May 2011

Firefighter falls from roof, breaks ribs

May 22, 2011

Los Angeles firefighter was taken to the hospital Saturday after falling off a roof and fracturing his ribs, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said. The firefighter was one of 39 who were battling a blaze around midnight at a single-family house in the 8100 block of Mariposa Avenue, in South Los Angeles’ Vermont Knolls [...]

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Three burn victims in critical condition from Livermore apartment explosion

May 22, 2011

A loud explosion and a subsequent fire inside a Livermore apartment seriously injured three people Saturday night, said police and firefighters, who are calling the blaze suspicious. “They have extremely graphic and extremely serious burns,” police Lt. Mike Peretti said. All three victims — one woman and two men in their 20s — are listed [...]

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Firefighters Speaking Out Over Fresno Budget Proposal

May 21, 2011
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Shaela Warkentin Reunites with Firefighters who Saved Her

May 21, 2011
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A House Fire Kills 7 Pets

May 20, 2011
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Two left homeless after fire destroys home

May 20, 2011

Fire destroyed a Sun City Palm Desert home Thursday morning, leaving a man and woman homeless, according to Cal Fire. Crews were called to the single-story house near Elenbrook Court and Moorbrook Road at 8:28 a.m. and had the fire knocked down an hour later, according to Cal Fire, which staffs the county fire department.

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Fire destroys home

May 19, 2011

A serious assault with garden hoses on an explosive garage fire by a home owner and his neighbor in a bid to save a residence in the 700 block of Canterbury Way failed despite the courage the two men demonstrated just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

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Fire engulfs home

May 19, 2011

Ridgecrest, Calif. — At approximately 4:34 P.M. the Kern County Fire Department, received a call for a structure fire at 732 W. Church St. in Ridgecrest. Approximately 16 firefighters responded to the incident including 4 Fire Engines, 2 Fire Investigators, 1 Battalion Chief , an Engine and Chief Officer from the Naval Air Warfare Center, [...]

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Firefighters pull 9 animals from burning LA home

May 19, 2011

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles firefighters have retrieved nine animals from a home that caught fire in the Hollywood Hills. Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey says firefighters removed four dogs and five cats from the burning home on North Laurel Canyon Boulevard Wednesday night. Humphrey says no people were hurt, but two dogs and three cats died [...]

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Firefighters train with foam

May 17, 2011

The Yuba City Fire Department will stage a training scenario using fire-fighting retardant foam on Thursday and Friday, May 19 and 20, at a wastewater treatment plant off Burns Drive near Garden Highway. A local towing company provided a tanker truck and passenger vehicle for a simulated collision and resulting fire. The scenario will involve [...]

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