March 2011

Family homeless after fire

March 27, 2011

A multi-alarm early Saturday evening all but destroyed a house on Park Tree Lane in El Verano. The fire, at 18771 Park Tree Lane, was reported at about 6:15 p.m. and was quickly upgraded to multiple alarms. In addition to multiple crews from Sonoma Valley Fire and Rescue, crews from Schell-Vista, Glen Ellen and Kenwood [...]

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Redlands police, firefighters serve at benefit

March 27, 2011

Diners at Martha Green’s Eating Room were served by police officers and firefighters Saturday night. They and police and fire explorers volunteered at the sixth annual Lights and Sirens fundraiser, which benefits Redlands Baseball for Youth’s Xtreme Team. The program gives youth who have mental or physical disabilities the chance to play organized baseball.

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Victim from Chula Vista mobile home fire ID’d

March 27, 2011

A woman whose body was discovered after a fire swept through her mobile home on March 21 was identified by authorities Saturday as Neva Merrel, 84. Her name was released by the county Medical Examiner’s Office, which said Merrel died of natural causes, including heart disease, and not from the flames.

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Fire at Anaheim apartment under control

March 26, 2011

Firefighters got a fire in a vacant apartment near downtown quickly under control Friday morning. A supervisor for Metro Net dispatching service said the call of a fire in an apartment building in the 500 block of East Broadway was reported at 7:41 a.m.

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Firefighters battle fire in mobile home park

March 26, 2011

The fire was reported at 12:54 p.m., and firefighters were working to contain the blaze, said Melody Hendrickson of Cal Fire. No evacuations were ordered and no structures were threatened at the mobile home park, which is in the 87-800 block of Avenue 52, near the Fillmore Street intersection. The cause of the blaze was [...]

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Neighbor Helps Family Escape House Fire

March 26, 2011

Fresno Firefighters said a neighbor is to credit for helping a family escape a house fire late Thursday night. Fire crews were called to a home near Ivy and Church in southwest Fresno shortly before 11:00. Firefighters said the fire started in a carport and then spread to the attic of the home. No one [...]

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3 escape flames in Torrance home

March 25, 2011

A man, a woman and a young boy escaped uninjured Thursday from a Torrance house that was badly damaged in a fire. The two-story home in the 25000 block of Amber Leaf Road in the Country Hills neighborhood was almost completely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived about 4:20 a.m., said Capt. Steve Deuel of [...]

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Fire extinguished at house that just sold

March 25, 2011

YORBA LINDA – Firefighters have extinguished a fire spotted on the roof of a two-story home. The Orange County Fire Authority was called at 10:16 a.m. Thursday morning to the 18000 block of Homestead Avenue after receiving reports of smoke coming from a home, said Capt. Greg McKeown.

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Fire that destroyed vacant house called suspicious

March 25, 2011

The Santa Clara County Fire Department is investigating a suspicious blaze that destroyed a three-story home last week in Los Gatos. The two-alarm fire, reported on March 17 at 10:55 p.m., engulfed a three-story home sitting on a hilltop at 16860 South Quarry Road, according to investigator Jeremy Davis. The house was unoccupied at the [...]

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Damage estimate at $40,000 after mobile home in Menifee is destroyed

March 24, 2011

Four people were displaced after fire destroyed a mobile home in the Menifee area, according to a website posting from Calfire. The fire in the residence at 27670 Tyler Avenue was reported at 9:11 a.m., according to Calfire. The cause of the fire has not been determined and the loss is estimated at $40,000, Calfire [...]

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