A dog was brought back to life by a firefighter, but two dogs and a cat were found dead in a home after a fire in east Bakersfield.

Fire official Derek Tisinger said that at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Kern County Fire Department received a call regarding a home on fire in the 1200 block of Oswell Street. [click to continue…]

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A dog stuck in a 36-inch diameter drainage pipe under a Mill Valley fire road was rescued by a firefighter who crawled in and pulled the animal out.

The incident unfolded about 1 p.m. Wednesday when Mill Valley firefighters were called by a dog walker who reported an elderly collie under her care was stuck in the pipe at Two Tanks Fire Road above West Blithedale Avenue. [click to continue…]

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A Monday night garage fire in Cordelia resulted in Fairfield police launching a narcotics investigation after firefighters discovered a large pot grow inside the residence, officials reported.

The fire started shortly before 9 p.m. in the 1900 block of Dawnview Place, after a problem with an electrical box being used to power the lights used to grow the marijuana plants, authorities said. [click to continue…]

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Three firefighters were hurt Tuesday morning as a roof collapsed while they battled a garage fire at an Indio home, a division chief said.

Five people were also displaced by the 7:18 a.m. fire in the 81-700 block of Paseo Real, Division Chief Mike Marlow said. The American Red Cross was called in to help those residents. [click to continue…]

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It was the kind of call firefighters rarely get and often dread — the kind when they’re asked to stand up and take a bow.

“I don’t like these, actually,” said Chris Leimpeter before he and colleagues Chris Christensen and Nick Long were honored Tuesday morning in Martinez by Contra Costa supervisors for rescuing two women from a burning house in Concord. “I just like doing my job and being anonymous, to be honest with you.”
“We weren’t looking for this kind of commendation,” Christensen said. [click to continue…]

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SAN BERNARDINO – Police arrived at Debria Millsap’s tiny G Street apartment late Sunday to find flames rising several feet above her home and thick smoke pouring into the night sky.

Firefighters hadn’t made it to the scene yet and the woman’s front door was locked. [click to continue…]

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The crash occurred at around 12:30 p.m. on Benton Avenue near Beach Street off of Highway 20, blocking the roadway, according to the California Highway Patrol. [click to continue…]

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A debate over a fire merger in Sausalito is heating up as opponents of the plan accelerate efforts to gather enough signatures to put the matter before voters.

Claims and counter claims are being tossed by both sides in what has become a bitter battle in Sausalito that — despite its quaint nature and small population of 7,000 — is known for its rough-and-tumble politics. [click to continue…]

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Blaze heavily damages Old Town hotel

January 22, 2012

Fire investigators swarmed a heavily damaged hotel early Saturday to determine what caused the fire that practically destroyed the two-story structure on Moreno Road in Old Town Temecula. None of the six people staying at the hotel were injured, although they were displaced for the night. Firefighters called for the American Red Cross to help [...]

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Oakland firefighter burned battling apartment complex fire

January 21, 2012

An Oakland firefighter was hospitalized with second-degree burns after helping to battle a one-alarm fire at a three-story apartment building Friday morning, a fire spokesman said. The fire at 273 MacArthur Blvd., near Interstate Highway 580, was reported at 10:28 a.m. and was controlled at 10:54 a.m., Battalion Chief Adrian Sheppard said. Please Share

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