August 2010

NorCal 3-year-old girl comes to dad’s rescue

August 23, 2010

Crews mop up after 2 Southern California fires

August 23, 2010

SAN DIEGO—Firefighters are mopping up a pair of Southern California blazes that started over the weekend. A 1,047-acre fire in Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County was 74 percent contained Monday, with total containment expected around 6 p.m. In the Los Padres National Forest, north of San Luis Obispo, a 1,263-acre fire was 78 [...]

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Brush fire near Big Pine fully contained

August 22, 2010

VALYERMO • A brush fire in the Angeles National Forest that forced evacuations in the area was 100 percent contained by 11 p.m. Friday, according to reports. The fire, dubbed the Largo Vista Fire, had burned roughly 120 acres, according to San Bernardino County Fire officials. The smoke could be seen west of the Victor [...]

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Coming full circle: Adventurous life leads firefighter back home

August 22, 2010

Newly installed North San Juan Fire Capt. Rainy Blue Cloud knows firsthand the terror of being nearly engulfed in flames. In 2008, while with a team of firefighters dispatched from Rough and Ready to help stop the monstrous Sesnon wildfire in Los Angeles County, Blue Cloud and her comrades found themselves surrounded. As their captain [...]

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Firefighters gaining on San Diego County wildfire

August 22, 2010

Firefighters were gaining control Saturday of a wildfire that ignited in rural central San Diego County, charring 3,000 acres of dry brush and forcing the evacuation of visitors to nearby county parks. The fire, which began about 1 p.m. on the edge of Cleveland National Forest 10 miles east of Lakeside, was about 10% contained [...]

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Firefighters free trapped dog

August 22, 2010

Redlands Firefighters broke apart a concrete wall Thursday evening to free a dog whose head was trapped between bricks. When firefighters arrived on scene at the 600 block of Monterey Street, they found the dog’s head stuck in a lattice-style concrete wall, according to Battalion Chief Jim Topoleski. Preston the Dalmatian had been stuck for [...]

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Three Firefighters Hurt in Urban Fire

August 21, 2010

Three Los Angeles County firefighters suffered minor injuries Friday afternoon in a commercial strip mall fire in Willowbrook. The fire alarmed went off at 4:56 p.m. as flames erupted from the two-story structure. The fire was knocked down by 5:49 p.m. Fire scanner traffic noted smoke and fire was visible throughout a large portion of [...]

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400 Acre Fire Came Close To Roseville Homes

August 21, 2010

PLACER COUNTY – Firefighters literally had to stand their ground Friday afternoon to save a portion of a Roseville community. “The flames were licking the fence..just licking the fence,” commented Marcia McCormack..a grandmother who was watching her three year old grandson as the wind-whipped grass fire came charging to the fence line of her daughters [...]

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Wildomar Fire Grows to 25 Acres, Fully Contained

August 21, 2010

A fire that blackened 25 acres of chaparral-carpeted slopes near the Cleveland National Forest above Wildomar was fully contained Friday. The blaze was reported just before 8 p.m. Thursday near 21384 Coral Rock Lane, said Cheri Patterson of the Riverside County Fire Department. Four structures near Wildomar were threatened Thursday night, but firefighters were able [...]

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Firefighters respond to Rocklin house fire

August 20, 2010

Rocklin Firefighters are still investigating the cause of a house fire that occurred approximately 1:13 p.m. Wednesday on Slate Court in Rocklin. According to Rocklin Fire Battalion Chief Tim Palmer, the fire is believed to have started in an outdoor shed. The fire extended to the two bordering houses, as well as a house across [...]

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