Nine cars were destroyed after a massive fire ripped through a carport in Hollywood overnight.
The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on Laurel Canyon near Hollywood Boulevard, authorities said. Firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the inferno.
Video shows the flames engulfing the structure and vehicles, though they were confined to the carport and did not spread. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
VIDEO: The Pikeville Fire Department received its newest addition to the fire and rescue fleet this week, as firefighters work to learn the new tech of a $1.2 million investment in community safety.
Tower 1, the new fire and rescue truck with a 100-foot ladder, is a custom-built truck which pushes out around 2,000 gallons of water per minute. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYMT-TV CBS 57 Hazard
PHOTOS: At one point you're mowing your lawn and the next you're unconscious, on the ground, suffering a heart attack.
That's what happened to 63-year-old Jack Fong.
But due to Germantown Fire Department's implementation of Neuroprotective CPR, Fong survived his March 2022 heart attack with little to no neurological issues. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Commercial Appeal - Metered Site
VIDEO: As Fred lifted his pants leg he winced in pain. His jeans, damp from the freshly fallen snow, stuck to the open scab that stretched from his knee to his ankle, peeling away bits of skin as he revealed his wound.
“It's amazing how fast it spreads. My leg actually looks like I got eaten by a zombie,” he said. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN
A massive 6-alarm fire engulfed a building housing a row of businesses in West New York, New Jersey.
The fire reportedly began inside one of the businesses located on Bergenline Avenue, near 61st Street. Multiple emergency responders are on scene, fighting the fire from inside and outside the building – trying to get it under control. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWOR-TV FOX/MyNetworkTV 25 Secaucus
VIDEO: Last July, an electric transit bus in Connecticut burst into flames while parked at a depot. A month later, an electric scooter sparked a fire inside a New York City apartment that killed a 5-year-old girl and 36-year-old woman. And last month, a fire believed to be caused by the batteries in an electric scooter engulfed a multifamily home in Brockton, Massachusetts. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Stepping away from full time service to retirement can be a big transition for firefighters, as they move away from the family they had at their station. No one at Olympia Firehouse 5 expected to be meeting for Monday morning coffee surrounded by a half dozen vintage firetrucks in their retirement. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Thurston Talk
VIDEO: Tulsa International Airport (TIA) has upgraded its phone system to alert first responders in the event of an emergency.
It’s called a crash phone system.
TIA firefighters told FOX23 they’ve waited a long time for this new system. It costs around $100,000, and firefighters said the equipment is vital. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa
Greene County will give volunteer emergency responders a break on property taxes in an attempt to recruit and retain firefighters and EMTs as their numbers continue to decline across the state. The move takes advantage of a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December giving counties a standardized way to give the breaks. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Union
A manufacturing facility in Chicago Heights was destroyed in a massive fire Monday morning.
The fire broke out at Morgan Li around 6 a.m. in the 1100 block of Washington Avenue. The 500,000-square-foot facility was completely engulfed in flames and quickly spread to neighboring buildings. No one was inside the plant at the time of the fire. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIA-TV CBS 3 Champaign
VIDEO: The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) announced Monday it replaced its firefighting foam with new, safer foam.
The new foam does not contain perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), chemicals that have been linked to contaminated water supplies.
Washington state passed the Firefighting Agents and Equipment Law in 2018. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane
VIDEO: Rural Metro released an app to better connect with customers and help make sure they had information about their fire department.
The app is called "Rural Metro Fire — Knox Co. TN" and is available on the App Store and on the Google Play Store. Customers can download it to find news about the fire department, learn about smoke detectors, find tips to prevent fires and peruse monthly information about calls crews respond to. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville
VIDEO: A man was taken into custody Monday after being accused of stealing an ambulance and leading police on a chase through the Houston area.
Houston police said the man, who appeared to be in the middle of a medical crisis, first stole a vehicle from a woman in the Kroger's gas station on West 11th Street and North Shepherd Drive. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS-TV CBS 5 San Antonio
VIDEO: The Los Angeles County Fire Department is sending a task force to Turkey after a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday morning, crumbling homes, killing more than 2,600 people and leaving devastation across a wide portion of the country and into northern Syria.
The agency said they are mobilizing California Task Force 2 after a request was made for United States aid by Turkish leaders. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
As federal investigators worked to find out why a 150-car train derailed in northeastern Ohio, the state's governor warned late Sunday that unstable temperatures in a car transporting chemicals could lead to an explosion.
The area most at risk of being affected by the Friday crash, that within a 1-mile radius of the crash in the village of East Palestine, was evacuated by early Saturday and remained off-limits, officials said. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
Low wages, a lack of work-life balance and burnout are among factors driving emergency medical services personnel around the country to quit ambulance duty.
Last year, the turnover rate for full-time emergency medical technicians, known as EMTs, was 36% and for full-time paramedics, it was 27%, according to an American Ambulance Association survey. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pew Charitable Trusts
Sabrail Davenport's heart ached when she learned a judge dismissed charges against a former village building department official resulting from the investigation into the fire in which her firefighter son died.
Davenport fears no one will be held responsible for the deaths of her son Jared Lloyd, 35, and adult home resident Oliver Huested, 79. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal News - Metered Site
A fire department in one of our hometowns caught word that bullying was happening in the community and they decided they were going to do something about it. They surprised one teen by eating lunch with him trying to show him he was not alone.
“When Dawn Roberts adopted her son Jackson from China, she didn’t know he had autism. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDBJ-TV CBS 7 Roanoke
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A large fire broke out Thursday morning at the American Legion post in New Haven, Illinois.
Post 1141 shared photos of blaze, which appear to have destroyed the building.
Their caption just says “No words!!!”
Many residents shared comments with memories. “My parent met there,” said Melissa Blake Kittinger. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFIE-TV NBC 14 Evansville
At age 44, there are days when Virginia Beach Fire Captain Matt Chiaverotti doesn't have the energy to pick himself up from his recliner that sits by his living room window.
Cancer is making him weak.
On Aug. 23 of last year, he got a grim diagnosis: late-stage anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare disease making up 1% to 2% of thyroid cancer cases. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton
