On October 20, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

No one was injured during a Thursday fire at a Cornell manufacturing plant, Chief Dennis Klass of the Cornell Fire Department said. A fire was reported at Mule-Hide Manufacturing, 50 Bridge St., in Cornell at 9:29 a.m. Klass said the department arrived on scene and found the mill’s dryers on fire. The dryers are approximately 180-foot-long cylinders that dry paper being processed.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 4:24:09 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

A fire that broke out Thursday morning at a multiuse building on Eau Claire’s near west side devastated a local business and displaced a family of six. Firefighters arrived at 1619 Bellinger St. to find the building that houses Mai’s Food Catering and an apartment above it engulfed in black smoke and flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 2:46:05 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Years after a fire burned 8,100 acres in Douglas and Bayfield counties, lawsuits continue between insurers as to who will cover the losses. The District III Court of Appeals ruled last week that a $2 million general liability policy Secura Mutual Insurance issued to a logging company at the center of the 2013 Germann Road fire would apply if the logger is found liable for the fire-related damages.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune

Longtime Oakland firefighter Darin White was named fire chief Thursday, the city’s second choice after a Los Angeles candidate turned down the job over a contract dispute. White, who has spent 20 of his 30-year career in Oakland, will lead a beleaguered department recovering from the Ghost Ship blaze, the deadliest structure fire in modern California history that uncovered failures to properly inspect commercial and multi-unit residential buildings.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

City Councilwoman Teresa R. Macaluso is accusing members of the city’s fire department of embarking on a smear campaign to defeat her in next month’s election, She’s also accusing the firefighters of bullying her during this fall’s City Council campaign because she’s been a vocal opponent of the fire department during the city’s three-year contract battle with the firefighters’ union.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

Carson Couch doesn’t consider himself a hero, although to many he probably is. It was October 2nd when the Belmont firefighter made a rescue that was unlike any other in his career. Couch, off-duty at the time, was driving down Piedmont Golf Course Road with his brother when he saw a frantic man on the side of the road.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSPA-TV CBS 7

The fire district in San Diego's sweetest tourist destination is rejecting a request to join the County Fire Authority, which some say is a potentially life-threatening decision. Despite repeated recommendations from high-ranking county officials, the tiny apple pie-loving community of Julian has decided to rely on its all-volunteer firefighting crew to respond to any and all emergency medical calls and structure fires within the town.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGTV-TV ABC 10 San Diego

Bossier City Fire Chief Brad Zagone hopes there’s never a time where his department would have to respond to an active shooter situation in Bossier City. But in light of the Las Vegas mass shooting on Oct. 1 that resulted in the deaths of 59 people, as well as other similar events, Zagone believes his department needs a specialized vehicle to respond if such a tragedy were to ever occur here.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Shreveport Times

On October 19, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

North Shore Fire and Rescue responded to the Parkside Commons Apartments, 1400 W. Custer Ave., for a report of a fire on the second floor of the building. The first arriving fire company reported an active evacuation in progress with residents reporting moderate smoke conditions on the second floor. Crews located a fire in an apartment on the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 10:57:08 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO: au Claire Fire is responding to a structure fire on Bellinger Street. According to Eau Claire Police, it’s in the 1600 block. We have a reporter on the scene and will bring you more information as it becomes available.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 9:13:14 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

VIDEO: One person is dead following a structure fire Thursday morning, October 19th on Milwaukee's northwest side. Firefighters were called out to the area of 84th and Lisbon around 7:30 a.m. Initial reports indicate the victim is an adult male. No additional details have been released -- including the cause of the fire or the identity of the victim.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 7:39:38 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: The wildfires currently ripping through California serve as a painful reminder that it can happen anywhere, anytime. Wednesday, the Wisconsin DNR forestry wildlife firefighters held a training session at Black River State Forest for a potential wildfire. The state forest is nearly 70,000 acres big and has the potential to catch fire, much like California.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 5:53:16 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

On October 17, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: It's a drug that has no boundaries. Almost everyone knows someone impacted by heroin. It's a national epidemic that's now hitting a new high in Madison. New numbers from the Madison Police Department show overdoses from the drug are up 205 percent. It's especially startling for those who respond to help.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 2:43:30 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

A Mount Pleasant man has been arrested after reportedly kicking a firefighter in the stomach. Andrew W. Nielsen, 22, of the 4300 block of Danbury Lane, is charged with a felony count of battery to a firefighter, two counts of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and a misdemeanor charge of resisting an officer.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 2:12:48 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Assistant Santa Rosa Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal was in what sounded like a hailstorm of embers and ash that battered his truck as he tried to find a way through the fire burning above the city. He’d been dispatched to St. Helena the night of Oct. 8 to help manage a Napa County wildfire that started near Tubbs Lane just north of Calistoga.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat

The Loch Sheldrake Fire Department was mourning the death of one of its firefighters on Wednesday. Ron Hinkle, 71, died after responding to a call Tuesday afternoon. According to Sullivan County Fire Coordinator John Hauschild, Hinkle was among a group of firefighters who responded to a motor vehicle accident around 2 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Middletown Times Herald-Record

Lights were out at the West Willow Fire Company on Wednesday. The volunteer fire company on West Willow Road in Pequea Township is closed, effective Tuesday night. “They came out and covered our roof one night,” Charles McGill said. McGill, who lives right next to the fire company, said he was sad to hear the news of the closure.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg