Fire

Four-alarm fire forces several street closures

July 24, 2011

IRVINE — A four-alarm fire in a large industrial building near Red Hill Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard required about 80 firefighters to put it out Saturday morning and forced police to close off several streets in the area. Orange County firefighters were called to Trantronics, Inc., 1822 Langley Avenue, at about 11:30 a.m. and got [...]

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Firefighters battle Visalia dairy processing plant inferno

May 27, 2011

Firefighters from all over Tulare County battled a major industrial fire Thursday night at Advanced Food Products dairy and food processing plant at Ben Maddox Way and Noble Avenue in Visalia. Several battalions from the Visalia Fire Department were battling the fire from above on several truck ladders topped with firefighters aiming their hoses at [...]

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Anaheim fire doused, two hospitalized

May 8, 2011

ANAHEIM – A fire that broke out in a home office next to a kitchen severely damaged a house near the 57 and Ball Road and sent its two occupants to the hospital, Anaheim fire officials said. Firefighters responded to the second-alarm blaze on the 1100 block of South Marjan Street at 5:15 p.m. Saturday.

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Fire damages Turlock pet store

May 8, 2011

A small electrical fire caused about $5,000 in damage to a Turlock pet store Friday, but none of the animals was hurt. According to Turlock firefighter Kyle Dyke, employees at Pet Avenue on Geer Road reported a fire behind a fish tank display at 7:16 p.m. Firefighters found smoke and flames behind the tanks; the [...]

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Jack in the Box fire sends up cloud of smoke

May 5, 2011

ANAHEIM – A fire in the kitchen of a Jack in the Box early Wednesday morning caused a cloud of smoke visible from a half-mile away. Fire department spokeswoman Maria Sabol said a grease fire was reported at 5:43 a.m. the Jack in the Box at 22100 S. Harbor Blvd. A total of 13 firefighters [...]

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Fire damages northwest Fresno home

May 1, 2011

A fire in northwest Fresno caused about $50,000 in damage to a home Friday night, but firefighters contained the fire to the attic and saved the rest of the house and belongings. The fire was reported shortly after 11 p.m. at the southwest corner of Palm and Ashlan avenues.

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House destroyed in fire in Santa Cruz Mountains

April 20, 2011
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Blaze destroys Pajaro Valley barn

April 18, 2011

A large barn in the middle of an apple orchard was destroyed by fire Saturday night, Cal Fire officials reported. The large Resetar Brothers barn on the 200 block of Amesti Road was engulfed when firefighters arrived about 9 p.m., engineer Mike Urbani said. Tenants in a home a couple of hundred yards away saw [...]

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Walnut Creek fire quickly contained

April 12, 2011

WALNUT CREEK — No injuries were reported after firefighters contained a small fire within a half-hour Monday, a Contra Costa Fire District dispatcher said. A single fire truck responded to the 8:48 p.m. call reporting a one-alarm fire burning in a single-story structure at 116 Las Lomas Way, on the corner of Walnut Avenue.

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Family homeless after Desert Hot Springs house fire

April 11, 2011

A fire displaced a Desert Hot Springs family of three, a Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman said today. Firefighters responding to Saturday’s 9:36 p.m. alarm reported the house in the 32000 block of Buena Vista Avenue “well-involved” and had the blaze controlled by 9:49 p.m., Melody Hendrickson said. A woman and her teenage son and [...]

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