Chicago firefighter Jermaine Pelt died after an extra-alarm fire in the West Pullman neighborhood Tuesday morning. The fire broke out near 120th and Wallace streets after 3:30 a.m., the fire department said. The fire is believed to have started in the attic of a home and spread to two adjacent homes. The building where the fire started appeared to have a partial roof collapse. Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance Holt said firefighter Pelt was working a hose line when conditions worsened and all firefighters were ordered out. Pelt was transported to Advocate Christ Hospital, where he later died. Two other firefighters were also transported to the hospital in stable condition. "Jermaine is our family and when we lose one of our members, it takes a toll on us and people just don't know what firefighters and paramedics go through daily when they respond to these calls not knowing if they will come home the next day," Commissioner Nance Holt said.  

The Moline Fire Department Bureau of Investigations is investigating an early morning house fire in the 5000 block of 34th Avenue. The fire happened just before 1:00 am on Tuesday April 4, according to the Moline Fire Department. The house fire was at 5111 34th Avenue in Moline. The department said the first fire crews arrived on the scene within six minutes of the report, followed by more crews. When crews arrived, they saw smoke and fire coming from the roof. The residents told the fire department they smelled smoke, were alerted by the smoke detectors, and were able to get out before the fire department arrived. The fire was brought under control within 10 minutes, according to the press release from the Moline Fire Department. Crews began an interior attack on the fire with other crews assisting with fire suppression and overhaul. Five people have been displaced because of this. No injuries were reported.  

The Galesburg Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 120 E North St. early Monday morning. According to a Galesburg fire press release, all three stations and 11 personnel on duty responded to the call. Heavy smoke and flames engulfed the two-story home in extreme heat, forcing firefighters back. The intensity of the heat caused the fire to extend to the structures on the East, West and South sides of the home. Fire crews were sent out to search for residents. An emergency callback of off-duty fire personnel was initiated to assist. The Knoxville Fire Department was also called for mutual aid. A total of 20 Galesburg and six Knoxville firefighters were on the scene before it was extinguished.  

Fire damaged a structure at 908 West Jefferson Avenue at 4:15pm Monday. Effingham Assistant Fire Chief Matt Kulesza said the cause of the fire is still being determined. No one lived in the structure. Kulesza said the fire started in the northwest portion of the building. Smoke was coming out of the west and north corners of the structure when firefighters reached the scene, and a room was fully involved. Firefighters went in with two lines from the front and rear and encountered high heat and heavy smoke. Kulesza said crews had the fire contained within 15-20 minutes. The structure is owned by Jim Ousley. While firefighters were working the structure fire, a transformer blew out that caused power losses in parts of Effingham and Teutopolis. Watson firefighters were dispatched to the transformer incident while Effingham were assisted by Teutopolis and Shumway firefighters on the Jefferson call. Montrose firefighters also assisted.  

A massive three-alarm fire broke out Tuesday morning, authorities said. The blaze is at the Johnson Motor Lines warehouse on Lehigh Drive. Hazmat crews are on the scene because there are chemicals in the building. County officials also say there are no problems with air quality in the area. Northampton County Emergency Management Services is at the scene and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will be at the site performing air quality tests. Northampton County officials later said there was no shelter-in-place issued related to the fire. "We have not received any readings that will warrant a shelter-in-place or evacuation," a news release from the county said. Nearly 4,000 people were without power, the electric utility Met-Ed reported. That number was below 3,000 after 9 a.m. Tuesday.  

VIDEO: There have been countless stories of selflessness and heroism after Friday's tornado. Among all that hard work, it's important to stop and recognize them. In this case, that wasn't hard to spot— as the source of that selflessness was wearing Little Rock Fire Department badge. "I wouldn't trade you guys for anything," LRFD Chief Delphone Hubbard said. "Good, bad, or indifferent, we're still family, and I'm super, super proud of them." When the storm hit West Little Rock on Friday afternoon, many sprang into action— including the crew at LRFD Station Nine. "At 2:25, we are walking out of an office to a very heavily damaged fire station," LRFD Captain Ben Hammond said. Hammond is the Shift Captain of Truck Nine, based at Station Nine. Like many, he kept an eye on the skies on Friday, which was almost a bad decision.  

Sheriff's investigators in Orange County are working to track down those involved in an incident where a driver did donuts around a fire truck that was responding to a call. The incident, captured on video, happened Sunday morning around 1 a.m. at the intersection of Sand Lake Road and Winegard Road, near the Florida Mall. Orange County Fire Rescue was responding to a call of a car fire at that location. When firefighters arrived, instead of finding flames, they found a big crowd of people hanging out. Firefighters called the sheriff's office, and deputies arrived about five minutes later, the crowd took off. In the video, which was posted to Instagram. you can see an Orange County firetruck being circled by a car doing burnouts in the middle of the intersection. If you look closely, you can see two people hanging outside of the car.  

With jobs as intense as first responders have, some can experience thoughts of self-harm. That's why the president of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs is now promoting a video aimed at preventing the loss of life for those that protect us on a daily basis. "Thank you for having me. First of all, there's PTSD, which is commonly heard throughout all of our society, but it seems to be on the grow in public safety as a whole, whether that's fire, police, EMS or 911," President of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs, David Eddins said. "And ultimately, the worse side effect of PTSD is suicide. And we are seeing that the numbers aren't accurate because it's not being reported as that with public safety. But it only takes to getting in a group of public safety officials from around the state or around the country, and bring that subject up and you'll hear me too."