Fire Engineering

Kevin Cole – Omaha World-Herald, Neb. A fire Tuesday night in the vacant clubhouse of the former Sunset Valley Country Club left the building in southwest Omaha a complete loss. “The front of the building actually doesn’t look too bad,” Battalion Chief Kurt Theiler of the Omaha Fire Department said Wednesday. “When you look at the back of building, you will see it is totally collapsed.

Joshua Lynch – The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK — A fire aboard a barge in Norfolk’s Lambert’s Point area was extinguished Wednesday evening after a multiagency response involving Norfolk Fire-Rescue, Hampton Fire Rescue and the U.S. Coast Guard. Norfolk Fire-Rescue said crews were dispatched around 5:43 p.m. after receiving reports of a barge on fire along the downtown waterfront. Due to the vessel not being accessible from land, firefighters battled the blaze from the water.

Kai Uyehara – The Seattle Times A warehouse was destroyed in a large fire south of Sodo on Wednesday morning, the Seattle Fire Department said. Fifteen fire engines, seven ladder trucks and 115 personnel were among those responding to the fire. Just before 1 a.m., 911 callers reported a fire at a commercial warehouse in the 4500 block of Seventh Avenue South, the department said.

Posted: Jul 15, 2026 Slug: PG-Longtime-Pittsburgh-fire-Chief-Darryl-Jones-to-ret Megan Guza Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) Pittsburgh leaders said Wednesday that fire Chief Darryl Jones — who has been on leave amid an internal investigation for more than a month — will retire effective Sept. 16. The press release came from Mayor Corey O’Connor’s office and did not include a statement from the now-outgoing fire chief.

Olivia Stevens – Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, Ill.) A 10-year-old girl has died after a two-story apartment fire Monday night on the 2900 Block of Bernice Road in Lansing, fire officials said. The child, identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as 10-year-old Braelyn Stewart of Dolton, was taken to Munster Community Hospital before being transferred to Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, where she was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m. Tuesday.

Posted: Jul 15, 2026 Slug: LZ-Dracut-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-blaze Aaron Curtis The Sun, Lowell, Mass. (TNS) DRACUT — Firefighters worked through punishing heat and humidity on Tuesday evening as they fought a three‑alarm blaze at a Salem Road home located roughly 2,000 feet from the nearest working hydrant. The Dracut Fire Department said in a press release that no injuries were reported, though the fire left the home a total loss.

Photos of damaged scooters after a 2025 fire in the Bronx that fire marshals linked to a lithium-ion battery. Photo courtesy the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) PIO. On October 2, 2023, an electric skateboard burst into flames outside a classroom at the University of Notre Dame. The cause of the fire was confirmed by investigators to be thermal runaway. Thermal runaway is the process in which the electrolyte barrier in the battery leaks, vaporizes, or is otherwise compromised.

ImageTrend, a provider of software and AI intelligence for emergency response, healthcare, and public safety organizations, announced the appointment of Chris Cartrett as Chief Executive Officer.

Ricochet is partnering with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) to donate high-quality personal protective equipment (PPE) to volunteer fire, EMS, and rescue departments across the U.S. through the Ricochet PPE Award Program. Having the right PPE for the right response is critical to the safety and effectiveness of emergency responders. Yet many volunteer departments struggle to find funding for EMS, wildland, and technical rescue gear.

Emergency workers on site during a fire at a building complex in the center of Brussels, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman) BRUSSELS (AP) — At least six people were killed and two injured in a fire on Tuesday at a building being renovated in downtown Brussels. Authorities in the Belgian capital said that their bodies had been found in an elevator at the site.