PHOTOS: A domestic dispute between two brothers escalated into a dangerous standoff and massive house fire Friday night in Hamilton, according to Assistant Police Chief Brian Robinson.

Robinson said police were called to a home in the 200 block of Eaton Avenue around 6:50 p.m. after a third party reported two men fighting in the front yard.

The first officer arrived approximately eight minutes later and found a man outside with blood and an injury to his arm. The man told police he had been in a physical altercation with his brother, who had been drinking.

According to Robinson, the injured man said his brother was also severely injured and had run back inside the home after the fight. Both men are believed to be in their mid-to-late 20s. By approximately 8:30 p.m., flames were visible through the windows and roof of the home.

Firefighters initially remained outside because of the reported gunfire and information from family members that several guns and a large amount of ammunition may have been inside. Police said some of the popping sounds heard after the fire began may have been ammunition igniting in the flames.

Once crews moved closer to attack the fire, police officers used ballistic shields to protect firefighters in case shots were fired from the home.

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At least seven people have been injured in an accident involving a Los Angeles Fire Department ladder truck and three other vehicles in South Los Angeles. This crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of South Figueroa Street and 120th Street, near the 110 and 105 freeways.

Video from the Citizen App shows the fire truck lodged in the front of a sports bar near a laundromat. Three sedans were seen crashed right next to it.

A firefighter is among the injured, according to LAFD, and one person had to be extricated from a vehicle. All seven injured people were taken to the hospital in unknown condition. The intersection remained shut down for hours, with the fire truck still lodged in the building before crews eventually towed it away.

The cause of the accident is under investigation. This is the second accident involving a city fire department vehicle in the past four days.

“I know that they were going emergency when they were responding to that incident, when they were involved in that traffic accident at this intersection,” said Capt. Anthony Tubbs with LAFD. “There’s pretty significant damage to our apparatus, as well as a couple civilian vehicles, enough to result in seven individuals who needed to be transported.”

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VIDEO: A suburban auto body shop owner and a retired firefighter are teaming up to honor New York firefighters on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Together they restored a vintage fire truck, but the reason behind their bond goes much deeper. John Tobin arrived at a fire station on Staten Island to return a piece of history.

“FDNY really embraces their history,” he said. “It’s the love of the fire service and the respect that one tries to give back.” The special moment was captured on cellphone video on Tuesday ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11.

The retired Elgin firefighter spent two years restoring the front of this vintage fire truck for Ladder Company 81. The truck served several communities before ending up at a dealer in Shorewood. His friend reached out to him about the truck.

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VIDEO: The entire nation wanted to help the New York City Fire Department in the days following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The then-Puyallup Fire Department answered that call and ensured the support continued after that year.

After 343 New York City firefighters died in the attacks, the FDNY put a call out to agencies across the country for backup so surviving firefighters could attend the funerals of their fallen colleagues. Jeff Pugh, who is now a captain with the agency today known as Central Pierce Fire & Rescue responded, traveling to a station in the Bronx, where he filled in on shifts for a week.

“The devastation that I saw, and the firefighters that I met, it’s without words,” Pugh said. He managed to attend “many” of the funerals, even though he didn’t know any of the deceased. “They were brothers, sisters,” he said. Almost a year later, Pugh and the others who helped the NYFD wanted to give something back: a memorial carving crafted at the Puyallup Fair.

To get it across the country, firefighters reached out to departments nationwide to help carry it in a relay. “Let’s call fire departments across the country, and let’s form our own bucket brigade, and get this statue back there,” Deputy Chief Adam Jackson said. Departments carried the 6-foot-tall wooden carving across their respective states.

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With wildfires continuing to affect parts of Mount Rainier National Park, park officials say their focus is on safety, protecting historic buildings and preserving the surrounding landscape for the long term. To help shield historic structures, fire management teams have created defensible space around key park buildings, including the Sunrise Visitor Center. Visitors and community members may see crews removing some trees and dense vegetation immediately around these historic buildings.

Officials said fuel removal is essential because clearing select vegetation around wooden structures can reduce wildfire risk. During an active wildfire, dense tree canopies and heavy underbrush can provide a path for flames, heat and embers to reach buildings. Thinning vegetation around structures reduces available fuel and can lower fire intensity, increasing the chance that historic buildings will survive a passing fire, officials said.

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