VIDEO: A natural gas explosion in Youngstown, Ohio, blew open the facade of a downtown bank building Tuesday afternoon, with seven people injured and one man killed. According to a press release from Youngstown Police Department, a 27-year-old man was killed in the explosion. That man was identified as Akil Drake, a Penn Hills High School graduate who worked at the Chase Bank where the explosion happened.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

VIDEO: Firefighters are getting new help in navigating the clogged streets of Kissimmee. The Kissimmee Fire Department is using a state-of-the-art simulator to train firefighters on how to drive a fire truck. Deputy Chief Joseph Leone says the Sim-Tech Fire Vehicle Training Simulator will come in handy, especially for new hires.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 13 Orlando - Metered Site

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Good Samaritans helped three people out of a Kewaskum home that caught fire on Saturday morning, May 25. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office got a 911 call just before 8 a.m. reporting the fire on Highway 28 in the town of Kewaskum. The homeowner reported three residents were trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

PHOTO: A Catholic church in downtown Madison caught on fire Friday after witnesses said they heard a loud clap of thunder as storms rolled through the area. The Madison Fire Department said it had extinguished the fire at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, which is blocks from the state Capitol and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: Firefighters battled a large house fire in Gresham early Monday morning. Just after midnight, crews from Gresham Fire responded to a fire in the 2400 block of Southwest 1st Street, near Southwest Mawrcrest Avenue. Gresham Fire says the fire started in the garage and quickly spread to the house, along with a few vehicles that were outside of the garage.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

VIDEO: A recent Colby College graduate, who is also a firefighter, highlighted Waterville Fire and Rescue in her senior art exhibit. You may have heard the adage, "A picture is worth a thousand words." Studio art major Morgan Cheney embodied this by capturing the day-to-day of first responders at Waterville Fire and Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Connecticut TikToker is going viral after posting a video showing her tripping over her couch while trying to escape an out-of-control kitchen fire. The footage shared on an account operated in part by LaTeasha Brost, which now has 6 million views, was captured by a pet camera in her apartment’s living room.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

One person was hospitalized after a house fire in Onalaska Thursday night. Around 6:30 p.m., the Onalaska Fire Department received reports of an active structure fire at 212 4th Avenue South. Upon arrival, crews observed heavy smoke rising from the back of the house. One victim was located inside and was evacuated to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS/MyNetworkTV 8 La Crosse

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Instead of decorations lining the walls of Oshkosh Fire Station 17, there's artwork on the ceiling. Third grade students from Read Elementary School are the artists behind the project. "The kids were very excited when I told them," said art teacher Becky Bartow. "They drew pictures first and then transferred it right to the tiles and did beautiful paintings.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

Fire crews spent hours Thursday night fighting massive flames at a business in Pottsville. It started at a commercial building near the 600 block of East Market Street around 7 p.m. As fire crews were tackling this fire the Wire Tele-View corporation building collapsed, just missing the firefighters below.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV ABC 16 Scranton

VIDEO: Firefighters shifts range but they often go into the night, some can be as long as 48 hours in a row. According to Deputy Fire Chief Chris Mortensen, sleep studies have helped fire departments adjust the way firefighters sleep to make the night shift more bearable. “It used to be the alarms would blare and you were waking up and lights were flashing everywhere and we found out that was really bad for your system,” said Mortensen.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NonStop Local

VIDEO/PHOTOS: If you spot a rattlesnake in your yard what would you do? In this Zevely Zone story, 'The Snake Wranglers' offer a training session to firefighters and me. The best way to save a snake is to learn how to handle the real thing. "I truly feel they are the underdog in nature," said Bruce Ireland.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS 8 San Diego

Drowning deaths in the U.S. were on the decline for decades, but a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that fatalities have been increasing since 2020. While it's not exactly clear what's causing the spike, public health experts believe the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could be at least in part to blame.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delaware Public Media

Wisconsin Rapids Fire Chief Todd Eckes says the victim in a deadly fire was a 16-year-old girl. The fire happened shortly after midnight Wednesday on 11th Street South. According to the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department, three other occupants were home when the fire broke out, but were able to escape the building.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV/CW+ 7 Wausau

Firefighters returned to a Pawtucket neighborhood Wednesday evening to knock down a fire that reignited inside an apartment building. Pawtucket Fire Chief John Trenteseaux told 12 News that firefighters were first called to the East Avenue home several hours prior for reports of smoke and flames coming from the second and third floors.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 12 Providence

Drug abuse has been an issue in the US for decades, yet despite efforts to curb it, substance use is still prevalent nationwide. According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2020, approximately 40 million persons aged 12 years and older had a substance use disorder in the past year.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Patient Care

Multiple lithium-ion batteries charging on a shelf at the Stacyville Fire Department caught fire Tuesday night, leading to damage and an injured firefighter. It happened shortly before 9 p.m. at the fire station located at 370 Station Rd., the state fire marshal's office said in a release Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland

VIDEO: A Denver museum has been fighting for the last 14 years to bring a piece of the city’s history back home after a 140-year-old bell, which was presumed missing, turned up at a church in Pueblo. “The bell itself is a 1,600-pound bell, which is quite large and it’s got a tone that even the bell company said is kind of a special tone,” Dan Farley said.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

A crew of Madison firefighters were forced to shelter in their truck for several hours Tuesday night after their ladder was hooked by a low-hanging power line. An MFD spokesperson said that Ladder Co. 1 was returning from a call just before 11:30 p.m. when the vehicle got snared along North Bedford Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2024 7:07:00 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison

Twelve employees were evaluated for smoke inhalation Monday morning after a commercial structure fire in Menasha. According to Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue, crews responded to a fire alarm activation in the 200 block of River Street at around 7:45 a.m. on May 20. Upon arrival, firefighters found employees outside the structure and smoke in a portion of the facility.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay