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| 105 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths reported in Alaska Tuesday The state reported 105 new COVID-19 cases in Alaska Tuesday. Of the newly reported cases, 102 were confirmed in Alaska residents. Three new nonresident cases were identified in the state — all among seafood industry workers: two in Anchorage and one in Unalaska. At least 1,334 residents and nonresidents have been hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic reached Alaska. Currently, 33 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 and six others are hospitalized and suspected of having the virus. Three of these patients are on a ventilator. The state's vaccine monitoring dashboard shows 199,834 people have received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the state; 137,483 people are fully vaccinated. A total of 1,806,251 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Alaska, although that number does not reflect the unique number of individuals who have been tested for COVID-19. ALASKA NEWS SOURCE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 'Felt like I was in a warzone': California neighborhood remains evacuated after deadly fireworks explosion VIDEO: An Ontario neighborhood rocked by a deadly, massive explosion involving fireworks remained evacuated Wednesday, with residents reeling from the series of blasts that shattered nearby windows and sent up a huge plume of smoke. Authorities - including the FBI and ATF - are investigating Tuesday afternoon's explosion of what were believed to be a cache of commercial-grade fireworks in Ontario. The incident occurred shortly after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of West Francis Street. About 50 firefighters still worked to douse the flames three hours after the initial blast. Fire crews remained at the scene Wednesday morning. Videos posted to social media showed flames and a thick plume of smoke rising from the home, and then a long series of fireworks shooting up into the air, sending nearby pedestrians running for cover. KABC-TV ABC 7 LOS ANGELES Texas Firefighter Uses COVID-19 Reconditioning Program to Beat Lasting Effects VIDEO: For a lot of people, getting over COVID-19 is more than getting over just the initial illness. Recovery from long-lasting symptoms can take months and can require medical help, as a Mesquite Fire Department firefighter recently found out. Rob Williams said he had hoped the worst was over after being released from his COVID-19 stay at the hospital. Weeks, even months later, he suffered from fatigue, joint pain and anxiety that he would never return to normal health. "I've had injuries before. They can always give you like, 'This will take you 4-6 weeks to recover,'" he said. "With this, it is was like, 'We don't know for how long it's going to take.' And that mental side may be harder than dealing with the sickness." "I had joint pain so bad that it hurt to walk. If I made it into the kitchen, I was tired and had to lay down and take a break," he said. KXAS-TV NBC 5 FORT WORTH Research and Rescue: Engineers and First Responders Join Forces in Virginia George Stephens has been the chief of the North Garden Volunteer Fire Company for 20 years, and a firefighter even longer. He joined the company as a young man after he watched firefighters struggling with inadequate tools and unreliable water resources try to salvage a house. "Despite their heroic efforts, the house burned to the ground. It was the home of the custodian at my elementary school," he said. "I realized I had just watched on the sidelines. That day I asked myself what I was doing to help and got involved." A lot has changed since he first volunteered. "Initially we only responded to fires, but over time we were responding to more car accidents," he said. "We decided to get medical certifications because we wanted to do more for our residents than just hold their hand and comfort them until the ambulance arrived." Yearly calls have more than doubled since the early 1990s, from 300 to more than 800 in a typical year. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipes and Drums to Perform for St. Patrick's Day There will be no St. Patrick's Day parade in Cleveland for the second straight year because of the coronavirus pandemic, causing many to wonder where they'll find their holiday cheer. But don't worry, we have you covered. Our St. Patrick's Day gift to you is a live video performance by the popular Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipes and Drums band on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. They will perform on the bagpipes in a live video that will be broadcast on Facebook by reporter Hannah Drown. The performance will start around 12:30 p.m. If you're not on Facebook, the video player will be added to this post once it begins. The Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipes and Drums is a fixture at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Cleveland. They have won the award for Best Bagpipe Band at the Cleveland parade 11 times since 1992. Most of the band's pipers and drummers are members of fire departments throughout Northeast Ohio. CLEVELAND.COM 1913: Binghamton Woman Was The Hero Of New York City's Deadliest Fire March is Women's History Month and all month long Fox 40 is recognizing notable figures from the Southern Tier, like the woman who is remembered as the hero of Binghamton's deadliest fire. July 22nd, 1913 was a sweltering hot day in the City of Binghamton. On Wall Street, employees at the Binghamton Clothing Company were opening up windows to try and catch a breeze. "They made overalls. Had about 100 employees," says Roger Luther, the Broome County Historian, "Nellie Connor, at that point, had worked there for about 30 years." Nellie Connor was the forewoman on the fourth floor of the factory. "By all reports, she was loved by her employees," says Luther. The workers Connor supervised were mostly immigrants and mainly women. On that hot July afternoon, workers started to notice the building seemed to be getting even hotter. Sometime around 2:30pm, someone discovered a small fire that had started under the staircase. WICZ-TV FOX 40 BINGHAMTON PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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