A Japanese restaurant in Superior, Wisconsin was destroyed in a devastating fire early Monday. Fire crews were called to Wasabi All You Can Eat Japanese Restaurant at 3333 Tower Ave. Monday with crews arriving to find heavy smoke coming from the rear of the building. While fire crews initially fought the blaze indoors, the deteriorating conditions forced them outside, with the fire eventually extinguished at 7:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bring Me The News

No one was hurt but a home is lost after a fire early Wednesday morning. According to the battalion chief at the Menomonie Fire Department, they were called around 5:40 a.m., and remained on the scene until about 7:30 in the morning. When crews arrived, smoke and flames were visible from all sides of the structure.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Newly-released bodycam video shows the dramatic rescue of a trapped driver moments before his car burst into flames on the Las Vegas Strip. The sudden crash happened just outside the Venetian resort last week. A good Samaritan and police officer quickly jumped into action to pull the man from the smoking car.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Fresno

As we enter Black History Month, a local fire company makes history here on Delmarva. The Carlisle Fire Company recently appointed Shawn Hinton as chief. He is the first African American chief in the department's 221 year history. Chief Hinton has 15 years of experience under his belt and said he is honored to be the new voice of the department.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBOC-TV CBS/FOX 16 Salisbury

A machete attack and a fire captain punched in the face — it's what Sacramento Metro Fire is facing with a growing homeless crisis. They say their jobs are getting more and more dangerous. Squatters in vacant buildings are responsible for fires causing millions in damage. Metro Fire Capt. Parker Wilbourn said his agency responded to more than 2,500 fire incidents last year directly related to homeless encampments or people experiencing homelessness.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Stockton

VIDEO: Marion County Fire Chief James Banta is promising to make changes to better respond to mental health struggles in the department after two firefighters died in less than a month. The chief released a video message to the department and residents of Marion County following the deaths of MCFR firefighter paramedics Allen Singleton and Tripp Wooten.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCJB-TV ABC/CW+ 20 Gainesville

PHOTOS: The city of Opelika just added a new fire engine to its fleet. The new truck, which cost $1.2 million, is called an aerial. It’s the first of four new firetrucks that will arrive this year. The total price for all four firetrucks will be close to $3 million. Opelika Fire Chief Shane Boyd said the new aerial is a multi-purpose truck with a pump, a water tank, a water hose, an aerial device, and ground ladders.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Opelika-Auburn News

After many months of hard work, the integrated Edgerton-Milton Fire-EMS Department launched Wednesday. The new department will serve the 25,000 residents and businesses in the greater Edgerton and Milton area, according to an announcement by the Edgerton Fire Protection District. It will service 220 square miles across Rock, Dane and Jefferson counties, notably for the cities of Edgerton and Milton and towns of Albion, Fulton, Harmony, Johnstown, Koshkonong, Lima, Milton, Porter and Sumner.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 7:34:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

Winter is a busy season for fire departments across the region. While flames fill the houses, that's not the only battle that firefighters face. During this recent cold spell the department has to make sure that their hoses and pumps do not freeze over. Jake Campbell is a firefighter paramedic at the Rhinelander Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 4:23:00 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander

Fire crews from multiple towns worked together to put out a house fire in Stoddard on Tuesday night. The fire was called in shortly before 6 p.m. at a house on Lake Road. When firefighters arrived to the scene, there were flames coming out of the windows of the home. Crews from Stoddard, Coon Valley, Shelby, and Genoa worked together to get the fire put out quickly enough that the house is still structurally sound.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 6:20:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

VIDEO: Fire crews responded to a fire at Wisconsin Dehydration and Processing, pet food plant. The fire occurred inside one of the dryers after some food got caught inside, it's an occurrence the Rapids fire department said happens often. This time, they needed help, and brought in multiple crews from various departments in the area.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

PHOTOS: Multiple cabins burned overnight in the Upper Middle Creek area of Sevier County, the Sevier County Government and the City of Pigeon Forge stated in a joint press release early Tuesday. Sevier County officials say at around 12:39 a.m., Sevier County Central Dispatch received a call reporting a structure fire in the 2100 block of Windy Lane in the Upper Middle Creek area of Sevier County.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville

EMTs and firefighters are used to receiving the latest training when it comes to lifesaving care. But on Tuesday, they encountered a different kind of training and patients: High-tech K9 mannequins. Gillette Stadium’s Putnam Club became a classroom of sorts for Bay State EMTs, where their patients for the lifesaving training weren’t humans but man’s best friend.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

Explorer Post 469, a junior firefighter program of Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services for high school students, has earned third place in a national competition, the fire department announced. The explorer post left Jan. 26 for the BSA Winterfest Competition Jan. 27 and 28 in Gatlinburg. Over 1,000 explorers and venturers from across the country attended the event this year, the first gathering since 2020.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News - Metered Site

PHOTOS: On Feb. 1, 1900, Dayton experienced what could be the largest fire in the city’s history. The blaze started at the in the Leaf Tobacco Warehouses of J.P. Wolf & Son at the northwest corner of First and Foundry streets. Foundry ran north to south starting at First Street and cut through an area where the Dayton Dragons stadium and plaza now stand.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News

Madison firefighters discovered a fire after responding to a carbon monoxide alarm on the near west side over the weekend. Madison Fire Department Cynthia Schuster said crews responded to a home near Gilmore and Gregory Streets around 11:20 p.m. Saturday. Schuster said homes in the area had a power surge and were without power, and many furnaces weren't working.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2023 7:24:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills of 20 below to 35 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-01-31T03:20:00-06:00 2023-01-31T10:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Wood FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230131T1600Z/

We are now seeing what firefighters saw as they worked to keep downtown Bedford from going up in flames on Friday. ABC13 received helmet camera footage from the fire department that shows how crews got the fire at the Sister to Sister Custom Catering and Café under control in 50 minutes on Friday. Crews fought the fire from the ground and the rooftops.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSET-TV ABC 13 Lynchburg

Amid warnings that Chicago Fire Department paramedics are "taking a literal beating at the hands of their patients," a City Council committee on Monday answered the alarm. The Committee on Public Safety unanimously approved an ordinance championed by Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) at the behest of the Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A piece of Albany history is out for public viewing after being hidden away for 20 years. The restoration of the 1925 Seagrave engine was an arduous process that took gallons of paint and even more patience. Inside what was once the old museum at Fire Station 12, Larry Allen and Brian Vorderstrasse put the finishing touches on the fire engine.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albany Democrat-Herald - Metered Site