VIDEO: An investigation is underway and two people were injured Tuesday night after an "explosion" occurred at an apartment complex in the south suburbs. According to Oak Forest Police Department, officials responded to a call of a structure fire at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday in the 5100 block of 160th Street. Upon arriving at the scene, police and fire units found that two individuals had sustained serious injuries as a result of the incident. Both were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, officials said. In addition to Oak Forest police, multiple agencies responded to the scene, including the State Fire Marshall, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Explosives Unit and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. According to officials, an initial investigation revealed the incident was caused by "an explosion of unknown origins within the unit."  

Retired Elgin Fire Chief John "Jack" Henrici is being remembered as a leader who helped fellow firefighters develop the skills needed to grow in their careers. Henrici died May 31 at age 84 in Florida, where he had been living since 2017. "There are a dozen or so people who became chiefs or deputy chiefs after serving under Jack's watch," former Elgin firefighter John Fahy said. "Jack was firm but fair, and worked to do the best thing for the community he was serving. He was a leader, a mentor and a friend." Fahy, now senior director for Elgin Community College's Fire Science & Safety program, was a member of the Elgin Fire Department from 1987 to 2016 and served as chief for more than five years after Henrici's second retirement. According to information provided by the Elgin Fire Department, Henrici joined the Elgin Fire Department in 1986 and retired as chief for the first time in 2003.  

PHOTOS: Multiple agencies responded Tuesday night to a structure fire on James Island. According to Charleston County Dispatch, the fire was on the 1900 block of Wild Wing Lane. Witness photos and video showed flames engulfing a raised home, with the fire threatening to spread to nearby cars, homes, and trees. The siding of a nearby home appeared to sustain damage. The James Island Fire Department was on scene shortly before 9:30 p.m. with assistance from the Charleston County Sheriff's Office. According to Deputy Chief Shawn Engelman, crews arrived to find the fire heavily involved and immediately began suppression efforts. The fire eventually spread to the rest of the home. One person was home at the time of the fire. Engelman said that the man was asleep when the fire started, but woke up and was able to escape thanks to his smoke alarms.  

VIDEO: Tulsa firefighters should have the ability to use medicinal marijuana to relieve pain and other job-related stress, says Tulsa Firefighters Local 176 Union President Matt Lay. "Originally, it was brought to us by a lot of service members that talked about being able to move away from schedule 2 narcotics and a litany of prescriptions they were on, using cannabis-based products," Lay said. Grant Miller, City Councilor for District 5 agrees, saying he supports medical choice. "I think it's important for our firefighters have an alternative to these hardcore pain medications that they're forced to take right now," Miller said, "So, if we have a firefighter who is injured on the job, is burned, breaks a limb, tears a knee out of place, something like that, they're going to be in pretty severe pain."  

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a deadly car crash on Interstate 395 in Southwest D.C. on Sunday. At approximately 7:45 p.m., a Hyundai Elantra was traveling south in the Ninth Street tunnel, police said. The driver of the car began to take the westbound ramp and struck the jersey wall twice for reasons unknown, causing the car to crash over the wall and onto the southbound I-395 below. The Hyundai landed on the back of a Lexus, flipped upside down and skidded on its roof until it came to a complete stop, MPD said. The driver of the Hyundai was ejected from the car. The Lexus also flipped onto its roof and then struck a third vehicle that was traveling south on I-395.  

PHOTOS: When Washington became a state in November 1889, that wasn't the only big news story that year. In the final spring and summer of Washington's territorial era, big fires ravaged major sections of downtowns on both sides of the Cascades, from Seattle, to Ellensburg, to Spokane. Seattle's fire struck on the breezy, blue-sky afternoon of Thursday, June 6, 1889. It was caused by an accident at a carpenter's shop at what's now First and Madison. John Back tried to extinguish a pot of burning animal-based glue by dousing it with water, but the flames spread to the sawdust and other combustibles on the floor of the shop, and then on to much of the rest of Seattle. It had been a warm and dry spring, and the wooden buildings in the young city had seasoned like cordwood and were highly flammable.