VIDEO/PHOTOS: Rescue crews are still working to find survivors of the earthquake in Venezuela and one local task force saved the life of a mother and child stuck in the rubble.

According to Virginia Task Force 1 on Facebook, the crew worked alongside local firefighters and rescued a mother and her nine-month-old baby from a collapsed structure. Both were found alive with only minor injuries.

“This is our why: the delivery of hope,” VATF1 wrote in the Facebook post.

On Thursday, June 25, Virginia Task Force 1, an elite urban search and rescue team based in Fairfax County, deployed to Venezuela following two earthquakes that have killed 1,430 people as of Saturday, June 27 according to Associated Press.

More than 68,900 people are still missing due to the devastation.

The task force is operated by Fairfax County Fire and Rescue in partnership with the U.S. government and is widely regarded as one of the world’s premier urban search and rescue teams.

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VIDEO: Along Route 209 in Middle Smithfield Township sits a stark reminder of history.

Friday marked 62 years since the Marshall’s Creek explosion.

In June 1964, just after 4 a.m., firefighters responded to a burning tractor-trailer on Route 209.

The truck was carrying explosives with no warning.

“When the firemen had come to put the flames out, it detonated, killing three of the firemen who were here and three other remaining victims,” said James Brechbiel, economic development manager for Middle Smithfield Township.

Thirteen others were injured.

The tragedy prompted change across the country.

“So, this event was the catalyst for the Transportation Safety Act of 1974, where vehicles have to be marked if they are carrying explosives, because likely, if that vehicle had been marked, the lives of those six individuals would have been spared that day,” Brechbiel explained.

Those lives lost are still commemorated to this day.

WFMZ-TV

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Three firefighters died and two were injured during a burnover while they were battling a wildfire on the Colorado-Utah border.

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Planning committee members Gabe Casucci and Chris Martin join Chris Mc Loone to discuss what is returning and what new features FAMA is rolling out for this year’s event.

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