An explosion and fire at a Sherwin-Williams paint factory in Garland injured one employee and shut the facility down Monday morning, company officials said in a statement. The explosion happened around 1:15 a.m. Monday at the company's plant at South Shiloh Road and Forest Lane in Garland, according to the statement.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

VIDEO: In an emergency, we expect our first responders to be prepared for anything, but that comes with practice, which is exactly what Collier EMS is getting at Naples Community Hospital. Training in NCH’s new state of the art simulation center helps crews prepare for the unexpected. “Yes, this high intensity, low frequency occurrences, high intensity meaning catastrophic results if you don’t figure out what’s going on and low frequency meaning, I may not see one of these my whole career,” said Dr.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WINK-TV CBS 11 Fort Myers

Just over one year after a 7-year-old girl died in an Albertville house fire, one volunteer fire chief’s mission sparked by her death has put life-saving equipment in the hands of firefighters. Now, Alder Springs Volunteer Fire Department Chief James Edwards said his mission, Project Charlie, has been accomplished.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNT-TV CBS 19 Huntsville

VIDEO: The City and Borough of Juneau issued a declaration of emergency on Sunday following a glacial lake outburst flooding event that swelled waters to record levels. At least two structures were swept up into rushing waters and other structures were evacuated on Saturday after the flooding event filled Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River to dangerously high levels.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTUU-TV NBC 2 Anchorage

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The North Cascades Highway — State Route 20 — has been closed indefinitely since Friday due to the ongoing Sourdough fire, which is 0% contained as of Monday morning. According to InciWeb, the fire — which started from a lightning strike — has been burning since Friday north of Diablo Lake, along Sourdough Ridge between Sourdough and Bucket Creeks, totaling 1,397 acres.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle