Two more injured firefighters from an explosion in downtown Los Angeles in May have returned to active duty. A total of 12 firefighters were injured in the fire that broke out in the Toy District on May 16. More than 230 firefighters responded to the scene. As firefighters were responding to the blaze inside the building at 327 East Boyd Street, the site of a butane honey oil supplier called Smoke Tokes, there was a “significant explosion,” said LAFD Captain Erik Scott.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles

By the time the EMTs reached my hotel room in Austin, Tex., I was already unconscious on the floor. Moments earlier I had dragged myself to the phone and called for help as chest pains began to overwhelm me. I later learned those first responders resuscitated me more than once as they used their medical training to keep me alive until we arrived at the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

As the U.S. approaches 4 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, local health officials are reporting more cases per day than at any previous point. The virus is concentrated now in states that had relatively few confirmed cases not long ago. On June 22, there were seven states with at least 100,000 cumulative confirmed infections.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 24/7 Wall St.

Five cats are dead and two residents have been displaced after a house fire in the City of Sheboygan on Monday afternoon. According to the Sheboygan Fire Department, at around 4 p.m., fire crews responded to the 1000 block of Bell Avenue for reports of dense black smoke in the area. Upon arrival, firefighters say they found heavy smoke coming from the roof of a home.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 7:37:32 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

The South Beloit City Council hopes to choose a new fire chief before current Fire Chief Mike Davenport retires at the end of August. During Monday’s South Beloit City Council meeting, council members discussed advertising the new position and setting up interviews with candidates for the position. Davenport announced July 6 that he will retire as fire chief on Aug.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 5:38:55 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

At least two sailors who helped fight an aggressive fire that raged on for days aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard last week off the coast of San Diego have since tested positive for the coronavirus, U.S. Navy officials confirmed on Friday. The two sailors are crew members on the USS San Diego, an amphibious transport dock, that pulled up alongside the Bonhomme Richard to help with firefighting efforts as the warship continued to burn for more than four days in the San Diego Bay.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

Analysis of data from the COVID Symptom Study app, led by researchers from King’s College London, reveals that there are six distinct ‘types’ of COVID-19, each distinguished by a particular cluster of symptoms. Moreover, the team found that these types differed in the severity of the disease and the need for respiratory support during hospitalisation.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Technology Networks

Maine caught dramatic video of a car on fire in Portland. All occupants were able to get out safely. The car fire happened Sunday night on Congress Street near State Street. A witness told the people in the car that is was smoking when it pulled up to a stoplight. The Portland Fire Department arrived to put out the flames.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Center Maine

Fire Captain Frank O’Reagan says a rather bizarre incident just over a month ago involving a motorcyclist — who ended up badly injured on the banks of the Taunton River — was all the justification he needed that the recent acquisition of a new fire and rescue boat was worth the investment. “We’ve already saved someone, so in my eyes it’s already paid for itself,” said O’Reagan, who has been training other firefighters how to operate and take full advantage of his department’s new high-speed rescue boat.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Herald News

A toddler is hurt after falling from a hotel’s 2nd floor balcony in Fond du Lac on Sunday. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Peter O’Leary said the incident happened at 7:25 p.m. at the Comfort Inn on Holiday Lane. O’Leary said medics stabilized the 2-year-old with what “appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2020 7:42:21 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

One person is dead after a single-vehicle rollover incident in the Town of Little Wolf on Sunday morning. The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office report at around 1:30 a.m., deputies responded to County Highway B just east of Murray Road for a report of a single-vehicle rollover accident. After further investigation, deputies believe the vehicle involved was traveling westbound on County Highway B when it entered the south ditch and rolled over.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2020 1:53:57 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A single-family residence became fully engulfed in flames after lightning struck the home on Sunday morning in Townsend. According to Lakewood Fire Department, around 3:30 a.m., the Nicolet Fire District responded to Dencur Lane for a report of a house fully engulfed in fire. Upon arrival, fire crews confirmed the home was fully engulfed in flames and the shed next to the house was starting to catch on fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2020 11:43:05 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

This year, the annual fundraising event, originally scheduled for May 17 and known as the Kenosha Kids Cancer Buzz, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Pleasant Prairie Firefighters Local 3785 charities and President Marc Lois took to social media with and along with firefighters and a local nurse the event was held on Facebook Live.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 1:04:39 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A garage sustained heavy damage in a fire early Friday, according to Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue. At 4:31 a.m., firefighters were called to 253 Linden St for a report of a fire in a detached two-car garage. A police officer on patrol had spotted a “large plume of smoke” in the area and tracked it down to the address.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 4:48:29 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The federal agency investigating the firebombing of a Downtown Madison government office during a Black Lives Matter protest last month has offered another reward for information in the case and released images of five more people it thinks might have been involved in the incident or who know people who were.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

On person is dead following a head-on crash early Thursday morning. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call was received at approximately 4:43 a.m. on July 16, reporting a 2-vehicle crash on Highway 35 near Bemis Street in the Town of Trempealeau. When deputies arrived, they located a crash between a truck and a car.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse

VIDEO: A massive 4-alarm fire tore through a waterfront apartment complex under construction in Everett Thursday, creating a raging inferno that damaged two homes up a nearby hill and partially burning an ambulance and fire truck that had responded to the scene. The fire in one of the two large buildings broke out around 5:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Nationwide, firefighter suicides have been growing and are continuing to outpace line of duty deaths. It's a trend that has persisted in the last few years, especially for states like Nevada and California who are hit hardest by wildfires. One study found that 37 percent of fire and EMS professionals have contemplated suicide, nearly 10 times the rate of American adults.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRNV-DT NBC 4 Reno

For years, the department has lacked manpower in emergency situations, making response times longer when timing is crucial. Lives could be in danger in Georgetown County, where firehouses face chronic manpower shortages. In some cases, fire engines continually go out with only one firefighter on the truck, while national standards call for a minimum of four.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Myrtle Beach Online

The city of Oakland, California, will pay more than $32 million to settle lawsuits brought on behalf of victims of the deadly 2016 "Ghost Ship" fire in which 36 people died, officials announced. "This was a horrific tragedy that deeply impacted every corner of our community," a statement from the city attorney's office said.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News