VIDEO: Multiple agencies responded to a large brush fire that left a neighborhood without power in La Joya. The fire near North Kika De La Garza Boulevard near the city lake, and the city of La Joya made a post on Facebook urging residents to stay away from the area. Fire departments from McAllen, La Joya, Palmview and Peñitas responded to the blaze. The city is also asking residents to conserve water as firefighters contain the fire. The La Joya Fire Department said the brush fire quickly spread to nearby palm trees No injuries have been reported, and three abandoned buildings were damaged in the fire.  

VIDEO: The San Antonio Fire Department is returning to cartoons to help educate children and their families on the importance of fire safety. The newest cartoon comes a day after Fire Chief Charles Hood held a news conference regarding a deadly house fire over the weekend. Hood stressed the importance of having working smoke alarms. The newest cartoon depicts firefighters changing the batteries in a family's smoke detector, further stressing the importance of working smoke alarms. Alongside the cartoon is a helpful website concerning fire safety. The website is equipped with fire safety resources for various community needs. Under the public services tab is a place for the public to enter their information for a free safety check and smoke alarm evaluation.  

PHOTOS: A local firefighter visited the Tokyo Fire Department Headquarters to learn about Japanese firefighter safety. Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 Deputy Assistant Chief Michael Anderson participated in training initiatives with the department to learn more about how they respond to incidents. He also visited the Ikebukuro Life Safety Learning Center, which teaches Tokyo residents how to respond to and prevent disasters. Travis County ESD No. 2 hopes that learning how fire safety is approached around the world will help them better serve the community.  

San Antonio firefighters say a Southwest Side home where a woman died in a fire early Wednesday had no working smoke detectors. They say they found the 82-year-old dead inside the home, located in the 200 block of Ross Avenue. The woman had collapsed on the floor of her bedroom, apparently while trying to escape, firefighters said. When fire crews arrived just before 2 a.m., they found flames and smoke coming from the roof of the home. A neighbor told KSAT 12 News off-camera that he had called 911 after waking up to the sound of his dogs barking. He says he looked outside his window and could see flames on the back side of the house. Within minutes, the neighbor said, the fire was spreading quickly across the roof. Firefighters eventually were able to knock down the fire and keep it from spreading to any other homes.  

A crane went up in flames Wednesday morning high above Manhattan, then partially collapsed onto the street below. The fire broke out shortly before 7:30 a.m. on top of a 50-story building that was under construction on 10th Avenue between West 41st and 42nd streets in Hell's Kitchen. Mayor Eric Adams was on the scene to provide an update, along with the FDNY and Department of Buildings. First Deputy Commissioner Joseph W. Pfeifer told reporters "this could have been a lot worse." "As our fire units responded to the scene, we had a collapse. The top part of the crane, the boom and a 16-ton load crashed to the ground," he said. "At that point, we had injuries to civilians and firefighters, but they were minor." Six people were hurt, including two firefighters. All of the injuries were described as non-life-threatening.  

VIDEO: The San Antonio Fire Department is returning to cartoons to help educate children and their families on the importance of fire safety. The newest cartoon comes a day after Fire Chief Charles Hood held a news conference regarding a deadly house fire over the weekend. Hood stressed the importance of having working smoke alarms. The newest cartoon depicts firefighters changing the batteries in a family's smoke detector, further stressing the importance of working smoke alarms. Alongside the cartoon is a helpful website concerning fire safety. The website is equipped with fire safety resources for various community needs. Under the public services tab is a place for the public to enter their information for a free safety check and smoke alarm evaluation.  

VIDEO: WESH 2 News reporter Nancy Alvarez got an exclusive look at the fire station headquarters located in the central part of its jurisdiction behind Epcot. Deputy Fire Chief Eric Ferrari showed WESH 2 the range of emergency services his department provides to Disney and the rest of the district. Nancy Alvarez: Talk to me about the magnitude of service and the work that you all provide here. Eric Ferrari: We deliver service 24/7, 365, with over 200 professional public safety personnel ranging from firefighter paramedics, EMTs, 911 dispatchers, fire inspectors, all in service every day, protecting the public that come to enjoy the tourism activities around the property.  

PHOTOS: The Boston Firefighters Burn Foundation brought a little extra cheer to Shriners Hospital for Children Tuesday for their annual Christmas in July visit. Santa and Mrs. Claus joined firefighters as they raised the ladder to wave to child patients and greet staff, including doctors and nurses. Firefighting elves moved about giving out presents, and the whole crowd enjoyed cake and ice cream. "We receive much more than we give," said Burn Foundation Director Steve Turley. "We take away true reminders of what really matters." The Boston Firefighters Burn Foundation is a volunteer organization with a mission to "ease the suffering and hardships of burn victims, survivors and their families."  

Why is Washington the epicenter of the fentanyl crisis? U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell posed the question at a Seattle round table she convened Monday about the deadly drug, where speakers talked about innovations happening locally and the challenges that lay ahead. The senator pointed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showing the state had the biggest increase in the nation—more than 21%—in fatal overdoses reported between February 2022 and February 2023. One big reason, explained Robert Hammer, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent in charge of the Pacific Northwest region, is that fentanyl is extraordinarily cheap in Washington. The powerful synthetic opioid sells for as little as 80 cents a pill, about 50 cents cheaper than in California.