VIDEO/PHOTOS: A three-alarm fire at a commercial warehouse in Seattle’s Industrial District caused a roof collapse and significant damage to the building. 911 callers first reported the incident along 7th Ave. S. at around 1 a.m.

According to the Seattle Fire Department, arriving crews found that the fire involved two tractor-trailers and the commercial warehouse, with a large column of black smoke rising into the sky.

Large plastic and metal barrels were found inside one trailer and surrounding the building. It was unknown if the barrels were empty or what substance they may have contained, which prompted firefighters to adopt a defensive strategy, battling the flames from a safe distance.

An AlertSeattle notification was sent to residents within a half-mile radius, advising them to close windows and doors to avoid smoke.

The incident escalated rapidly, upgrading to a 2-alarm fire at 1:06 a.m., and then to a 3-alarm fire just 6 minutes later. A total of 115 personnel responded, including fifteen fire engines and seven ladder trucks.

Firefighters used multiple hose lines to douse the flames, while several ladder trucks “raised their aerials to gain elevated vantage points.” Seattle police closed multiple streets in the area while firefighters worked to contain the flames.

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An investigation is underway after a fire destroyed parts of a multi-family home in Enfield Sunday night. It happened on Maple Avenue.

Neighbors told Channel 3 that they believe fireworks started the blaze. They said they noticed the fire appear in the back corner of the home and that charred fireworks were visible at the scene.

Crews arrived to find flames billowing from the roof of the structure. Several departments were involved, including Bradley International Airport firefighters, according to a Connecticut state firefighters union.

They worked to extinguish the fire as flames and smoke filled the air. David Carmona, who lives across the street, said he was inside his home when he began hearing fireworks before the fire broke out.

“They were shooting off fireworks in the street and we’re not talking little firecrackers. We’re talking canons,” Carmona said.

Fire crews from several towns, including Bradley International Airport firefighters, according to a Connecticut state firefighters union, responded to and battled flames that spread to the roof of the structure.

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When firefighters respond to the scene of a fire, they’re risking far more than burns. They get exposed to cancer-causing components from the fire that can remain on clothing long after the fire is put out.

However, research at Oklahoma State University’s Textile and Apparel Science Laboratory is making strides to help protect them from that.

Their goal is to create nano-fibers that are initially almost invisible to the human eye. “But if I shut down the machine, shut down the roller,” OSU Ph.D. Student Ishmam Chowdhury said about their machine.

After Chowdhury shuts down the machine they use to make them, it comes into view. You could see a nano-fiber thousands of times thinner than a human hair.

Theoretically, though, it’s still strong enough to keep firefighters safe from cancer-causing components that they might come in contact with while fighting wildfires.

“It is so fine that it can trap all of the other fine smoke particles; it can trap the carcinogenic components,” associate professor Dr. Sumit Mandal said.

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VIDEO: Former Western New York volunteer firefighter Brian Dadswell was deployed to New York City 25 years ago, just 36 hours after the September 11 terrorist attacks, joining crews in the days following the nation’s darkest moments, and recently, a chance encounter halfway around the word has inspired him to give back in a powerful way.

“I’ll always remember walking that area with the handwritten notes on it of, ‘Have you seen my mother, have you seen my father, have you seen this person?’ That’s something that stuck with me,” Dadswell said. “Every year when we come up to the anniversary of 9/11, it’s always something I take time to reflect on.”

Decades later, while vacationing with his wife in Kinsale, Ireland, the couple stopped by a local fire station while exploring the town.

A visit that quickly became deeply personal when they were told about a memorial garden on Ireland’s southern coast, honoring the hundreds of firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice on Sept. 11, 2001.

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The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) issued a safety bulletin asking wildfire resources to take a 10-minute safety stand-down to check their fire shelters and ensure they meet required Agency standards.

This comes after “non-specification” fire shelters have been found on multiple incidents this year. I have confirmed with the Agency that what has been found is non-compliant, Chinese-made knockoffs. In the most recent case, during a compliance check, these shelters were found on a contract crew.

All wildfire resources are being asked to inspect their shelters before the end of the shift TODAY, July 13, 2026.

This issue came up back in 2023 after knock-off shelters were found boldly claiming to be NWCG-compliant. NWCG issued a safety bulletin in March of that year addressing the problem. However, these new counterfeit shelters have different identifying markers than those found in 2023.

NWCG clearly states that while these counterfeit shelters have been found on multiple incidents this year, none have been involved in entrapments or deployments.

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A massive fire broke out and spread rapidly between three buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Sunday, sending heavy smoke into the sky as firefighters from more than 20 neighboring departments battled the blaze for hours.

Lawrence police urged the public to avoid Haverhill Street at Margin Street while firefighters worked to contain the flames. Lawrence Fire Chief Patrick Delaney said crews were first called to the scene around 12:45 p.m.

“We had three occupied dwellings all with heavy fire,” he said. “The primary concern making sure everybody was out of these buildings. Next was getting some aerials in place, establishing water supplies and getting our members up.”

Delaney said one person was rescued from a third-floor window and taken to the hospital. Their condition wasn’t immediately clear. The mayor’s office later said two people had been transported to hospitals for evaluation, but that there were no serious injuries reported.

“This is one of those days that reminds us what it truly means to serve our community,” Mayor Brian A. DePeña said in a statement. DePeña specifically expressed his appreciation to the 22 mutual aid fire companies that responded to assist Lawrence firefighters throughout the incident, as well as the Lawrence Police Department for helping secure the scene and maintain public safety.

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VIDEO: San Francisco first responders are raising concerns about autonomous vehicles blocking emergency routes and delaying response times, prompting city leaders to explore additional accountability measures for self-driving car companies.

The concerns come three years after the California Public Utilities Commission allowed Waymo and Cruise to expand self-driving vehicle operations in San Francisco. Since then, hundreds of autonomous vehicles have become part of daily life in the city, but firefighters say they have also created challenges during some emergency responses.

“Anytime we are blocked by any autonomous vehicle that matters, and we don’t want that to continue to happen,” said Mariano Elias of the San Francisco Fire Department. The department has been documenting incidents involving autonomous vehicles for years, according to Elias.

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VIDEO: Thai indie band Thotsakan was performing at a packed bar in Bangkok on Sunday when band manager Ice Athipat Wijarn, seated off stage, saw smoke emerging from behind the keyboardist.

The keyboardist, Kwang, shouted for people to flee – and within seconds a fierce blaze tore through Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, in the city’s vibrant Chatuchak district.

Ice recalls fumbling with the door in the smoke-engulfed room as he tried to escape.

“Everybody was running, squeezing into each other,” he told Thai talk show Hone-Krasae. He crawled towards the exit – then something exploded, throwing him out of the bar.

“The sight of my girlfriend’s body being carried out, the sight of my friend who was burned in the fire and everything that happened are still etched in my mind,” he said in comments reported by Agence France-Presse.

The blaze killed at least 28 people and left dozens more injured, authorities confirmed on Monday.

Kwang, along with Thotsakan’s female singer Breeze and drummer Bew, died after succumbing to their injuries, according to a Facebook post from another band member, Patchara Songphatkaew.

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Dallas Fire Rescue said dozens of people were displaced at Campbridge Park Condominiums at 11490 Audelia Road in Northeast Dallas.

DFR said they were called out around 1:00 Friday morning for a structure fire at the condos. They said they were met with fire coming from the roof of the three-story building.

“Attack teams moved in to fight the fire offensively, but since the fire was well into its advanced stages, a second-alarm response was quickly dispatched,” DFR said in a statement.

They said a third-alarm was called for more help. About 60 to 80 firefighters were on scene at one point to battle the blaze.

“When I came outside of my condo, I didn’t see anything. I had to drop to my knees and crawl down three flights of stairs. When I looked up, I could look and see that my condo was gone,” one resident told NBC 5. At least 24 condos were destroyed, and more than 40 people have been displaced. DFR said no injuries were reported.

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VIDEO: Fountain Hills firefighters are busy this summer. They are not putting out house fires, but rather going on calls for snakes. Fountain Hills fire crews went on about 1,100 snake calls last fiscal year.

That breaks down to about three calls a day. A single shift went on six calls before noon. Those calls come in several times a day, especially in the summer, and it is the fire department’s job to remove and relocate the creatures.

Many people may think Fountain Hills firefighters go on a lot of fire calls, but medical calls actually top the list, and right below medical emergencies are calls for snakes, and it becomes quickly apparent how fast those calls can come in.

Cameras were rolling for 30 seconds when a snake call came in. By 10:00 a.m., it was already the fourth call of the day. The snake was a smaller one, sitting in a corner outside a home.

This was not the first rodeo for the homeowner. “Rather not kill the snakes, but I don’t want to see him released. You know right across the wash cause they come back,” resident David Cook said.

Firefighter Rocky Craig snatched the snake with a snake grabber, threw it into a bucket, and then released it into the wild away from any homes. It is a dangerous job, but somebody has to do it.

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VIDEO: Astronauts want to light it up on the moon — for science. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its Artemis program, is planning to conduct combustion experiments on the lunar surface to better understand how fire operates outside of Earth.

Think of a lit match. On Earth, the flame has a distinct, upward teardrop shape. This happens due to gravity, with hotter air rising, creating the yellow trail as it burns up. In space, a flame instead takes on the shape of a blue sphere, representing a slower, cooler burn, referred to as a “cool flame.”

NASA’s prior combustion experiments on the International Space Station showed that fire behaves differently in space. The microgravity on the ISS is about 90% of Earth’s gravity (known mathematically as 1g). The gravity on the moon is about 16.667% of 1g, meaning the moon’s gravity is one-sixth that of Earth’s gravity.

With such low but stable gravity, we can expect flames on the moon not to behave as they would on Earth. The burn rate in lunar gravity is sometimes referred to as a “Goldilocks zone” for studying combustion, due to flames lasting longer than they usually do.

Another difference between fire on Earth and in space is what’s left behind. With a normal lit flame, carbon dioxide and water are produced, but once the visible, yellow flame is gone, the cool, blue flame produces carbon monoxide and formaldehyde.

The lunar experiment is called Flammability of Materials on the Moon, or FM2. It would be the “first-ever combustion experiment to be performed on another planetary body” and marks “a critical step in determining material flammability and safety for future missions,” according to NASA.

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: Multiple crews responded after an overnight fire erupted at NASA Steam Plant in Hampton. According to officials, crews were dispatched just before 1 a.m. for a fire in the debris pit.

When crews arrived, an officer indicated there was heavy fire inside the structure with flames showing above the roof. Additional resources were then requested.

The incident was marked as a Level 2 working incident and a second alarm was called. Due to the amount for fire and unknown stability of the structure, fire crews utilized a ladder tower to suppress the fire from the exterior.

Once an adjacent portion of the structure was deemed safe, crews were able to place suppression devices inside the building to attack the fire. Officials say the bulk of the fire was marked knocked down at 2:24 a.m.

All workers inside the building were able to safely evacuate and no injuries have been reported by the workers or firefighters. 10 On Your Side arrived on scene just before 4 a.m. and observed multiple police vehicles blocking a portion of Wythe Creek Road.

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Central Fire Station in Taunton, Massachusetts is closing after 157 years of continuous service.

Built in 1869, it was the third-oldest fire station still active in the United States and the oldest continuously operated station, having never closed for any period of time.

Over the years, veterans of the Civil War, World War l, World War ll, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom all served as members of the Central Fire Station.

The station closed Wednesday morning as the department transitions to its new public safety facility for police and fire.

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VIDEO: A bagpipe and drum band in South Carolina is carrying on a tradition rooted in more than 170 years of first responder history.

The Coastal Carolina Shields Pipes and Drums is a service band composed primarily of fire and police personnel.

The tradition traces back to the mid-1800s, when most police officers and firefighters in New York City were of Irish and Scottish descent. Today, first responders of all backgrounds make up similar bands across the country.

Retired Yonkers police officer Bob Brown founded the band in Myrtle Beach. “It’s become such a tradition with the police department,” Brown said. “I just thought it would be something nice to bring down here.”

Brown serves as pipe major and is responsible for selecting the band’s music. Firefighter Jeanine Shelley has played pipes for 15 years and is a member of the band. She said Scottish and Irish immigrants brought the pipes to New York City and into fire and police service.

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PHOTOS: A massive fire broke out at a vacant church in Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood on Tuesday evening.

The former Grandview United Presbyterian Church near Grandview Avenue and Kearsarge Street caught fire around 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Smoke billowing high into the sky from the 3-alarm fire was seen from numerous spots in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Views of the Pittsburgh skyline showed a plume of smoke above buildings in Downtown, as Pittsburgh firefighters worked on the ground on Mount Washington to contain the fire.

The fire drew onlookers who watched as crews battled the smoke and flames. Pittsburgh Public Safety asked people to avoid the area as the fire ripped through the church.

The fire was brought under control just before 9 p.m. However, crews were expected to remain overnight to monitor hotspots.

“One of the big things is the size of this structure and the complexity of this structure,” Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Assistant Chief Matthew Davis said.

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VIDEO: When firefighters battle a blaze, they count on an important tool to knock down the flames. “The fire doesn’t go out until you have the fire hose spraying water out of it,” Fishers firefighter Scott Carr said. But when those fire hoses get old, they are retired.

“Fire hose has typically been thrown away in the past,” Fishers firefighter Rob Demlow said. “We had it laying around the firehouse back in 2018. It was getting ready to be thrown in the trash. We decided to come up with a different idea for it,” Carr said.

“We had a flag there. We wanted to replace it with something we thought was pretty cool,” Demlow said. So, they got old fire hoses and went to work. Their creative juices started flowing. The guys found a patriotic purpose for something that would have been thrown away and created a flag out of retired fire hoses.

When people caught wind of the flag art, orders came pouring in. The guys kept creating. “The couplings, those are pretty obvious. That shows that it’s actually the fire hose,” Demlow said as he works on a flag.

Flag after flag after flag — 160 so far and counting. The flags are now in businesses, bars and fire departments across the country. All of them are made of retired fire hoses. The two firefighters have created a nonprofit called Brotherhood Designs.

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Sacramento fire officials are taking a new approach to cracking down on illegal fireworks, using drones to identify violators and issue hefty fines in an effort to improve public safety.

This Fourth of July marked the first time the Sacramento Fire Department deployed its own drones and certified operators to monitor illegal fireworks activity across the city. Officials say the aircraft provided a bird’s-eye view, allowing crews to trace fireworks back to the exact property where they were launched.

The drones captured high-resolution video that investigators can use as evidence when issuing citations.

“We can record in very high quality with our drones. They’re very sophisticated drones,” said Sacramento Fire Captain Justin Sylvia. “We can record all that evidence and we can place on a Google map exactly what house it was.”

One of the department’s most significant enforcement actions involved a home in Del Paso Heights, where drone footage helped identify the source of illegal fireworks. Fire officials later issued a $100,000 citation tied to that location.

On the Fourth of July alone, Sacramento Fire issued 70 citations totaling approximately $300,000 in fines, according to the department.

Officials say this is a significant change from last year, when the department relied on drone operators provided by TNT Fireworks. By operating its own drone program, Sacramento Fire says it has greater flexibility during one of the busiest nights of the year while strengthening its ability to document violations.

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PHOTOS: Multiple agencies responded to a large fire in Wood County on Pemberville Road, according to officials.

According to Jerusalem Fire Department Chief Jim Wolfe, a structure fire at Pat & Son Towing and Recovery in the 25000 block of Pemberville Road in Lake Township required multiple jurisdictions and counties to respond to help contain the blaze at around 8:30 Monday night.

As of 9:43 p.m., Wolfe confirmed that the flames were still active on scene. Northwood Fire Department confirmed to WTOL 11 crews on scene that the fire is under control at this time and there were no injuries.

Flames could be seen from the Ohio Turnpike near the Pemberville Road exit as firefighters responded to the call. The building has been deemed a total loss, according to Lake Township fire officials.

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VIDEO: In 2020, NewsChannel 5 first shared the story. It was about Nashville Fire Department captain Tony Murrell and his sister Tabula Lowe.

At that time, Lowe had been diagnosed with kidney failure and was on a transplant list.

“My siblings, they decided to go and find out their blood types because that’s the first step in becoming a match,” Lowe told NewsChannel 5 in 2020. The perfect match was Murrell.

“He said, ‘Do you need a kidney?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Then it’s done,'” Lowe said in 2020. “My brother doesn’t just save lives in the fire department. He has this heart of gold.”

In 2023 Lowe died. Murrell wanted to do something in his sister’s memory, something that could help people.

A line stretched out to the door at the Belcourt Theatre. Guests walked down a red carpet and took pictures.

“I know everybody!” Murrell smiled, looking around the room. “These are all my friends, family, and co-workers, church people. They love me. They came out in bunches.”

Murrell has spent the past three years truly on a mission.

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VIDEO: An off-duty firefighter is being credited with saving the lives of three children after a boat capsized on Alvarado Lake, trapping them underneath the overturned vessel.

The Alvarado Police Department and Alvarado Fire Department responded to the reported capsizing, which involved nine occupants, according to a statement from the Alvarado Police Department. Officials said the boat flipped and trapped three children beneath it.

Jason Horne, a medic and firefighter with the Midlothian Fire Department with 20 years of experience, was nearby on the lake in his own boat with his 12-year-old daughter, Emilie, when a group of people frantically flagged them down. “I just saw him dive in,” Emilie Horne said.

Horne swam toward the capsized boat and went underwater to search for the children. “I went underwater, under the boat, reached up, seeing if I could grab anything, and I felt a life jacket,” Horne said.

He pulled a young boy out first, who was breathing. Horne then dove back under. “I took a breath, dove underneath the boat again, reached like I did the first time and I grabbed a leg,” he said.

That time, he found a little girl who was unresponsive. Horne climbed onto a flat portion of the capsized hull and began performing CPR while his daughter called 911. He said the girl began breathing.

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