VIDEO: As flood waters swept through Cocke County and its surrounding areas, first responders worked to rescue those in need of help. At the Parrottsville Fire Department, they were working to make it to a home when flood waters became so high that they caused their truck to stop working. “We heard trees breaking behind us, we didn’t know what was going on.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLT-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 8 Knoxville

VIDEO: Firefighters across Minnesota continue to seek help for post-traumatic stress in record-setting numbers. George Esbensen, president of the Minnesota Firefighters Initiative (or MnFire), told us the number of firefighters across Minnesota who’ve sought help for post-traumatic stress and other medical issues continues to grow, with 1,400 seeking assistance in 2023 and so far through August of this year, more than 900 have asked for help.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Saint Paul

VIDEO: It's been 20 years since Smokey Bear struck a 670-foot radio tower west of Balloon Fiesta Park on Oct. 10, 2004. The hot air balloon became entangled in the 50,000-watt tower with two children and their pilot inside. Retired Los Ranchos Fire Department Lt. Dan Barela recalls the horrors of the incident when he and a PNM worker rescued all three inside.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAT-TV ABC 7 Albuquerque

Around 8:27 p.m. on Saturday, Clallam 2 Fire and Rescue and the Port Angeles Fire Department responded to a fire on the 100 block of South Washington Street in Port Angeles. When crews arrived they found smoke coming from a duplex home. Crews received word that two people were unaccounted for and immediately launched a search and rescue while battling the flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Multiple fire crews responded to a house fire in Soap Lake on Saturday evening, according to Grant County Fire District 7. Around 6 p.m. on October 12, firefighters received a call about a house on fire near 2nd Avenue and Elder Street in Soap Lake. When GCFD7 arrived, they found a single-story house with smoke showing in all four corners.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2024 4:12:00 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane