The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department has had its 119th firefighter die in the line of duty since 1887. A firefighter-paramedic with the department died during a training exercise on Tuesday. KSHB 41's Isabella Ledonne learned the majority of firefighter deaths are from medical emergencies, including the most recent death from KCFD's very own.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSHB-TV NBC 41 Kansas City

VIDEO/PHOTOS: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Tuesday declared a state of emergency in southeastern counties as more than 50 roads along with many schools and businesses were still closed after a no-name storm hit the coast, spawning a tornado and dumping nearly 21 inches of rain near Wilmington Monday.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17 Goldsboro

An off-duty Fond du Lac police officer is credited for spotting a fire on a porch of a home on S. Peters Avenue – and alerting the family inside. The fire was spotted by the off-duty officer just after midnight on Monday, Sept. 17. A news release says he quickly notified the sleeping residents inside – and called the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Random Lake School District Administrator Mike Trimberger and Ozaukee County Sheriff Christy Knowles praised the response from first responders and community members following a car versus bus crash Monday morning. The two held a press conference to provide more details on the situation and steps going forward.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

De Pere Fire Rescue and the Fox River West Fire District were dispatched Sunday morning after a passer-by noticed smoke and flames coming from a speculated vehicle or building on Red Maple Road. Upon arriving to the scene, firefighters located flames spreading between a painting shop and plumbing shop, both being located inside connecting metal buildings.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

Nearly 24 hours after a pipeline in Deer Park burst into flames, that fire was still intensely burning. The temperature from the fire was so intense it torched a nearby playground. Firefighters hosed down their equipment and nearby homes, but that wasn’t enough to fight back against the radiant heat.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston

VIDEO: Boise is growing up and out, which is making for more homes and more fires for our firefighters to battle. So, is all the growth making you less safe? We talked to Boise's Fire Chief to find out. Growth is a fact of life in the Boise area. The population exploded by more than 50% in the past two decades.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVB-TV NBC 7 Boise

VIDEO: In Forrest County, the McLaurin Volunteer Fire Department welcomed a new fire truck, but this one has a deeper meaning. Stationed near Camp Shelby, the sides of the new McLaurin fire truck feature the American flag and a silhouette of a soldier kneeling. On the back is an emblem that reads, ‘Honoring those who served,’ with a 22 in the middle that signifies the number of veterans that commit suicide daily in the United States.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAM-TV NBC/ABC 7 Laurel

Four people and two cats are without a home after a fire tore through their apartment, which sits atop a café in Madison. The Madison Fire Department says they responded to an electrical fire on the 2700 block of Atwood Avenue just before 10:00 p.m. Sunday night. Officials say flames were spotted crawling up the side of the building when they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison

An 8-unit apartment complex in Beaver Dam is "uninhabitable" after a fire on Saturday, according to the Beaver Dam Fire & Rescue Department. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office received reports of smoke in the area of Lake Crest Drive around 11:45 p.m. Upon arrival, crews determined the smoke to be coming from 113 Lake Crest Dr.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

Vanderburgh County dispatch confirms there was a working commercial structure fire Saturday at Pike’s Mattress. According to dispatch, the call came in at 4:09 p.m. Black smoke seen even from the Lloyd Expressway filled the sky and sirens started to fill Division Street in Evansville as Pike’s Mattress became engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFIE-TV NBC 14 Evansville

PHOTO: If you’re driving through Avenel, New Jersey, you might just slam on the brakes and say, “What on Earth is THAT?” That’s because you’ll catch sight of a hulking, metal figure standing tall—a bizarre yet impressive sculpture that seems ready to charge into a burning building, ax in hand. Meet “The Smoke Eater,” a larger-than-life firefighter tribute that looks like the lovechild of the Tin Man and a Transformer.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Shore News Network

VIDEO: Monday marks five years since the explosion in Farmington that devastated the community and killed Fire Capt. Michael Bell. Six firefighters and LEAP maintenance manager Larry Lord were seriously injured in the blast on Sept. 16, 2019. Firefighters were called to the LEAP building on Route 2 in Farmington at 8:07 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTW-TV ABC 8 Poland Spring

A Waukesha firefighter was hurt while responding to an apartment fire on Friday afternoon, Sept. 13. It happened on Pebble Valley Road off University Drive around 3:20 p.m. Officials said a passerby called 911 after seeing black smoke coming from a second-floor window of the apartment building. Residents were leaving the building as firefighters arrived.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 11:56:06 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: Firefighters in southeast Wisconsin were kept busy on Wednesday by responding to a whopping 13 separate incidents. According to a social media post from Pleasant Prairie Fire and Rescue on Sept. 11, 2024, crews kept moving all day. During the 24-hour shift, crews responded to 13 separate incidents.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Morrison's Auto Parts is up and running as usual after a fire destroyed one building on the property. The fire broke out at the salvage yard around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday. It started in one of the metal buildings where employees dismantle cars. From there, the fire began to swallow the building, causing the roof to collapse and the walls to cave in.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

Flames and thick smoke shot from a large warehouse in Northeast Philadelphia Friday morning as firefighters battled the large blaze that could be seen and smelled for miles around and forced local residents to stay indoors. The fire along Adams Avenue, near East Wingohocking Street in the Frankford neighborhood, broke out around 5:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

PHOTOS: More than 60 years after Hicksville Volunteer Fire Department’s fire engine was decommissioned, the vintage vehicle has finally returned home. The engine’s return began last month when former Hicksville Fire Chief Patrick McGeough alerted company historian and former Chief Karl Schweitzer of a posting on the antique apparatus – long thought to be lost to the salvage yard.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Nassau Observer

VIDEO: About eight weeks after a fire shut down Interstate 15 between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) is proposing new rules on the transportation of lithium-ion batteries. The 44-hour closure of I-15 about 25 miles east of Barstow was a major problem for weekend travelers on their way to Las Vegas.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLAS-TV CBS 8 Las Vegas

VIDEO: Multiple fire departments and districts came together to train for palm tree rescues at Reid Park in Tucson. Firefighters use a lot of gear including shoes with spikes to rescue people stuck in palm trees. But now they’re working on a faster, safer way, where those spikes are no longer necessary.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLD-TV CBS 13 Tucson