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• VIDEO: Sport gas balloon catches fire after crashing into power lines in Texas

  10-10-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  A gas balloon involved in an international race burst into flames Monday evening after crashing into a power line structure in Kaufman County.Kaufman County officials said the balloon came down off U.S. Highway 175, near Crandall, just after 7:15 p.m.It first crashed into high-powered transmission lines and then distribution lines before catching fire, said Kaufman County emergency manager Steve Howie.
  - PUB DATE: 10/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT CBS 11 Fort Worth
  
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• VIDEO: Helium balloon catches fire after crashing into power lines in Texas

  10-10-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  A helium balloon involved in an international race burst into flames Monday evening after crashing into a power line structure in Kaufman County.Kaufman County officials said the balloon came down off U.S. Highway 175, near Crandall, just after 7:15 p.m.It first crashed into high-powered transmission lines and then distribution lines before catching fire, said Kaufman County emergency manager Steve Howie.
  - PUB DATE: 10/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT CBS 11 Fort Worth
  
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• South Carolina firefighters urge 'Stand By Your Pan' with funny, life-saving music video

  10-10-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: A South Carolina fire department wants to get your attention during National Fire Prevention Week with a funny video that carries a serious message.The Greenville Fire Department posted a music video to their social media accounts called "Stand By Your Pan." Members of the city's Station 1 lent their satirical acting, singing and musical skills to the Tammy Wynette song with the same tune that made her a country legend.
  - PUB DATE: 10/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYFF-TV NBC 4 Greenville
  
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• Old photo creates new bond between Oklahoma firefighters

  10-10-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  PHOTOS: Adults often don’t know of the impact they have on a child’s life. But once in a while, that payoff comes full circle — and with photographic proof.About 15 years ago, Cameron Lierly was a young boy enjoying a Fourth of July parade in the Candlestick Beach community west of town when his mother, Bridget Lierly, took a snapshot of her son sitting in the cab of a Sand Springs fire truck.
  - PUB DATE: 10/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sand Springs Leader - Metered Site
  
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• City in Michigan had its own fire on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire

  10-10-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: The Summer of 1871 was unusually dry, creating a heightened fire risk around the Great Lakes. While the Great Chicago Fire is the most well known in history, towns across the Midwest were impacted on the same day in separate fires including many in Michigan.Among them Manistee, Alpena, Port Huron and Holland.
  - PUB DATE: 10/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WZZM-TV ABC 13 Grand Rapids
  
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