VIDEO: A firefighter was hospitalized for injuries sustained in an Abbott Loop house fire Sunday night, according to officials. An Anchorage Fire Department official at the scene of a fire on Teshlar Drive, just off East 68th Avenue, told a Alaska's News Source reporter that one firefighter was "transported for injury" while working the fire. The department said that no occupants of the home were hurt in the blaze that officials believe was started from a gas line. An Enstar crew was on site to secure the gas line late Sunday night.  

A massive fire at a building under construction forced evacuations Monday in Redwood City. More than five hours after the fire started firefighters were able to contain the fire to the originating structure, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Although "under control," the area is in a 24-hour fire watch. No injuries have been reported in the blaze, which also sparked an air quality advisory -- wind was expected to push smoke across the peninsula and into San Jose. Aerial coverage from NBC Bay Area's SkyRanger on Monday afternoon showed the construction site gutted after flames ripped through the building. The fire was first reported at 10:15 a.m. on the 2700 block of Middlefield Road and garnered an eight-alarm response, firefighters said.  

VIDEO: Once fully constructed, Charlotte's newly-reconstruction Firehouse #30 will be the first all-electric firehouse in the Southeast, according to the city of Charlotte. Ground for the new fire station was broken Monday in a ceremony at the site, which is located adjacent to the Charlotte Fire Department's training center on Shopton Road. The $16 million project will build a new 14,000-square-foot, three-bay, two-story, all-electric firehouse. The city of Charlotte calls it the Southeast's first all-electric firehouse and will feature the first all-electric North American style fire engine. "We do a lot of things already to help with sustainability," Charlotte Fire Chief Reginald Johnson said. "We have idle reduction procedures already on our current fire trucks, and so we're going to continue to do that path."  

VIDEO: Making things is a passion of Greg Blanchat. But instead of making art, he makes fire trucks. Blanchat turned a near tragedy into a passion to save lives. "When you suit up, when you snap in, you really feel it. Like I say, ‘Fire is a living, breathing thing,' and I really think it can think too," said Blanchat. Roaring flames and billowing smoke were seen from miles around. "We were up on a hill, most of us watching it and looking down on it, and we backed up because it was incredibly hot," said Stan May, a spectator and retired 30-year firefighter. It wasn't a wildfire. It was an experiment. "It's amazing he was able to put it out that fast dealing with that kind of heat," said May. It was performed by Blanchat. "Paper tells you one thing, live tells you if it really works," he said.  

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Officials have started to lower alert levels within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park after the Kilauea volcano began to erupt early Monday morning in an area that hasn't seen an eruption in nearly 50 years. According to an alert from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), the Volcano Alert Level for ground-based hazards was raised from watch to warning, and the Aviation Color Code was changed from orange to red after the new eruption began around 12:30 a.m. local time (6:30 a.m. ET). About 8:30 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. ET), the USGS lowered the Volcano Alert Level to a watch and the Aviation Color Code to orange. Scientists said the remote nature and low volume of the eruption prompted a lowering of alerts.