August 2010

Vehicle Fire Under Investigation LVFD

August 25, 2010

One engine responded to a report of a vehicle on fire in a driveway. When unit arrived on scene, truck was fully involved with fire touching the house at the garage, additional unit was requested. When second engine arrived on scene, loud banging/popping noises could be heard coming from inside the garage. This is commonly [...]

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3 killed when runaway truck crashes into Santa Barbara home

August 25, 2010

Reporting from Santa Barbara — In a couple of hours, the boy named Jasiel would have started the second day of second grade and his parents would have gone off to the multiple jobs they worked just to get by. But with a terrible noise and a choking plume of smoke, their Santa Barbara house [...]

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500 firefighters battling Kern County brush fire

August 25, 2010

About 500 firefighters had arrived in Kern County on Tuesday night to battle a brush fire that had burned about 1,300 acres near Lebec and Frazier Park. Fire crews were working to cut lines around the fire’s perimeter and douse hot spots as cooler nighttime temperatures helped slow the flames’ spread, fire officials said. The [...]

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Firefighters contain San Jose fire

August 25, 2010

San Jose firefighters have controlled a two-alarm fire that burned in the backyard of a home this afternoon, a fire captain said. Flames were reported in a single-story house at 4896 Moorpark Ave. at about 2:50 p.m., fire Capt. Chuck Rangel said. The fire primarily burned in the rear portion of the house, causing damage [...]

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Firefighters battle two California wildfires

August 24, 2010
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Firefighters get a handle on three fires Monday

August 24, 2010

Two brush fires that began over the weekend in rural terrain were contained Monday, while another blaze that briefly threatened homes in the Encanto area on Monday was quickly extinguished by San Diego firefighters. The fire that began Saturday near El Monte County Park in Lakeside was contained by 6 p.m. Monday, said Kate Kramer, [...]

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Burbank fire department seeks new recruits

August 24, 2010

Burbank fire officials expect up to 2,000 applicants to attend an orientation for the next academy as the department gears up to hire eight to 10 recruits. The recruiting period for the latest fire academy ends on Friday, the first time Burbank has participated in a tri-city session with Glendale and Pasadena since 2008. The [...]

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Firefighters get quick handle on small brush fire in Monrovia Canyon

August 24, 2010

MONROVIA – Firefighters Monday quickly contained a two-acre brush fire at the entrance of Monrovia Canyon, officials said. No injuries were reported, and no structures were damaged in the 1:15p.m. blaze in the 1200 block of North Canyon Boulevard. The fire, which broke out near the entrance to Monrovia Canyon Park, burned between two and [...]

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Fire destroys San Jose condominiums, displaces 20 people

August 23, 2010

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Street Race Caused Fatal Peninsula Crash, One Car Was Stolen

August 23, 2010

A statement from the Long Beach Police Department has confirmed details that were earlier reported by the Los Angeles Times, mainly that all six people involved in the accident were Long Beach residents, that the green Ford Taurus pictured here was stolen, and that the two 17-year old occupants of the Taurus were uninjured, fled [...]

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