Around 10:30 on a warm and humid 4th of July night Grand Rapids Fire crews were dispatched to the 800 block of Division Ave SE for a tire shop on fire.
Engine company 2 arrived on-scene of a tire store well involved and stretched. Crews fought the fire in a defensive posture due to heavy fire conditions with multiple hand lines and Ladder 2’s aerial device and quickly knocked down the fire and went interior for mop up and overhaul.
Assignment: GR E2 E10 E3 R1 L2 T3 BC5 BC6 C97
Colleton County SC – A Springtown Community family was displaced following a fire that destroyed their home Friday evening 09-May at 22:23. The fire occurred at 8857 Augusta Hwy (SC Hwy 61) in a rural area in northern Colleton County.
A family member advised she was awakened by smoke and found the home on fire. She was able to alert the two other family members and all three escaped the burning structure.
Colleton County (SC) Engine 7 arrived to find the single-story, wood-frame residential dwelling approximately 70% involved. Firefighters deployed two 1-3/4″ handlines and one 2-1/2″ handline.
Crews worked for approximately 30 minutes to gain control of the fire, but were on the scene performing overhaul for five hours. Water supply was conducted with a Tender shuttle.
One occupant was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, then transported to Colleton Medical Center by Fire-Rescue Medic 26. Two Firefighters were also injured during the incident. Both were transported to Colleton Medical Center by Fire-Rescue ambulances. Both firefighters were treated and later released. The fire appears to have started in the kitchen and spread to the attic. The cause is under investigation. The Red Cross is assisting the family.
Engine 7, Engine 18, Engine 26, Tender 5, Tender 7, Tender 9, Tender 17, Tender 19, Tender 26, Tender 27, Medic 7, Medic 9, Medic 13, Medic 18, Medic 26, Battalion 1, Car 104 and Car 107 responded. Battalion Chief Brent Dalton served as Incident Commander.
Barry W. McRoy, Fire Chief, Colleton County Fire-Rescue
Firefighters from multiple departments assisted the Buffalo Grove Fire Department (IL) to battle a 3-Alarm fire that destroyed a six-unit townhouse on Le Parc Circle 3-8-25.
Somers, CT had 4 alarms plus special calls at 164 Hampden Rd on 3/7/25 at 19:37. The FD arrived to this 1 million square foot plant growing facility with heavy fire extending fast due to high winds. Firefighters had extremely limited access to the property.
Patrick Dooley
Firefighters battled fire in a 4-car garage in Killdeer, IL 3-5-25. The home was located in an area without hydrants and over a 1/4 down a dead-end street. A rural water supply operation was setup to resupply firefighters after they exhausted almost 5,000 gallons of water from the 1st three suppression rigs that arrived.
Thirteen tankers were involved, and firefighters kept the fire to the garage with minimal damage to the living space.
Firefighters in Mundelein, IL battled a fire in a townhouse on Huntington Drive Sunday evening. Companies were met with heavy smoke and fire in a rear bedroom. Hoarder conditions inside the home hampered search efforts, and the elderly resident was unaccounted for at the scene.
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