November 2009

Fire ruins Thanksgiving for several Fremont families

November 30, 2009

FREMONT — A two-alarm Thanksgiving Day fire left 10 people homeless just as many of them were preparing to sit down to dinner, Acting Battalion Chief Rick Cory said. The fire broke out at 2:17 p.m. in an apartment at 37383 Fremont Blvd., above a Metro PCS store, between Peralta Avenue and the Center Theater. [...]

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Year-old rescue rig remains sidelined

November 30, 2009

SORRENTO VALLEY — A new heavy rescue vehicle designed to help save lives in major disasters has been sitting idle since the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department bought it nearly a year ago because it lacks specialized equipment needed to operate. The city is seeking $250,000 in federal grant money to buy gear such as shoring [...]

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Oceanside garage fire leaves 17 homeless

November 30, 2009

OCEANSIDE — A fire that started in a four-car garage being used as an informal mechanic’s shop left 17 people homeless Sunday, a fire official said. Firefighters were called to an apartment complex on El Camino Real just south of State Route 76 about 5 p.m. and saw flames coming out of a garage and [...]

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Fireplace ember catches roof on fire in Blackhawk

November 30, 2009

Strong winds fanned a house fire in Blackhawk on Saturday night after an ember from the fireplace caught the roof on fire. Due to severe winds, the fire spread quickly and consumed the roof, attic area and damaged several rooms on the second floor. The residents were home in the 600 block of Blue Spruce [...]

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Multiple Apartment Fires in Fresno

November 29, 2009

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fire damaged four homes in one apartment complex this Saturday afternoon and firefighters found another problem as they tried to put it out. It happened in apartments on winery at lane in Southeast Fresno at about 3:30 pm. Firefighters said the fire was pretty minor, but the flames got into the [...]

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Firefighter back after life-threatening accident

November 29, 2009

As he walked through the Marin County Fire Department’s Woodacre station in uniform on a recent crisp, clear morning, Capt. Ruben Martin showed nary a sign of the nightmarish path he’d traveled since a similar morning 21 months ago. A small left-knee brace under his pant leg was the only hint of Martin’s struggle to [...]

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Aerialist hospitalized after fall during holiday performance at Beverly Center

November 29, 2009

An aerialist performing during a holiday show at the Beverly Center mall was injured and hospitalized after falling to the shopping center floor, authorities said today. One witness said the performer appeared to fall about 40 feet — from the third level of the shopping center to the first. The 26-year-old woman slipped while she [...]

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Walnut Creek fire displaces eight residents

November 28, 2009

A suspected kitchen fire in Walnut Creek has displaced eight residents at The Keys Condominiums at 410 N. Civic Drive, according to fire officials. Fire crews were called to the scene of the two-alarm fire at 5:36 p.m., Saturday. About 200 people were evacuated from one of the several buildings at the condo complex, said [...]

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“Black Friday” hits North-end home in San Bernardino

November 28, 2009

Additional information: San Bernardino City Firefighters were initially dispatched to a “smoke investigation”, the single engine company encountered fairly heavy, low hanging smoke, throughout the neighborhood. After several minutes investigating the area the engine company determined the source of smoke was being generated from a single family residential home. The company officer on the responding [...]

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Power Line Sparks Massive Furniture Store Fire

November 27, 2009

EL MONTE — Fire officials say a downed power line sparked a massive blaze that destroyed a high-end furniture manufacturing store in South El Monte.The fire was reported around 4:17 a.m. Friday at Master Design Sofa Inc., located at Potrero Avenue and Rush Street, said Capt. Frank Reynoso of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.It [...]

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