Chris Mc Loone and Kurt Becker, chief operating officer, Solberg, the firefighting foam division of Perimeter Solutions, as they discuss firefighting foam technology, foam’s advantages for structural firefighting, and resources at Perimeter Solutions learn about foam.

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Crews from multiple departments responded overnight Tuesday after an intense fire destroyed multiple modular structures in Cahokia Heights. The fire broke out a little before 2 a.m. on the 3900 block of Mississippi Avenue. The incident involved an abandoned business and several construction site trailers.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, they encountered an active fire in one of the buildings that had begun to spread. At least two double-wide trailers and a single-wide trailer were burned in the fire.

According to officials, crews faced multiple challenges while trying to put out the fire, including the lack of nearby hydrants and windy conditions. At least nine fire departments responded, with operations extending over a extended period.

The fire is out and an investigation into the fire is ongoing. Officials have labeled the fire as suspicious due to there being no electricity near the abandoned business or trailers. At this point, no injuries have been reported.

KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

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VIDEO: The Ogden Fire Department has a new tool to help meet people in the unsheltered community where they are. This week, the department launched a mobile outreach clinic to give immediate medical care to people experiencing homelessness.

“In our hearts, we need to love them and care about them,” said Ogden City Fire Chief Mike Slater. “And that’s the approach we took. We just want to help people get the right health care, and what we do know is taking someone to the emergency room is not always the best care for that individual.”

It started off with a new initiative last year. Slater said most of the calls for service to the fire department come from the Lantern House homeless shelter. So, through state grants, the department hired a medical advocate to be on-site full-time and help with triage, medication and setting people up with the right medical care. The department said it has been successful so far.

“It’s been a huge relief, especially to our staff and the clients,” said Lauren Navidomskis, the executive director of the Lantern House, “knowing that more than those service workers and the law enforcement agencies, like, there’s a community that’s wrapping behind them.”

KSTU-TV FOX 13 Salt Lake City

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VIDEO: The Rapid City Fire Department’s Cadet Program has been providing firefighter training to high school students for a couple of years. Each year, around 10 high school students from the Black Hills get to experience what it is like to be a firefighter both in the classroom and in the field.

“Before we started the cadet program, we didn’t have a good way to engage high school students; it just didn’t exist for us. So this has been a great opportunity,” RCFD Firefighter EMT & Cadet Mentor Jim Bussell said. While this is an introductory program, learning to react like a professional is the goal.

“A smoky burning building, you know, with a mask on your face, you’re always having to communicate and let others know what’s going on around you. So that was one of the biggest takeaways for me was communication. It really just opened up a lot of career paths for me. One of the biggest ones being Wildland, that’s something I think I want to do after college,” 2024 cadet graduate Carson Bussell said.

KELO-TV CBS 11 Sioux Falls

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Nick Wahlman, a firefighter and paramedic, will be honored with the Lifesaving Medal of Valor on January 15 following his rescue and resuscitation of a man while on vacation in Hawaii, South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue (SPOFR) reported. On November 15, 2025, Wahlman noticed two men struggling in the water off Kihei, Maui. He quickly swam out and found one of the men turning blue and not breathing.

Wahlman brought the man to shore and determined he was in cardiac arrest. Alongside Dr. Ethan Deckert, the Stevens County Medical Program Director who was vacationing with him, Wahlman performed lifesaving efforts. By the time the Maui County Fire Department arrived at the scene, Wahlman and Dr. Deckert had restored the man’s pulse.

KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

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