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The Thirtymile Fire was first reported on July 9, 2001 in the Okanogan National Forest, approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Winthrop, Washington, United States. The wildfire had been caused by an unattended campfire that spread rapidly in the hot and dry weather in the Pacific Northwest. Four firefighters were killed when the fire cut off ...
Brenda Berkman (born 1951 [2]) is a pioneering female firefighter.She was the sole named class plaintiff in the federal sex discrimination lawsuit that opened the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) to women firefighters. [3]
The Chewuch River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington.. Its name comes from the word /cwáx/ [čwáx] in the Columbia-Moses language meaning "creek". [4]The river valley was also the site of the Thirty Mile Fire which killed four fire fighters in July 2001.
Jane Seymour is opening up after her Malibu, Calif. home was threatened by last week's wildfires. Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the American Ballet Theater Annual Benefit on Monday, Dec. 16 ...
On October 30, 2006, the fire was fully contained. Five firefighters were killed defending a vacant house locally known as the "Octagon" that was ultimately destroyed by the fire: Jason McKay, Jess McLean, Daniel Najera, Mark Loutzenhiser, and Pablo Cerda.
A 15-year-old girl opened fire in the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, killing a teacher and a student and wounding six others at the school she had attended ...
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — More than a dozen vehicles caught fire at a junkyard in High Point, according to the High Point Fire Department. Early Saturday morning, fire crews responded to reports ...
April 17 – The 2001 Mississippi flag referendum occurred, 64.39% of the population voted to formally adopt the 1894 U.S. state flag over the new 2001 proposed state flag design. April 19 – The multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Producers by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, opens on Broadway at ...