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Building fire clouds downtown Spokane 
A historic downtown building was heavily damaged in a dangerous fire that clogged streets and sent acrid smoke throughout the business core of the city.
Blaze in Spartanburg County
Several units were called to the scene of a house fire early Friday morning.  The fire broke out at 310 Gold Mine Road in Spartanburg County.
Fire camp inmate escapes, steals deputy vehicle
An inmate escaped a minimum-security fire camp and broke into the home of a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy and stole his vehicle, a uniform and weapons. 
Rig rollover causes mess
A big-rig crash ignited a brush fire Thursday morning and shut down all but one lane of southbound Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton
Fire hits library in ME
 Photo courtesy of Donna Wiegle 
Lightning from an overnight thunderstorm is to blame for a fire that destroyed the local library in this island town, according to the local fire chief.

The blaze was reported by a nearby resident at 3:40 a.m., Swans Island Fire Chief Robert Gardner said Thursday morning. 

The building was fully involved by the time firefighters arrived a few minutes later, he said.
 

Court overturns layoffs
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed two lower court decisions involving firefighter layoffs in Detroit and Pontiac, setting aside injunctions that judges in Wayne and Oakland county circuit courts had issued to block layoffs in 2005 and 2006.
Bus crash results in multiple injuries 
Thirty-five people on a tour bus headed to the Meskwaki Casino were injured Wednesday morning in a crash.
Stolen fire truck found
State police say a fire engine that had been stolen from Jewett City has been recovered in Canterbury. 
Sacramento to  rotate station closures
The Sacramento Fire Department will begin to rotate the closure of its companies starting Saturday morning, fire officials said.
Rookie firefighter, 2 cops gunned down
The roof collapses on a house as it burns to the ground after police surrounded the house where a gunman was believed to be barricaded Monday, July 21, 2008, in Maplewood, Mo. 
Fire hits manufacturing firm in TX
Frisco Fire Department contained one of the three worst manufacturing fires in the city’s history at Hutson Industries on Sunday amid 100-plus degree temperatures that pushed several firefighters to the brink of heat exhaustion.
Dozens sickened in Newark
Thirty-one people were hospitalized after suffering reactions to an unknown allergen in two Newark apartment buildings, authorities said. 
Ex-PA fire official is Brooklyn Park's new fire chief
Brooklyn Park fire chief was appointed Monday night at the City Council meeting.
Union Pacific settles US 
Forest-fire case for $102 million
(UNP) will pay $102 million to settle a government lawsuit seeking damages for the railroad's alleged role in a Northern California forest fire.
Charleston AC asked to step down
Charleston Fire Assistant Chief Larry Garvin confirmed to Live 5 News that he has been asked to step down.
Fire in  oldest NO church
A fire broke out at one of the city’s most historic churches knocking out power to the church building but leaving the physical plant basically intact.
Home gutted, tangled hose
A fire hose set up to battle a blaze that gutted a double-block home on Holland Street got tangled in the rear wheels of an aerial ladder truck early Tuesday morning, a city official said.
Chief  dies in  station accident
Brown County Medical Examiner Al Klimek says Pulaski Tri-County Fire Chief Frank Wichlacz has been killed in an accident at the fire station. 
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