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Sac Fire said that the flames were contained at a residential fourplex home on the 700 block of Lindsay Avenue. There were no injuries reported.

Firefighters waited on the gas levels to drop because that meant the explosion risk had dropped too.

A man was rescued from the American River and airlifted to the hospital on Sunday, authorities said.

"So much illegal firework activity. It's disheartening to see and we just hope that in the future people will choose more safe ways to celebrate," Capt. Keith Wade said.

With multiple days of temperatures in the triple digits this week in, fire crews across Sacramento County are preparing for an increase in calls.

Sacramento Fire Department leaders say the special hands-on training they do every year prepared them to save lives in Sunday's downtown shooting.

Lack of diversity — claims of department racism, sexual assault; Sacramento fire chief responds Share Updated: 8:25 AM PST Mar 13, 2021 Share Updated: 8:25 AM PST Mar 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript REPORTER: -- >> IT WAS A LONELY EXPERIENCE, NOT GOING TO LIE. REPORTER: THIS FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC, FOR 17 YEARS, RETIRING FROM STRESS INTO THOUSAND 17. -- IN 2017. SHE SAYS DISCRIMINATION WAS PART OF THE CULTURE. SHE SAYS SHE EXPERIENCED IT FIRSTHAND. ...

"He liked to do things, like, he would put adult sex toys in my bed. He would put high school pictures of himself in my bed."