July 2009

Vacaville Firefighters rescue Mother and child from house fire

July 21, 2009

While many residents likely were slumbering late Sunday, a Vacaville woman and her 2-year-old daughter were making a harrowing escape from their burning home. No injuries were reported, though the family was displaced from their residence, in the 600 block of Fox Pointe Road. Because the woman’s husband is deployed overseas, fire officials said, Travis [...]

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MODESTO: Grocery store damaged by suspected arson fire

July 21, 2009

A suspected arson fire early Sunday morning at a Modesto grocery store caused an estimated $150,000 in damage. The fire apparently started in a Dumpster and some stacked pallets on the exterior of the AT Groceries for Less market at 1012 N. Carpenter Road, said Hugo Patino, battalion chief for the Modesto Fire Department. The [...]

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Blaze damages single-family home in Salinas

July 21, 2009

When Salinas resident Maria Mendoza noticed a fire engine pass by her workplace Monday, she sensed something was wrong.”I hope it’s not my house,” she told a co-worker. “She told me, ÚDon’t think like that,’” Mendoza, who works at a local school, said in Spanish. Then early in the afternoon, she received a call from [...]

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Residents escape burning Rio Linda home

July 21, 2009

Residents of a burning Rio Linda home escaped this morning even though their smoke alarm did not work, the house was destroyed and one of their pets perished. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Capt. Christina Pebbles said the residents of the home in the 700 block of Albemarle Avenue awoke about 3:30 a.m. and got out [...]

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Fire scorches 60 acres, damages homes on Little Mountain

July 20, 2009

SAN BERNARDINO – An arsonist is suspected of starting a 60-acre wildfire that started in an upscale neighborhood on Little Mountain and quickly spread over brush-covered hills, burning at least one outbuilding and damaging several homes. Firefighters estimated they had the blaze about 85 percent contained by 8:30 p.m. A handful of fire crews were [...]

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San Bernardino City Firefighters make quick stop on residential fire

July 20, 2009

Units from the City of San Bernardino Fire Department and the San Manuel Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 6600 block of Elm Avenue. Engine Company 228 returning from another response around the corner noted the smoke and arrived within seconds, as 911 operators received the calls for help. First arriving units [...]

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Exclusive: ‘No cuts’ Ohio chief speaks out on dismissal

July 20, 2009

Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, Ohio Fire Chief Donald Barnes was dismissed after balking at orders from his mayor to make a new round of cuts in the fire department’s budget. The Shaker Heights Fire Department had already been forced to shed four firefighters earlier this year. But when Chief Barnes was then told to [...]

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Fire Contained in Downtown Sacramento Building

July 20, 2009

SACRAMENTO, CA – Firefighters battled an electrical fire in a six-story building on 11th Street in downtown Monday morning. Sacramento City Fire Capt. Jim Doucette said the fire broke just after 7:30 a.m. on the 6th floor of the building at 1117 11th Street, causing heavy smoke on the 5th floor. The fire was caused [...]

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Two-Alarm Blaze Damages Elk Grove Home

July 20, 2009

ELK GROVE, CA – Firefighters have put down a two-alarm house fire in Elk Grove. The fire began in the downstairs of a two-story home on the 8200 block of Barryman Court and spread to the upstairs, according to Capt. Christian Pebbles with Sacramento Metro Fire Department. Pebbles said responding crews were first told there [...]

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Fire Rips Through Commercial Building in Westchester

July 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters are battling a fire that’s burning through a commercial building in the Westchester area. The fire broke out around 5:40 a.m. in the 8900 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, near Los Angeles International Airport, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. It’s believed the building may house an insurance company [...]

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