A stabbing at Foss High School in Tacoma left six people injured, including the suspect, authorities said, prompting a lockdown and emergency response at the campus.

A massive fire broke out early Sunday at a decommissioned power plant in Galveston County, Texas, sending a towering black plume of smoke across several nearby cities, authorities said.

Two hikers stranded on a remote California beach near Elephant Rock in Point Reyes National Seashore were rescued by helicopter after rising tides cut off their exit route, according to officials.

Police are searching for a suspect who stole a 35,000-pound fire engine late Friday while firefighters were responding to a medical emergency, then went on a destructive rampage, smashing into at least 16 parked vehicles before fleeing on foot.

A brush fire that ignited near residential areas in Burbank, Los Angeles County, prompted evacuation orders Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.