March 2011

Storm causes millions in damage; rescue of 6 people

March 24, 2011

Duke’s Malibu and Cosentino’s flower shop are flooded with water and mud. The damage is estimated to be in the millions. The heavy storm that hit the Southland Sunday brought torrents of rain and flash flooding, causing the closure of Pacific Coast Highway at several locations and the rescue of six people in Topanga Canyon, [...]

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Firefighters search for elderly woman in house ablaze

March 24, 2011

Fire and police units arrived Tuesday to heavy, hot smoke covering the ground floor of the tri-level Manhattan Beach home of an elderly woman officials feared might have been inside. The blaze started around noon at the house, located in the 200 block of Dianthus Street, officials said. Firefighters forced open the front door and [...]

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Moorpark fire damages second-floor bedroom

March 23, 2011

Fire damaged a master bedroom on the second floor of a home Tuesday night in the Peach Hill neighborhood in Moorpark. The fire, which was reported at 8:08 p.m. along the 11300 block of Rosecreek Drive, was largely confined to the bedroom. The owner of the 4,000-square-foot house was not home when firefighters arrived on [...]

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Firefighters Simulate Mass Casualty Training in Palm Desert

March 23, 2011

It was quite the scene in Palm Desert Tuesday, as dozens of firefighters rushed in and out of a burning building. However– this was all a drill. The Riverside County Fire Department says they were conducting training exercises in both Palm Desert and Riverside throughout the day, in MCI– or mass casualty incident training.

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Fairfield man injured in apartment fire

March 23, 2011

A Fairfield man was taken to the hospital by air ambulance after a Monday morning blaze in a Fairfield apartment complex that left several residents displaced. The fire started at about 8:34 a.m. in a single story, four-unit apartment complex, located in the 200 block of Pacific Avenue, according to Jerry Clark, assistant fire marshal [...]

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No Quick Fix For Scott’s Valley Rockslide

March 23, 2011

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Gas line ruptures on Knight Way

March 23, 2011

Firefighters from L.A. County Fire Station 82 closed off a segment of Knight Way at about 2 p.m. Tuesday after landscapers fractured an underground gas main in front of a home on the northwest corner of Knight and Paulette Place. The swoosh of gas rushing from the high-pressure main line could be heard several doors [...]

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Child rescued from burning home in Weed

March 23, 2011

Weed, Calif. — A little girl is safe after firefighters rescued her from a burning house in Weed on Sunday evening. Around 9:45 p.m., on March 20, the CAL FIRE Interagency Command Center received a 911 call for a fully involved single family dwelling on Wakefield Avenue in Weed, said Suzi Brady, CAL FIRE’s public [...]

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Fire damages Lincoln Park home

March 23, 2011

A fire damaged a Lincoln Park home Tuesday evening, but no one was injured, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher said. The fire was reported at 6:06 p.m. by a resident of the single-story home on Wyconda Way, near Euclid Avenue. Heavy smoke was coming from the rear of the home when firefighters arrived. The [...]

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Accidental fire destroys home garage

March 23, 2011

A weekend blaze that destroyed a Costa Mesa home’s garage was accidental, fire department investigators said. The Sunday night fire at a home in the 1800 block of Anaheim Avenue started on the outside of a detached garage in the backyard, but authorities aren’t sure how. Wind gusts were so strong and spread so fast [...]

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