis on Monday. Willis' death was the result of occupational cancer. The father of four’s death was a factor in Asheville firefighters launching an effort to improve cancer benefits for North Carolina firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 13 Asheville

PHOTOS: With the strong smell of smoke in the air, Charlotte Griggs walked briskly with her father up Clay Pit Road on April 20, 1963. As they got closer, the smell of burning wood and smoke made it hard to breathe. What the pair saw next stopped them in their tracks, and brought tears to their eyes.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Some Sandy Springs firefighters decided to go to the top of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite to do some training. As they rappelled down the 80-foot building, they made some new friends along the way. As they lowered themselves floor-by-floor, they would pause at the windows and wave to the tiny patients.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta

If you were in the Puget Sound region at the time, you felt it. Tuesday marks 22 years since the Nisqually earthquake shook the area. The 6.8 magnitude quake was centered about 11 miles northeast of Olympia and felt from Seattle to Grays Harbor. The earthquake struck the region at 10:54 a.m. on Feb.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Yakima County has the highest rate of home fires in Washington state, according to the American Red Cross. They say they helped 23 individuals affected by four home fires in Yakima County during the week of Jan. 23. The Northwest Region of the American Red Cross has named Yakima their Home Fire Campaign signature city for 2023.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima