A home in Kasilof was leveled and its sole occupant killed by a fire Thursday morning, following a gas leak explosion. Central Emergency Services responded to the home on Lottie Drive, off Kalifornsky Beach Road, around 5:30 this morning, after receiving reports from neighbors of an explosion and fire. "Witnesses that called it in said they thought they had heard an explosion, so that was the information that was obtained while the fire crews were en route," Browning said. The structure was fully collapsed and on fire when crews arrived, according to CES Fire Chief Roy Browning. The only occupant of the house, 69-year-old Stephen Okkonen, was found dead in the home and buried underneath rubble, according to Browning. Browning said 21 firefighters responded to the scene. Alaska State Troopers also responded, as did the State Fire Marshals, who investigated the cause of the fire. Troopers said it was caused by a gas leak, according to a dispatch.  

11 people have been hospitalized amid a 3-alarm apartment fire in Detroit. The incident happened at a 5-story apartment building on La Salle Blvd. Fire crews have been battling this fire since at least 3:30 a.m. The fire was still active at 6:25 a.m. Friday and at around 7 a.m., crews were finally able to get the flames under control. According to the Detroit fire chief, at least 20 residents have been displaced. At the time it is unclear what caused this fire, but the fire chief says his crews are focusing on the fourth and fifth floors. The roof of the building has fully caved in. Displaced residents are being sent to a local recreational center. Of the 11 victims hospitalized, seven are being treated at Henry Ford, three are being treated at Grace Hospital, and the last victim is being treated at Receiving.  

VIDEO: Firefighters in Fire Station 5 helped rescue the California Highway Patrol officer hit by an active shooter Thursday afternoon in Roseville. The shooting happened outside the front doors of Station 5. Firefighters heard the shots and put on their tactical gear to find the officer and bring that officer back into the station to start treating them. Dispatch audio described some of the scene. Firefighter: "Possible active shooter incident. We should have a total of two battalions, two engines, a truck company … AMR unit and (inaudible) supervisor." The firefighter alerted other first responders from inside Station 5 of an active shooter. Firefighter: "We are locked down in Station 5, barricaded."  

VIDEO: A lieutenant with Atlanta Fire Rescue is usually the one doing the rescuing, but yesterday he thanked the crew who rescued him. Channel 2's Berndt Petersen was at the Shepherd Center in Buckhead where he met the team of fellow firefighters who saved the lieutenant's life. It was a reunion of sorts outside the Shepherd Center Thursday. Atlanta Fire Rescue Lieutenant Mark Quick had met a group of DeKalb County firefighters once before. "Oh! I would say it's kind of surreal," Quick said. He doesn't remember much about the night of Jan. 15 along Snapfinger Road. He was off duty and drove up on a really bad car wreck. He immediately jumped out to help but was hit by a passing vehicle. Moments later the DeKalb firefighters arrived.  

PHOTOS: Trisha Dello Iacono was preparing to host a children's playdate on Nov. 30, 2012, when she received a phone call from her mother, telling her to tune in to the news. A train carrying a colorless flammable gas called vinyl chloride derailed less than four miles from her home, in Paulsboro, N.J. After researching the carcinogen, Dello Iacono placed towels around her windows and doors. But it wasn't long before she felt a sugary burn in her mouth. "I remember it so vividly. It tastes sweet, but it tastes like a chemical sweetness that you know something is not right," Dello Iacono said. "And then I started feeling like a tight band was around my head." An hour or so earlier, Glenn Roemmich, the captain of the volunteer fire department, was sleeping in on his day off. He woke up to an urgent dispatch about a train that had partially fallen off a bridge.  

VIDEO: A Massachusetts police department is issuing a warning about a new TikTok challenge — after it put almost a dozen students in the hospital. Southborough police warned students not to try Trouble Bubble gum, which is sold on Amazon. Police say it contains the same active ingredient as police pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum. Police-level pepper spray is normally rated to 1 to 2 million Scoville heat units, the measurement of the amount of heat someone feels when they come into contact with the substance. The gum is rated at 16 million Scoville heat units. For comparison, Carolina Reaper peppers — currently the highest Scoville-rated peppers — contain 1.5 million to 2.2 million Scoville heat units. Jalapenos generally range from just 2,500 to 8,000 Scoville units.