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• Video shows Texas police officers rescue man from burning car

  31-07-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Two White Settlement police officers are being called heroes after they rescued a man from a burning car in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 29.Police said officers responded around 2:40 a.m. in the 1700 block of South Cherry Lane to a crash where a car struck a pole. The crash caused the car to catch fire, police said.
  - PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
  
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• Vermont fire station in danger, town seeks alternative building

  31-07-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: Right now, the town of Cabot's fire station is at risk of falling into the Winooski River, impacting both the volunteer fire department and ambulance service."It's been a little chaotic, but we've been staying in front of it," said Chief Dean Deasy, about what the department and town have experienced since flooding on July 10.
  - PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTZ-TV NBC 5 Plattsburgh
  
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• New study to address training, resources for shipboard fires at South Carolina ports

  31-07-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: The North Charleston City Council voted unanimously to approve a study identifying and addressing risks for onboard ship fires at Charleston Ports.The study is being funded by a grant received from the South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs totaling $247,381.The main goal of this study is to ensure marine firefighters and port workers have the proper training and resources to act in an emergency.
  - PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston
  
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• Dangerous weekend in the sky - Multiple small plane crashes recorded across the US

  31-07-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: Two people were killed and another two injured in a mid-air collision Saturday involving a helicopter and a gyrocopter near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, officials said, while another two other people were killed in a separate incident in which a small plane crashed into a nearby lake.A spokesperson for the Experimental Aircraft Association told CBS News in a statement that the mid-air collision occurred a little before 12:30 p.
  - PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
  
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