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Fire Destroys 2 Story Home in Apple Valley

September 27, 2008

A two-story home was reduced to rubble as a fast-moving fire gutted the building early Friday morning, officials said. Apple Valley Fire Protection District personnel responded to the blaze in the 20600 block Crazy Horse Court, near Bear Valley and Kiowa roads, at about 5:25 a.m., according to Fire Investigator Brian Pachman. When firefighters arrived, [...]

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Yermo Gets Another Fire Apparatus

September 27, 2008

A fire truck donated by the county brings the number of vehicles available to respond to fires in Yermo up to three. The Yermo/Calico Fire District, formerly known as the Yermo Fire Department, picked up a 1980 GMC 500-gallon water tank capacity truck Monday. The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors agreed to donate the [...]

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Sacramento Region is a Tinderbox Ready to Explode

September 4, 2008

The Sacramento region is a tinderbox waiting to explode, and fire prevention officials are warning that it won’t take much to ignite an inferno. The Labor Day weekend was the last hurrah for many on summer vacation. But for local firefighters, the next few weeks will be some of the most critical in a fire [...]

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Clifton Fire Department Enters Labor Day with Suspicious 2 Alarm

September 2, 2008

Clifton firefighters responded to the report of smoke coming from the building at 29 Sade St. shortly before 1:30 am, Labor Day morning. As a crew of three firefighters conducted a primary search of the building’s second floor, their means of egress was cut off by the rapidly spreading flames. They issued an urgent call [...]

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Barstow Real Estate Office Suststains Fire Damage

August 27, 2008

BARSTOW — A suspicious fire destroyed records in storage at the Barstow Association of Realtors office Monday morning. Firefighters were called to a structure fire at the office on the 300 block of East Buena Vista Street at about 7 a.m. Barstow Fire Protection District Division Chief Sal Corrao said the fire broke out in [...]

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Yosemite Fire Claims 12 Homes; More Threatened

July 28, 2008

MARIPOSA – Hot weather hampered efforts to contain a fast-moving wildfire near an entrance to Yosemite National Park that had already destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 200 others.The blaze had charred more than 26,000 acres since Friday as wooded slopes ignited amid the hot, dry conditions that have plagued California for [...]

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New Study Released on Fire Fighters and Cancer Risk

May 14, 2008

A new study conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Health under a grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirms that there are elevated cancer risks among fire fighters and that these risks are consistent with other studies of fire fighters. In the current study, “Cancer Incidence Among Male Massachusetts Firefighters, [...]

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