October 2009

Two dozen residents were displaced early Sunday by a fire that caused major damage to three apartment units, officials said. Firefighters responded to the fire at a two-story apartment complex at 210 N. Beechwood Ave. shortly before 5 a.m. Three of the eight units in the complex – one on the first floor and two [...]

A window washer stuck in a basket between the ninth and 10th floors of the Omni Hotel in downtown San Diego was lowered to safety Thursday afternoon with the help of firefighters. Jimmy Zapien, 27, was washing windows outside the skyscraper about 1:50 p.m. when the basket’s cable became jammed in the pulley system, preventing [...]

82 names will be added to a state firefighter memorial Saturday in Sacramento. Among them, Eddie Keen, a San Bernardino resident who died July 14, 2008, at 59 after a long illness, worked for the San Bernardino County Fire Department for about 33 years, rising to the rank of engineer. Vance Tomaselli, who lived in [...]

PARAMOUNT – A group of firefighters returning from a routine call discovered a newborn boy inside a shoebox left at the front door of Station 31 in Paramount, it was announced Tuesday. The baby was found just before noon last Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “Since most abandoned babies are never [...]