November 2010

Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in Monterey deaths

November 25, 2010

The Monterey Fire Department said county residents need to check their heaters during the winter months after two people were found dead Monday because of carbon monoxide poisoning. The cause remains under investigation but is believed to be accidental, firefighters said. According to the Monterey County coroner, a wall-mounted gas heater appears to have played [...]

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Fire leaves Redding family homeless

November 25, 2010

A Redding family is homeless after a fire destroyed their home — and their day care business — late Tuesday night. Hot cigarette ash discarded into an outside trash can is being blamed for the fire that caused about $210,000 in damage, investigators said Wednesday. Redding firefighters responded around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday to Third Street [...]

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Retired teacher dies in northwest Fresno condo fire

November 24, 2010
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Discarded cigarette ash caused house fire in Redding

November 24, 2010

Discarded cigarette ash into a trash can is being blamed for a house fire late Tuesday night that caused about $210,000 in damage, investigators said this morning. Redding firefighters responded around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday on Third Street off Bechelli Lane. Power lines were also down, and an ambulance was sent to the scene to help [...]

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Vallejo firefighters collect for Marines’ ‘Toys for Tots’ campaign

November 24, 2010

The Vallejo Fire Department is sponsoring the United States Marine Corps Reserve toy drive. The toys collected will go toward the Marine Corps’ “Toys For Tots” drive in Vallejo. New and unwrapped toys can be dropped off from now until Christmas Eve from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at any Vallejo fire station; Patterson Chiropractic, [...]

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Visalia firefighters battle fully engulfed house fire

November 23, 2010

Visalia firefighters battled an early morning house fire that began just before 6 a.m. today on the 900 block of West Hemlock Avenue. Its a total loss, said Battalion Chief Doyle Sewell. The house in the Stonebrook neighborhood just north of Caldwell Avenue and east of Mooney Blvd. was 50 percent well involved around the [...]

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Firefighters collecting donations for those in need

November 23, 2010

Second Harvest Food bank is a non-profit agency that assists Orange County residents throughout the year. OCFA officials are partnering with KTLA Channel 5 for the drive. Officials are asking the public to donate nonperishable foods at the station, which will then be distributed by the nonprofit. Donations will be accepted Tuesday from 5 a.m. [...]

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Sacramento 2-alarm fire destroys home; 2 firefighters injured

November 22, 2010

SACRAMENTO, CA – A family of four has been displaced after a 2-alarm fire ripped through their home Sunday evening, injuring two firefighters, according to officials. Sacramento City fire spokesman Capt. Jonathan Burgess said the fire broke out around 5 p.m. at the residence on the 4000 block of 39th Avenue. The blaze destroyed the [...]

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Pastor preaches thankfulness despite fire at Oxnard church

November 22, 2010

On the Sunday that a fire caused about $200,000 worth of damage to his church, the Rev. Dave Horning of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Oxnard gave a sermon about being thankful. “Most of the pews are gone — destroyed,” he told his flock, who gathered in an undamaged fellowship hall Sunday afternoon. “There [...]

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San Bernardino City Professional Firefighters Local 891 provide Thanksgiving meals for the needy

November 21, 2010

About 30 firefighters, gathered at Mary’s Mercy Center in San Bernardino on Wednesday morning to unload a truck full of donations for the nonprofit organization that serves the poor. Firefighter Paramedic Steve Brown, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino City Professional Firefighters Local 891, said this is the fifth year the union has made the [...]

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