An ambulance in Allendale Township, MI, was struck by a vehicle while responding to an emergency. No injuries were reported, and the incident is under investigation.

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Cedar Rapids plans to invest $2.3 million in a new fire training campus to reduce firefighters' cancer risk, with total costs estimated at $7-10 million, aiming for partial operation in three years.

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Crews have put out a fire that broke out in an RV before it spread to a house in Northwest Miami-Dade, officials said.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze along Northwest 17th Place, off 122nd Street, at around 4:30 a.m. on Friday.

Cameras captured the property fully engulfed, as bright orange flames shot into the air, prompting an intense firefight.

Speaking with 7News hours later, Ellison Diaz said he lived in the home with his grandparents, and he woke up to the sounds of screams and the fire ripping through their home.

“I looked through my window, and that’s where I saw fire everywhere,” he said. “Obviously, I tried to grab a water hose, extension, and started spraying water everywhere, but honestly, [the flames] just started spreading more, and I just got crazy.”

Within moments, dozens of firefighters filled the neighborhood and cordoned off several streets so fire trucks could move in.

Officials said everyone made it out safely, and no one was hurt. Crews were able to knock down the flames in about an hour and a half.

WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami

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VIDEO: It’s one of the most notable fires in Hampton Roads history, as two firefighters were killed battling a fire at an auto parts store in Chesapeake.

Thirty years later, the scars still run deep.

Now, a documentary is out about that fire and the two men who gave their lives that day. It’s called “Brothers in Arms,” and Battalion Chief John Gibson said the two men are still impacting lives.

Monday, March 18, 1996 saw a tragedy no one could have foretold. Firefighters Frank Young and Johnny Hudgins were responding to a fire at the Advanced Auto Parts on Indian River Road.

While inside, debris fell, trapping them. And because radio technology in 1996 was primitive compared to today, their distress call was not heard by the crew. They died inside the building.

But that’s not the moment they want people to remember them in.

“These guys were best friends,” said Chesapeake Fire Battalion Chief John Gibson. “So, Frank Young was John Hudgins’ best man at his wedding.”

Gibson was off-duty at the time of that call 30 years ago.

WAVY-TV NBC 10 Portsmouth

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VIDEO: A Kalamazoo Public Safety Officer made what the department says is a life-saving catch. Friday around 4 p.m., officers arrived to a house on fire with flames coming out of the roof on Washington Avenue in Kalamazoo, near James Street. Dispatchers were on the phone with a mother who said she and her baby were trapped inside, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety told me.

Police say body camera video of the incident captured the harrowing moment where dispatch lost contact with the mom.

Moments later, an officer spotted the mother through the upstairs window of the home. He told her to kick out the screen window and drop her baby to him.

After catching the infant, the officer handed the baby off to another officer, then put a ladder under the window to get the woman out safely, said the department.

That officer made sure no one else was inside the home, then got back to his vehicle, put on his turnout gear, and assisted with putting the fire out.

WXMI-TV FOX 17 Grand Rapids

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