W.W. 'Cotton' Weaver, a 93-year-old former Fire Chief and last surviving member of the Spring Fire Department's 1953 volunteer group, passed away after a brief illness. Known for his lifelong dedication to firefighting and emergency medical care, his leadership left a significant and lasting impact on the department.

A major crash involving an 18-wheeler shut down all eastbound lanes of I-10 just east of I-45 early Wednesday morning, creating a traffic nightmare for drivers heading into Houston.

Authorities in west Houston are trying to figure out what led up to a deadly, fiery crash late Sunday night.

Fire crews were called to a home on Owens St. and Fidelty St. at 3:45 a.m

People who live near a Channelview chemical plant say they noticed a strange, metallic smell Saturday morning. They called KPRC 2 News when firefighters on-scene at the K-Solv chemical plant wouldn’t tell them what was causing the smell.

“It’s a somber mood this morning, we gather here to lay our brother to rest,” HFD Captain and public information officer, Sedrick Robinett said.

The Carolinas braced for a storm that forecasters warned could bring heavy rain — as much as 6 to 8 inches in some spots.

HFD rescues kitten from strange place.

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Southern California authorities say a power boat crashed into a jetty in Southern California, killing one man and injuring 10 others.

Officials say a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 27 others.

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On Tuesday, the Klein Fire Department responded to two separate calls regarding ducks that were trapped in neighborhood storm drains.

Cy-Fair Fire Department has received a rare and impressive accreditation by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch® (IAED) and we hear from some of the voices behind the calls.

60 counties affected

Police say an industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea.

First responders have a lot of stories and the East Montgomery County Fire Department shared one with the world on Tuesday that involved a menagerie of animals some consider fear-inducing.

Winter weather has brought ice to a wide swath of the United States, canceling more than 1,700 flights nationwide and snarling highways.

A lawyer for the widow of Kobe Bryant told jurors that a “culture of callousness” led Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters to share photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and other victims of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven others.

The same stubborn weather system caused intense downpours in St. Louis and Appalachia that led to devastating and in some cases deadly flooding.

Firefighters spent Valentine’s Day battling a large fire Monday night at Kelley’s restaurant in League City, according to officials.

In the aftermath of a storm, a generator can be a crucial part of your recovery. It can power a fan, turn on some lights and keep your food cool. But many people only use a generator in an emergency and don’t operate them properly. This can lead to serious injury or death.

They are the gold standard metric to measure a fire department’s effectiveness at responding quickly to emergencies, but HFD is headed in the wrong direction.

The blaze, known as the Bobcat Fire, is expected to grow through Sunday and Monday as critical fire weather conditions continued due to gusty wind and low humidity. The Bobcat Fire started Sept. 6 and has already doubled in size over the last week — becoming one of Los Angeles County's largest wildfires in history, according to the Los Angeles Times. Though the Bobcat Fire neared the high desert community of Valyermo, a Benedictine monastery there appeared to have escaped major damage, according to the Los Angeles Times. More than 7,900 wildfires have burned more than 5,468 square miles (14,164 square kilometers) in California this year, including many since a mid-August barrage of dry lightning ignited parched vegetation. Meanwhile, officials were investigating the death of a firefighter on the lines of another Southern California wildfire that erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender.

The fire grew to 142 square miles (368 square kilometers) on Saturday when winds pushed the flames into Juniper Hills. But, Los Angeles County park officials said the blaze destroyed the nature center at Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area, a geological wonder that attracts some 130,000 visitors per year. The name of the firefighter killed in the nearby El Dorado Fire was being withheld until family members are notified. The El Dorado Fire has burned more than 34 square miles (89 square kilometers) and was 59% contained, with 10 buildings destroyed and six damaged. ___Associated Press writer John Antczak in Los Angeles and Daisy Nguyen in San Francisco contributed to this report.

HOUSTON – Here’s what happening in Houston in the week ahead. Memorial Services Set for Fallen HFD Captain Tommy SearcyHouston Fire Capt. Tommy Searcy, 45, died Tuesday, Sept. 8 after a monthslong battle with coronavirus, the Fire Department confirmed to KPRC 2. Houston Climate WeekIn commemoration of the third anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, the City of Houston will host a virtual Houston Climate Week. Houston Climate Week, which was initially scheduled to run from August 24-28 but was rescheduled to September 14-18, will kick off the implementation phase of the Houston Climate Action Plan.

HOUSTON Houston Fire Capt. Tommy Searcy, 45, died Tuesday after a monthslong battle with coronavirus, the Fire Department confirmed to KPRC 2. His death will be classified as a line-of-duty death by HFD, the union wrote on Facebook. We are praying for his three daughters, Kaylin, Krista and Kinley, and his twin brother, Tony, who is a senior captain in HFD. All of us @houstonpolice mourn the loss of another one of our HFD colleagues.

(AP) – One person was killed and two people were injured when a single-engine airplane they were in crashed in a residential area of San Antonio on Saturday, according to Fire Department spokesman Woody Woodward. The aircraft crashed and burned in the back yard of a home, burning some trees but creating no public danger and injuring no one on the ground, Woodward said. The two injured suffered burns and were hospitalized in undisclosed condition, according to Woodward. There were no others on board the Piper PA-28 when it crashed just after 9 a.m. in south San Antonio shortly after taking off from nearby Stinson Field, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro said in a news release. Molinaro said the National Transportation Safety Board will be in charge of the investigation into the crash.

HOUSTON The Spring Fire Department announced the death of District Chief Shawn Babendure. The fire department tweeted that hed lost his battle with cancer. It is with great sorrow we inform you of the passing of our District Chief Shawn Babendure, who lost his cancer battle today. Please join us in keeping his devoted wife, children & extended family in your thoughts & prayers as they go through this difficult time, Chief Scott Seifert is quoted as saying in the tweet. On the Spring Facebook page, Rhonda Grappi Moore wrote, Huge loss to humanity, great gains in Heaven!

LOS ANGELES Movie producer, film financier, real estate heir and major Democratic political donor Steve Bing has died. The Los Angeles County coroner said Bing died Monday at his residence in the Century City section of Los Angeles. In the 1980s, Steve Bing dropped out of his fathers alma mater, Stanford University, where the elder Bing had donated $50 million, for a career in Hollywood. He got early credits as a co-writer for the 1984 Chuck Norris Vietnam vet movie Missing in Action and its two sequels. Bing was an LA socialite who frequently dated famous women and was often seen on red carpets, at big-dollar benefits and courtside at Lakers games.