VIDEO: Two firefighters are in the hospital after their ambulance was T-boned in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning, according to Houston police. It happened just after 3 a.m. in north Houston along Airline Drive and Parker Road. According to police, the ambulance was returning to the station when the driver of a Chevy Avalanche slammed into the ambulance and drove off. The firefighters told police they had a green light when the crash happened. "They were just traveling southbound and got T-boned in the intersection," HPD Sgt. David Rose said. "The Avalanche kept driving westbound...we have some pieces of debris from that vehicle on the scene, but the vehicle is gone." Rose said police are now searching for an Avalanche with heavy front-end damage. Meanwhile, the firefighters in the ambulance were taken to the hospital and are currently stable.  

VIDEO: About 20 people are out of their homes after a fire tore through an apartment complex in the Greenspoint area. The Houston Fire Department said the fire happened at 220 North Point late Saturday night. No one was injured, but 12 units were affected in the blaze. A resident of the complex also captured a video of the fire, in which the flames are seen bursting out of one of the units. The American Red Cross was called out and is assisting those whose homes were impacted. The cause of the fire is not yet known.  

The Austin Police Department (APD) and Austin Fire Department (AFD) are investigating after a man was found dead inside a home on fire in southeast Austin. Police said the incident began as a report of a house fire on Meridian Oak Lane, south of Slaughter Lane, at around 10:54 p.m. Sunday. The 911 caller stated that someone was possibly trapped inside. Both APD and AFD crews arrived at the home at approximately 11 p.m., and fire crews extinguished the fire. Firefighters then discovered a man in his 30s dead inside the home. He was officially pronounced dead at 11:08 p.m. Both arson and homicide detectives are now investigating this incident. Police said there is no known threat to the public, but they are asking the community to remain vigilant.  

PHOTO: A museum in Decatur was destroyed early Saturday morning when the century-old building it was housed in caught fire, officials said. The Decatur Fire Department confirmed the Wise County Heritage Museum burned down after catching fire in the early hours of March 18. The historic building had been standing for about 120 years before its demise. A spokesperson said crews responded to calls about a structure fire in the 1600 block of South Trinity Street at about 1 a.m. When they arrived, firefighters reported that smoke was pouring out of the side of a three-story building. A fire captain who made entry into the building reported that the second floor was very hot and filled with smoke. The conditions were so harsh that visibility was near zero, he said. As additional crews arrived, the fire began to intensify.  

A man was pulled from a nearly five-foot long pipe that washed away in Arlington, officials confirmed with WFAA. According to an Arlington Fire Department official, the department received a report Monday morning about a man trapped inside a pipe near the 1900 block of Lakewood Drive. According to the official, the caller said the man was in a 54-inch long pipe and was washed away. Crews got to the scene, then requested help from the Technical Rescue Team and the Dive/Swift Water Team. WFAA was on scene the moment the man was pulled from the pipe and was transported to a local hospital. His condition is unknown at this time. The Arlington Fire Department has not released any details concerning what led to the incident or the victim's name.  

VIDEO: Two dogs were returned safely to their owner after a massive house fire in north Houston. The fire happened just after 1 a.m. Saturday at a home on Bristol Street, which is near I-45 and Cavalcade Street in north Houston. According to Houston Fire District Chief Wedgeworth, crews were responding to the home and were able to get the flames under control quickly. While they battled the fire, crews managed to rescue two dogs from inside the home. "We were able to get the fire extinguished," Wedgeworth said. "There's some damage to the interior of the home, but no injuries. We were able to get two dogs out of the house." Wedgeworth said they're unsure what started the fire and that an investigation is ongoing.  

Dozens of residents at a Palatine apartment complex were displaced by a massive fire that tore through multiple buildings Sunday, authorities said. The fire was reported at around 5:17 p.m. at a building located on East Dundee Quarter Drive in the Windhaven Condominium Complex. Video from an NBC 5 photographer showed flames and smoke pouring from the roof of one building as firefighters worked from a ladder truck above, spraying water on the structure. As of late Sunday, no major injuries had been reported. Numerous residents are expected to be displaced, fire officials said. The fire originated in one building, but eventually spread to a second.  

VIDEO: Two firefighters are in the hospital after their ambulance was T-boned in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning, according to Houston police. It happened just after 3 a.m. in north Houston along Airline Drive and Parker Road. According to police, the ambulance was returning to the station when the driver of a Chevy Avalanche slammed into the ambulance and drove off. The firefighters told police they had a green light when the crash happened. "They were just traveling southbound and got T-boned in the intersection," HPD Sgt. David Rose said. "The Avalanche kept driving westbound...we have some pieces of debris from that vehicle on the scene, but the vehicle is gone." Rose said police are now searching for an Avalanche with heavy front-end damage. Meanwhile, the firefighters in the ambulance were taken to the hospital and are currently stable.  

Mayor Eric Adams will sign five bills into law on Monday, aimed at preventing fires caused by lithium-ion batteries. Over the weekend, a man died in an apartment fire in the Bronx that investigators say was caused by a lithium-ion battery. The FDNY says the batteries have caused 33 fires across New York City this year. Three people have died and 42 others were injured. Congressman Ritchie Torres, who proposed the legislation earlier this month, said batteries that are safely manufactured and safely used are not causing these fires. But right now, there is barely any incentive for manufacturers to ensure that they are safe. "The scandal is not that the federal government is failing to regulate the safety of these batteries," Torres said. "The scandal is that the federal government is not even trying. At the federal level there are no safety regulators or safety regulations."  

VIDEO: The Marin County Fire Department has crews traveling across the state to help rescue people trapped in high flood waters. There is a crew down in Tulare County. KRON4 caught up with the battalion chief in between rescues to learn more about their efforts statewide. Roads in Monterey County can be seen looking more like a river with cars floating. Californians who live in these areas have already been devastated by recent storms and are now faced with even more rain on the way. Graham Groneman is a battalion chief with Marin County fire and a part of a 16-person water rescue team. For almost two weeks, this team has been traveling across the state rescuing people stuck on flooded roads and people trapped in their homes. "Really assisting people out of their cars when they drive through standing water, which is one of the most dangerous things we do out there," Groneman said.  

When COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and closures began sweeping across the nation in March 2020, several Carmel firefighters decided it was as good a time as any to grow out their hair. Three years later, on March 14, the last of those firefighters finally said goodbye to his new do, shearing off more than a foot of hair to donate to a charity that is special to him. Matt DeRyckere underwent the transformation at Carmel Fire Dept. Station 341, where he is a firefighter/EMT. The last time he had a haircut was February 2020. "Once it got kind of long, I was like, ‘I think I can keep this going until it's long enough to donate,'" he said. DeRyckere donated his hair to Children With Hair Loss, a nonprofit that provides free naturally made hair replacements to children.