NBC Nightly News: Staten Island Fire, Malibu Sinkhole & 9/11 Health Crisis

From Staten Island Smoke to Malibu Ground Collapse, Nightly News Goes Wide

Broadcasting 1, 2! It’s time to get actual and factual. The September 10 edition of NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas moves from a deadly Staten Island fire to a massive Malibu sinkhole before turning to a quieter health crisis still unfolding 25 years after 9/11.

The broadcast’s mix is very Nightly News: breaking developments first, then the longer-view reporting that asks what happens after the cameras and sirens move on.

Deadly Staten Island Fire Sends Dark Smoke Across the Area

The broadcast reports on a shipping-container fire on Staten Island that sent thick, dark smoke into the air. Police said one man was killed.

It is the kind of story that arrives first as a dramatic skyline image, but the episode keeps the focus where it belongs: on the fatality and the investigation into what happened.

A Massive Malibu Sinkhole Forces a Neighborhood Evacuation

On the opposite coast, Nightly News turns to Malibu, California, where a large sinkhole opened outside a home reported to be owned by actor Nicolas Cage and forced nearby residents to evacuate.

The immediate drama is obvious — ground where ground is very much supposed to stay put suddenly doing otherwise — but the practical question is what comes next. NBC’s report looks at the repair timeline and how long the disruption could continue for the neighborhood.

Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, Another Health Crisis Emerges

Tom Llamas also reports for NBC’s “The Cost of Denial” series on an emerging concern among some 9/11 first responders: dementia diagnoses appearing decades after prolonged exposure to the toxic aftermath of the attacks.

Twenty-five years later, the health consequences of Ground Zero are still not a closed chapter. The report examines first responders now confronting cognitive decline after years in which respiratory disease, cancers and other conditions already became part of the long-term 9/11 health story.

That makes this segment one of the more consequential pieces in the episode. It is not simply an anniversary look-back; it is about people still living inside the physical consequences of what happened in 2001.

Scenes From the September 10 NBC Nightly News Broadcast

Together, the reports make for a particularly broad edition: immediate danger, infrastructure failure and a health story whose consequences have unfolded across a quarter-century.

Watch NBC Nightly News With Tom Llamas — September 10, 2026

The full September 10 broadcast includes the Staten Island fire, the Malibu sinkhole and Tom Llamas’ “The Cost of Denial” report on 9/11 first responders facing dementia diagnoses.

Source: NBC News.