January 2010

Fairfield (NJ) battles a fifth alarm conflagration

January 31, 2010

Stiff winds and sub-freezing temperatures hovering in the teens prompted a fifth alarm call for mutual aid from surrounding communities to battle a violently relentless blaze in the Pio Costa industrial complex at 1275 Bloomfield Ave. The complex houses some fifteen or so buildings of various sizes for retail outlets, warehouses and small businesses. The [...]

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Man identified in fatal Sacramento apartment fire

January 31, 2010

SACRAMENTO, CA – A 50-year-old man who died in an apartment fire Saturday evening has been identified as Marco Leuthi, of Sacramento, according to officials. Neighbors said they could hear the man yelling for help but couldn’t save him from a fire that torched an upstairs apartment. The blaze broke out around 5:15 p.m. at [...]

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Officials investigate suspicious Sacramento U-Haul fire

January 31, 2010

SACRAMENTO, CA – Officials were investigating a suspicious fire at a local U-Haul business that burned six trucks early Sunday morning. Sacramento fire department spokesman Capt. Jim Doucette said the blaze was spotted around midnight in the lot at 1650 El Camino Avenue. Witnesses told firefighters at least one person was seen fleeing the scene [...]

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Man killed in fire at Sacramento fourplex on Carro Drive

January 31, 2010

A man died Saturday evening when his upstairs apartment caught fire on Carro Drive in unincorporated Sacramento County, a firefighter spokesman said. Neighbors said they heard the man yelling for help, but attempts to save him were unsuccessful. Firefighters suspect there were no working fire detectors in the “severely damaged” apartment in the 900 block [...]

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North Hollywood Man Critically Injured In Fire

January 30, 2010

A North Hollywood man critically injured in a fire was “fighting for his life” Saturday, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said. Firefighters arrived to find a single-family home “well involved” in flames at 6548 Fulcher Ave.at 11:51 p.m. Friday, said LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey. Authorities said the first engine company on scene scoured the [...]

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San Jose firefighters extinguish 1-alarm house fire

January 30, 2010

San Jose firefighters extinguished a one-alarm blaze less than 15 minutes after it was reported at a home in the western part of the city this morning, a fire captain said. The fire was reported in the attic of a single-story home on Elmgrove Lane at about 11:30 a.m., fire Capt. Scott Kouns said. Firefighters [...]

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Bullhead City Fire

January 29, 2010

On Thursday, January 28, 2009, at 21:52, three engine companies of Bullhead City Firefighters and two rescue ambulances responded to a reported house fire at 1918 Artesia Drive under the command of Battalion Chief Greg Raymond. This residence was an older double-wide mobile home with an add-on work shop and a wood ramada covering the [...]

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County fire team returns from Haiti

January 29, 2010

Los Angeles County firefighters that helped rescue earthquake victims in Haiti returned today, officials said. A 72-member Urban Search and Rescue team spent 14 days in Haiti helping U.S. federal rescue efforts, the fire department said in a statement today. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Caribbean country on Jan. 12, killing as many as 170,000 [...]

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Maywood family claims dog rescued by firefighters from swollen L.A. River

January 29, 2010

A family friend tells animal control authorities that the German shepherd mix nicknamed Vernon is actually named Spikey and apparently got loose from elderly woman’s backyard. Turns out Vernon is actually Spikey. The German shepherd mix rescued by firefighters last week from a swelling Los Angeles River has been claimed, animal control authorities said Thursday. [...]

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Injured firefighters continue to improve

January 28, 2010

Modesto firefighters James “Jim” Adams and Jason Clevenger both continue to recover from injuries and burns after a New Year’s Day house fire in Modesto. Adams, 46, who suffered burns over more than 40 percent of his body, is a 1981 graduate of Patterson High School. He is the son of former Patterson residents Wes [...]

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