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Two People Die During Las Vegas House Fire

June 4, 2010

Numerous calls to Fire 9-1-1 dispatchers that a house was on fire on Dulce Ave. A mailman who was delivering mail on the street noticed the smoke and asked neighbors to call fire department. One of the neighbors entered the home through the front door with a mask on, found the inside of the house [...]

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Fresno Supermarket Fire Appears to be Arson

April 15, 2010

A fire broke out just after 4:00 p.m. at the Save Mart Supermarket at Bullard Avenue and Figarden Drive in Northwest Fresno. The fire started on a shelf inside the store in their toy section. The store was evacuated and closed for 4 hours. Fire investigators are now looking for a teenager as a person [...]

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Fairfield house catches fire: Space heaterwb could be the cause

April 8, 2010

A space heater in the garage may have been the culprit in a fire Monday afternoon that destroyed a home in east Fairfield, fire investigators said. Firefighters responded to the 2800 block of Cascade Court after receiving a call at 2:30 p.m. from a resident who saw flames engulf the garage of a neighbor’s home. [...]

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Novato 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home

March 29, 2010

A three-alarm fire destroyed a home in Novato Saturday evening, a deputy fire chief said. The fire was reported at 6:09 p.m. at a home in the 500 block of Willow Court, Novato Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Eric Nickel said. Firefighters arrived minutes later and found the garage and part of the home in [...]

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3 hospitalized after multivehicle crash

February 25, 2010

NEWPORT BEACH – Three people were sent to the hospital after a multivehicle crash on Von Karman Avenue and Campus Drive, according to fire authorities. The Orange County Fire Authority and Newport firefighters were on scene after the crash was reported at 8:16 a.m. Newport Beach and Irvine police also responded. Two were taken to [...]

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Oakland firefighters discover 400 pot plants

February 17, 2010

OAKLAND, CA (KGO) — An unexpected discovery was made on Tuesday in Oakland’s Chinatown. They found up to 400 marijuana plants with a street value of as much as $100,000 or more. The plants were found in the back of a printing business by a city fire marshal who just happened to be doing a [...]

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House fire kills one

January 3, 2010

A 67-year-old man died of smoke inhalation before firefighters could reach him after flames erupted in the resident’s Warren Street rental unit on Wednesday night. Gary Finley was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy performed Thursday revealed he died of asphyxiation, according Tim Biggs of the Contra Costa County Coroner’s office. Martinez Police [...]

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Sac Firefighters Battle 2-Alarm Blaze

December 26, 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fire officials said they were able to extinguish a two-alarm fire in South Sacramento. The fire started Friday evening in the Triple M Food and Meat market on the 5800 block of Stockton Boulevard. Capt. Jim Doucette, with Sac City Fire, said the flames were knocked out quickly. “They got here in [...]

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Firefighters extinguish non-injury apartment fire in Pasadena

December 23, 2009

Firefighters doused an early morning blaze Tuesday at an apartment unit in the 900 block of North Los Robles Avenue. No one was injured in the 2:23 a.m. fire at the one-story apartment, reported Battalion Chief Brett Gibson of the Pasadena Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found smoke coming from the unit, and a team entered [...]

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Aerialist hospitalized after fall during holiday performance at Beverly Center

November 29, 2009

An aerialist performing during a holiday show at the Beverly Center mall was injured and hospitalized after falling to the shopping center floor, authorities said today. One witness said the performer appeared to fall about 40 feet — from the third level of the shopping center to the first. The 26-year-old woman slipped while she [...]

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