A gas station exploded and burst into flames in Cardiff, Idaho, Wednesday evening.
According to the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office, several law enforcement agencies were dispatched to reports of an explosion at the Cardiff gas station on Highway 11.
The sheriff's office said two people were taken to the hospital via LifeFlight with severe burns. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane
VIDEO: Hudson residents may recall a familiar voice from local fire department recruitment ads—a voice that brought a cinematic touch to community service calls. James Earl Jones, known for his iconic deep voice, once lent his talents to the Hudson City Fire Department in the late 1990s, voicing ads that encouraged young people to join the department’s apprenticeship program. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYR-TV ABC 9 Syracuse
VIDEO: Saving lives, in style!
The Town of Orrington recently unveiled its new, state-of-the-art fire truck.
Nearly three years after the town placed the order, the truck pulled up to the firehouse that was built specifically to house bigger apparatus like this.
Fire Chief Scott Stewart says the whole rig is custom-built, down to the eye-catching black paint job. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABI-TV CBS/CW+ 5 Bangor
VIDEO: On the day America marked 23 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, more people who helped in the aftermath became eligible to enroll in the World Trade Center Health Program.
The program expanded enrollment to include additional first responders who helped at the Flight 93 site and the Pentagon. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
Multiple businesses in Lynnfield were destroyed Tuesday night when intense flames tore through a strip mall.
The fire happened around 9 p.m. at the strip mall on Post Office Square.
Daylight revealed significant damage to multiple businesses. Lynnfield Fire Chief Glenn Davis said most of the businesses will likely be a total loss. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston
More than 45,000 people are living with the physical manifestations of the September 11 attacks more than two decades after the tragedy.
At least 45,200 civilians and officers from the FDNY, NYPD and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are suffering from at least one cancer or disease that has been directly linked to the largest terrorist attack in history. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
VIDEO: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes was up early on Tuesday to give back to local first responders.
Skenes traded his baseball glove for an apron and some bottles of barbecue sauce, serving up a free hot meal and some big checks to local first responders.
"The sacrifices that you make, whether you recognize it or not, are more than any of us can ever repay you for," Skenes told first responders. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
Traffic cameras in Roseville captured a remarkable rescue on Monday as good Samaritans pulled a man from a burning vehicle. "It could’ve been catastrophic if we didn’t stop," Terry Maynard told FOX 9.
"I think it could’ve been a fatality for sure," Joe Wold added.
Maynard and Wold were two of three men who put their lives on the line, to save 22-year-old Paymon Sadat. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMSP-TV FOX 9 Minneapolis
VIDEO: Joe Pfeifer, the first FDNY fire chief to arrive on the scene, reflects on the September 11 attacks in a sit-down interview with Bill Ritter.
They discuss Pfeifer having to send his brother into the towers, not knowing the towers would collapse, plus their last moments together on that tragic day. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York City
U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that the engines can catch fire on some Jeep SUVs and pickup trucks even with the ignition turned off.
The probe covers more than 781,000 Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator vehicles from the 2021 through 2023 model years.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Monday on its website that it has nine complaints of engine fires from owners including one that caused an injury. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
VIDEO: Jesse Yeatts has been a firefighter with Gretna Fire and EMS since the early 1970s. 50 years later, he has run around 20,000 calls during his career, saving countless lives along the way.
“It’s something I enjoy doing,” said Jesse Yeatts, Gretna Fire & EMS firefighter. “Helping people out, saving property and stuff like that means the world. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDBJ-TV CBS 7 Roanoke
Nearly 50 firefighters were dispatched to a massive barn fire in Parkland, where one firefighter was later transported to a hospital after showing signs of heat exhaustion. The firefighter is expected to be OK.
The incident happened at around 5 a.m. Monday, when units received a call concerning a barn and guest house fire. - PUB DATE: 9/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
VIDEO: As part of a national effort to eradicate the use of a fire-suppressing foam containing PFAS, officials removed the last of the toxic foam from the fire trucks at the Bangor International Airport and replaced it with a PFAS-free solution.
Positioned next to the airport's runway is the 101st Air Refueling Wing Fire Protection Unit. - PUB DATE: 9/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFVX-LD FOX 22 Bangor
VIDEO: A loaded gun stored in the oven fired five rounds after getting overheated in Virginia, according to authorities.
Chesterfield firefighters responded to a call regarding a fire. When firefighters opened the oven, they found a gun inside. Officials said someone turned the oven on with the gun inside. - PUB DATE: 9/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALA-TV FOX 10 Mobile
PHOTOS: When the North Tower collapsed on 9/11, Thomas Gambino III knew in his gut that his father, FDNY Firefighter Thomas Gambino Jr., was dead.
At his father’s funeral, he knew what he’d be doing the rest of his life.
The younger Gambino, who was 20 at the time, is one of more than 75 sons and daughters of the 343 FDNY members lost on 9/11 — or later succumbed to Ground Zero-related diseases — who went on to become firefighters or medics. - PUB DATE: 9/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
PHOTOS: Residents are permitted to return to their homes after a commercial fire in Akron that prompted an evacuation order burned for most of Thursday.
The all-clear came at 8 p.m. Akron Mayor Shammas Malik earlier Thursday said there were no air quality or chemical concerns outside the evacuation zone as fire officials continued to battle a large chemical fire at SMB Products on Rosemary Boulevard. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
The New York City Fire Department has lost dozens of members this past year to diseases related to rescue-and-recovery work after Sept. 11, 2001, pushing the department over a grim threshold: More FDNY responders have now died from 9/11-related diseases than were killed on the day of the attack.
“Our list of heroes grows each year,” said FDNY Acting Chief John Esposito at a solemn ceremony Wednesday during which 32 of the most recent deaths were added to the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gothamist
VIDEO: After nearly six hours, Los Angeles firefighters saved a construction worker who fell into an 8-foot deep trench in Los Feliz — a rescue mission carried out during a sweltering, triple-digit heat wave.
The man was left in serious condition and had to be taken to a hospital by paramedics while two firefighters were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, with one ultimately taken to a hospital, according to the LA Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
VIDEO: This is a busy time for college students new and old. It can be extremely dangerous if students aren’t given the proper training.
Just last Sunday, a fire started in a dorm room at UMass. The cause: a burning candle left unattended. While no one was injured, that isn’t always the case. A 21-year-old died in an off-campus apartment fire in 2013. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 Springfield
VIDEO: A driver smashed into an Albuquerque Fire Rescue truck in July. The crash happened as the fire truck was responding to a different crash in the Northeast Heights.
The crash was caused by a driver officials say had been drinking earlier that night, and it left the fire truck out of service. Luckily no one was injured, but the video shows just how much damage was caused by the crash. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE-TV CBS/FOX 13 Albuquerque
