breaking news

We're getting word that a tanker truck has exploded near the intersection of routes 8 & 11 in Belgrade. Also have heard unconfirmed reports of an area building on fire.

We've gotten word that potentially as many as 5 different departments are on scene battling the blaze.

According to the Kennebec Journal online, police, including a bomb squad, has been called in to investigate a suspicious package(s) according to Homeland Security Federal Protective Service and the Augusta Police Department.

Here's what we know so far

Tasia Mosley, 16, has been missing since July 2nd from the Waterville area.

A nationwide hunt is ongoing for John Williams, 29, of Madison.

Several Republican members of Congress were on board the Amtrak train when it crashed in Virginia today.

Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced on the Today Show that Matt Lauer has been terminated citing "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace."

Tragic breaking news this morning from Lewiston. According to WMTW, a 13-year-old boy was struck and killed by a pickup truck on Main Street in Lewiston just after 7 this morning.

A hot air balloon caught fire early Saturday near the city of Lockhart, TX. At least 16 people are feared dead after the incident, according to officials.

UPDATE: 12:35PM - According to the Associated Press, reports of an active shooter at a military post outside Washington stemmed from someone who made a distress call after seeing security forces doing a routine inspection. The confusion was heightened by a planned active shooter drill at Joint Base Andrews that had not yet begun and was planned for later in the morning. The base said in a Facebook