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Investigators have narrowed the search for a missing Sacramento firefighter to an area in the northwest part of Camp Far West Lake, they said Monday.
Assistant Chief Niko King, of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, said officials believe William Porter is in that area of the lake, but it’s a risky dive — hence, why crews are using underwater robotic cameras to look for the man.
Officials want to make sure they find Porter before a recovery dive takes place, King added.
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An investigator Monday worked in the charred remains of what had been a three-car garage and makeshift residence in Cloverdale, attempting to learn what sparked a fire that ruined the large building.
The Railroad Avenue burned late Sunday night into Monday morning.
It was reported at 11:31 p.m. Cloverdale firefighters were alerted in less than a minute and were on scene at 11:34, according to Cal Fire dispatch records.
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Firefighters contained a blaze at a Perris recycling facility today to a pile of material being prepared for processing, a fire department spokeswoman said.
Firefighters contained a blaze at a Perris recycling facility today to a pile of material being prepared for processing.
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Sac City Fire is investigating a possible arson at a warehouse on 5th Street and 1st Avenue.
Firefighters were called to the scene around 5 Sunday afternoon after a fire alarm in the building went off. Apparently, the sprinklers inside the warehouse were activated, helping firefighters put out the flames.
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A grass fire near the Crosstown Freeway took Stockton firefighters roughly 30 minutes to contain Saturday afternoon and forced the California Highway Patrol to close a few lanes on southbound Interstate 5.
The fire began around 4 p.m. and its cause is undetermined at this time, said Art Ray, chief’s operator for the Stockton Fire Department. Winds stoked the fire that was combated with three engines, a fire truck and two four-wheel drive trucks, Ray said.
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Redding firefighters contained a pair of building fires Friday afternoon that taxed the limited number of personnel and equipment in the city’s fire department.
About 4:30 p.m. an attic fire broke out on Kenyon Drive in south Redding. A second alarm was called, but firefighters were able to quickly contain the blaze by about 5 p.m.
No injuries were reported, though the blaze scorched the front of the single-story home, torching at least two shrubs in front of the house.
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Aided by diminishing winds, firefighters have contained a Kern County brush fire that blackened 150 acres Friday night.
No structures were damaged in the wildfire, which burned in a canyon near the Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road in an area with a number of windmills.
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