An industrial fire southwest of Mansfield near Lillian sent balls of fire and plumes of smoke into the air Thursday. The fire was reported after noon along the 12500 block of Farm-to-Market Road 917, about 2.5 miles west of Business U.S. Highway 287. Several large balls of fire were seen bursting through the roof of the building in the industrial park.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

VIDEO: When Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Chief Theresa Kinstle joined her first fire station at 27 years old, she was the only woman on the fire truck; she never thought she would end up as a chief down the road. "I didn't originally think that I wanted to be a firefighter until I started EMT school," Kinstle told First Coast News.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTLV-TV NBC 12 Jacksonville

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Longtime firefighter Dan Steffensen picks up the brightly colored orange book, holds it in his hands, flips through the pages and lands on a spot to read aloud. “I had to remind him that he was strong,” Steffensen said. Those were words said to him at a critical time in his recovery in the summer of 2021 when he was badly burned while fighting the Harris Hill fire north of Joliet.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPAX-TV CBS 8 Missoula

VIDEO: The destruction from a massive train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spread far beyond the initial wreckage site, spewing "hazardous" pollution across 16 states, according to a newly released study. On Feb. 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine -- a village on the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania -- sending toxic chemicals into the air, soil, creeks and lakes in the region, according to the study published in Environmental Research Letters on Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

VIDEO: As state firefighters prepare for a busy summer wildfire season, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has a goal: respond to fires within 20 minutes of calls for help. Dave Ritchie, chief of Air Operations for the state’s wildfire crews, said the goal is realistic thanks to a growing aerial fleet.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane