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Woman Dies In Christmas Season Fire

December 17, 2008

Los Angeles – On Monday, December 15, 2008 at 5:04 AM, 7 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 5 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Arson Unit, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 3 EMS Battalion Captains, 2 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, all under the direction of Battalion Chief Leonard Thompson responded [...]

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Guitar speaker blows, fire damages music store

December 15, 2008

A fire in a guitar practice room at an Arden Way musical instrument store Saturday morning caused an estimated $25,000 in damage to the building and an unspecified amount to contents. Most of the loss was due to water damage from overhead sprinklers, said Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Capt. Christian Pebbles. Firefighters called to the 5:30 [...]

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BullHead City Firefighters Battle mid-night House Fire

December 12, 2008

Bullhead City, AZ – On Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 00:49, three engine companies of Bullhead City Firefighters and two rescue ambulances responded to a reported house fire at 2105 Del Rey Drive under the command of Battalion Chief Greg Raymond. Arriving firefighters found a mobile home fully involved in flame. Several hose lines were [...]

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Apartment Fire leaves 25 people homeless

December 11, 2008

WATSONVILLE — More than two dozen people lost their home when a fire raged through a Union Street triplex early Tuesday morning. Maria Mendoza, who lived in one of two apartments on the second floor, said she heard popping sounds outside a little before midnight Monday and looked out the window to find flames lapping [...]

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Sacramento weighs letting Battalion Chiefs in Union

December 9, 2008

Already armed with increased political clout, the city’s firefighters union may be getting bigger. The question to be decided is: How much will it cost the city? In January, when the Sacramento City Council gets back from its month-long recess, it is scheduled to review a resolution allowing the Fire Department’s 15 battalion chiefs to [...]

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‘Panic, terror’ in six alarm Corte Madera blaze

December 7, 2008

Richardson Vilefort, a 29-year-old carpenter, was half asleep in his Corte Madera apartment just after 1 a.m. on Saturday when, he says, he heard sounds of “terror and panic.” “All of a sudden there was all this commotion in the hallway and when I went out to see what was going on, I saw flames [...]

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Man found dead in San Rafael house after explosion, fire

December 2, 2008

A man was found dead inside a San Rafael residence Tuesday after the building was ravaged by an explosion and a two-alarm fire, authorities said. The fire was reported shortly before 4 p.m. at 812 A St., a detached home between Second and Third streets. A passing police officer heard an explosion before looking back [...]

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Two People Die in California House Fire

December 2, 2008

Two people died when a wood-frame house in an older Hanford neighborhood was gutted by fire Sunday morning. The victims were not identified, and fire investigators were picking through the rubble in search of a cause Sunday afternoon. Neighbors said one of the occupants had moved into the home at 117 West Cameron St. about [...]

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Early-morning fire destroys San Anselmo home

November 28, 2008

An early-morning blaze gutted a San Anselmo home Friday.Fire officials said a couple who were renting the single-story unit at 404 San Francisco Blvd. escaped without injury to report the fire at 3:41 a.m., but their dog died. Firefighters from Marin County Fire, Ross Valley and Kentfield fire departments had the blaze contained by 4:16 [...]

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Two Fires force 24 residents from homes

November 27, 2008

Two separate fires displaced 24 Ventura County residents the day before Thanksgiving, authorities said. A garage fire in Oxnard displaced 20 people who lived in the attached home and sent eight of them to the hospital early Wednesday. An hour later, a fire in a Simi Valley home displaced a family of four, sent three [...]

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