CONCRETE, Washing, — A house fire in Concrete, Washington killed several people, including a Skagit County contract worker. Officers with the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) were called to a reported fire at a building in the 15000 block of SR WA-530 at approximately 10:24 a.m. on August 9. According to the Mount Vernon Police […]
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WALB) – This summer, South Georgia experienced a severe heat wave that made fighting fires extremely difficult. With heat index values exceeding 100 degrees in the summer, the Thomas County Fire Department wants to make sure its firefighters are prepared for the heat while staying as healthy as possible. The Thomas County Fire […]
Two Albemarle County residents and their three dogs were evacuated after a fire caused $75,000 in damage to their home on the county’s eastern border near Lake Monticello. Albemarle County Fire Rescue career and volunteer crews were dispatched to a reported fire in the 3300 block of Martin Kings Road at approximately 6:57 p.m. Saturday. […]
The Bucktail Fire, which is raging across more than 28,000 acres in Montrose County, has nearly doubled in size since Wednesday, fire officials said Saturday. On Saturday, the fire raged across 28,400 acres of private and state forest near Nucla, according to fire officials. Just three days earlier, the fire was almost half the size, […]
JACKSON CO., Mississippi (WLOX) – The Jackson County wildfire continues to weigh heavily on affected residents as they report preparing for an evacuation. A resident of Old Fort Bayou Road said she didn’t believe the fire would reach her until a police officer showed up at her door. One resident affected by the Jackson County […]
The burning carcass of an electrocuted bird was confirmed to be the cause of a July brush fire in Arapahoe County that burned more than 450 acres and destroyed property southeast of Byers, according to a report released Friday by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. The Quail Hollow fire report from the Byers Fire Protection […]
