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• VIDEOS: 3 firefighters hospitalized, 6 displaced after massive fire in Arizona

  03-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Three firefighters were hospitalized after a fast-moving, wind-driven fire ignited at a junkyard in west Phoenix Wednesday afternoon, according to Phoenix Fire.
  Phoenix firefighters were dispatched to the blaze near 27th Avenue and Buckeye Road just before 3 p.m. for reports of a grass fire that may have spread to a fence nearby.
  - PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix
  
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• VIDEO: Van crashes into ambulance in Washington, D.C.

  03-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  A man is critically hurt after the van he was driving crashed into an ambulance that was going the opposite direction on Georgia Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning, fire officials say.Surveillance video of the crash shows the ambulance driving on Georgia Ave. near Farragut Street NW about 7:20 a.
  - PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.
  
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• Alabama top five in nation for death rate from house fires

  03-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  More than 100 people in Alabama died in fires in 2022, and 2023 is on pace to be even worse.“Unfortunately we’re usually in the top 5 or the top 10 annually,” said Scott Pilgreen, Alabama’s state fire marshal. “In my view, all of them are preventable.”The Alabama Fire Marshal’s Office reports there were 108 fire fatalities in the state in 2022, and 67 more through July 27 of this year, though that number may be out of date.
  - PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00
  
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• 2023’s most hurricane-vulnerable counties

  03-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Which U.S. counties face the biggest danger from Earth’s most powerful storms?With climate experts forecasting a “borderline hyperactive” hurricane season, Gutter Gnome ranked 2023’s Most Hurricane-Vulnerable Counties.The study combined hurricane risk assessments by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) with 10 years of historical storm data and financial impact projections from government agencies.
  - PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 T
  
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