January 2010

Woman injured in Livingston house fire

January 26, 2010

LIVINGSTON — An elderly woman was injured when a home in the the 1000 block of Livingston-Cressy Road burned late Sunday. Firefighters responded to the scene at about 10 p.m. to find the home fully engulfed in flames. The woman suffered second-degree burns to her face and was taken to a hospital, according to Capt. [...]

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Students Learn The Ropes

January 25, 2010

January 24, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — On January19th, the Tom Owen Training Facility, in cooperation with Miramar College, kicked off the 20th Heartland Fire Academy Heartland has a long academy tradition dating back to the the mid-1970′s. Originally coordinated as part of the Joint Powers Authority, the Heartland Training Academy served as the [...]

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Fire heavily damages south Bakersfield storage facility

January 25, 2010

A fire early Monday heavily damaged a storage facility in south Bakersfield. A palm tree first caught fire around 3 a.m. at the A-American Self Storage facility in the 700 block of Weedpatch Hwy. The flames spread to the building, heavily damaging eight storage units. Approximately 25 Kern County firefighters responded, assisted by firefighters from [...]

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Firefighters save Angwin home from being destroyed by fire

January 24, 2010

ANGWIN – Firefighters were able to save an Angwin home that caught on fire Saturday morning. The fire occurred at a residence in the 500 block of White Cottage Road in unincorporated Napa County, according to Napa County Fire Marshal and Cal Fire Battalion Chief Pete Muñoa. The home’s only resident observed smoke coming out [...]

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Boy, 2, dies when tree lands on family pickup

January 23, 2010

(01-23) 11:06 PST SAN JOSE — A 2-year-old boy was killed and his parents were injured Friday night when a two-ton tree toppled onto the family’s pickup truck just as they pulled up to a relative’s home in San Jose, the Fire Department said today. The parents were picking up another son at 9:20 p.m. [...]

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Controlled burns set for Miramar air station

January 23, 2010

MIRAMAR: Firefighters at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station will be conducting controlled-burn exercises tonight. Smoke and flames may be visible on the base from 6 to 10 p.m. The burn is part of the monthly training regimen for the aircraft rescue and firefighting unit. Kristina Davis Core city pensions can’t be cut, Goldsmith says SAN [...]

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Two-Alarm Blaze Consumes San Jose Duplex

January 23, 2010

Just after midnight on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 units of the San Jose Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire in one unit of an occupied single-story duplex.

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Worst of punishing Southland storms may be over

January 22, 2010

Heavy rain and snow continued to pound most of San Bernardino County on Thursday, toppling trees, flooding roads and sending huge mudslides through areas burned by this fall’s wildfires. Thursday’s storm was expected to be the strongest of a series of Pacific storm systems that swept across Southern California this week, but rain was expected [...]

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San Bernardino residents scramble to gather belonging, place to stay following $750,000 fire

January 22, 2010

SAN BERNARDINO – Residents rendered homeless after a four-alarm fire gutted an apartment complex braved the storm Friday to pick through their belongings, salvaging random items not ruined by heat, smoke and water. Connie Arellanes, 50, gathered with her family at the Dorjils Estates unit she shared with her 6-year-old grandson and recovered some clothes [...]

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Deadly Mobile Home Fire in Palm Springs

January 22, 2010

A mobile home at the Safari Mobile Home Park in Palm Springs was destroyed and an elderly woman was killed early Friday morning. Palm Springs Police called the fire department at around 1:30 a.m. Friday morning after seeing smoke in the sky. Firefighters arrived at the scene at around 1:40 a.m. Friday morning. The first [...]

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