A Midland father is devastated after his wife and two daughters were killed in a house fire this weekend. Patrick January has lost so much over the last 24hrs. It was something no one could have seen coming "My neighbor calls me while I'm on my way to my house," January explained in a video posted on Facebook. "Screaming ‘Patrick, come home quick. The house is on fire.'" He said his wife LaKenyia and two young daughters Kayla and Kaylin were trapped inside the house as it burned. First responders rushed them to hospital, but January said the smoke inhalation had already taken its toll. In that Facebook video, January recounted the last time he saw his family. "I watched them carry— running out of the house my two girls in their arms," he said. "She was motionless."  

The Jan. 11 crash that killed two Lubbock first responders remains an open investigation as detectives await critical information from an out of state laboratory that was temporarily closed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lubbock police spokesman Lt. Leath McClure said investigators expect to have the information soon as the the lab hopes to reopen next week. "They know we're waiting on it," McClure said. "They know what the significance of this is." The crash killed Lubbock Fire Rescue Lt. Eric Hill and Lubbock police officer Nicholas Reyna and seriously injured firefighter Matt Dawson. The men were among the first responders initially called out to a wreck involving a single vehicle that was traveling on icy roads southbound on I-27 near Drew Street/FM 1294 when it crossed the median into the northbound lanes and rolled.  

At least five people have been injured after gunfire erupted at a flea market in San Antonio on Sunday, officials said. The San Antonio Fire Department said it responded to a call about an active shooter at the Mission Open Air Market at around 11:30 a.m. According to officials, at least five people were taken to a hospital for injuries. "This is the result of some type of argument/ I don't know if the argument was between gang members or just people who knew each other or didn't know each other," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said. McManus said there were multiple shooters involved, including a security guard who returned fire. It's unclear if the security guard was injured. Fire Chief Russell Johnson told KENS-TV about 100 shots were fired in the crowded parking area.  

Bastrop County responders were able to contain multiple grass fires that started near State Highway 71 on Sunday afternoon, according to the Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management. Bastrop County OEM says the fires were on westbound State Highway 71 from Pope Bend to the Hyatt Lost Pines resort. The fire did damage to about an acre and a half of land, and it is believed to have started on the roadside. Responders don't know the cause of the fire. There were no reported injuries, according to Bastrop County Emergency Services District 1.  

VIDEO: Neighbors were alarmed by a house fire shortly before 2 am. Sunday morning in a neighborhood next to Camacho Park near downtown Killeen. The house was completely engulfed by the time firefighters made it to the scene. A neighbor says the house was abandon at the time and that this wasn't the first time the house was on fire. It's unknown at this time the cause of the fire. An investigation into the fire is on the way.  

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the Conroe Professional Firefighters Foundation to cancel major fundraising events this year, leaving the nonprofit at a projected loss of at least $50,000. The foundation, a 501 (c)3 since 2018, regularly contributes to the community through multiple donations. But its efforts have fallen victim to COVID-19 since its fundraising is dependent on social events like June's Fire Up the Bands concert and October's haunted house. The foundation took both events off its 2020 calendar. "We've had to put pause on all that stuff," said Conroe Fire Department Lt. Lloyd Sandefer, president of the Conroe Professional Firefighters Association. Last year, Fire Up the Bands raised $43,000 and the Halloween haunted house brought in $7,500, according to Sandefer.  

Facing mounting outrage over its decision to cancel the Tribute in Light, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum has backed down and agreed to stage the beloved display on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. "In the last 24 hours we've had conversations with many interested parties and believe we will be able to stage the tribute in a safe and appropriate fashion," CEO Alice Greenwald said in a statement. Greenwald had announced on Thursday that it would drop the commemoration, featuring twin beams shining in the sky over Ground Zero, for fear of exposing some 40 electrical workers to COVID-19. But the decision stirred widespread opposition in New York and around the country. Immediately, the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation stepped up to create the same light show on the evening of September 11.  

The Shreveport Fire Department unveiled a new duty uniform t-shirt Friday to promote COVID-19 safety measures. Mayor Adrian Perkins joined Shreveport Fire Chief Scott Wolverton and Willis Knighton Health System Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Brian Crawford to unveil the new t-shirt, which is printed with messages on the back reminding people to mask up when in public, wash up at least 20 seconds, and keep up with current CDC guidelines. It also reminds people to "keep back 6 feet." The t-shirts, which are approved SFD uniform attire, were funded by Willis Knighton. "It's an idea that came from our Human Relations Committee," Chief Wolverton said. "The back of the shirt conveys a great community safety, life safety, education message about COVID and those mitigation efforts that we can do to help reduce the spreading of the virus."  

PHOTOS: Raised on blocks to ease stress on the wooden wheels, the 111-year-old Union steam pumper traveled 50 miles Saturday on a flatbed truck from Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, to Reading. The crew transporting the 1909 pumper stopped in Leesport to weigh it before bringing it to the Reading Area Firefighting Museum at Fifth and Laurel streets. It was about 7,000 pounds. "That's about three-and-half tons," said William H. Rehr III, a retired Reading fire chief who is now president of the museum, which is in the former Liberty Fire Company. After the hourslong trip, about 15 museum volunteers helped push the steamer next to the Junior No. 2 1923 pumper, an American LaFrance model. "It's kind of rewarding," Rehr said, watching the pumper being lowered from the truck. "The city gave it to the historical society in the 1930s. It's fortunate that the historical society took care of it."  

The Jan. 11 crash that killed two Lubbock first responders remains an open investigation as detectives await critical information from an out of state laboratory that was temporarily closed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lubbock police spokesman Lt. Leath McClure said investigators expect to have the information soon as the the lab hopes to reopen next week. "They know we're waiting on it," McClure said. "They know what the significance of this is." The crash killed Lubbock Fire Rescue Lt. Eric Hill and Lubbock police officer Nicholas Reyna and seriously injured firefighter Matt Dawson. The men were among the first responders initially called out to a wreck involving a single vehicle that was traveling on icy roads southbound on I-27 near Drew Street/FM 1294 when it crossed the median into the northbound lanes and rolled. About 10 minutes later, a second vehicle hauling a trailer left the southbound lanes of I-27 and rolled, coming to rest in the median 25 to 50 yards south of the first crash.  

Nearly six full months after leaving the track in an ambulance following one of the most horrifying accidents in recent memory, NASCAR veteran Ryan Newman made his return to the Daytona International Speedway on Sunday for the Cup Series' Go Bowling 235. And before he took the green flag for his first laps on the speedway's Road Course, he took a moment to offer a thank you to those who worked to make sure he could eventually walk away and race again. Through his radio communications prior to the green flag, Ryan Newman offered a formal thank you to the Daytona track workers and first responders to his accident in February, crediting them with saving his life and ultimately allowing him to once again race at Daytona. In February, Newman was leading the Daytona 500 coming to the checkered flag when he was turned into the outside wall, flipping his car over in front of traffic where he was struck in the driver's side roof by an oncoming car.