A Salcha man was killed Monday on the Richardson Highway when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a double-trailer gold-ore haul truck headed for the Manh Choh gold mine near Tetlin. Salcha Fire and Rescue Chief Ricky Holland said a call reporting the crash, south of Eielson Air Force Base, came in early Monday. "So we were dispatched at 6:25 a.m. for a motor-vehicle accident of a semi versus a car," Holland said. "It was one of the Black Gold ore trucks." That's about when Alaska State Troopers also got a report of the collision at about Mile 332 of the highway, near the intersection of Tom Bear Trail. Holland said he asked for help from Eielson's fire department while on his way to the wreck. "I requested a rescue from Eielson," he said, "and they sent me a rescue, an engine and an ambulance."  

VIDEOS: A man is in serious condition after he fell ten feet into an abandoned grain silo south of downtown Fort Worth, officials said. Officers responded to a call from a man who had fallen inside the abandoned silos around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 1937 S. Main Street, according to a press release from the Fort Worth Fire Department. Officers on the scene called for a high-angle response and the man was located several stories up inside the silos, the release states. Accessing the man was challenging, but fire department medics were able to treat him where he was found, officials said. The Fort Worth Fire Department's technical rescue team arrived and the man was hoisted from his location using ropes and was brought outside through a 5th-story window. He got out of the silo around 2 a.m., according to fire department officials on the scene.  

VIDEO: The long-awaited ATF report concluded that the Lahaina fire was started by one fire by re-energization. "The origin and cause of the Lahaina fire is clear. The re-energization of broken power lines caused sparks that ignited unmaintained vegetation in the area. Exactly how this fire rekindled in the afternoon is considered undetermined with multiple plausible hypotheses fitting the known data," said MFD Chief Brad Ventura in the news conference releasing the details of the report. The report stated that the fire was caused by a single fire at utility pole 25 off of Lahainaluna Road, that started at 6:34 a.m. on Aug. 8, 2023. The fire proceeded in two phases, with the first concluding just after 2 p.m. when fire crews left the scene of that fire after all indications showed that the fire had been fully contained and extinguished.  

VIDEO: Firefighters have a higher risk of heart problems, much of it because of the environment on the job, like smoke exposure and lack of sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The Orlando Fire Department is trying to find a solution to part of that problem with a new fire station alert system. It's not unusual for firefighters to respond to calls in the middle of the night. Previously, the alarm woke up the entire crew, even if that unit didn't need to respond. With Orlando Fire's new station alerting system, firefighters now only get the alarm if their unit needs to respond. Orlando firefighters said that the system helps them sleep better at night and even respond more quickly to calls.  

Aid from every level of government is flowing into Western North Carolina, and the city of Baltimore plans to be on that list. The city has an emergency crew at the ready, specifically emergency dispatchers, who will provide relief to local crews that have been working around the clock since Hurricane Helene hit the region Friday, said Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace during a news conference. "This request… is a bit unique. It's normally, emergency response, boots on the ground," said Wallace. "This is a technical team. They have a specific mission when they go down there, and that's to maintain 911, and radio traffic capability." Wallace expects the team to be dispatched down to Asheville or a nearby mountain community.