The owners of a popular Caribbean restaurant in Arlington say they plan to rebuild after the restaurant was destroyed in a 3-alarm fire Tuesday. Arlington firefighters responded to a blaze at One Love Caribbean Restaurant and Lounge in the 2300 block of S. Cooper Street around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The Arlington Fire Department says no one was injured but the building is a total loss. "We appreciate everyone who has reached out, but we kindly ask for some privacy at this time as we work with the necessary departments on the next steps. Thank you to the community for your ideas and support. We will rebuild," the restaurant said in a social media post. The cause of the fire is still undetermined, according to fire officials.  

VIDEO: The City of Denison is planning to grow its fire department to keep up with the pace of its population. Fire Station No. 4 would be located near the Preston Harbor development. It's estimated that the number of homes in Preston Harbor could eventually range between 7,500 and 10,000. Currently, the closest facility is Fire Station No. 2, where emergency response time could be 20 minutes, according to Denison Fire Chief Kenneth Jacks. "Station 4 is not a want, but a need... it's a must-have," he said. "The planning of it needs to start now, because people will be moving there in the next two to three years. So if you wait until the houses are there, now we're playing catch-up." Jacks said an ideal response time is eight minutes from the call coming in to arrival on scene.  

The Waco Fire Department said they responded to a possible gas leak alongside Waco Police Department and McLennan County Emergency Management in the block of 26th St. and Burnett Ave. Waco Fire said they responded to a call around 10:54 a.m. Tuesday saying a contractor had struck a gas line and there might be a possible gas leak. The surrounding areas were evacuated, including 15 homes, about a block and a half away from the gas leak. Waco Fire says there were no injuries and they were working to fix the leak. Atmos energy was also on the scene.  

Multiple law enforcement agencies are partnering with Temple Fire and Rescue for hands on active shooter training at a nearby school. "The training is an active threat scenario training," said Santos Soto with Temple Fire and Rescue. "It allows us to not only kind of better prepare ourselves for those situations where something malicious might be happening, it also gives us a chance to work with those other agencies." It starts with improving communication between agencies. "Fundamentally, we work very differently," said Michael Chapman, Training Coordinator, Waco District Highway Patrol. "Fire and EMS work as teams very well — cops work individually very well, so bringing us all together, teaching us how we work and how to bring us together, is what this training is all about."  

PHOTOS: A fire destroyed an East Brainerd home that was under construction and caused extensive damage to another newly built house next door that was for sale. Six other structures also sustained exposure damage from the heat. Firefighters were dispatched to the home that was fully engulfed in flames in the 1800 block of Oakvale Drive at 6:08 on Tuesday, July 16. The fire was already spreading quickly to the house next door, officials report. Within 20 minutes, crews had the fire under control, and there were no injuries reported, CFD says. The cause of the fire is under investigation.  

VIDEO: The Blue Collar Brawler has struck again – but this time inside a Florida fire station. Video sent to FOX 35 from the gator trapper whose name is Mike Dragich, shows him barefoot inside a Jacksonville fire station. Firefighters called the trapper to the station because a gator wandered inside. According to Dargich, the gator was inside a pond next to the fire station before making its way inside. The gator had been causing some trouble recently, like coming out of the water when the power company came by to check on a nearby water meter. The footage shows the Blue Collar Brawler grabbing the gator by its tail and eventually sitting on top of its body as a firefighter wrapped the gator's mouth shut with tape.  

VIDEO: The West Virginia Department of Health has released new protocols for emergency medical services to empower first responders and provide them with faster decision-making capabilities. The new protocols, developed by EMS leaders across the state, took effect on July 1st. According to officials, the protocols address many of the modern-day challenges faced by first responders in the state. This includes the elimination of the "red tape" and communication barriers emergency responders have to navigate while on the job. The protocols build upon Governor Jim Justice's Answer the Call initiative, which officials said has expanded EMS training and workforce capability by 75%. Starting May 1st, the introduction of "treat-in-place" protocols allows eligible patients to receive care at home, reducing emergency room congestion and ensuring ambulance availability for critical cases.  

The U.S. has contended with unrelenting temperatures this summer, and a map from NASA paints a dire picture of the scale of those persistent heat waves. The map, which consists of a snapshot of temperatures nationwide for July 10, used satellite images — along with a complex mathematical model known as the Goddard Earth Observing System — to create a kind of color code, with dark red showing areas that reached highs of 104 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NASA Earth Observatory, a program that examines the impact of climate change. The results are stark, indicating potentially dangerous temperatures across nearly the entire continental U.S. The Southwest sustained the brunt of the heat, according to the map, with almost the entire region experiencing triple-digit highs.