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| Father and 3 kids escape house fire in Clear Lake Shores VIDEO: A family in the Clear Lake Shores area is without a home after a fire left their house in shambles Wednesday evening. Video from ABC13's SkyEye showed a home at the intersection of Oak and Forest Roads fully engulfed in the flames. A father and his three children made it out alive. Everything inside burned. "I don't have any idea what would have started it, and I can't imagine everything just freezing, now dry and dead. He has a lot of foliage, so maybe that had something to do with it, but I have no idea," said neighbor Katie Mcmann. Mcmann was among those concerned that the fire might spread to nearby homes. Crews were able to stop the flames, but the heat did reach her house. Still, the heroic actions of firefighters are being credited for keeping several homes from burning down. The cause of the fire is unknown, but investigators believe it started in the back of the house. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON Austin firefighter receives hundreds of calls after giving out his personal number in case people needed help When the president of the Austin Firefighters Association gave out his personal cell phone number last week during a live interview on KXAN News Today, he had no idea just how many people would reach out. Battalion Chief Bob Nicks told people to give him a call if they needed help. He promised an off-duty firefighter would try to come to pick them up in a truck, and get them to a warm shelter. As soon as the interview ended, the calls started coming in. "By the time I got to work I had a queue of 30 or 40 calls," Nicks said. "I got over 400 calls that day." Nicks said the first came from a couple in their 70s without food, heat, or water for three days. The pipes above them had just burst. "Water is raining down on them," he said. "That's a life and death situation." Later, a 97-year-old woman called in a similar situation. KXAN-TV NBC 36 AUSTIN Eastland Fire Department welcomes 8-year-old mascot, teaches him what it means to be a firefighter An 8-year-old boy in the front seat of a fire truck isn't something you see everyday. Conner Randell may be a little too young to reach the gas pedal, but he is old enough to ride along. "He gets a little taste of what being a firefighter is all about," said Eastland firefighter Amanda Woodley. Conner is the Eastland Fire Department's mascot. This year he will follow alongside his dad, learning the ins and outs of what it means to be a hometown hero. "When dad gets up at 2:00 the morning because the little beeper beeps, they have a general idea of what's taking place out in the community," said Eastland Fire Chief Joe Williamson. The program has been in place for years, but this go around, they're adding more fuel to the fire. "Our objective is for Conner to attach to his peers," said Chief Williamson. Instead of just participating in public events, Conner will be doing public service announcements. KTAB-TV CBS 32 ABILENE State Representative Burrows Files COVID-19 Bill Supporting First Responders Republican Representative of Texas House District 83, Dustin Burrows, has filed a bill focused on supporting Texas first responders who must quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19. House Bill 2037 states that city and county departments would be required to place a firefighter, police officer, or EMT on administrative leave with pay if they needed to quarantine due to on-duty exposure to COVID-19 or any other infectious disease. A press release from Dustin Burrows dated Feb. 23 states, "While most city and county governments have covered costs and placed First Responders on administrative leave with pay when quarantined, some have not and refuse to, resulting in employees not reporting high risk exposures, since they may end up spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on quarantine expenses." House Bill 2037 does state, however, that the first responder must have contracted the illness while in the line of duty, but it remains unclear how that would be definitively proven. KZII-FM 102.5 Fire departments in Harris County responded to 475 carbon monoxide calls last week Families are still recovering from last week's winter storm, and the power outages that led to people searching for ways to stay warm led to hundreds of calls regarding carbon monoxide poisoning. Fire departments in Harris County alone responded to 475 carbon monoxide calls last week, according to the county's fire marshal. Like millions of Texans, Etenesh Mersha lost power during the storm. In order to charge her phone, she turned on her car in an attached garage, leading to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. "She's very nice, and her husband is very nice," said Etenesh's cousin, Yetimwuha Wolde. "She visits us every time, and she calls us every time. She brings us [gifts] every Christmas for my kids." Etenesh left the car running, and by the time help arrived, she and her daughter, Rakeb, died. Her husband and 8-year-old son were rushed to the hospital. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON McKinney Fire Department gives out 20,000th vaccine shot The McKinney Fire Department has provided 20,000 COVID-19 total vaccine shots since just before Christmas through Wednesday. The department has been giving shots at the McKinney ISD Stadium and Community Event Center. Fire Chief Danny Kistner said this milestone shows "commitment is stronger than ever" in their city. "Each vaccine administered gives us hope we are one step closer to beating this disease," Kistner said. Mayor George Fuller also spoke on the city's vaccine distribution success, saying, "It exemplifies how well we can coordinate our resources to serve our community best. " The McKinney Fire Department continues to vaccinate people in phases 1A and 1B on the Collin County waitlist. Vaccines are given by appointment only. You can find more information about that here. Collin County had 300 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. WFAA-TV ABC 8 DALLAS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Fire destroys commercial building, damages second structure in South Los Angeles VIDEO: A massive fire destroyed a commercial building in Historic South-Central Los Angeles early Thursday morning and spread to a second building, officials said. Firefighters responded about 12:50 a.m. to the 3700 block of South Grand Avenue, near 38th Street, and found heavy fire coming from a one-story 100-foot-by-200-foot building, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. At about 1:15 a.m., Stewart said the fire had gone through the roof and, due to the "possible loss of structural integrity, this is transitioning to a defensive operation.'' The flames spread to a nearby two-story, 50-foot-by-100-foot commercial building and caused significant damage, but a "closely coordinated operation'' allowed crews to extinguish that fire and save a large portion of the building, Stewart said. The first building was declared a total loss, she said. KABC-TV ABC 7 LOS ANGELES Florida fire department purchases remote-controlled rescue boats VIDEO: If you're swimming in the Gulf in Panama City Beach this summer, you may notice a small boat-like device bobbing through the water. The City's Beach Safety Department is officially adding remote-controlled rescue boats to its fleet. E.M.I.L.Y stands for Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard and Panama City Beach now owns two of them. "E.M.I.L.Y's a rescue device that can be used to help get out to a victim quickly," said Wil Spivey, Panama City Beach Fire Rescue's Beach Safety Director. The rescue boat can travel up to 35 miles per hour and is controlled remotely by people onshore. Swimmers in distress can grab ahold of the lanyard and get brought to safety. "These are tools that can be used by a non-rescue or somebody that's not going into the Gulf, like a fireman. We can pull somebody off duty and put them on this device," Spivey said. The Beach Safety department has purchased two E.M.I.L.Y's from Gulf County. WMBB-TV ABC 13 PANAMA CITY Texas fire department welcomes 8-year-old mascot, teaches him what it means to be a firefighter VIDEO: An 8-year-old boy in the front seat of a fire truck isn't something you see everyday. Conner Randell may be a little too young to reach the gas pedal, but he is old enough to ride along. "He gets a little taste of what being a firefighter is all about," said Eastland firefighter Amanda Woodley. Conner is the Eastland Fire Department's mascot. This year he will follow alongside his dad, learning the ins and outs of what it means to be a hometown hero. "When dad gets up at 2:00 in the morning because the little beeper beeps, they have a general idea of what's taking place out in the community," said Eastland Fire Chief Joe Williamson. The program has been in place for years, but this go around, they're adding more fuel to the fire. "Our objective is for Conner to attach to his peers," said Chief Williamson. Instead of just participating in public events, Conner will be doing public service announcements. BIG COUNTRY HOME PAGE Playing with Fire: Illinois college alumna finds unique niche in photography industry PHOTO: Growing up, Johna Denault spent hours on her homework due to her dyslexia. To find an escape from the stress, she turned to photography. "When I was 12, I started taking photos with my parents' Sears35MM camera," she said. "I took photos of nature and really enjoyed taking action shots. From then on, I knew I wanted to explore photography as a career." As an adult, she enrolled in photography classes at College of DuPage. "I knew my limitations and strengths, and I took every photography class COD offered to hone my skills," Denault said. Receiving high accolades from her COD photography professors, Denault was determined to turn her passion into a career. She began taking portraits of firefighters in her local community, which eventually led her to a somewhat unconventional career as a fire photographer. "The fire chief posted my portraits to social media, and I wasn't happy with how they turned out because it wasn't showing the firemen doing their craft," she said. DAILY HERALD - METERED SITE A third Pfizer dose? The Covid-19 vaccine maker is studying booster shots Despite the 95 percent effectiveness at preventing coronavirus infection after two doses of its vaccine, Pfizer is now seeing what a third dose might do. The company announced Thursday that a booster dose is being studied among people who received their first doses of the vaccine more than six months ago. In an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the hope is that a third dose will boost the immune response even higher, offering better protection against variants. "We believe that the third dose," Bourla said, "will raise the antibody response 10- to 20- fold." The new study will monitor the safety and efficacy of a third dose in two age groups: those 18 to 55 and those 65 to 85. The participants come from a group of people who were among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: people who volunteered for Pfizer's initial Phase 1/2 clinical trial, which began in May. NBC NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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