VIDEO: Shots rang out in the halls of Dunlap High School on Friday but it was just for training first responders in the event there was an active shooter. The training has been in the works for months, and it hasn't been done since the early 2000s. However, it comes just days after a Dunlap Valley Middle School student brought a loaded gun to school to show his friends. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office, Dunlap Fire Department, Advanced Medical Transport and several surrounding agencies got the chance to practice what a real active shooter situation would be like, without it being real. Police entered the building and located and eliminated the threat, all while being "shot" at to learn from their mistakes. The training allowed police to make mistakes and learn from them.  

VIDEO: We are learning more about an explosion in Mansfield that prompted a school to go on lockdown Thursday. It happened just a few blocks away from Blue Ridge Junior High in Mansfield. The Farmer City Police Department School Resource Officer assisted the Piatt County Sheriff's Department, Mansfield Police Department, and Mansfield Fire Department with traffic control for a fire that was happening several blocks from the Blue Ridge Intermediate and Junior High School. Fire crews were called out just after 2 p.m. for reports of a possible explosion and fire. Mansfield Police told WAND News the fire department is investigating, but they believe the explosion was caused by some type of vapor. Police added that the house was vacant with the previous homeowner having moved out several months ago.  

A woman was seriously injured after a fire burned through two houses in Brooklyn on Friday. NewsCopter 7 was over the fiery scene at 413 E. Third St. between Beverly Road and Avenue C in Kensington. FDNY officials say the four-alarm fire broke out on the first floor of a three-story home at the location around 5:45 p.m. The fire quickly escalated, engulfing all three floors, including the cellar, and spread to the home next to it at 411 E. Third St. Eyewitness Annabel Rodriguez said the fire was too close for comfort. "First, it was just smoke, it was dying down," she said. "I was about to leave and then it started flaming from the roof." Over 30 units and more than 135 fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene as crews attempted to get the fire under control. One woman was removed from the first floor of the home where the fire began.  

VIDEO/PHOTO: An attempt to evade police officers led a man to swing from an overhead cable for more than 45 minutes Saturday afternoon before dropping onto a strategically-stationed fire truck in downtown Vancouver, authorities say. The man, who was not immediately identified, had been involved in an unspecified disturbance when he climbed onto the roof of the Little Conejo restaurant, 114 W. Sixth St., around 6 p.m. Saturday, in a bid to elude police, according to Vancouver Fire Capt. Raymond Egan. The man began chucking bricks down below, shattering several windows and endangering gathered first responders, Egan said. Videos provided by authorities showed the man dangling from a cable strung 20-feet above street level. At some point he removed his shirt.  

VIDEO: Is your car at risk of catching fire just sitting at your home? Auto company Carfax said the number of "park outside" recalls—warnings from federal regulators and automakers to park vehicles away from garages or other structures because of significant fire risk—jumped 40 percent nationally and 45 percent in Greater Boston between May 2023 and Jan. 2024. "These are the kinds of recalls that frankly should keep you awake at night," said Carfax spokesperson Mike Lavigne. Carfax said more than 3.7 million vehicles under a "park outside" recall are currently on American roads, including 72,672 in Massachusetts. The most recent high-profile case occurred last fall when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced "park outside" recalls for 3.3 million Hyundais and Kias due to fire risks.