VIDEO: Officials said one person is in critical condition after an explosion last night at South Fork Dairy in Dimmitt. Castro County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) said about 7:21 p.m. on Monday, they received eight calls about an explosion and fire at the Southfork Dairy Farm. More calls said that some of the employees were trapped inside the dairy milking building. When Castro County Sheriff's Office arrived at the dairy farm, they determined only one person was in the dairy building. Dimmitt and Hart fire departments located and brought the person out of the building. Officials said the person was treated and was flown to UMC Hospital in Lubbock for further treatment. The person was listed as critical. All of the other dairy employees were accounted for, officials said.  

VIDEO: A firefighter's shift is unpredictable. After calls, they can physically clean off debris. But the things they see can often leave a mental stain. According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, six Dallas firefighters have attempted suicide since 2018. Four of them died. In their honor, the department and union are pushing for improved mental health resources. "We don't know what's going on inside people's heads," said Jim McDade, President of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association. "One of the members of the department that committed suicide was my best friend." He remembers Nov. 13, 2021, when Capt. Kenny Crutcher took his own life. McDade talked to him that day, and everything seemed normal. "With Kenny -- with a lot of these guys -- we didn't see it coming," McDade said.  

Benefitting both citizens and employees, the 14-day work period will decrease burnout and allow more flexibility for employees to recover after an incident and prepare to work after taking time off. The Fire and Rescue Department was previously working on a five-day work period, but needed to reconsider after hiring more full-time employees. "What we're doing is extending it to a 14-day work period that is the same hours, same pay days, same everything. It just gives us the ability to adjust days off within a 14-day period instead of a five," said Richard Lake, fire chief for Potter County. Over the past few months, firefighters have been busy with different incidents resulting in less downtime. Potter County Fire and Rescue is hopeful the 14-day work period will be successful for all parties involved.  

VIDEO: A pedestrian and motorcyclist were sent to the hospital with serious injuries after a Saturday evening crash in the Lower Valley, said a El Paso Fire Department spokesman. The crash happened at 7:46 p.m. at North Carolina and Yarbrough, Initial reports are that a vehicle struck a pedestrian in a wheelchair before hitting a motorcyclist. The vehicle then struck a responding fire department pumper unit. No firefighters were injured in the incident.  

On April 15, 2013, Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev walked to a crowded area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon with backpacks containing homemade pressure-cooker shrapnel bombs filled with BBs and nails. The two brothers separated, each finding a spot packed with spectators to place their bombs. Dzhokar Tsarnaev picked the sidewalk near the crowded outdoor patio of a restaurant, just behind several children watching the race. At about 2:49 that afternoon, more than five hours after the first people left from Hopkinton's starting line and with thousands of runners still on the course, the two bombs detonated. The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard, 23-year-old Boston University student Lingzi Lu and 29-year-old restaurant manager Krystle Campbell. The terrorist attack consigned several others "to a lifetime of unimaginable suffering," the Justice Department noted in a 2021 brief.  

VIDEO: The EF3 tornado in Whiteland didn't just damage homes and businesses. It also made a direct hit on public safety, tearing through the community's fire station, causing serious damage. "It picked up all kinds of debris. It ripped the roof off the front side," said Whiteland Fire Chief Eric Funkhouser. "Really peeled it off." Just five minutes before it hit and caused a portion of the station to collapse, fire crews inside the exact area that collapsed got sent on a call that may have saved their lives. Their bunk rooms took the brunt of the storm. "They had actually gone to bed that night and were in that room," Funkhouser said. "This is where all the firefighter beds are. Some of the bed frames have been damaged. All of the ceiling collapsed down on top of them. The roof collapsed down. The trusses, everything, fell into that room."  

VIDEO: Louisville Metro Police Officer Nickolas Wilt had been with the department less than two weeks before a mass shooter opened fire at a downtown bank Monday morning. He "ran towards the fire" to "save lives", and was shot in the head in the process, police said. Five victims were killed and several others -- including Wilt -- were injured in the shooting at Old National Bank. UofL Health said two other officers were injured. The shooter, identified by police as 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, was killed in a shootout with police. As of Monday afternoon, Wilt was listed in critical condition after undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound to the head. Wilt worked for the LaGrange Fire Department for seven years before becoming a police officer, we have learned.  

VIDEO: A firefighter's shift is unpredictable. After calls, they can physically clean off debris. But the things they see can often leave a mental stain. According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, six Dallas firefighters have attempted suicide since 2018. Four of them died. In their honor, the department and union are pushing for improved mental health resources. "We don't know what's going on inside people's heads," said Jim McDade, President of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association. "One of the members of the department that committed suicide was my best friend." He remembers Nov. 13, 2021, when Capt. Kenny Crutcher took his own life. McDade talked to him that day, and everything seemed normal. "With Kenny -- with a lot of these guys -- we didn't see it coming," McDade said.