December 2011

Small gas fire prompts restaurant’s closure, manager hopes to reopen Friday

December 15, 2011

San Vicente Golf Resort’s restaurant, The Oaks Grille, has been closed this week after a man was burned from a small propane gas explosion while installing new grease fryers on Monday morning. San Diego Country Estates General Manager Mario Trejo said he hopes to have the restaurant open by Friday, Dec. 16. According to Trejo, [...]

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PETA Honoring RivCo Firefighters Who Saved Kitten From Pipe

December 15, 2011

A Riverside County fire engine crew will receive a box of chocolates and a plaque from an animal rights group as thanks for their successful rescue of a trapped kitty, it was announced Wednesday. According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), firefighters from county fire station No. 16 in Jurupa Valley deserve [...]

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Camarillo man uses his noodle to thank firefighters

December 14, 2011

Michael Ruggiero learned to cook after his grandmother went blind. “I learned then, and my dad sort of put his hand in at teaching me, and then I finished with Marcello’s,” Ruggiero said.

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Three firefighters hurt in blaze at home

December 14, 2011

NEWPORT BEACH – Three firefighters were injured on Monday night while fighting a blaze at a Newport Beach home, authorities said. Crews responded to a fire at a home on Rue Deauville about 7:35 p.m., according to MetroNet, a fire dispatch service.

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House Explodes in Del Aire, Meth Lab Suspected

December 13, 2011

DEL AIRE (KTLA) — Officials are investigating a house fire in the Del Aire community that may have been caused by a meth lab. L.A. County firefighters received a report of a house fire in the 5300 block of 126th Street shortly after 7 a.m. Monday.

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Fatal Fire in Santa Maria Leaves One Woman Injured and One Man Dead

December 13, 2011

A structure fire in Santa Maria has injured a woman and killed a man, both residents of a home on Dominion Road. The fire occurred on December 6 at three in the morning. Upon arrival to the scene, the residence was approximately 50% involved in fire. Two civilians were in the residence at the time [...]

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Mission Fire Causes $1.4 Million In Damage

December 13, 2011

A three-alarm fire caused more than $1.4 million in damage to two residential buildings near San Francisco General Hospital on Saturday night, a fire department spokeswoman said today. The blaze was reported at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday at 1368 Utah St., a block and a half south of the hospital, and spread to an adjacent [...]

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Apartment Fire Displaces Residents

December 12, 2011
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SF firefighters battle 2 separate fires Saturday

December 12, 2011

It was a busy night for San Francisco firefighters who battled two separate fires Saturday. In the first blaze, fire cews were called out to a San Francisco Housing Authority apartment building in the city’s Tenderloin District when a fire broke out on the fifth floor of the building around 5:20 p.m.

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Firefighters Use Jaws of Life to Rescue Kitten Stuck in Drain Pipe

December 11, 2011

MIRA LOMA (KTLA) — A 2-month-old kitten is safe and warm after wedging himself in a drainage pipe. The kitten was found by a good Samaritan Saturday afternoon near his auto repair shop in Mira Loma, according to Riverside County Animal Services spokesman John Welsh.

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