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Triage system sorts injuries quickly
Two trains collided in Chatsworth. The death toll would reach 25. More than five times that were injured. Peering through a home's chain-link fence, first responders saw fire licking twisted metal. Soon they brought order to the chaos with color-...
Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Everglades, Transportation Accidents
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Fire Fighters Contain Bitter Creek Fire near Tok
Channel 2 NewsThe state declared the Bitter Creek fire contained Tuesday morning, marking the end to the first significant wildfire of the season. The lightning-caused fire started on May 31 and burned about 2,256 acres near Tok before crews established a line and... -
Wanted: New fire chief
The city of Costa Mesa is looking for a new fire chief. Interim Fire Chief Tom Arnold is not a candidate for the permanent position. "I think it's time for the community to have a full-time fire chief, so I'm excited about it," Arnold said. "I'm happy...Tags: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Thousands flee Colo. wildfire; 92 homes destroyed
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Jaenette Coyne estimates she had five minutes to leave home after calling 911 to report forest fire smoke behind her home. There was no time to grab wedding albums, fingerprint artwork by her 20-month-old daughter,...
Tags: The Home Depot, Wildfires, Waldo Canyon Fire (2012), Natural Disasters, John Hickenlooper
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Laguna hot spots to be prioritized
Fire control in Laguna was a hot topic at the June 4 meeting of the City Council. The City Council directed department staff to develop a priority list of "hot spots" in the city that might need more defensible space — the reduction or...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather
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Thousands still without power after storms hit Chicago region
Maintenance crews restored power to tens of thousands of homes overnight after severe thunderstorms in the Chicago region brought powerful winds and reports of funnel clouds Wednesday evening. By 11:30 a.m., of the more than 78,000 customers affected by...
Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, DeKalb, Midway, Chicago Weather, Tornadoes
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Storms scrape across Chicago area
A line of powerful thunderstorms rolled through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, forcing a temporary halt to commuter train traffic and canceling hundreds of flights in and out of Midway and O'Hare International airports. The storm system threatened...Tags: Floods, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, DeKalb, Weather Reports, Midway
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Hathaway wildfire near Banning now 30% contained
The Hathaway wildfire that began Sunday has burned 2,850 acres and is 30% contained, authorities said Wednesday. The fire, which started on the Morongo Indian Reservation, has primarily grown on its eastern flank, said Bob Poole, a public information...
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Colorado fires ignite dread, force dozens of emergency rescues
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The damage from the Black Forest wildfire continued to grow Wednesday with 80 to possibly more than 100 homes already burned, officials said. The fire, one of four burning in the state, has consumed about 8,000 acres,...
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire (2012)
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900 inmates moved from Colorado prison because of wildfire
About 900 inmates at a medium-security Colorado state prison have been evacuated because of the danger from a growing wildfire, one of four sweeping through the state. No injuries have been reported from the four fires that have forced the evacuations...
Tags: Prisons, Wildfires, Waldo Canyon Fire (2012), FEMA, Natural Disasters
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Hampton home damaged in fire
Daily PressA home was damaged Wednesday morning in a fire in the first block of Sunbriar Way. Firefighters arrived at the residence after 4 a.m. to find a someone extinguishing a fire in the back of the home, according to a Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue news... -
Vacant home burns to ground near Fair Grove
cbrewer@schurz.comFAIR GROVE, Mo. - Crews from four fire districts responded to a blaze in Fair Grove that ultimately burned a vacant home to the ground. Firefighters from Fair Grove, Strafford, Ebenezer and Pleasant View all fought the blaze in the 9700 block of North...
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