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| House fire in Peoria causes thousands in damage An early morning garage fire on Sherwood Avenue resulted in a house becoming uninhabitable and caused thousands of dollars in damage. The home, near Goodwill and the Uftring Weston car dealership, caught fire first in the garage before making its way into the house. Peoria Fire Department battalion chief Steve Rada said firefighters were able to extinguish the fire before the entire house was engulfed. The fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the property and rendered the home uninhabitable. The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental, but the investigation is ongoing. WMBD-TV CBS 31 PEORIA On the road again: Growing number of Illinois ambulances on the ground in Ukraine Sending an old ambulance to Ukraine, where it can immediately make a difference, is what being in EMS is all about, says the head of El Paso's Emergency Squad. Karen Kurg, who administers the Woodford County village's emergency medical team, said it wasn't a hard decision for her and her board of trustees to ship the vehicle – which they had replaced with a newer one – overseas. "We didn't need it, and no one else wanted it, so why not send it to an organization that wanted it? It's all about the greater good," she said. "It's very gratifying to know. Actually, that it is being used exactly how we used it, but the value is 1,000 times more valuable than when we were using it. "They need it right now," Kurg said. That vehicle and about 10 others are either in the war-torn nation or on their way, said Chris Manson, who is OSF HealthCare's vice president of government relations and the person who got the first Advanced Medical Transport ambulance over to Ukraine in April. JOURNAL STAR - METERED SITE Explosion causes basement walls to collapse at Decatur home Firefighters responded to a basement explosion, according to officials. According to the Decatur Fire Department, on Thursday just before 10 p.m. the department responded to a report of a house explosion in the 400 block of S. 19th Street with a partial collapse and visible fire. Arriving crews reported light smoke coming from the house. Firefighters discovered the majority of the above grade basement walls had been blown out of the structure. There was fire in the basement that crews quickly extinguished, according to the department. No one was inside at the time the explosion happened. WAND-TV NBC 17 DECATUR PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: All lanes of I-5 SB open after truck blast led to huge traffic jam in Seattle PHOTOS: State transportation crews have reopened all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Seattle Thursday evening after a vehicle carrying liquid oxygen caught fire and exploded, snarling traffic for motorists through the midday and afternoon commute. No injuries were reported during the incident, which resulted in the closure of both north- and southbound lanes near downtown Seattle for over an hour. Shortly before 6 p.m., state officials said on social media that there was a 4.5 mile backup on the interstate even though the westbound State Route 520 ramp to southbound I-5 was open as well as Boylston Avenue. Officials said they expected to reopen all lanes of I-5 sometime Thursday night. State transportation officials tweeted about 7:30 p.m. that the lanes had reopened. KOMO-TV ABC 4 SEATTLE PHOTOS: ‘A fire station on wheels' Tennessee fire department shows off new aerial truck If you're not one for heights, then this view may not be for you. Rural Metro Fire – Knox County gave WATE's Bo Williams an inside look at its newest and biggest addition. In June, Rural Metro added a new $1.2 million aerial truck to its fleet to serve North Knox County for the next 20 years. "This aerial is 107 feet. That's at 72 degrees," said Jeff Bagwell with Rural Metro. "It's the most expensive fire truck we've ever purchased here in Knox County, and companywide. This truck is a big truck, and as a former chief used to say, ‘it's a difference maker'." Rural Metro crews are banking on this truck being a game changer when a call goes out. "We have a 2,000 gallon per minute pump. So, this pump has the capability to pump at least another 5 to 750 gallons more than any other pump we got in the fleet," said Bagwell. One of the great features of this new truck is the cameras, allowing for 360 degree views around the vehicle. WATE-TV ABC 6 KNOXVILLE ICU nurse gets life-saving kidney transplant from Florida firefighter A Bradenton firefighter has received the county's highest honor for a firefighter after donating a kidney to a fellow firefighter's wife. As a firefighter and former Marine, Lieutenant Derek Foss is always ready to answer the call. "Make a decision as it comes in," he explained. He says he didn't need any convincing on the decision to donate a kidney after learning he was a perfect match to be a kidney donor to Brianne Baker. "Probably two weeks after I gave blood and they called and said six out of six match," he said. Brianne Baker is a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Tampa General Hospital and her health was declining. "I had no energy, I didn't realize how much I was declining over the months," she said. As a teenager, Brianne Baker was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease. At 32, her kidneys were failing and a match needed to be a perfect fit. WTVT-TV FOX 13 TAMPA Woman leaves her $116,000 per year law job and now earns $15 an hour as a firefighter: ‘Find something that makes you feel vibrant' Nico Smith didn't want to merely make a living, but to "have a living." She wanted to feel alive. That desire prompted her to quit her $116,000 a year job as a lawyer in February 2020 to strike out on her own. She ended up starting her own law firm, and later discovered a passion for firefighting. "A lot of things in my life were in flux at the time," the 36-year-old California resident tells CNBC Make It. Her ex-wife had just moved to Portland, Oregon, and they had recently adopted a son together as well. Working at a law firm "was just not suiting my lifestyle anymore." It came down to her mental health. "Working as a lawyer, you spend a lot of time sitting in a chair, and I have bees in my knees. I like to move around," Smith says. "I was gaining a lot of weight. I wasn't happy in my body anymore. I needed to find something that would allow me to have more balance in my life." MAKE IT At least 16 people are dead after Kentucky's catastrophic flooding, and the death toll is expected to rise At least 16 people are dead following catastrophic flooding in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. That number is expected to double and includes children, he told CNN earlier, as rescuers scramble to reach areas difficult to access. "It's going to get a lot higher," Beshear said at a news conference Friday morning. "There's going to be multiple families that we've lost," Beshear told Brianna Keilar on CNN's "New Day" earlier. "Kids that won't get the opportunity to grow up and experience so much that we have." "This is so deadly, and it hit so hard, and it hit in the middle of the night," the governor said, adding that although eastern Kentucky often floods, "we've never seen something like this." Rescuers are working around the clock to reach areas where flooding washed away roads or left them under water after heavy rain Wednesday night into Thursday. CNN PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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