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Eight wildfires active across four states as an ISIS-inspired plot is foiled — the 15 September shift

By The FirstResponders Desk

Good morning. Eight wildfires were active across four states, each confirmed by its dispatch center or the managing agency. In Oregon, the Tunnel Loop Rd. 5575 Fire in Josephine County is active, confirmed by Dispatch ORRVC. In Utah, the Mile Canyon Fire in Kane County is active, confirmed by Dispatch UTCDC. In Mississippi, the Wolf Trail Fire in Neshoba County is active, confirmed by Dispatch MSMIC. In California, Dispatch CALACC confirms four active fires in Los Angeles County — LAC-333042, LAC-332998, HANGER and LAC-332861. The National Park Service confirms the Dome Fire active north of Wawona Dome in Yosemite National Park. No agency in this record has released casualty or containment figures for these incidents; treat resource and staging detail as unconfirmed until your own dispatch passes it.

Fire — a note for the shift. Firefighter Close Calls marks 15 September as a line-of-duty anniversary: in 1982 a Columbus, Ohio firefighter became disoriented and separated from his crew during a suspicious three-alarm fire in a vacant industrial warehouse, and died. Crew integrity and vacant-building discipline are the lesson the outlet draws.

Law enforcement. CBS News reports the FBI said it thwarted a "mass casualty attack," inspired by ISIS, allegedly planned by a 21-year-old man in Pennsylvania who was arrested at a hotel; CBS calls it the second ISIS-related plot to surface since August. NBC News reports San Diego police say a man in a stolen Tesla sped down a packed boardwalk and struck a woman before good Samaritans chased him down on foot. The New York Post, citing police and law enforcement sources, reports a 59-year-old woman was found dead with a suspicious head wound in a Bay Ridge apartment; she had not been formally identified by police. The Guardian reports a California man pleaded guilty to bombing the Santa Maria courthouse in September 2024 in retaliation for seized guns and faces a maximum of life. The Oregonian reports a Portland protester accused of punching an officer during an ICE demonstration entered an Alford plea and was ordered to do community service. The Houston Chronicle reports the North Texas town of Trinidad disbanded its police department after it failed to meet state standards.

Roadway and rescue. The Los Angeles Times reports a McLaren split in two in a fiery crash on Culver Drive in Irvine early Sunday; police are investigating and a memorial has grown at the site. NJ.com reports police say a man died after a motorcycle struck a dump truck on Interstate 78 East in Union Township, near milepost 52.9, on 14 September.

Around the service. Cleveland.com reports Brooklyn Heights will swear in its first police K-9, named in honor of a fallen Euclid police officer killed in the line of duty in 2024.

What to watch: the eight fires remain active on their dispatch centers' and the National Park Service's word. Containment, resources and any casualty figures should come from those centers — not from radio traffic.