Dallas Fire Rescue Battles 2 Fires at Vacant hotels Occupied by ‘multiple homeless people’

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire Rescue battled two fires within four hours last night at vacant hotel buildings occupied by multiple homeless people. DFR spokesman Jason Evans says that 100 firefighters battled a 3-alarm blaze overnight around 1:30am at a vacant 13-story building on the North Stemmons Freeway where flames were shooting from the 2nd…MORE

Gunman Shoots 3 at Texas Fair Before Being Shot by Deputies; All Hospitalized

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a gunman shot three people, including two first responders, at the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo in Texas before he was shot and wounded by sheriff’s deputies. Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas says that just before 11 p.m. Monday a man opened fire on county deputies working off-duty at the…MORE

Fiona Barrels Toward Turks and Caicos as Cat. 3 Hurricane; At Least 2 Fatalities

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew. Forecasters said Fiona was expected to pass near Grand Turk, the British territory’s capital island, on this morning. Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on…MORE