One person was killed and a firefighter was injured in a house fire Sunday in Canton, authorities said. The fire happened around 5:24 a.m. Sunday at 726 E. Chestnut St. in Canton, about 30 miles southwest of Peoria, the Canton Fire Department said on Facebook. One injured person was found on the second floor of the home. They later died at the Graham Hospital emergency room, said Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines. No names are being released at this time. A firefighter from the Canton Fire Department sustained "moderate injuries while removing the victim from the home," the department said. It took about 40 minutes to get the fire under control. Canton Fire and State Fire Marshal officials are investigating the cause of the fire.  

A second person charged in the fatal shooting of a retired firefighter in early December during an attempted carjacking outside a Morgan Park popcorn shop was ordered held without bail Friday. Dwain Johnson, 18, was charged as one of the "carjacking crew" who confronted 65-year-old Dwain Williams, killing him in an exchange of gunfire, Chicago police said. Johnson, of Gary, Indiana, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force in suburban Oak Forest, police said. He appeared in court Friday, where he was denied bail on a count each of first-degree murder, attempted vehicular hijacking, unlawful possession of an automatic weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon. On Thursday, a 15-year-old boy was charged as an unarmed accomplice in the shooting.  

A death investigation is underway after a person was found dead inside a burning vehicle Monday morning in Hegewisch on the Far South Side. Firefighters were called to a garage fire about 5:30 a.m. in the 12900 block of South Exchange Avenue and found the body dead inside a vehicle, Chicago fire officials said. The Office of Fire Investigation is working to determine the cause of the blaze, fire officials said.  

Alton Fire Department, along with Alton Police Department, responded to a single-vehicle rollover traffic crash on Salu Street between Lincoln Avenue and Elizabeth Street around 10 p.m Saturday. When firefighters arrived they found a vehicle that had rolled over and was on its roof and two victims had been ejected. Arch Medical Helicopter responded to the scene and landed at Rock Springs Golf Course and transported one person to a St. Louis Hospital. The other person was transported to an Alton hospital by ambulance. Alton Police Department is handling the accident.  

VIDEO: Four firefighters in Routt County suffered minor injuries after the fire truck they were in rolled off 200 feet down a steep embankment. The crash happened on Saturday after the firefighters were leaving the scene of a garage fire. The West Routt Fire Protection District responded to the home on Peak View Court to find the back of a garage on fire. The flames did not spread to other homes, but did damage vehicles inside the structure and the garage itself. Firefighters extinguished the fire and began loading up their equipment. After they left, the fire truck rolled numerous times off the edge of Valley Drive. Officials say all firefighters were wearing their seat belts. Multiple agencies, including Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue and ambulances from West Routt Fire, responded. All four firefighters are expected to be okay.  

VIDEO: A paraglider dressed as Santa Claus was rescued after being caught in power lines in Rio Linda on Sunday. Santa was removed safely from the power lines near 7th Avenue after being trapped for over an hour, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. SMUD, the Sacramento Fire Department and California Highway Patrol units in North Sacramento were called to the scene for assistance. The incident caused road closures in the area and power was shut off to a small number of customers so the rescue could be made. Sacramento Metro Fire said the way the parachute went into the lines and the way Santa was seated inside of the aircraft that was attached to the parachute helped avoid any conduction happening in the power lines.  

VIDEO: Flames tore through the rectory of a Townsend church early Monday morning, sending a priest to the hospital with burns to his hands, officials said. The rectory of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, at 20 Highland St., still had flames shooting from the roof just after 5 a.m. and fire crews from several towns were called in to help as the fire, which started just before 2 a.m., grew to four alarms. Townsend Fire Chief Mark Boynton said the priest was inside the rectory and heard the smoke detectors going off on the first floor. He used a fire extinguisher to try to put out the flames but the fire grew. The priest, whom officials have not named, suffered burns to his hands and was taken to the hospital but has since been released, he said. The second floor of the building collapsed onto the first as firefighters continued to put out hotspots.  

On Dec. 14, 1920, a shiny, new, red truck rumbled into Mount Vernon. It wasn't Santa's sleigh come to spread early holiday cheer, but was instead the newest addition to the Mount Vernon Fire Department — Skagit County's first motorized fire engine. "It was something new and different than what a lot of people had," said retired Mount Vernon firefighter Terry Hill. On Dec. 14, 2020, with a fresh coat of wax, some new running boards and a few other improvements, the department's vintage American LaFrance fire engine was rolled into its bay at the department's LaVenture Road fire station, its home for the past three decades. In honor of the truck's 100th birthday, Hill and fellow retired firefighters spent about 150 hours during the past month restoring it offsite before bringing it home where it will once again be displayed for the public.  

Many first responders in the Tampa Bay area say they won't take the coronavirus vaccine. Local fire and police departments conducted surveys about the coronavirus vaccine, and a significant number of first responders say they are not taking it or are undecided. "It's just so new and it's been so highly publicized and so highly politicized, I think for a lot of our members," said John Klinefelter, Clearwater Fire & Rescue Division Chief of Health and Safety. About 60% of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employees who took the survey said they don't want to get the vaccine. St. Petersburg Fire Rescue had 56% respond "no" and a quarter were undecided. The Clearwater police survey showed 39% said no, 28% were undecided, and 32% said they would take the vaccine. Only 30 percent said yes at Clearwater Fire & Rescue.