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SPECIAL FEATURE: `Where There`s Smoke - There`s Fire` (VIDEO)

Special feature video report by Gerrit Roelof and Jerry Freeman on wildland firefighter training in Oregon.

(SWEET HOME, Ore.) - It's hard to underestimate the importance of fire safety in a state like Oregon. This week, in preparation for the upcoming summer fire season, students are learning the finer points of wildland firefighting and honing their skills, until they get it right.

Paul Heibert, the incident commander at the wildland firefighter school, says a lot of the work is standardized training. "It's done nationally and we don't have a lot of wiggle room as far as what we teach them. which I'd say is a good thing. So three of the five days we have the mandatory stuff and the rest of it we have some play."

Soldering Torch Sparks Residential Fire‏ in Hillsboro

Hillsboro Fire and Rescue reminds all homeowners who plan to use open flame devices to always have a fire extinguisher within reach.

(HILLSBORO, Ore.) - Fire investigators in Hillsboro say a homeowner replacing his own water heater sparked a one-alarm fire that damaged his Hillsboro home Wednesday afternoon.

Storm Smith with Hillsboro Fire says the fire at 132 SE 41st Avenue was reported to 9-1-1 dispatchers at 3:36 p.m. "When the first Hillsboro Firefighters arrived from the Parkwood Station #5, they found residents outside waiving them in and smoke pouring from the crawl spaces of the home."

One Man Dies and Two Injured in Portland Apartment Fire

Fatal Apartment Fire in North Portland‏

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Fire and Rescue crews were dispatched to an apartment fire at 5811 North Lombard Saturday at 11:31 p.m.

Lt. Rich Tyler with Portland Fire & Rescue says the first engine arrived at 11:33 p.m. to find lots of fire and smoke coming from a second story apartment.

American Journalists Investigating Human Trafficking Sentenced to 12-Years in North Korean Gulag

One of the last nation's to hold onto hardcore Communism takes another step in the wrong direction.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Two Asian/American journalists associated with former Vice President Al Gore have been sentenced to 12-years in North Korea's notorious prison camps. North Korean Communists charge that Laura Ling and Seung-eun Lee entered the country illegally and are spies.

Oregon Senate Votes to Strengthen State`s Lemon Law

SB 515 extends period of time that vehicles are covered.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregonians who purchase automobiles that turn out to be ‘lemons’ will have longer to make their claim under legislation passed this morning by the Senate.

Portland Water Bureau Warns Residents Against Imposters

While the Water Bureau must make home visits in certain circumstances, a Water Bureau employee will never collect money from a customer at the home.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Portland Water Bureau was alarmed to find that a person posing as a Water Bureau employee successfully scammed $44 out of a customer last week. Showing up at her front door, the imposter demanded $40 from the customer in order to keep her water on.

Coincidentally, the victim was nearing a three-day shut-off period, a warning given to customers who have not paid their bills.

AG Warns Oregon Small Businesses About Misleading `Yellow Page` Solicitations

DOJ puts group out of business in Oregon for six months.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Attorney General Hardy Myers today warned Oregon small businesses and non-profit organizations about misleading telephone solicitations from boiler rooms in Canada and announced the filing of a settlement agreement with a Canadian Internet advertising group, stopping them from telemarketing in Oregon until June 14th 2008.