A fire Saturday evening reduced a popular restaurant on Nome's Front Street to ash, city officials said. Gusts from the major storm battering the Western Alaska coast stirred up the flames at the Bering Sea Bar and grill. The fire was reported around 7 p.m. and was contained by about 3 a.m., said Acting Nome City Manager Bryant Hammond. "The winds really fanned the flames," he said. "It looked like it would get under control and then it would pick back up again because there were 40-knot winds just supplying the fire with oxygen." Three people were treated for smoke inhalation, Hammond said. The bar and grill "is a total loss," he said, "but from initial reports, the (Nugget Inn), which was separated by about three feet, was undamaged. It was quick thinking on the part of the fire department to contain the fire to one building."  

Five people will need somewhere to stay after a fire ripped through the third floor and back porch of a multi-family home in Everett, Massachusetts Monday morning. Firefighters with the Everett Fire Department spent hours battling the fire on Woodlawn Street Monday, where they were met with towering flames when they first arrived. Everett Deputy Fire Chief Sean Dattoli told reporters on scene that it was a "very labor intensive fire." Crews started with an interior attack, but had to back out, due to the heat and fiery conditions, Dattoli said. Firefighters were able to knock down the bulk of the fire with an exterior attack. As of around 6:45 a.m., crews were working on putting out hotspots on the inside. Five people have been displaced as a result of the fire, according to Dattoli, and the Red Cross is working on providing shelter for them.  

VIDEO: A Lauderhill fire rescue has been left damaged after someone shot at it while crews responded to a call. A paramedic saw the gunman, and it turned into quite a scare for the first responders. On Friday, the crew of Rescue 30 of Lauderhill Fire Rescue's fire truck was en route to help a person who was suffering chest pains when it was shot multiple times in the area of Northwest 19th Street and 31st Avenue. Three paramedics were said to have been inside the truck at the time of the shooting. "They saw someone aiming a gun at their truck and began shooting at their truck," said Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jeff Levy. According to authorities, the damage the truck sustained was to the engine compartment, near the radiator.  

VIDEO: A Navy arson trial is about to get underway, more than two years after fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard. The trial comes as the Navy continues to unravel why the fire became one of the worst peace-time disasters in Navy history. Beginning on July 12, 2020, the USS Bonhomme Richard burned for nearly five days in the San Diego Bay. "It was horrifying. It was the biggest fire I've ever seen in my life," said Senior Chief Michael Robert Penny. "A lot of sailors did a lot of hard work to try and save that ship. And unfortunately, it was just too big. The fire was too large." Penny was off that Sunday morning. By the time he arrived at Naval Base San Diego the ship was in flames. Penny became one of the Navy investigators on the origins of the fire. He hasn't spoken publicly about the disaster until now.  

Chief William "Bill" Feehan kept a photo on his desk at the FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn. He and his young grandson Connor stand beaming in the photo on a fireboat in New York Harbor. The chief's burly hands rest on Connor's shoulders and the two brace a gust of wind that has made the boy's hair into a wild nest. Both wear FDNY memorabilia with logos prominently displayed. The sky is a bright blue, with only a few clouds to shadow the New York City skyline. The twin towers of the World Trade Center are behind them. The fabric of the Feehan family has been closely interwoven with that of New York's fire department for more than a century, and the journalist Brian McDonald has been entrusted with their stories. The resulting "Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the FDNY" is his deeply researched, intimate look into the lives of "New York's Bravest."  

VIDEO: The 36th annual International Association of Fire Fighters Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial ceremony returned to Colorado Springs Saturday. Approximately 8,000 guests were in attendance for the first of the event since the pandemic began. "The inability to be together took its toll on all of us," IAFF President Edward Kelly said. "In particular, families who suffered losses during covid that couldn't feel the warmth and love of those around them. Know that we don't forget. That their loss is our loss and we'll never forget their fallen." The annual memorial honors the sacrifices made by IAFF members who have given their lives in the line of duty. That includes those who died on the scene or succumbed to occupational illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and suicide.