June 2010

2 Year Old Child Dies in Victorville House Fire

June 20, 2010

Victorville • A 2-year-old child died in a structure fire Saturday afternoon in Victorville, according to initial reports. Fire officials responded to reports of a fire at 4:51 p.m. in the 16600 block of Victor Street in Victorville. Fire departments from Victorville, Hesperia and Apple Valley all sent crews to the blaze. While en route, [...]

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San Jose Macy’s evacuated due to fire

June 20, 2010

The Macy’s department store at the Westfield Oakridge mall was temporarily evacuated this afternoon after a two-alarm fire in the store’s electrical room, a San Jose fire department spokesman said. Firefighters arrived at the scene at about 2:50 p.m. soon after an alarm went off at the Macy’s store at 925 Blossom Hill Road, fire [...]

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Firefighters extinguish wildfire in Altamont area

June 20, 2010

Firefighters from several agencies contained a grass fire near Altamont Pass on Friday that quickly spread and burned about 425 acres. The fire was reported about 4:30 p.m., a Cal Fire dispatcher said. It was located south of the Bethany Reservoir and north of Interstate 580 and Grant Line Road Fire departments from San Joaquin [...]

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Firefighters’ worst nightmare

June 19, 2010

The late rains combined with unkempt foreclosed properties could make this a Fourth of July that some Manteca residents may never forget. Manteca is dotted with dozens of yards where weeds are three feet and taller, thick, and dry. There are countless other yards with dried grass and spattering of weeds and dead trees. Almost [...]

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Santa Rosa apartment building burns

June 19, 2010

A toddler screamed at her family’s Santa Rosa apartment early Friday morning and her mother entered the child’s room to see fire. Quickly, Amanda Lee’s downstairs unit at the Green Tree Apartments on Yulupa Avenue was ablaze. Lee escaped with her son, who’s 3, and the 16-month-old daughter who’d apparently noticed flames coming from an [...]

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Big-rig crash in South L.A. delays Metro Blue Line

June 19, 2010

The Metro Blue Line tracks in South Los Angeles were temporarily blocked Friday morning while firefighters rescued a woman trapped in a car that collided with a big rig. Her condition was unknown. The accident occurred about 7 a.m. at 48th Place and Long Beach Avenue, said Shawn Lenske of the Los Angeles Fire Department. [...]

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Inside the Command Post – Episode #21 – SBFD

June 18, 2010

A look at the SBFD with a working structure at a good sized balloon-framed single family dwelling. Vertical Ventilation being coordinated with Fire Attack.  

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Firefighters scorch Terra Linda hillside in controlled burn

June 18, 2010

About 40 firefighters scorched a Terra Linda hillside Thursday morning as part of a controlled burn aimed at containing an invasive weed. The burn began at 9 a.m. and lasted until about 10:30 a.m., singeing approximately nine acres of barbed goatgrass on the Terra Linda/Sleepy Hollow Preserve at the end of Montecillo Road, said Mischon [...]

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Fire contained near Highway 4 bypass in Antioch

June 18, 2010

ANTIOCH — Firefighters on Thursday contained a small brush fire in the center median near the Highway 4 Bypass Road that briefly closed the road to traffic, according to the Contra Costa Fire District. The single alarm half-acre fire ignited about 1:45 p.m. between lanes east of Hillcrest Avenue, dispatchers said. Antioch police and the [...]

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Three-Alarm Fire In Tenderloin Leaves 130 Homeless

June 18, 2010

A three-alarm fire tore through the upper floors of a Tenderloin District halfway house in San Francisco Thursday evening, doing enough damage to displace some 130 residents before firefighters were able to bring blaze under control, according to officials. Fire personnel said that the fire at an apartment building located at 111 Taylor Street near [...]

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