VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Midland Fire Department joined multiple departments in putting out a fire in the northeast area of Midland on Wednesday night. According to reports, at 11:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12 the fire departments responded to a fire in the 5000 block of East County Road 60. Midland Fire joined forces with the Northeast Volunteer Fire Department and the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department in taking care of the trailer fire. Midland Fire Department stated that upon arrival the structure was "fully involved," meaning that the fire progressed to the point where it could no longer be contained to a small area and had spread to multiple floors/rooms. MFD reported that the trailer was vacant, and no injuries were reported.  

PHOTOS: On Thursday morning, the Magnolia Fire Department (MFD) responded to a house fire where possible victims were trapped inside a burning home. The fire was reported around 3 a.m. in the 6700 block of South Trace Drive, near the intersection of FM 188 and FM 2978 and units arrived to find the house engulfed in flames, raging through the roof. MFD Station 186 dispatched Engine 186 and Ladder 186 to the scene, supported by units from ESD3, Needham, The Woodlands, South Montgomery County, and Montgomery Fire Departments. It was reported firefighters found a woman believed to be 61 dead in a bedroom shortly after entering the residence. She was reportedly alone at home when the fire broke out. An autopsy is scheduled to confirm the victim's identity and determine the cause of death.  

After knocking out their firefighter certification at Collin College, Garland Fire Department's latest batch of rookies recently finished honing their skills with the department's Garland Way training program. And some of them will soon be working on shift. Fire academies don't cover basic skills such as aerial operations and pumping. So before Garland's new recruits get released to station life, they get a crash course on the Garland Fire Department's method of firefighting. For 20 days, Garland fire instructors taught the new rookie class about company evolutions, truck ops, ambulance stretchers, hose deployment, fire science, ladder use, courtyard lays, fire department connections, high-rise packs, small engines/lawn equipment, driving, search and rapid intervention team, among others.  

VIDEOS/PHOTO: Gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on the top of the gasoline delivery tanker that overturned and ignited beneath an Interstate 95 bridge in Philadelphia a year ago, according to new details from federal investigators. Video evidence obtained by investigators shows the cover to the 16-inch "manhole" was open when driver Nathan Moody arrived at a Wilmington, Delaware, terminal to refill the tank and it was still not properly secured when he drove away to deliver it to a convenience store in Philadelphia, about 42 miles (68 kilometers) away. The crash killed Moody and disrupted transportation along a vital interstate for weeks.  

VIDEO/PHOTOS: An inspiring story of innovation and technology — two of the E.M.I.L.Y. devices, a revolutionary life-saving drone, have been donated to both Silver Beach and New Buffalo. The new technology was unveiled Monday afternoon in St. Joseph. Beach staff from both St. Joe and New Buffalo, along with other emergency responders, are training with the new drone. The device was donated by a family determined to turn their tragedy into a lifesaving action. E.M.I.L.Y. stands for the Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard. The families of drowning victims Emily MacDonald and Kory Ernster donated the robot in their honor. Emily's mother said when she heard the name for the lifesaving device was the same as her daughter's, she felt it was a calling to help others.  

PHOTOS: While two triple-decker house fires left dozens displaced and two people dead, houses of this design do not make up the majority of the state's residential fires, the State Fire Marshal's office told MassLive. Triple-decker homes were originally built for factory workers and have been a common form of housing for over a century, GBH reported in 2022. Such homes make up the main source of affordable housing in Massachusetts cities that were previously major centers of industry, such as Worcester, Brockton and New Bedford. Part of what makes triple-decker homes a general risk during a fire is a balloon-frame construction that allows fires to spread very rapidly, unimpeded, from the basement to the attic and throughout void spaces, according to Jake Wark, public information officer for the Department of Fire Services.  

Evidence that Word Trade Center (WTC) responders during 9/11 and its aftermath have since suffered poorer brain health than others not exposed to WTC toxins has mounted in recent years. A new study led by Stony Brook University researchers that evaluates more than 5,000 WTC responders indicates that those who had more exposures to WTC-related toxins have dementia at a higher rate than other responders with fewer WTC-related toxic exposures. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study evaluated patients from the Stony Brook WTC Health and Wellness Program for signs of dementia. The study lasted more than eight years, from November 2014 to January 2023. The average age of the participants at the start of the study was only 53 years old.