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Major Emergency Structure Fire Injures Firefighter

January 31, 2012

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Riverside: Firefighters save woman from burning home

January 31, 2012

A near-disastrous fire at the Riverside home of a senior citizen illustrates the importance of having working smoke alarms in residences, a fire department spokesman said today. The blaze broke out Sunday evening at 5412 Apricot Ave., near Central Avenue. Please Share

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Fire destroys house southeast of Exeter in Tooleville

January 31, 2012

Tulare County firefighters are on the scene of a house fire that destroyed a single family dwelling in Tooleville, just southeast of Exeter. The fire was reported at about 3:40 p.m. The house is on the 2400 block of Alfred Avenue, just east of Spruce Road between Exeter and Lindsay. Please Share

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Redondo firefighters fight for IKEA Rescue Remodel

January 29, 2012

The Redondo Beach Fire Department is one of five fire departments competing in IKEA’s Rescue Remodel contest to win a new $25,000 kitchen remodel. But despite the fact RBFD firefighters live in a leaky 60-year-old building with 28-year-old kitchen cupboards and counters and have taken pay cuts three years running, the department is running second-to-last [...]

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Budget Cuts Force Merced Fire To Brown-out

January 28, 2012

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Firefighter Revives Dog After House Fire

January 27, 2012

A dog was brought back to life by a firefighter, but two dogs and a cat were found dead in a home after a fire in east Bakersfield. Fire official Derek Tisinger said that at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Kern County Fire Department received a call regarding a home on fire in the 1200 [...]

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Marin firefighter crawls into drainage pipe, rescues dog

January 27, 2012

A dog stuck in a 36-inch diameter drainage pipe under a Mill Valley fire road was rescued by a firefighter who crawled in and pulled the animal out. The incident unfolded about 1 p.m. Wednesday when Mill Valley firefighters were called by a dog walker who reported an elderly collie under her care was stuck [...]

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Garage fire uncovers marijuana grow in Fairfield

January 27, 2012

A Monday night garage fire in Cordelia resulted in Fairfield police launching a narcotics investigation after firefighters discovered a large pot grow inside the residence, officials reported. The fire started shortly before 9 p.m. in the 1900 block of Dawnview Place, after a problem with an electrical box being used to power the lights used [...]

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Three firefighters hurt battling Indio garage fire

January 26, 2012

Three firefighters were hurt Tuesday morning as a roof collapsed while they battled a garage fire at an Indio home, a division chief said. Five people were also displaced by the 7:18 a.m. fire in the 81-700 block of Paseo Real, Division Chief Mike Marlow said. The American Red Cross was called in to help [...]

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Contra Costa firefighters honored for lifesaving heroism

January 25, 2012

It was the kind of call firefighters rarely get and often dread — the kind when they’re asked to stand up and take a bow. “I don’t like these, actually,” said Chris Leimpeter before he and colleagues Chris Christensen and Nick Long were honored Tuesday morning in Martinez by Contra Costa supervisors for rescuing two [...]

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