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| Three Laredo firefighters injured in fire truck rollover Three firefighters are injured after a rollover accident on Mines Road. The accident happened on Wednesday, April 27 during the mid-afternoon hours. According to a statement from the City of Laredo, the fire truck was involved in a single vehicle rollover while returning from a call. The fire truck was from fire station 13 and three firefighters are currently being treated for injuries sustained in the crash. The Fire Department resources are being diverted to ensure fire station 13 is fully operational. KGNS-TV NBC/ABC 8 LAREDO San Antonio Fire Department tracking upward trend in fires across city; District 5 sees the largest spike San Antonio firefighters are tracking some alarming numbers of structure fires across the city, but most concerning is District 5. Rachel Delgado remembers waking up on Valentine's Day morning to warnings of a fire. "I got a call from a neighbor at 3 in the morning, telling me, ‘Get out of the house. There's a fire,'" she said. The fires were across the street in a vacant building and then her neighbor's home. Delgado lives in District 5, an area where San Antonio firefighters have been tracking more fires in recent months. Data provided by SAFD shows there were 76 structure fires between October 2021 and March 2022. That number was 46 during the same time frame the previous year. District 5 Councilwoman Terry Castillo is aware of the trend. "We've learned that roughly 57% of the fires that have occurred within our district have been vacant structures," she said. KSAT-TV ABC 12 SAN ANTONIO Two injured after warehouse containing explosives catches fire in Burnet County Two people were injured after a warehouse storing explosives caught fire Wednesday in Burnet County. This happened at the old Graphite Mime building located at 2046 Co. Road 115 in Burnet, according to the Burnet County Sheriff's Office. One person was transported to Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio and another person to Seton in Williamson County, both with burns. BCSO investigators went back to the scene Thursday morning to continue investigating. Preliminary information indicates people were working on some kind of project when it went astray. Officials say the fire caused a large, black plume of smoke after multiple, small explosions. Firefighters are letting it burn itself out because it's too dangerous. BCSO says while there is speculation on the types of explosives the warehouse contained, they can't say until the owner verifies the information. KEYE-TV CBS 42 AUSTIN Family left homeless after fire destroys San Antonio home PHOTOS: A family is left homeless after a fire destroyed their Northeast Side home. The fire started just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday at a home off Swallow Drive and Higgins Road near Nacogdoches Road. A San Antonio Fire Department battalion chief said the fire started in the kitchen, but quickly spread to the garage and then to the attic. Three adults, three children and a pet made it out safely. The American Red Cross is assisting the family with a place to stay. No injuries were reported. WOAI-TV NBC/CW 4 SAN ANTONIO Follow-up: El Paso fire officials determine fire at Crosby Elementary School was arson El Paso Fire Department officials confirmed on Wednesday that the fire at Crosby Elementary School was determined to have been arson. Fire officials said no arrests have been made and said the investigation continues. The fire happened at the school in northeast El Paso early Monday morning right after midnight on the 5300 block of Wren Avenue. No injuries were reported. Officials with the El Paso Independent School District said the planetarium was not affected by the fire and it remains open. This is not the first fire at Crosby Elementary School. There was another fire back in January that started in one of the classrooms before it spread all the way to the roof of the school. KGBT-TV CBS 4 HARLINGEN Charter bus carrying baseball team flips over in Waller County, officials say VIDEO: Two people were flown to area hospitals after a rollover bus crash in Waller County on Wednesday night. It happened sometime before 11 p.m. along Highway 290 at FM 362, near the Buc-ee's, according to the Waller County Sheriff's Office. The bus was carrying a baseball team from the Spartans Postgrad Baseball Academy. They are a traveling pre-collegiate baseball team out of the Houston area. The team had just played a game in Ranger, Texas, and were on their way home to Tomball when the crash happened. They said no one died, but two people were taken to the hospital via helicopter while 10 others were taken by ground transport. One of the players had to be cut out of the bus, deputies said. They said there were 22 people on board at the time of the crash and the injured suffered non-life-threatening injuries. KHOU-TV CBS 11 HOUSTON PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Fire causes major damage to vacant factory in North Carolina, fire department says VIDEO: An overnight fire caused major damage at a vacant factory building in Hickory, according to the Hickory Fire Department. The department said firefighters responded after midnight to the 1600 block of 11th Avenue NE where a large fire could be seen coming from the building. Fire officials said no injuries were reported, but damages "are considered major." Channel 9's Dave Faherty spoke with fire investigators who said the damage is so extensive it may be difficult to determine what caused the fire. Neighbors told Faherty the old frame shop has been closed for years. Channel 9 also learned power was not running to the building. WSOC-TV ABC 9 CHARLOTTE How priceless items of golf history were saved from inside Michigan country club as it burned VIDEO: Priceless items of golf history were saved from inside the Oakland Hills Country Club as it burned in February. The fire caused $80 million in damage. Most of the building and priceless pieces of memorabilia and art were destroyed -- but some items were saved. For the first time Local 4 is showing footage from inside the clubhouse. Approximately 17 fire departments were called in to assist Bloomfield Township on the morning of Feb. 17, including the Southfield Fire Department. On that day, Lt. Zac McKee and his teams suited up and headed out knowing there was a ton of history inside the clubhouse. "When we left our station and we got to 12 and Telegraph, you could see the smoke blowing across telegraph," Lt. McKee said. The century-old wooden structure was in flames with Lt. McKee, Firefighter Michael Petry, Firefighter/medic Nate Herr and Firefighter Patrick Kerr arrived. There was discussion en route of what might be inside. WDIV-TV NBC 4 DETROIT 2 Colorado towns will try 4th of July drone shows due to fire risk Phones have been busy at Hire UAV Pros in Denver. "We had probably somewhere in the order of 300 to 400 requests for the 4th of July," Graham Hill, the business' owner, said. His company does synchronized drone light shows like the ones you might see at the Super Bowl. Now, towns in fire-prone areas are reaching out to inquire about a replacement for traditional fireworks. "Post Marshall Fire, it's been much more about replacing the entertainment, not just this year but looking for an alternative for the foreseeable future," Hill said. "We're already working on doing four shows in four different locations over 4th of July weekend." There is some precedent for the worry. Last year's Christmas show put on by the Douglas County commissioners caused spot fires at every location where those fireworks were launched. KUSA-TV NBC 9 DENVER This fire truck raced to the Hindenburg disaster; now it's parked in a Virginia barn Tom Herman is a collector with an addiction. The career firefighter first got into collecting as a teen. "I got into collecting fire memorabilia and just kind of never stopped," Herman, now known as an authority on almost all things fire service related, said. "I don't know how this happened but it just kind of morphed over a 40-year time period." The list of Herman's collectibles spans a 120-page inventory and includes badges, helmets, fire alarms, and fire extinguishers. It also includes a collection of fire trucks. "In 1976, I bought our first antique fire truck," Herman said. "Right now, we are at about 18. Just think about all the responses that they made to fires, accidents, and what these trucks have seen over the years." He spends years, in some cases, disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling the old trucks. WTVR-TV CBS 6 RICHMOND PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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