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| Follow Up: Truck hits train causing derailment and fiery explosion in Milam County Call it "The Miracle in Milam County." A truck and train collided causing a spectacular explosion and all-day fire and no one was killed or injured. Just before seven Tuesday morning first responders rushed to the scene of a derailment on FM 2095 outside Cameron. Dorynda Brock lives just up the road and says the was awakened moments earlier by a loud crash. "I knew it was a derailment or an explosion. The fire was already going," she said. Milam County Sheriff Chris White says his department's first priority was getting people out. They started evacuating houses that were in immediate danger and got several families out. Then the train's load of gasoline went off. Sheriff White says, "We were here when the gas tanks started popping and blowing. It was a pretty good mess but luckily no one was injured. No one killed." KEYE-TV CBS 42 AUSTIN 'It's a loss for everybody': Officials investigate DeSoto house fire after 2 children killed An investigation is underway after two children were killed in a house fire, DeSoto police said Tuesday. According to authorities, the fire occurred in the 100 block of Wildwood Court. DeSoto Fire Chief Jerry Duffield said a neighbor called 911 to report the fire around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. The house was already in flames when firefighters arrived. They found two children, ages 1 and 2 years old, inside a bedroom on the second floor in the front of the home, officials said. Both toddlers were transported to the hospital where they were pronounced dead. "Children are special, we'll give a child everything we have. If it comes down to a child and us, it's always the child first," Duffield said during a news conference. Duffield said the fire was so intense that firefighters couldn't get into the house at first. Officials said their preliminary investigation leads them to believe the fire started in the back of the home, spread to the kitchen area, the attic, and then to the front of the home where the children were. KBMT-TV ABC 12 BEAUMONT Trophy Club: North Texas first responders coordinate proper sendoff for fallen firefighter from New York Several North Texas police and fire departments are working together to make sure a fallen hero gets a proper sendoff. Retired FDNY Captain Peter Massiello moved to North Texas two years ago and passed away in Trophy Club last week. His wife says he feared he wouldn't have uniformed firefighters at his funeral. Pete's life reflected an impressive 33-year long career as a New York City firefighter. And most recently, he had a courageous battle with cancer. "It's amazing," said Anthony Massiello, Pete's son. "It's a true testament to the fire department." Pete died at his home in Trophy Club Monday. He and his wife, Diane, moved to North Texas two years ago to be near their son, Anthony, and his family. Captain Massiello never had a dying wish but perhaps a concern. KDFW-TV FOX 4 DALLAS Laredo Fire Department reports seven fires related to forced power outages When the power went out last week for one Laredo family, they didn't think they would come back to ashes, debris, and the overwhelming smell of smoke. That's all that's left at their home on east frost street home after it went up in flames during the outages. Six people including a three-month-old baby lived there just one week ago, but when their power went out, they went to stay with family. A few days later, they got the call no one wants to get: your house is on fire. "When the light came back, it made a spark, something in the wires, and something started burning," said Guadalupe Martinez, one of the fire victims. The house fire stemmed from a short circuit from a refrigerator on the back porch. Prior to the power coming back on, the fridge was frozen. The most damage was in the kitchen, which is connected to the back porch. KGNS-TV NBC 8 LAREDO Firefighters Extinguish 3-Alarm Blaze At Former Nursing That Lit Up Night Sky Over Fort Worth VIDEO: A massive 3-alarm fire at a commercial building in the 400 block of South Beach Street lit up the skies over Fort Worth last night. The fire at a former nursing home sent black smoke pouring into the night sky. It was just before 10 p.m. when more than 100 firefighters were called to the scene. They got the fire under control by midnight. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the fire department shared video of the intense fire. CBS 11 reached out to the Fort Worth Fire Department to get more information about what happened and whether anyone was hurt, but so far hasn't received a response. KTVT-TV CBS 11 FORT WORTH Over $1M estimated damages from fire at Wichita Falls Apartments, cause under investigation VIDEO: The cause of a fire that resulted in over $1 million in damage to a Wichita Falls apartment complex Tuesday night is under investigation. Wichita Falls Fire Department Assistant Fire Marshal Jody Ashlock said a structure fire response was initiated at around 7:06 a.m. at the Summit Apartments. The first WFFD units on the scene said there was heavy smoke and fire showing from the roof of the two-story, 16-unit apartment building, and backup was called for right away. KFDX-TV NBC 3 WICHITA FALLS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Huge explosion erupts after 18-wheeler hits fuel train in Texas An 18-wheel truck hit a train carrying chemicals and fuels in Cameron, Texas, early Tuesday, causing a huge explosion and starting a fire that is expected to burn for several days. The Milam County town of 5,400, about 72 miles northeast of Austin, was rocked by the boom around 6:45 a.m., according to Cameron Sheriff Chris White. White said the driver of an 18-wheel flatbed truck lost control of his vehicle, was unable to stop, swerved around a parked vehicle and into a rail crossing, where his truck struck a passing BNSF train. "Nobody was injured or killed," White said. A barn burned to the ground, and several nearby houses were evacuated, but most people have returned to their homes. The first 11 cars of the train were filled with gasoline, coal and petroleum products, causing the initial explosion and fueling a fire that was still burning Tuesday evening, White said. NBC NEWS Orlando Fire Department opens new fire station designed to promote diversity The city of Orlando opened a brand-new fire station in the Rosemont community on Monday. Station 9, known as "Outpost Nine," is the new home to 30 firefighters on Center Loop off of Shader Road. The 12,000-foot building has private bunk rooms and restrooms for crews and it even includes a secure room for female firefighters. "We have a room here where a female is nursing at the time, you go in and do her lactation in privacy and not have to worry about anyone looking at her or anything in that nature. We have a refrigerator in there as well," Chief Benjamin Barksdale said. Fire Chief Benjamin Barksdale said the fire station was designed to promote diversity within the fire department as part of the "Inclusivity and Equity Action Plan." The plan came after the department was sued by the assistant fire chief for discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace which led to the resignation of former Chief Roderick Williams in 2019. WKMG-TV CBS 6 ORLANDO Illinois community honors three firefighters killed in 1973 Ben Franklin fire It's been 48 years since three volunteer firefighters lost their lives battling a blaze in a downtown Palatine store, but the tragedy still resonates with the community and weighs heavy on its first responders. And so firefighters, village leaders, community members and family of the fallen gathered Tuesday morning at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial to pay tribute to volunteer firefighters Warren "Auggie" Ahlgrim, 32, John Wilson, 40, and Richard Freeman, 25, and honor their ultimate sacrifice. The three volunteers died Feb. 23, 1973, while fighting a fire in the basement of the Ben Franklin store at 36 N. Broadway St. Wilson, who owned the store, believed the furnace was the source of the fire and led Freeman and Ahlgrim through the long, narrow structure to a set of interior stairs that would take them to the basement. Each was equipped with an air pack that was expected to last 10 to 20 minutes. DAILY HERALD - METERED SITE Missouri firefighter's artwork now on display at Black Archives of Mid-America VIDEO: An artist's work is now on display at the Black Archives of Mid-America and it's a sense of pride for Sean Tiller. It's also his way of giving back and perhaps inspiring others. "This is one of my more recent, made last year," Tiller said. He calls it space art. Tiller, 27, said painting brings him joy -- the colors, the texture and the fantasy of these imaginary planets. His works are now being featured at the Black Archives of Mid-America coffee shop in the 18th and Vine District. "To have this level of attention being brought to my artwork is still hitting me. Feels good. I'm very appreciative of it," he said. Tiller started getting attention on social media, showing his spray-painting technique. While he's always loved art, he said he only discovered this passion for painting in his 20s and it's not his day job. He's also a Kansas City, Missouri, firefighter. "I love being a firefighter. I love being able to enact change in whatever significant way I can," Tiller said. "I think those are the two similarities between firefighting and art. I want to be able to impact somebody's life with it." KMBC-TV ABC 9 KANSAS CITY Tiger Woods crash: Radio transmissions reveal emergency response by Los Angeles County deputies, firefighters VIDEO: In the harrowing moments after a rollover crash in Rancho Palos Verdes that left golfer Tiger Woods hospitalized on Tuesday, radio communications by the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments reveal the efforts by deputies and firefighter-paramedics to assess the incident and respond to the scene. Woods was alone in the SUV when it crashed into a raised median shortly before 7:15 a.m., crossed two oncoming lanes and rolled several times, authorities said. In an initial transmission, a Fire Department official communicates the location of the crash site, noting that sheriff's deputies have already arrived and that at least one person was trapped inside a vehicle that had veered off the side of the road. "Code 3 response is now needed on that 902T," a sheriff's dispatcher is heard saying in a similar broadcast. "Hawthorne Boulevard, Palos Verdes Drive North, Rolling Hill Estates. Unit 3 respond, code 3." KABC-TV ABC 7 LOS ANGELES PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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