They're in shock and mourning in Sabine County after three members of a volunteer fire department were killed in a crash there on Saturday evening. Two of them were a husband and wife who were the parents of three children. Daily News & More is reporting that it happened at about 7:00 on Highway 21 in Pendleton Harbor, a community in the northeast portion of the county on the western shore of Toledo Bend Reservoir. The three firefighters were in a passenger vehicle and the accident did not involve a fire department call. Friends and family have identified two of the deceased as husband and wife Jason and Vanessa Davis, ages 38 and 28, and DPS says the third person who died was Ralph Hill, age 48, of Hemphill. According to DPS Sergeant David Hendry, 44-year-old Curtis Harrison, of Hemphill, was driving a 2021 Toyota passenger car and he failed to yield right-of-way when leaving a private driveway.  

A firefighter at the scene of a crash near Fort Bliss was injured by debris after a car drove through the scene and hit a pole. According to a spokesperson with the El Paso Fire Department, the firefighter suffered minor injuries and police detained the driver of the car. El Paso police said the vehicle that drove through the scene was speeding and also struck a fire truck. This happened at the scene of a crash that left five people injured near Fort Bliss Monday evening. According to officials, a vehicle lost control along Loop 375 near Iron Medics Drive and crashed near a wall at Fort Bliss around 6:39 p.m. Five people were taken to a local hospital, four with minor injuries and one with life-threatening injuries, according to officials. The Texas Department of Transportation said all northbound lanes of traffic are closed on Loop 375 at N. Montana Avenue and traffic is being diverted to exit at Edgemere Exit 36 and travel onto Montana.  

VIDEO: Officials say a man has died after firefighters pulled him from a burning house near Willis. North Montgomery County firefighters responded to a house fire in the 17100 block of South Cochran just after midnight Tuesday. According to the Fire Marshal's Office, firefighters were told that a victim was potentially in the residence. Officials say fire was burning on one side of the house, and firefighters held the fire at bay while another fire crew made entry through a window on the other side of the home. The Fire Marshal's Office says the firefighters were able to locate the man and brought him out. Officials say medics immediately started life-saving measures, but the man did not survive.  

The Wichita Falls Fire Department suggested new fire code changes at the city council meeting Tuesday. Those changes would require more of businesses but the department says everyone would come out better for it. The new fire code would require all businesses with fire alarm systems to also have a lockbox with a key for firefighters to use for entry when they get a structure fire alert. Fire Chief Ken Prillaman says his team is often forced to decide whether to break the door down for inspection or to treat it as a false alarm. He suggested lock boxes could solve all of this. "The whole purpose of the key box is to gain access," said Prillaman. "Go inspect and verify that there is not an active fire without causing any damage to the building and then lock the building up upon our completion."  

It has been one year since a northwest Houston explosion shook the area and killed three people. We're taking a look back at the shocking event that rattled homes as far away as Kingwood. The explosion happened Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, around 4:25 a.m. in the 4500 block of Gessner Road at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, a machining and manufacturing company. A home security camera captured the moment of the blast. The explosion gave residents a rude awakening as some reported it was felt for miles, as far as the west side of town. A little more than an hour after the explosion, ABC13 brought you the first live pictures from SkyEye as the fire was still burning. A few hours later, around 9 p.m., authorities confirmed at least two people died from the blast. Later, it was confirmed the victims killed were employees at Watson Grinding.  

A home just southeast of downtown was destroyed by a fire early Wednesday morning, San Antonio firefighters said. The fire was called in around 2:45 a.m. at a home in the 220 block of Westfall Avenue, not far from South Hackberry Street. Firefighters said they arrived to find heavy smoke and flames showing from the single story home. Fire officials said the fire was in the attic of the hoarder home, which made it difficult to fight. Firefighters fought the fire from an attic vent, eventually putting the fire out. Fire officials say the home is a total loss. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. There was no word of anyone inside the home, or any injuries.  

A firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday morning at a blaze in a commercial building that houses a Chase Bank branch in the Hyde Park area and burned for 90 minutes before being extinguished. Part of the building collapses during the fire, reported at 12:24 a.m. at 4401 Crenshaw Blvd., near Vernon Avenue. Firefighters found fire burning through the roof of the two-story building, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The address corresponds to a Chase Bank branch inside the Bakewell Building. A total of 160 firefighters extinguished the Major Emergency fire in 90 minutes while protecting a nearby three-story building from fire damage. A knockdown was called at 1:54 a.m., Stewart said. The firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, Stewart said.  

PHOTOS: Waterville firefighter Ryan Johnston embraces the fact that those in his profession cannot work remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic. Johnston, 48, founded MAINE-IAC Training a half-dozen years ago after local fire departments learned of his unique extrication class. Now, more than ever, the region's often short-staffed departments look to get the most out of whom they've got, and that's where Johnston's business comes in. "One of the things to remember during COVID is that the fires don't stop, emergencies don't stop," Johnston said. "We've got to keep our firefighter skills as sharp as we can, so we do it as safely as possible." In recent months, MAINE-IAC Training reached a countrywide audience. In November, Johnston published an article in popular outlet Firefighter Nation about firefighting while short staffed. In his article, Johnston wrote about the importance of training with ladder trucks in real-world settings with modern tactics.  

Firefighter Hunter Space left his Beemverville Fire Department in Wantage with a pick-up truck full of firefighting gear. After a 14-hour ride, he arrived at the firehouse in rural Vance, Alabama. The trip was to donate the gear his fire department in Sussex County could no longer use to the southern department in need. The gear included breathing apparatus, resistant hoods, turnout gear (pants and coats), flashlights and alarms to alert others when a firefighter "goes down" while battling a fire. "A lot of stuff which was expired up here was golden to them," Space said Tuesday after his return. A fourth-generation volunteer firefighter, Space is a member of the family that owns Space Farms and is the son of Assemblyman Parker Space, a former chief of the Beemerville Fire Department. The rural Alabama town's Fire Department was grateful for the equipment. "We have different standards down here than you have up there," said Vance Fire Chief Harold McAdory in a telephone call on Tuesday.  

VIDEOS: Clark County firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in the southwest valley near Fort Apache and Tropicana Monday night. According to Clark County Fire, crews responded to the intersection of south Fort Apache Road and west Tropicana Avenue around 11:50 p.m. for a reported fire at an apartment complex that was under construction. Upon arriving, crews elevated the call to a third alarm as the fire grew due to windy conditions. "Compounding the emergency, there were strong winds that was spreading the fire through the complex and sending embers to nearby neighborhoods," Clark County deputy fire chief Warren Whitney said. The fire was officially considered "knocked down" around 1:50 a.m. Tuesday but the scene remained unsafe later Tuesday morning.  

VIDEO: Amid the pandemic, it's been some time since the FDNY EMS Pipes and Drums band performed publicly. On Wednesday, that will change when members take part in this year's Inauguration Day festivities . "It was a great honor to be asked by the department to participate in this inauguration parade," said band manager and FDNY Captain Kevin Haugh. It's the opportunity of a lifetime for Haugh, who spoke with NY1 about the experience on Tuesday at EMS Station 18 in the Bronx. Haugh said it's the first time the band will participate in an inaugural parade. In 2017, their NYPD counterparts went to Washington D.C. to perform when they were asked participate in President Donald Trump's inaugural parade. Now, it's the FDNY EMS Pipes and Drums band that gets an opportunity to shine. "It's actually going to be nice for us," Haugh said. "COVID has affected a lot of things. We haven't been out to any parades. All the parades have been canceled."