September 2010

San Bruno residents do final search of homes

September 19, 2010

SAN BRUNO, CA (KGO) — Some San Bruno residents who lost nearly everything got one more chance Saturday to return and look through what’s left of their homes. A few families returned for one last chance to go search through the rubble and find anything they may have missed before. For the Gray family, it [...]

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Bug bombs send several people to the hospital

September 19, 2010

SAN DIEGO, Calf. (CBS 8) – Several people, including three firefighters, ended up in the hospital after three bug bombs were set off inside an apartment in Carmel Valley. The initial incident happened around noon Saturday in the 10,000 block of Carmel Country Road. One person in the apartment was overwhelmed by the bug bomb [...]

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San Jose firefighters douse three acre grass fire near Alum Rock Park

September 19, 2010

San Jose firefighters rushed to douse a three-acre grass fire today near Alum Rock Park tamping down the flames before they threatened any homes. The fire was reported at 2:56 p.m. at Whitman Way and Piedmont Road, which is just west of the park, said Capt. Debbie Ward. “A couple homes could have been threatened,” [...]

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Early Morning Fire at Fresno Auto Shop

September 18, 2010

The Alpha Auto and Air Conditioning Specialists on Belmont Avenue near First Street was heavily damaged by fire early Thursday morning. Fire crews were able to knock the flames down quickly but say about half of the business sustained heavy damage. The owner of the business, James Agazarian, arrived on the scene while fire crews [...]

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Sierra Nevada Wildfire: Firefighters Making Progress

September 18, 2010

Hundreds of people are returning to their mountain community homes in the southern Sierra Nevada, where a forest fire burned more than 8,100 acres — that’s nearly 13-square miles. Firefighters say they’ve got the fire 70 percent contained. Full containment is expected Sunday. The fire started last Sunday in the Lower Kern River Canyon, southwest [...]

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Argentine firefighters reconnect with locals

September 18, 2010

COSTA MESA – Firefighters gathered around a smashed car, cutting it apart with reciprocal saws and hydraulic rescue equipment, the blades inches from their hands. Later, they’d rappel down a tower. On a day when firefighter James M. Owen died after a training exercise, it was impossible not to notice the routine danger of the [...]

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Firefighters douse blaze near Monterey Park children’s courthouse

September 18, 2010

Firefighters made quick work of a small brush fire Friday that broke out behind the Los Angeles County Children’s Court in Monterey Park and near the Sheriff’s Department’s headquarter, authorities said. The 1:20 p.m. fire broke out near the rear of the court building, 201 Center Plaza Drive. It scorched an area of about 100 [...]

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Cal Fire’s Volunteer Firefighter Of The Year

September 17, 2010

Cal Fire Volunteer Firefighter Pat Hinds got five star delivery service to his award ceremony at the Tulare County Fair. But he didn’t get there by limo or fire truck, Hinds arrived in an ambulance. Hinds is a veteran volunteer firefighter on the road to recovery. Thursday firefighters gathered at the fairgrounds to congratulate Cal [...]

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Firefighters battle Whittier brushfire

September 17, 2010

Los Angeles County firefighters expect to contain a small brushfire in Whittier by late Thursday. The fire, burning in a hillside area near Colima Road and Mar Vista Street, was reported about 5 p.m. and had burned less than five acres, according to a spokesman for the Los County Fire Department. The blaze originally threatened [...]

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OCFA firefighter dies after training exercise

September 16, 2010

IRVINE A firefighter/paramedic died Thursday after collapsing during a routine training exercise at the Orange County Fire Authority drill grounds, the OCFA said. James M. Owen, a 30-year OCFA veteran, went into full cardiac arrest just before 11:30 a.m. at OCFA’s headquarters in Irvine. “They had broken for break, and he just collapsed,” OCFA Capt. [...]

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