LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.

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A plane has crashed in a Lawrenceville neighborhood Monday afternoon, officials said, killing the pilot.

The plane went down on Simmons Circle near Spring Circle at about 5 p.m. Gwinnett County Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge said it appeared the plane clipped the tree line behind a house on Simmons Circle after taking off from Briscoe Field. The plane did not hit any houses.

The plane was engulfed in flames, firefighters said.

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Feb. 8--A Fort Worth firefighter was killed and two other firefighters were injured this weekend in a one-vehicle rollover crash on a New Mexico highway.

David Eaves, 40, an 11-year veteran of the department, was ejected from the vehicle shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 64 near Raton, according to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.

MILWAUKIE, Ore.

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A man living at a retirement community crashed his car through a cement wall Monday, leaving the vehicle teetering on the edge of a parking garage, fire officials said.

Firefighters were called to the Willamette View Manor's parking garage on River Road in Milwaukie at about 12:40 p.m.

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Feb. 8--Updated at 3:12 p.m.

Medina firefighters had to extricate a woman who fell through a rotting floor in the bathroom of her split-level home Monday.

The 58-year old Kenner Drive woman hung suspended after one leg went through the floor that gave away, Medina Fire Chief Bob Painter said.

A leak in the plumbing to the toilet caused extensive water damage to the flooring, he said.

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Feb. 8--Firefighters this afternoon battled a huge warehouse fire in East San Jose that sent towering plumes of smoke into the air that could seen throughout much of the South Bay.

More than 90 firefighters from the San Jose and Santa Clara County fire departments were called in to fight the four-alarm blaze, which destroyed an abandoned, graffiti-scarred warehouse at Dobbin Street and North King Road.

LANSING, Kan.

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A house fire Sunday afternoon killed a 5-year-old daughter of a firefighter and injured three.

Lansing police said they got the fire call at 4:36 p.m. at 1005 N. 8th Street and said their preliminary investigation show that the girl might have been playing with a candle in a bedroom. While the family was watching TV, they began to smell smoke.

The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

DALLAS
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A sheriff's dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year.

A Smith County sheriff's dispatcher says fire struck a Baptist church near Tyler Monday night. Another hit a church about 3 miles away.

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- EMS crews here are used to parties, but the one Sunday night following the Saints' Super Bowl victory will go down as one of the largest ever.

Anticipating a massive crowd, additional EMS crews were assigned to the area, said Jeb Tate, New Orleans EMS spokesman.

NEW YORK --

As the first cases in a massive battle over illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 suits contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how the workers got sick or how much time they spent at ground zero.

A hero mom herded her children out of a burning Bronx building yesterday, then darted back inside the inferno to warn neighbors and try to save her husband, witnesses said.

Rosa Nuñez, 34, was found unconscious by firefighters in her sec ond-floor apartment just feet from her hus band, who was also overcome by smoke.