PHOTOS: The eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 reopened on Sunday after a freight train derailment caused a dayslong shutdown, authorities said.
Authorities shut down long stretches of I-40 near the Arizona-New Mexico state line on Friday after a derailed freight train carrying fuel caught fire.
The Arizona Department of Transportation announced the reopening of the eastbound lanes between mileposts 285-333 on Saturday night.
However, eastbound I-40 lanes remained closed in Chambers at milepost 333. It was only on Sunday afternoon that ADOT announced the eastbound I-40 lanes had reopened at all mileposts.
Motorists should expect long delays through the area, ADOT said. Around 35 rail cars were involved in the freight train derailment, according to the McKinley County Fire Rescue Department, which is in New Mexico.
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Phoenix fire crews stayed busy with mountain rescues on Sunday morning as temperatures warm up and more Valley residents hit the trails.
Around 9 a.m., crews from Phoenix and Chandler were called to the Telegraph Pass Trailhead at South Mountain after a hiker experienced a medical emergency. Crews found a woman in her 30s roughly a mile from the base of the mountain. Authorities say she began feeling dizzy and couldn’t make it down the mountain. Crews began tending to the woman and gave her some water. After a little rest, firefighters were able to help her make her descent down the trail. Crews checked her out again and she didn’t need to be hospitalized. Just two hours later, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Daisy Mountain firefighters were called to Apache Wash Trailhead for reports of an injured hiker.
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Five people were displaced after a fire tore through a Phoenix home on Saturday night, according to authorities.
Phoenix firefighters responded to the area of 35th Avenue and Encanto Boulevards for reports of an alley fire at around 8:30 p.m.
The initial crew that arrived on the scene found fire in the alley spreading to a nearby structure, according to the Phoenix Fire Department. Fire personnel used handlines to extinguish the fire and search the residence for victims, authorities said. However, all of the residents safely evacuated before the fire department arrived.
“All five people living in the structure will be displaced as a result of the damage from the fire,” the Phoenix FD said. “The Community Assistance Program is assisting them with their needs at this time.”
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The Rural Metro Fire Department (RMFD) held a grand opening ceremony on Sunday of their new fire station in the Foothills.
The ceremony, which started at 10:00am, took place at Fire Station 10, located at 12535 South Foothills Blvd, where RMFD offered those who attend a tour of the station.
The Fire Chief for Rural Metro Yuma, Melissa Hilpert, shares one reason why Station 10 was necessary for the Foothills.
"Well, the Foothills has grown tremendously over the past, really, couple of decades, but in the last three or four years, or so, it's grown exponentially, and so, we recognize that there was a need for additional resources out [in the Foothills], and, you know, the station really kind of fills that gap." According to RMFD, Station 10 will also improve and increase access to care to the Foothills and the surrounding communities.
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