The driver of a pickup truck died in a collision with a semi-truck that closed all lanes of the Parks Highway Saturday south of Cantwell. The pickup collided with the semi after an Alaska State Trooper said the pickup had crossed into an oncoming lane of traffic. Both vehicles caught fire and the driver of the semi was medevaced to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Troopers said. The driver of the pickup was declared dead on scene, AST said. This was reported at 1:19 p.m. near mile 183 of the Parks Highway, which is about 27 miles south of Cantwell. The wreck shut down the Parks Highway, at the scene, for five hours, 45 minutes. Troopers sent a traffic alert at about 2:10 p.m. warning drivers that there was no detour around the closure.  

A man died after he ran back inside a burning home in Mission Hills early Wednesday morning. The fire started inside a one-story duplex located at 10803 N. Noble Ave. and Chatsworth Street, near the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway, around 3 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. All four residents made it out of the burning home safely, before a man in his 70s ran back inside to try and grab some of his personal belongings. Authorities said the flames grew quickly and he never made it back out. Firefighters found the victim inside and he was pronounced dead at the scene. "It appears that there were no working fire alarms inside the home," said David Ortiz, LAFD. It took 32 firefighters 22 minutes to put out the flames. Three occupants of the home were not injured in the fire.  

VIDEO: Some of the top authorities on firefighting and emergency care in the U.S. appeared in Chicago on Tuesday. With more than 150 people already killed in fires in the U.S. this year — a rate on track to top 2023 fire deaths in the country — fire prevention safety measures were a big focus in a wide-ranging press conference at the firehouse in North Lawndale on the city's Southwest Side. Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt joined Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials and U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrrell on the Chicago leg of a three-city tour to promote FEMA's #WinterReady Campaign. "The winter-time brings increased fire risk, because we're worried about heated security," Moore-Merrell explained.  

VIDEO: In collaboration with the Salt Lake City International Airport, the Salt Lake City Fire Department is rolling out a new team to respond to emergencies. The airport now has a two-person e-bike squad that responds to medical calls in the terminal six days a week. "They've got all of their basic life support equipment," said Capt. Shaun Mumedy, public information officer for the department. "They do have some advanced equipment with their AEDs, they have all the standard equipment we would use for trauma care." He said the new mobile response team was created to better accommodate larger crowds coming through the growing airport and state. It was modeled after the department's mobile response teams located in some of the city's neighborhoods.