Four people were aboard a plane that crashed in Katmai National Park and Preserve Saturday, park officials said in a release Monday. The plane, a Cessna 206 on floats, crashed when it was taking off from an unnamed pond about a mile south of Kukalek Lake, which is in the preserve area of the Katmai, according to the park. The plane struck the bank of the body of water during takeoff, according to National Transportation Safety Board Alaska chief Clint Johnson. One person sustained a minor injury, Johnson said, though he could not specify the nature of the injury. "We're really not sure exactly what the purpose of the flight was. Those details will be coming out after we have a chance to talk to the operator at length," Johnson said.  

A man arrested following a deadly apartment fire in Eagle River early Saturday morning faced a judge Sunday. 29-year-old Christopher Ricker faces charges of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, first-degree arson, first-degree criminal mischief, and two counts of first-degree assault. During Ricker's arraignment, he did not say much aside from answering yes or no questions from the judge. On the other hand, Assistant District Attorney Ryan Bravo called on the judge to keep bail at $500,000 with several conditions of release. Bravo also asked for alcohol testing, which the judge did not agree to. "Mr. Ricker admitted to consuming a 40 ounce, I believe it was beer or malt liquor steel reserve, prior to lighting the fire thus making alcohol an issue here," Bravo said.  

In a scary scene on a crowded Chicago expressway this past weekend, a motorcycle crash ended in a blaze of flames. What happened was brazen, risky, and illegal – to select three relevant adjectives. And CBS 2's Charlie De Mar spoke Monday with a woman who got trapped in the middle of the mess. The motorcyclists didn't perform their stunts on closed roads or a professional course Saturday afternoon – they did it right on the Stevenson Expressway. Video shows one rider popping a wheelie and touching his feet together in midair. Moments later, he loses control while trying to touch the ground. Another rider violently flips over the crashed bike, causing a fiery pileup. Other riders stopped to help and are even seen patting the fire out on one of the injured drivers  

PHOTOS: On this day more than four decades ago, an inferno at a Sheepshead Bay supermarket claimed the lives of six firefighters — and today, as in years past, the first responders' friends and families convened at St. Brendan's Roman Catholic Church on Avenue O to commemorate the occasion and remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice that fateful day. On Aug. 2, 1978, firefighters from nearly a half-dozen fire companies headed to the Waldbaum's on Ocean Avenue between Avenues Y and Z to battle a blaze in the summer heat. The fire broke out at about 8:40 am within the business, which was undergoing renovations and the time but still open to customers. Six firefighters fell to their deaths when the roof of the supermarket collapsed underneath them, and an additional 34 firefighters and one emergency services police officer were injured as they battled back the blaze — six of whom also plunged into the flames, but were ultimately rescued.  

VIDEO: A fire truck crashed with another car en-route to a call, causing the back cab of the truck to crash into a building. The impact injured a firefighter who was steering the back end of the truck at the time. There were terrifying moments Outside Riggs Real Estate in Stockton early Monday morning. Just after 2 a.m., the fire truck hit a car and the tiller on the truck's trailer — with the tiller driver inside — crashed into the office. "People came out right away to secure the building," said Theresa Dread with Riggs Real Estate. Four Stockton firefighters were headed to a call on Solano. The crew was coming from Station 4, less than a two-minute drive from where the crash happened. It's not clear whether the sirens were on at the time. Dread showed CBS13 the office surveillance footage that captured the moment of impact, just out of view.  

With the COVID-19 Delta variant spreading and moving fast in Texas, first responders are once again getting infected. Dallas Fire-Rescue and the Dallas Fire Fighters Association reported Monday that 31 members of the department are now quarantined due to the virus. Per DFFA, 21 firefighters as of Monday have active cases, and 10 others have had recent exposure to the virus. DFFA President Jim McDade is worried about staffing shortages, leading to members of his union getting overworked. Those concerns are amplified by a legal tightrope the department is trying to navigate due to Gov. Greg Abbott's recent executive order banning local municipalities or counties from mandating masks. Current CDC guidelines say that anyone fully vaccinated should get tested 3-5 days following known exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and should wear a mask in public indoor settings for 14 days after exposure or until a negative test result.