July 2008

3 Alarm Mulch Fire Morris County New Jersey

July 23, 2008

It’s happening mulch too often! On July 19, firefighters from 13 municipalities battled a raging inferno, as well as outside temperatures nearing 100 degrees, in this quiet community of Whippany in Hanover Township, N.J. The fire, which began around 3:30 pm, originated near the center units of a six-unit townhouse structure and quickly spread to [...]

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Summer Season Brings Rash of Arsons

July 23, 2008

When it comes to fires in the city of Fresno, Investigator Gerry Rodriguez has a job to do. “My job is to find out how it started,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez is part of the Fresno City Fire Department’s Arson Investigation Unit; a team that sees little downtime, especially here in the Valley. “As you know, [...]

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North East Fresno Fire

July 23, 2008

A house fire Thursday evening destroyed the home of Sanger firefighter. The house, on E. Powers Ave. in North East Fresno, caught fire after gas from a leaking fuel line in a dune buggy ignited. The home was destroyed. No one was injured. Dozens of firefighters were called to the scene to battle the blaze [...]

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Pets killed, firefighter hurt in house fire

July 22, 2008

8:19 a.m. A fire that burned part of a home near Central High School East Campus this morning killed three pets and sent one firefighter to the hospital with second-degree burns. The two men who live there were not home when the fire broke out. According to Fresno Fire Department officials, the fire apparently started [...]

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Fire destroys historic barn designated as a landmark

July 22, 2008

Plenty of early Williamsville and Amherst history went up in flames early Monday morning, when the 187-year-old former Grist Mill on Reist Street burned almost to the ground. The landmark red barn, perhaps the last barn remaining in the Village of Williamsville, was so old it had four names over almost two centuries: Grist Mill, [...]

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2 Modesto apartments burn; 6 homeless

July 22, 2008

Fires wreaked havoc Monday afternoon at two apartment complexes in Modesto, leaving six people without a home. The unrelated fires occurred within a 40-minute period, at the Valley Oak Apartments on Oakdale Road and the Bridgeford Apartments near Sylvan and McHenry avenues. The first blaze, reported at 3:27 p.m., destroyed a ground-floor dwelling at the [...]

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Backfires help to bolster fire lines

July 20, 2008

The Basin Complex Fire grew by 3,400 acres Saturday, but most of the action was firefighters setting controlled burns. There were no major developments in the fire that has charred 133,709 acres from Big Sur to Arroyo Seco in the past month, a fire spokesman said. Backfires were being used to improve fire lines, and [...]

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Fallen firefighter’s friend champions pitched roof alert system

July 20, 2008

It has been a long year for Troy Hess as he copes with the death of his friend Matt Burton, who perished while attempting to rescue residents from a burning home. Hess spends hours tucked away in his backyard shed, a hot, cramped room with a desk, computer, phone and workout set. In the year [...]

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Arson fire forces residents from St. Paul apartment building

July 19, 2008

John Thoreson climbed out a second-story window and jumped into the arms of strangers while a fire blazed outside his apartment door Friday night. Another resident tied together bed sheets and lowered himself from the third floor. And now they’re wondering why someone would intentionally threaten their lives. St. Paul fire investigators have determined that [...]

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Reidsville man convicted of setting fires

July 19, 2008

A 28-year-old man charged in March 2007 with setting several fires, including one at an Islamic Prayer Center, was sentenced to three months in jail and given a 15-year suspended sentence. Thursday, Rockingham County Superior Court convicted Robert William Branch, of 108 Deer Trail Road in Reidsville, of intending to burn a church, setting fire [...]

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