The Clayton County Fire Department said the house fire happened on Batson Court. Officials said crews got to the house, a two-story triplex, and saw heavy fire on the left side of the building ...

According to the St. Louis Fire Department, firefighters responded to the 5300 block of Maffitt Avenue around 6 p.m. for a report of a house fire with a person on fire. When crews arrived ...

The Fire Department and the St. Louis Regional Bomb & Arson Unit are investigating, as is protocol anytime someone dies in a fire. No other details were released.

Polson took the brunt of it. "The St. Louis Fire Department, it's always a two-in-two-out rule. We never leave a man. We're always there regardless of the good and the bad," Stalley said.

While assisting officers with a stolen vehicle pursuit, a veteran St. Louis police detective crashed ... The officer's cruiser caught fire after the crash, and he was trapped inside.