One person is dead following a residential structure fire in Kodiak, Alaska State Troopers say. According to a Department of Public Safety report, the Kodiak Fire Department was alerted to a fire at a residential structure around 1 a.m. on May 26. While firefighters were putting out the blaze, they located and removed a woman from the structure. She was taken to a local hospital where she was declared deceased. She was later identified as 70-year-old Olga Malutin. A Deputy Fire Marshal responded to the fire and and in a preliminary investigation determined the origin of the fire to be in the resident's bedroom. The cause of the fire is believed to be electrical. Malutin's remains have been sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office to determine cause of death.  

Crews responded to an Air Force fighter jet crash near University and Rio Bravo Tuesday afternoon. Lockheed Martin confirmed a F-35B fighter jet crashed just south of the Albuquerque International Sunport after a refueling stop at Kirtland Air Force Base. It was traveling from Fort Worth, Texas to Edwards Air Force Base in California. The pilot – who ejected before impact – is recovering at UNM Hospital. The fighter jet crashed and burst into flames just before 2 p.m. Tuesday. Albuquerque Fire Rescue and Bernalillo County firefighters battled the fire, but they needed help from Kirtland Air Force Base. "We carry 500 gallons of water on our apparatus and small foam tanks, but it's no match for a jet fuel fire of that scope," said Lt. Jason Fejer with AFR. Investigators are still looking into what caused the crash.  

San Diego is taking a long-awaited step toward shrinking emergency response times in hard-to-reach areas of the city and neighborhoods with high call volumes. The city launched its first roving "peak-hour" fire engine five months ago in downtown's East Village neighborhood — one of a dozen coverage gap areas where badly-needed new fire stations won't be built for years. The East Village peak-hour engine could be the first of many, with City Heights, Barrio Logan, Liberty Station and southeastern San Diego near Ocean View Boulevard among the most likely candidates. The peak-hour engines are considered a cheaper and faster way to extend the city's emergency-response coverage without building new fire stations, which require finding land and securing money for construction.  

VIDEO: A natural gas explosion in Youngstown, Ohio, blew open the facade of a downtown bank building Tuesday afternoon, with seven people injured and one man killed. According to a press release from Youngstown Police Department, a 27-year-old man was killed in the explosion. That man was identified as Akil Drake, a Penn Hills High School graduate who worked at the Chase Bank where the explosion happened. All other people related to this incident have been accounted for according to police. Authorities say a woman was believed to be missing: however, she was later found at a hospital under a different name, according to ABC affiliate WYTV. The front of the Realty building on East Federal Street was heavily damaged. Images from the scene show the facade of the building had been completely destroyed. The building is home to a Chase bank.  

VIDEO: Firefighters are getting new help in navigating the clogged streets of Kissimmee. The Kissimmee Fire Department is using a state-of-the-art simulator to train firefighters on how to drive a fire truck. Deputy Chief Joseph Leone says the Sim-Tech Fire Vehicle Training Simulator will come in handy, especially for new hires. "What we want to do is put them in the driving simulator first before we put them on the street and allow them to face the reality that they're going to face heavy traffic," said Leone, "We want to put them in those scenarios before they actually drive on John Young or OBT." The simulator, which is housed in a mobile trailer, will be mandatory for all firefighters and paramedics. Training begins in June. The technology can simulate congested roads, severe weather and other issues firefighters may encounter.