At least one person was rescued Wednesday as firefighters battled a large fire that spread to multiple apartment buildings in Hollywood. The fire broke out around 5:21 p.m. at a building on 7764 W Hollywood Blvd., just east of Fairfax Avenue. Investigators said two vehicles were spotted burning in a carport.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

VIDEO: When someone goes missing at one of the Triangle’s many lakes, the search process can be long and put first responders at risk as well, but the Wake Forest Fire Department is using the help of an underwater drone to get the job done faster. Firefighter Korey Floyd said the department has been using the technology for two years and has assisted in searches across the state.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17 Goldsboro

VIDEO: A local fire department has become the unintentional catalyst of conversation after changing their drug policy and allowing its firefighters to use CBD products. Despite CBD being legal in Indiana since March of 2018, the decision for White River Township Fire Department to change their policy to allow its staff to use CBD products has turned out to be quite controversial among Indiana’s firefighting industry.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

PHOTOS: The apocalyptic scene is still burned into Mike Buttery’s memory 50 years later: Black smoke billowing from the top floor of the Military Personnel Records Center; bits of paper wafting through the air as dozens of firefighters tried desperately to stem the inferno. “They’d hit it (the paper) with the water, and the water would knock it back up in the air, and then it would float around some more out there,” Buttery, then a janitor at the center, recalls of the wind-whipped paper swirling around the massive six-story building outside Saint Louis.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Air Force Times

An expanding, intensifying heat wave prompted the National Weather Service to issue heat alerts for more than 112 million people on Thursday morning, with no letup in sight for some areas. Why it matters: The heat will topple longstanding records, especially in the Southwest, and the duration of this event that's set to continue well into next week increases public health dangers.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Axios

One person was found dead at the scene of a fire near 29th and Bobolink Tuesday night, July 11. It happened around 9 p.m. Fire officials said firefighters found heavy fire on the second floor of the two-story home. When they were searching the second floor, they found a 60-year-old Milwaukee man dead.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 1:44:25 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Officials confirm the wildfire in Waushara County, which we first alerted you to Monday afternoon, has burned more than 800 acres and led to eight firefighters injured. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed Tuesday the fire was caused by debris burning from several days prior.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 12:47:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A barn caught fire Monday morning in Rosholt. It sparked a huge local response from firefighters, with more than 100 firefighters and 50 rigs showed up, as well as departments from all across the state when the five-alarm fire was issued. Emergency service workers took water from a local creek to help in the process of putting out the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

Five years ago on Tuesday, a massive fire gutted a grocery store in north Phoenix, covering homes in ash. A monsoon storm caused a roof collapse, rupturing a gas line and sparking that fire at the Safeway store at 35th Avenue and Northern Avenue. Even with a huge response from firefighters, the store could not be saved.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)

VIDEO: A Chicago Fire Department firetruck flipped on its side after colliding with a car on the South Side Tuesday night. The crash occurred at about 11:25 p.m. in the 300-block of East 79th Street, police said. Police said a vehicle ran a red light and struck the firetruck, causing the fire truck to flip on its side.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

PHOTOS: More than a dozen homes have been evacuated in Rolling Hills Estates, California, after the ground shifted, causing extensive damage, city and Los Angeles County officials said. Twelve homes were red-tagged as of Monday night, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said on Twitter. Sixteen residents had been displaced by that point, the department said.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Firefighters are dying on the job from heart attacks more than any other risk they face, but researchers and firefighting professionals say increased focus on physical fitness with annual medical and fitness testing could increase their resiliency. Heart disease and other cardiac issues have long been recognized as significant health risks for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVII-TV ABC/CW+ 7 Amarillo

Smoke was coming from the front windows when the Kiel Fire Department was dispatched to a house on E. Chicago St. Monday afternoon. Firefighters grabbed hose lines and found the room where the fire was burning. They had the fire out in 3 minutes of arriving shortly before 4:30. Everyone in the house was outside before the fire crews arrived, and no one was hurt, the fire department says.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2023 1:02:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Firefighters regularly risk their lives in dangerous situations, but most deaths on duty are not directly caused by fire or smoke inhalation. Instead, approximately 40% of on-duty fatalities come from sudden cardiac death. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have used a form of AI known as machine learning to accurately identify abnormal cardiac rhythms in firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NIST

A fire at a Paramount commercial building burned for four hours early Monday, but firefighters prevented flames from spreading to nearby businesses. The fire was reported around 12:30 a.m. in a 40,000-square-foot building in the 7500 block of East Rosecrans Avenue. Firefighters took up positions outside the burning building as flames shot through the roof and a large cloud of black smoke formed over the southern Los Angeles County community.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: This summer alone, the Knoxville Fire Department said it had not one, not two, but three cars crash into stopped fire trucks responding to emergency calls, including some on Interstate 40. KFD is asking drivers to follow the law and move over into the other lane if they see flashing lights or parked emergency vehicles on the road.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville

As of 9 p.m. Monday, 14 Vermont rivers had reached flooding stage, according to the National Weather Service’s hydrologic tracker. That includes three with major flooding: Otter Creek at Rutland, Williams River near Rockingham and Winooski River at Montpelier. Three rivers had reached moderate flooding: Winooski River at Waterbury, Lamoille River at Johnson and Dog River at Northfield Falls.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: VT Digger

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN FOREST...NORTHEASTERN VILAS AND FLORENCE COUNTIES... At 642 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Whisker Lake Wilderness to near Popple River, moving east at 45 mph. Additional strong storms were moving through northeast Vilas county. Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2023-07-10T18:42:00-05:00 2023-07-10T19:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Immediate Severe Observed Florence; Forest; Vilas 46.14,-89.09 46.02,-88.82 46.02,-88.68 45.99,-88.67 45.99,-88.62 46.02,-88.6 46.02,-88.51 45.99,-88.49 46,-88.47 45.98,-88.41 45.99,-88.38 45.96,-88.33 45.94,-88.17 45.72,-88.44 45.73,-88.97 45.91,-88.8 45.96,-88.97 46,-89.32 46.02,-89.58 46.22,-89.48 46.14,-89.09 FIPS6 055037 055041 055125 UGC WIC037 WIC041 WIC125 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230711T0000Z/

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN FOREST...NORTHEASTERN VILAS AND FLORENCE COUNTIES... At 642 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Whisker Lake Wilderness to near Popple River, moving east at 45 mph. Additional strong storms were moving through northeast Vilas county. Severe Weather Statement 2023-07-10T17:55:00-05:00 2023-07-11T00:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Immediate Severe Observed Florence; Forest; Vilas 46.14,-89.09 46.02,-88.82 46.02,-88.68 45.99,-88.67 45.99,-88.62 46.02,-88.6 46.02,-88.51 45.99,-88.49 46,-88.47 45.98,-88.41 45.99,-88.38 45.96,-88.33 45.94,-88.17 45.72,-88.44 45.73,-88.97 45.91,-88.8 45.96,-88.97 46,-89.32 46.02,-89.58 46.22,-89.48 46.14,-89.09 FIPS6 055037 055041 055125 UGC WIC037 WIC041 WIC125 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230711T0000Z/

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 470 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WI . WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BARRON BUFFALO CHIPPEWA CLARK DUNN EAU CLAIRE Severe Thunderstorm Watch 2023-07-10T17:55:00-05:00 2023-07-11T00:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Barron; Buffalo; Chippewa; Clark; Dunn; Eau Claire; Florence; Forest; Jackson; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Marinette; Menominee; Oconto; Oneida; Pepin; Pierce; Portage; Price; Rusk; Shawano; St. Croix; Taylor; Trempealeau; Vilas; Wood FIPS6 055005 055011 055017 055019 055033 055035 055037 055041 055053 055067 055069 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055091 055093 055097 055099 055107 055109 055115 055119 055121 055125 055141 UGC WIC005 WIC011 WIC017 WIC019 WIC033 WIC035 WIC037 WIC041 WIC053 WIC067 WIC069 WIC073 WIC075 WIC078 WIC083 WIC085 WIC091 WIC093 WIC097 WIC099 WIC107 WIC109 WIC115 WIC119 WIC121 WIC125 WIC141 VTEC /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0470.230710T2255Z-230711T0500Z/