May 2010

Firefighters battle 500-acre brush fire in Riverside County [Updated]

May 21, 2010

Firefighters were battling a 500-acre brush fire Thursday afternoon that was burning across parched hillsides in western Riverside County near Corona. No structures were immediately threatened, but officials were warning residents nearby to be ready in case they were ordered to evacuate, the Riverside County Fire Department said. [Updated 6:01 p.m.: The fire has grown [...]

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Fire sparked by bypassed power meter reveals large pot grow in Antioch

May 21, 2010

ANTIOCH — A small home fire earlier this week uncovered a large-scale indoor marijuana grow illegally powered by a rigged electrical meter, police said. The fire, reported about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 5300 block of Rockrose Way, was caused by illegal wiring, which allowed the home to consume large amounts of power without amassing [...]

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Man who stabbed LA firefighter remains at large

May 20, 2010

A man who stabbed a Los Angeles firefighter was at large today. The stabbing occurred while Charles Anthony MacDougall was trying to help someone in the Cecil Hotel at 640 S. Main St. about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. It was unclear what could have motivated the attack. Apparently, firefighters were flagged down by someone [...]

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Firefighters pull man with clothes on fire from burning home

May 20, 2010

Firefighters who arrived at a burning house this afternoon saw a horrifying sight as they got ready to enter, a man standing in the entryway with his clothes on fire. Two firefighters pulled the man from the house on Tampa Way, rolled him on the grass and began administering medical treatment, according to Capt. Chuck [...]

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Firefighter stabbed while treating patient

May 19, 2010

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A city firefighter was stabbed Tuesday morning while treating a patient in downtown Los Angeles, prompting an intensive police search for the suspect. L.A. City Fire responded to a medical aid call at the Cecil Hotel at 636 S. Main Street at about 10:50 a.m. While treating the patient, an assailant [...]

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Crews contain fire at Indio apartment complex

May 19, 2010

An early-morning fire at an Indio apartment complex that displaced seven people was caused by an air conditioning unit, Cal Fire reported. Riverside County firefighters were called to the Plaza del Sol Apartments, 46-299 Arabia Street, at 5:36 a.m., Cal Fire Capt. Will Bryant said. The fire, in a single-story fourplex, was contained at 5:49 [...]

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Police Find About 700 Pot Plants in Two Unrelated Incidents

May 18, 2010

OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) — Oakland Police found hundreds of marijuana plants in two apparently unrelated incidents this morning, including a fire at what turned out to be a growhouse, and the shooting of a grower. Sergeant Jeff Thomason says that a 911 call came in after 3 am from a person who’d been beaten and [...]

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Former Forest Service officials want a wider probe of the Station fire

May 18, 2010

A group of former U.S. Forest Service officials is calling for a new and independent investigation into the agency’s handling of last year’s devastating Station fire, with many contending that an internal inquiry completed in November ignored critical missteps. That probe by the Forest Service’s Washington, D.C., headquarters found no tactical errors in the initial [...]

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Man hit by train in Northwest Fresno

May 17, 2010

Source: abc

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Two People Hospitalized After Fresno Apartment Fire

May 17, 2010

The two people who sustained smoke and burn injuries had no idea their apartment was on fire. Lucky for them, some alert neighbors banged on their door and windows and told them to get out. Investigators are not sure what caused the fire at Angus and Weldon Avenues. However, they say working smoke detectors were [...]

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