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Nov 06, 2009

Nov. 5--The scene outside of the Pauls Valley senior citizen center was anything but normal Wednesday morning when the facility had to be evacuated because of a suspected carbon monoxide or natural gas leak.

First responders found a handful of people outside in the parking lot in need of medical attention as other people at the site in Wacker Park were wondering what had happened.

Nov 06, 2009

Mass. Officers Hurt Saving Fire Victims

LYNN, Mass.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused a raging blaze in Lynn two-family home Tuesday night that left three police officers injured after they rushed into a burning building to save the people trapped inside.

Seven people live in the house at 18 Clinton St., but only four were at home at the time the blaze broke out around 9:30 p.m.

Panicked neighbors alerted police to the two-alarm fire.

Nov 06, 2009

Wash. School Heavily Damaged By Fire

Nov. 5--BELLINGHAM -- A huge fire heavily damaged Whatcom Middle School overnight, canceling classes and leaving the school's future in doubt.

A neighbor of the school at F and Girard streets called 911 shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, after seeing fire on the roof. By the time firefighters arrived about 1:15 a.m., the flames were racing across the roof. Within 15 minutes the fire had worked its way across two-thirds of the roof, Bellingham Fire Chief Bill Boyd said.

Nov 06, 2009

Conn. School Evacuated During Blaze

NAUGATUCK, Conn. --

Students were evacuated from City Hill Middle School in Nautatuck amid a fire Thursday morning.

The fire was reported in a custodial storage room at the building just after 9 a.m. Fire officials said the blaze, which was described as being small, was contained to the storage room.

Fire officials said there was extensive water and smoke damage to the second floor because the sprinkler system activated.

Nov 06, 2009

Man Paid $20 to Set Detroit Fatal Fire

Firefighter Walter Harris was killed in the Nov. 2008 blaze.

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Nov 06, 2009

Banana Truck Overturns On I-95 in Fla.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla.

A tractor-trailer hauling bananas blew a tire and overturned on Interstate 95 near International Golf Parkway early Thursday.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened at about 2:30 a.m. about three miles north of International Golf Parkway in the northbound lanes.

The truck was en route from Miami and rolled over onto its side. FHP said St. Johns Fire and Rescue had to get a ladder to get the driver out of the cab. He was not injured.

Nov 06, 2009

Texas FF Burned in Apartment Fire

SAN ANTONIO

An apartment fire in New Braunfels early Wednesday left two people injured, including a firefighter.

The fire, which started at around 2 a.m. at the Linde Apartments in the 1000 block of Linde, displaced eight families, destroyed two units and damaged six others.

Fire Marshal Patrick O'Connell said that the fire started in the kitchen in one of the ground-floor units. O'Connell said a resident returned home and started to cook something when he fell asleep. When the man woke up, the unit was on fire.

Nov 06, 2009

Pa. Man Killed; Mobile Home Falls

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. --

Authorities in Westmoreland County said a man was killed when a mobile home he was preparing to move fell on him.

Officials said James Skovira, 48, of Acme, had been contracted to remove the single-wide home in the Hempfield Highlands mobile home park in Lincoln Heights.

High Park Fire Chief John Howell said the man was under the 1.5-ton mobile home trying to attach wheels to it when the jack he had used to prop it up slipped and he was pinned under the structure.

Nov 05, 2009

N.Y. FF Finds Daughter Near Death

Nov. 5--SARATOGA -- Volunteer firefighter Donald Ormsby was making lunch at home in Schuylerville around noon on Columbus Day when he heard an emergency call for assistance a mile away on Hayes Road.

The longtime member of the Quaker Springs department was first on the scene, and what he saw shook him: his 30-year-old daughter, Dawn, lying beside her smashed vehicle.

Nov 05, 2009

Meth Lab Causes Fla. Motel Room Fire

Nov. 3--Jackson County authorities say a small fire in a room at Microtel on Highway 71 near Interstate 10 Saturday began as the result of someone's attempt to make methamphetamine.

Two county residents have been arrested in the case and charged with the attempted manufacture of a controlled substance.

Sneads resident Alicia F. Baxter, 29, was arrested Sunday, but has since bonded out of jail.

Nov 05, 2009

Miss. Has Hundreds of Faulty Hydrants

JACKSON, Miss.

Hundreds of fire hydrants in Jackson are deemed faulty, according to city records.

In September, David Hobson's home burned to the ground as neighbors watched. Although firefighters were at the scene, the two fire hydrants they plugged into couldn't produce enough water to fight the blaze.

Nov 05, 2009

Texas FFs Help Man Caught in Forklift

Nov. 4--HALTOM CITY -- Firefighters extricated a man who had his arm caught in a forklift Wednesday afternoon for almost an hour, a city official said.

The man, who authorities said is in his 40s, got his arm trapped in the forklift after he attempted to repair it, authorities said Wednesday.

The unidentified man was taken to a local hospital. His condition was unavailable.

The accident was reported about 1 p.m. in the 3200 block of Edna Drive.

Nov 05, 2009

Utah Refinery Blast Damages Homes

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WOODS CROSS, Utah --

An explosion shook nearby homes as a fire broke out Wednesday at a refinery north of Salt Lake City.

Nov 04, 2009

Ore. FFs Rescue 4 From 3rd Floor Apt.

WILSONVILLE, Ore.

Firefighters rescued four people from the third floor of a burning apartment building in Wilsonville on Wednesday morning.

A Tualatin Valley Fire spokesman said no one was injured in the two-alarm fire at the Sundial Apartments, located at 7875 Southwest Vlahos Drive.

Fire crews were alerted to the blaze at about 9:43 a.m. and helped two adults and two children escape safely. A fifth person was able to lower himself out.

Nov 04, 2009

Bodies Burned in Fla.Crematorium Fire

SEBASTIAN, Fla.

Firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze at a Sebastian crematorium Wednesday.

Indian River County Fire Marshal Brian Nolan said the fire started at the Seawinds Funeral Home at 735 Fleming St. shortly before 2 p.m.

The fire burned four bodies which were about to be cremated. Nobody was reported injured in the fire.

Nolan said the fire only destroyed the crematorium and not the funeral home.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Nov 04, 2009

Neb. Capt. Allegedly Threatens Chief

OMAHA, Neb.

An Omaha fire captain has been banned from all city of Omaha buildings because of allegations that he threatened his boss, the Omaha fire chief.

KETV NewsWatch 7 has obtained the letter, which was issued by the city to Capt. John Gruttemeyer in late October.

According to the letter, Gruttemeyer allegedly said he would kill Chief Mike McDonnell if McDonnell messed with him. The alleged threat contained a expletive.

Gruttemeyer is a 22-year veteran of the fire department.

Nov 04, 2009

Abbottville Exercise Teaches Disaster Management

The model was erected at Firehouse Central for class attendees to work on a simulated disaster.

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There's been a disaster in the fictional town of Abbottville and responders from around the nation have been summoned to help fight the fires, tend to the injured and rescue those who have been trapped by debris.

Abbottville is a scale model diorama of a community decimated by a tornado that has flattened the town's residential section, severely damaged the high school and trapping 71 students inside the gym, der

Nov 03, 2009

Crash Leads To Risky Rescue in Ohio

CLARK COUNTY, Ohio

A crash overnight left a man trapped in his vehicle for 90 minutes before rescuers could free him.

The crash happened on Haddix Road in Clark County, just west of Spangler Road.

State troopers said 39-year-old Richard Risner of Enon lost control of his car, went off the left side of the road and crashed into a power pole.

The pole snapped in two and left live wires hanging too low for crews to free the driver.

Nov 03, 2009

Expo: Clandestine Labs Present Challenges for Responders

Clandestine laboratories present huge hazards for all responders who encounter them. Police risk injury and illness responding to the crime scene or investigating suspicious activities. Firefighters expose themselves to hazardous materials as they put out fires or try to deal with contaminated sites.

Oct 31, 2009

Military Plane, Helicopter Collide Off California

SAN DIEGO --

The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were still hoping Friday to find survivors of a collision between a Coast Guard plane carrying two people and a Marine Corps helicopter carrying nine off the Southern California coast.

The crash was reported at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, about 50 miles off the San Diego County coast and 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Allyson Conroy said.

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