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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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Body found inside burned San Bernardino home

January 24, 2012

SAN BERNARDINO – Police arrived at Debria Millsap’s tiny G Street apartment late Sunday to find flames rising several feet above her home and thick smoke pouring into the night sky. Firefighters hadn’t made it to the scene yet and the woman’s front door was locked. Please Share

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Rollover crash results in minor injuries

January 23, 2012

The crash occurred at around 12:30 p.m. on Benton Avenue near Beach Street off of Highway 20, blocking the roadway, according to the California Highway Patrol. Please Share

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