VIDEO: A wildfire that has quickly grown to more than 350 acres is threatening the entrance to Denali National Park on the Parks Highway and has forced the evacuation of several hundred people. The blaze — named the Riley Fire — began burning shortly after noon on Sunday, and by 3 p.m. was reported at about 300 acres in size. By 5:30 p.m., authorities said it had grown to 350 acres. The fire was first spotted near mile 239 of the Parks Highway, across the Nenana River from the town of Denali, a heavily populated spot in the summer when tourists visit, and about a mile north of the entrance to the park. No structures are immediately threatened by the blaze, officials said. Denali National Park spokesperson Paul Ollig said that the blaze is within about a quarter of a mile from people and structures.  

Three firefighters were injured after two giant store signs came crashing down at the scene of a fire in Washington Heights. Flames broke out at 1281 St Nicholas Ave. near 174th Street just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The firefighters had just finished putting out a fire that swept through the stores - a snack shop and a beauty salon. Dozens of EMS rushed to help the firefighters, who were brought to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.  

VIDEO: The Salt Lake City Fire Department has taken possession of a new state-of-the-art airport rescue vehicle now stationed at Salt Lake City International Airport's Fire Station 12. The new bright yellow-green vehicle is a brand new 2023 Rosenbauer Panther apparatus or ARFF (Airport Rescue Firefighting Rig) as the firefighters at the station call it. The new vehicle, two to three times larger than your average firetruck, is designed to respond to any airport aircraft crashes or rescue missions. The Salt Lake City Fire Department now has four of these vehicles. The current vehicle replaced a much older ARFF rig that SLC Fire says was dated in capabilities. "Basically, what this is, is just a large tank," said Capt. Brandt Hancuff.  

PHOTOS: Video shows a wild street takeover in downtown Los Angeles coming to a fiery conclusion overnight. Preliminary information from stringer service OnSceneTV indicates the takeover occurred at the intersection of 18th and Main streets before 3 a.m. Saturday. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed the location and stated that upwards of 50 cars were present. Officers were originally dispatched on calls of fireworks being lit, the spokesperson added. The sideshow, which was attended by hundreds of people, ended with two vehicles ablaze in the middle of the intersection; it was not immediately clear if they were deliberately set on fire or if they caught fire due to another source. Traffic was seen maneuvering around the inferno and while some motorists honked their horns, others seemed to drive by as if all were normal.  

VIDEO: The Colorado Springs Fire Department took to social media ahead of the Fourth of July and created a fun tik tok to spread awareness that fireworks are illegal in the city. In the TikTok video, a firefighter is holding a firework trying to figure out if they should light it, with the audio "don't do it" in the background. When they finally go for it, another person sprays the man and a firework with water. CSFD says this year they wanted to take a lighter approach to spreading awareness that they hope will translate to a larger audience. "A lot of times we see just some graphics that will say ‘hey fireworks are illegal' and we really wanted to come up with a way that we could get the message across to our community and have a little fun. We kinda air on the side of the fun things when we have serious topics because we want to make sure it's a little bit more relatable to people," said CSFD official Ashley Franco.