On Monday, March 25, 2024 at approximately 6:14pm, Capital City Fire Rescue was dispatched to the 9200 block of Long Run Drive in the Mendenhall Valley for a residential structure fire. Upon arrival, personnel found a two story, single family dwelling with smoke showing from the second floor kitchen area. Personnel made a quick fire attack and contained the fire to the kitchen. A home owner was evaluated on scene for smoke inhalation and was released. The fire started in the kitchen due to grease igniting from unattended cooking on the stove top. No other injuries were reported. Damages are estimated at approximately $60,000 and the home was insured. CCFR was clear of the incident within an hour and half.  

PHOTOS: A three-alarm church fire near Love Field Airport temporarily closed runways Tuesday afternoon. Dallas Fire-Rescue crews were called to a fire at Iglesia Adventista Church on Denton Ave. around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday. Crews began fighting the fire from inside, but "the situation quickly escalated and fire began to come through the roof." A third alarm was called and roughly 60-70 firefighters worked to surround and drown the fire with hand lines, master streams and two aerial ladders. Dallas Fire-Rescue says the fire spread to a second building. No injuries have been reported and the fire is under investigation. The City of Dallas said aircraft were being redirected due to smoke. By 3 p.m., all runways were cleared for use and operations at Love Field are normal.  

VIDEO: In Tulsa, Oklahoma State University held a demonstration to show how they're working to get more drones and robots in the hands of first responders. In the scenario, a drone flew donated blood from a local hospital to a simulated crash scene. A robotic dog from the University of Tulsa picked up the donation and delivered it to a Tulsa Firefighter to give to a patient in the simulated crash scene. A PHD student at the University of Tulsa, Jacob Hart, said the university has three of these robotic dogs and explained some of the ways the dogs can be used. "Ultimately robots are really great at what's dirty, dull and dangerous. These are the things we don't want to do day in and day out or necessarily do ourselves. Having a robot that can step in and do it for us is super nice," Hart said.  

VIDEO: San Francisco could be the first city in the nation to ban a common type of firefighter uniform found to emit cancer-causing chemicals. Firefighters on Tuesday joined city leaders on the steps of city hall to voice their support for new legislation introduced in the afternoon requiring San Francisco provide new uniforms to its roughly 800 firefighters over the next two years. "Each one of us knows members, has grown up with members, has had to help members who have had this horrible disease just kill their bodies," said Floyd Rollins, San Francisco firefighters union president. "Since 2006, we are looking at over 300 San Francisco firefighters that have lost their lives." Nationwide, companies are still in the testing phase of developing uniforms that do not contain the cancer-causing chemical.  

A search and recovery effort is underway in Baltimore for six people presumed dead after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday following a major cargo boat collision. The major shipping port remains closed, which officials say could have significant economic consequences nationwide. A team from the National Transportation Safety Board boarded the ship late Tuesday night to gather evidence for their investigation, agency Chair Jennifer Homendy told CNN on Wednesday. Officials obtained the ship's data recorder, or black box, which Homendy said would help investigators develop a timeline of events leading up to the crash. The agency will also interview members of the ship's crew, she said. Sources familiar with the probe say it will look into whether contaminated fuel played a role in what happened, the Wall Street Journal reported.