A Dallas fire captain said the fire caused First Baptist Dallas' secondary chapel to "largely" collapse.

Upon arrival, officials said there was an issue getting first responders on the street because of neighborhood traffic. San Antonio police had to clear out the street.

The U.S. Forest Service says it will take emergency action soon to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects to clear underbrush to protect the world’s largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires.

Flames at a CPS Energy substation intensified Monday’s weather conditions in San Antonio, cutting off power to thousands on the South Side for hours.

A couple and their dog were able to escape safely as huge flames overtook their North Side home early Thursday morning.

Flames from a vehicle fire spread and damaged a Northeast Side home early Saturday morning, the San Antonio Fire Department said.

A man is dead after his pickup truck struck a guard rail, veered into a wooded area and went up in flames on the Northwest Side, according to San Antonio police.

A federal grand jury has indicted a former college professor for allegedly starting four wildfires in Northern California that threatened to trap firefighters as they battled a massive fire nearby.

Area firefighters had to fight flames at a recycling plant on the city’s East Side early Wednesday morning, the San Antonio Fire Department said.

Standing in a pair of blue galoshes he found in the debris, Barry McKinnley said he and his sister, Angenette, escaped their burning home with only the clothes on their backs and no shoes on Sunday.

A two-alarm fire has destroyed a vacant apartment building on the city’s Southwest Side early Friday morning, the San Antonio Fire Department said.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Flames and smoke were only part of the concern for firefighters as they battled a fire in a home in Olmos Park Wednesday morning. Soon after crews arrived in the 100 block of Paloma Drive around 8 a.m., it became clear they also had to worry about live ammunition inside the home. As you know it’s pretty popular and common for residents to have ammunition,” said Chief Michael Goodreau with the Olmos Park Fire Department. (KSAT 12 News)Alamo Heights firefighters assisted Olmos Park with the use of a ladder truck, and crews from Terrell Hills helped out on the ground. They arrived later and stood by watching helplessly as firefighters struggled with flames that, for about an hour, refused to die.

(AP Photo/Noah Berger)SAN FRANCISCO – Flames devoured swaths of brush and trees in Northern California on Wednesday amid unseasonably hot and dry weather. The firefighters covered themselves on the ground with the emergency shelters that look like space blankets if they are in imminent danger from flames. On Sept. 8, 14 firefighters deployed emergency shelters as flames overtook them and destroyed the fire station they were defending in the Los Padres National Forest. He was the fourth person killed by the blaze that has spread to neighboring Tehama County. The Glass and Zogg fires are among nearly 30 wildfires burning in California.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – (CNN) -- Fire and rescue officials converged on the scene of a ruptured gas line in Texas that was shooting 150-foot flames into the air Monday morning, Corpus Christi Deputy Fire Chief Richie Quintero said. Officials do not know who the line belongs to yet, Quintero said. Spokesman: Texas refinery fire under control, no injuriesPolice have shut down Interstate 37 in both directions and advised residents in the area to "shelter in place" as flames spew from the ruptured gas line, according to the Corpus Christi Police Department's twitter page. "PD is shutting down IH 37 in both directions between Port and Up River road. Video from the scene shows other structures near the blaze have caught fire as well.

SAN ANTONIO – Flames ripped through a two-story home Friday morning on the North Side, causing between $150,000 to $200,000 in damages, fire officials said. The fire was called in around 8:15 a.m. at a home in the 3600 block of Colter Drive. One of them was taken to a hospital, but it was unclear which of them was treated for an injury. A neighbor is giving her dog credit for alerting her to the blaze. “He started barking towards the house, and I started (to) see black smoke coming out there.