One person is dead and another is critically injured after a massive explosion at a Sand Springs business complex early Thursday morning. The explosion happened around 1 a.m. in the Morrow-Gill business complex near South Lincoln Avenue. Firefighters said the explosion originated at a marijuana grow facility.

Surveillance video from a nearby building captured the explosion, showing a bright flash and a large boom. Sand Springs Fire confirmed one person was killed in the explosion. A second person was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Multiple emergency crews responded to the scene, including Sand Springs firefighters and police, PSO and Oklahoma Natural Gas.

Drone video from Osage Drone 6 showed crews searching through the rubble and debris scattered throughout the area. Fire Chief Jeremy Wade said the damage affected multiple businesses in the area.

“Multiple businesses have been affected. We’re going to get them in as soon as we can, but we have to make sure everything’s safe before we allow people to go back into businesses,” Wade said.

Firefighters said debris from the explosion was found blocks away from the site. Wade said crews are working to establish an area where business owners can receive information about the situation and learn when they can safely return to their businesses.

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More than 50 firefighters battled multiple fires at the same time across southwest Snohomish County Tuesday afternoon, including several brush fires and a house fire near Lake Ballinger in Edmonds. One firefighter suffered minor injuries.

Around 2:20 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to a brush fire in the center median of northbound Interstate 5 just past exit 186. A few minutes later, crews responded to a second fire report on the Interurban Trail near 124th Street SE in unincorporated Everett. The Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed a total of three brush fires in those areas. Officials said no structures were impacted and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fires is under investigation.

Just before 3 p.m., while firefighters continued working on the brush fires, other crews were dispatched to a house fire near Lake Ballinger in Edmonds. First-arriving firefighters found heavy fire in the single-story home, with flames spreading into the attic and threatening a neighboring home. Two people inside the home safely escaped before firefighters arrived.

Firefighters attacked the flames while other crews searched the home to confirm no one else was inside. Officials said firefighters stopped the fire just as it began to ignite the neighbor’s fence and gained control of the flames within about 15 minutes. One firefighter suffered a minor injury during the response, and no one else was hurt.

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VIDEO: Colorado Springs Fire Department and Colorado Parks and Wildlife are reminding the public to keep their belongings and trash secured after a bear walked into a fire station and grabbed a gear bag.

Colorado Springs firefighters said they believe the bear was “Smokey the Bear,” who walked into the bay at Station 16, grabbed one of their gear bags and ran away.

If you encounter a bear, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says to make loud noises to scare them off and make any encounter with humans “uncomfortable for them.” Colorado Parks and Wildlife has provided more ways to stay safe around bears as more encounters appear across the state.

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VIDEO: A wildfire burning in Central Washington is now the No. 1 priority fire in the nation. The Little Giant Fire burning in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is being fought by crews from all over the world, with nearly 1,900 personnel assigned to it.

About 70 firefighters from Australia and New Zealand are assigned to the fire, along with National Guard members, U.S. Army soldiers and others. For those crews, the scale of what’s unfolding in Central Washington has been eye-opening.

“The terrain and the scale of what is happening over here is pretty astronomical,” said Cameron Grylls with the New Zealand Foreign Emergency Team. Grylls said his crews have spent nearly two weeks working along local crews, trying to tame the fire that has burned nearly 150,000 acres and remains 23% contained.

“I think the [firefighters] are really humbled and privileged to know how many communities are affected and the effect it is having on people’s lives,” he said. Along with the nearly 1,900 personnel, a total of 80 fire engines, 20 dozers, 34 water tenders and eight helicopters are involved in battling the Little Giant Fire.

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Three people, including two firefighters, were injured when a fire tore through two homes in the Ozone Park section of Queens early Thursday morning.

Authorities said the blaze broke out just before 4:45 a.m. on 110th Street. Video from the scene showed flames engulfing both houses as firefighters worked to contain the fire. The cause was not immediately known.

Officials said all three injured people, including the two firefighters, are expected to recover. Firefighters remained at the scene Thursday morning, extinguishing hot spots and investigating what sparked the blaze.

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