The driver of the truck, identified as a 34-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the accident scene, according to Newport Fire Protection District Lt. Keenan Stone.

Just as he did during a fire two years ago, a dog named Rello woke up his owner, Coy Freeman, early Thursday morning, alerting him to a blaze on the South Side.

Firefighters from Squad 6 were on their way to a high rise fire when they got into a car crash at East Forest and McClellan. The fire truck and a Mercedes collided, the t...