Americans are renewing their focus on railroad safety after a string of recent derailments, especially two fiery ones involving hazardous chemicals in Ohio and Minnesota that prompted evacuations. Federal regulators and members of Congress are urging railroads to do more to prevent derailments. They want standards for the trackside detectors used to help identify equipment problems, more notice to states about hazardous chemicals they are hauling, and at least two people at the helm of freight trains.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMTV CBS 3 Omaha

PHOTOS: Nasty green smoke filled the Waco Oriental Rug Company on Feb. 24, 1993, as a young Don Yeager and his fellow Waco firefighters entered the building, unaware of the peril that awaited them. With two years of experience, Yeager arrived with the first crew and paired with his captain to carry a hose into the building at 1101 Austin Ave.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Waco Tribune-Herald - Metered Site

Semiautomatic gunfire echoed in the hallways of The Covenant School, making a distinct noise teachers there would not soon forget. That was more than 14 months ago – before three children and three adults were gunned down on Monday in the stately stone school connected to Covenant Presbyterian Church, atop a tree-shrouded hill just south of downtown Nashville.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has released witness and surveillance video from a massive fire that destroyed dozens of boats at a Seattle storage facility along Lake Union earlier this month. Arther Arakelov, 31, is charged with first-degree arson in relation to the fire that destroyed 58 boats at the Seattle Boat Company on March 22.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

PHOTOS: A person was airlifted to receive medical help after a single vehicle accident left them with severe injuries. Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue (CKFR) responded to a single vehicle accident at Gold Creek Road and Grada Creek Way where the driver was trapped inside. After stabilizing the crashed vehicle, firefighters safely extricated the driver.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle