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(WSBT)  An accident involving a propane tank caused some problems in Goshen Wednesday morning. A 500-gallon tank being moved dropped to the ground at the North Central Co-Op. It's believed the tank was half-full. A nearby trucking and warehouse business was evacuated. Goshen high school and Chandler elementary were locked down as a precaution. The Haz-Mat team was called and trains scheduled to pass through town were halted as a precaution.

Firefighters remained at the scene late Sunday after battling a residential fire blaze in Dowagiac. The fire was reported at 7:43 p.m. EST in the 300 block of Pokagon Street, according to Cass County authorities. There was no immediate word on injuries. Dowagiac resident Terry Turman, who lives nearby, said he was returning from church with friends when he saw the fire. The home was fully engulfed in flames, he told SBT24/7 News. Traffic was rerouted in the area, he said, as crews battled the blaze.

CASSOPOLIS — Several fire departments in were called to fight a massive fire in Cass County Sunday morning. The crews were called out shortly after 7:30 to the Edward Lowe Foundation in the 58000 block of Decatur Road in Cassopolis. The structure, which was the information center, was completely destroyed. Dispatch also requested help from the Salvation Army. Crews were on the scene until late Sunday evening.

SOUTH BEND — Firefighters worked quickly Saturday to extinguish a fire at a South Bend home. According South Bend fire, a call was made around 12:20 Saturday afternoon from the homeowner in the 800 block of South 31st Street. When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and active fire conditions inside the first floor bedroom of the home. All of the occupants escaped the home. The fire was extinguished quickly and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

SOUTH BEND - South Bend Police say a few South Bend homes had to be evacuated for about an hour early Thursday after a report of a gas leak. It happened at a home in the 1100 block of North Michigan Street around 12 a.m. Thursday. A few homes were evacuated and crews brought residents blankets to stay warm. The gas leak was capped in about an hour and the road is now open again. The incident is being investigated.

SOUTH BEND — Several departments are on the scene of a large house fire in the 15000 block of Kelly Road in South Bend. According to dispatch, crews arrived to the home with smoke and flames showing from the residence. All residents of the home were safely evacuated and there were no reported injuries. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are still unknown at this time.

Firefighters were called to the 1100 block of All Pro Drive, just north of the Elkhart Municipal Airport, for reports of white smoke coming out of a manufacturing plant. The incident at Kibbechem, Inc. was called in shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. A WSBT photographer at the scene says there was no fire. A piece of machinery had overheated.  

SOUTH BEND — A River Park pizzeria was temporarily closed Wednesday after the building’s outside wall caught fire. Firefighters were called to Bruno’s Pizza, 2202 Mishawaka Ave., about 12:30 p.m., after smoke was spotted coming from the restaurant’s back wall. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire, which did only minimal damage to the building’s exterior. The fire did, however, lead to the temporary closing of the carry-out pizza restaurant — to the frustration of lunchtime diners and the delight of firefighters, who were given free slices of pizza for their services.

No one was home when a fire ripped through a house in Benton Township. The blaze started just after 11 Friday night at the intersection of Barbara Street and Tower Drive. When Benton Township police and fire crews arrived on scene, flames could be seen coming through the roof. A neighbor called 911 after seeing the home on fire. No word on any injuries this morning.

MICHIGAN CITY-- Recent rains have created an emergency situation at Karwick Nature Preserve in Michigan City. This area you see used to be a city dump.    The heavy rainfall has eroded parts of the bank and you now see garbage along Trail Creek.  Now,  crews from the Sanitary District of Michigan City are working to fortify the banks in an effort to keep trash from falling into the creek and later, into Lake Michigan. Crews worked Sunday and Monday to address the problem but there is still more to be done.    The sanitary district and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources don't believe any trash has polluted Trail Creek but they are working on a more long-term solution to make sure it stays that way. From a canoe you can get an up close look at what crews are doing to stop dump debris from getting into Trail Creek.    Nets along the edge are designed to catch any loose trash while piles of rocks create a barrier between the bank and the water.

Crews in our area have been kept busy tonight fighting two large grass fires. The first to spring up just before 5 p.m. was a large grass/wood fire at the 94 mile marker (near the County Road 17 exit) that had westbound lanes closed down to one lane. That fire was put out just before 7. The second, which was called in just after 6 p.m., is between Redfield Street and Stateline Road on Ironwood Road. Here's a map . 

A fire that broke out at a Granger lumberyard called Universal Forest Products was quickly contained. This happened just off of S.R. 23 on Herbert Street. CLICK HERE FOR A MAP Multiple fire crews were called to the scene shortly after noon. A dispatcher told us the fire started in the attic of a building. The blaze has since been contained. We have a crew at the scene and will keep you updated on air and online.

SOUTH BEND - On Tuesday, crews removed that private jet from the South Bend home where it crashed two days ago. The plane crashed into three different homes about halfway down the block on Iowa Street late Sunday afternoon. Crews have been out there around the clock, but around 7 a.m. Tuesday, they started putting straps on the Hawker Beechcraft Premier jet. Around 11 a.m., a crane lifted a huge piece of the jet off the house and onto a flat bed truck. That flat bed pulled out of there shortly before noon and headed over to South Bend Regional Airport.

SOUTH BEND - We continue to learn more about the small jet crash in South Bend that killed two people and injured three. Tuesday morning, the National Transportation Safety Board started removing the fuselage from the home, taking it to a hangar at the South Bend Regional Airport where investigators will be able to take a much closer look at the wreckage.  The NTSB says it's making "phenomenal" progress on cleaning up the wreckage on...

Road maintenance crews are working non-stop trying to fill hundreds of potholes that opened up over the last week or so. But it's been a slow process because snow keeps getting in the way. Their priority in recent days has been clearing the roads and making sure the drive is even possible, before making it comfortable. “We will get to them, it's just a matter of time,” said Alex Fisher, assistant street commissioner for the City of Mishawaka, who was able to put a pothole crew on the streets Tuesday afternoon.

ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana hospital lost much of its telephone service for hours when a construction crew accidentally severed a bundle of fiber optic and copper lines. The Rochester Telephone Co. crew sliced through at least 500 pairs of copper wire and at least 20 fiber optic cable lines Wednesday morning, affecting phone service at the city's Woodlawn Hospital and other Rochester businesses. Hospital President John Alley tells The Rochester Sentinel ( http://www.rochsent.com/ )

The rain Thursday night was complicating things for plow truck drivers, but they're still ready for whatever comes their way. Tons of salt and sand is getting loaded up. "We're ready, we've been getting our trucks prepped basically all day," said Elkhart City Street Department truck driver Rudell Wright. The mixture will be put on Elkhart's hundreds of miles of road. Wright will be one of several truck drivers out when the storm hits. "I just go out there and do my job and my priorities make sure the city of Elkhart can get from point A to point B. " The Elkhart Street Department has 16 trucks like this one here that'll be clearing the roads and putting down the salt mixture during the day and then another twelve trucks will be out at night.

An Elkhart County family was burned out of their home Sunday night. This happened in the 30000 block of Oak Springs Drive. Heavy flames were shooting through the roof of the home in the Glen Haven Estates neighborhood just off of Ash Road north of County Road 12 in Cleveland Township. Firefighters say there was someone home at the time, but no one was injured. Firefighters made efforts to try to rescue the pets inside, but it's unknown if the animals ever made it out.  By the time firefighters arrived, flames were ripping through both the garage and house.  “They've done so much work to their house, they've completely remodeled it,” said one neighbor.