January 2011

Man stopped after trying to enter fire

January 23, 2011

Police had to restrain a man trying to re-enter his burning apartment after an explosion rocked a College Glen apartment complex Saturday, Sacramento Fire Department officials reported. The Fire Department received multiple calls of an explosion at the Stanford Garden Apartments on Notre Dame Drive. Crews from Sacramento Fire and Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District arrived [...]

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Two-alarm Gaslamp restaurant fire started in kitchen flue

January 22, 2011

A two-alarm fire at the Star of India restaurant in the Gaslamp District Friday night started in a flue under a kitchen hood, officials said. A fire investigator said that grease and debris in the flue apparently ignited, said Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The fire prompted the evacuation of all [...]

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Fire Takes Out Four-Unit Building on West El Portal

January 22, 2011

A swift-moving, two-alarm blaze at 242 West El Portal ravaged the four-unit building and threatened nearby structures before firefighters stamped it out. No one was injured in the fire that broke out shortly after 1 p.m., but residents home at the time were forced to rush from the building with the barest of belongings. Seven [...]

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Injured firefighter burns hands

January 22, 2011

A firefighter who was injured in a carport blaze is expected to return to work next week, Fire Department officials said Friday. The firefighter suffered second-degree burns on his hands Thursday when he grabbed a metal post on a chain link fence to get into Costa Mesa’s Corp. Yard, 2310 Placentia Ave., said Battalion Chief [...]

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Firefighters contain apartment blaze in San Clemente

January 21, 2011

SAN CLEMENTE – Firefighters have brought under control a blaze in a three-level, four-unit San Clemente apartment complex early Friday afternoon, authorities said. About 40 firefighters responded to the fire at 242 West El Portal about 1 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown said. Two buildings were evacuated, but no injuries were reported. [...]

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1 dead, 2 injured in storage tank accident

January 21, 2011

One of three people who were cleaning a medical storage tank Friday morning in Atwater Village has died and the other two were in critical condition after being overcome by fumes, a fire department spokesman said. The area around 4501 W. Colorado Blvd. was blocked off shortly before 4 a.m. as firefighters rescued the three [...]

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Firefighter pension change could save $60 million

January 21, 2011

A proposal to create a two-tiered pension system for Riverside firefighters is expected to save the city at least $60 million over 20 years and set the tone for discussions with other city employee groups, officials said Thursday. The City Council will vote Tuesday on the three-year agreement, which guarantees current staffing levels at fire [...]

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New Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Chief Sworn In

January 21, 2011

During this morning’s Las Vegas City Council meeting, Mike Myers was officially sworn in as the new chief of the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department. Mayor Oscar B. Goodman also pinned on his badge, while family and friends looked on. Myers replaces Chief Greg Gammon, who retired from the department earlier this month. As [...]

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25 firefighters contain commercial blaze

January 20, 2011

About 25 firefighters contained a blaze at a commercial center Wednesday night, authorities said. The fire occurred at about 7:31 p.m. at 17641 Crabb Lane, according to Jeff Lopez, deputy fire marshal with the Huntington Beach Fire Department. Firefighters found smoke coming from the roof and a blaze in one suite of the commercial center, [...]

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Bullet From Shooting Pierces Fire Station Window

January 20, 2011

A stray bullet from the fatal shooting of an ice cream vendor broke a window at the Chualar Fire Station, authorities said Thursday. Firefighters who went to the fatal shooting returned to the station and found that a bullet went through a window and ricocheted off a fire-training trailer into a trash can. The shooting [...]

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