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Pa. FFs Rescue Pet Iguana From Tree
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:03pmAuthors and source External author:
Frank Warner
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.
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Sept. 08--Allentown firefighters Tuesday afternoon safely caught a pet iguana that had slipped out of its owner's third-floor apartment and jumped from a balcony into a tree.
The Allentown 911 Communications Center asked if the Fire Department might snag the escaped lizard at the 11 N. Ninth St. apartment house at 5:50 p.m., fire Capt. Joseph Donmoyer said.
"When Com Center called, I thought they were joking," he said. "It's usually a cat."
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Minn. Sinkhole Swallows Pedestrian
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:54pmAuthors and source External author:
Chao Xiong
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Sept. 08--A leaking underground water pipe in downtown St. Paul caused a sidewalk to collapse about 9:15 Tuesday morning, sending David Wayne Clark, 55, of St. Paul about 15 down into the sinkhole, authorities said.
The hole, about 5 feet by 5 feet wide, is on the northeast corner of 6th Street and Wabasha Street.
The leak also has halted water service to nearby Ecolab Inc., which makes cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection control products. An alternate water source is being pursued for the company.
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Stubborn Ill. Grain Fire Finally Out
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:49pmAuthors and source External author:
Kathleen A. Schultz
Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill.
Sept. 07--MILLEDGEVILLE -- A fire that broke out around 2 p.m. Thursday at the Milledgeville Farmers Elevator turned into a weekend project.
Apparently, about 475,000 bushels of corn, which had been stored in the elevator for 4 to 7 years, had been smoldering for months before the grain finally overheated, Tom Korte said Monday evening.
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Colo. House Explodes, Man Buried
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:45pmAuthors and source External author:
Alan Gathright, 7NEWS Content Producer
Story by www.thedenverchannel.com
ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. --
An explosion leveled an Adams County home, critically injuring the homeowner and rattling houses blocks away, Wednesday morning, witnesses said.
The explosion just after 9 a.m. reduced the home to rubble and blew out windows in neighboring houses, neighbors said.
"It looks like a bomb hit," 7NEWS photographer Mike LeClaire reported.
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Ga. Firefighters Help Fight Gulf Oil Spill
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 9:20pmAuthors and source External author:
S. Heather Duncan
The Macon Telegraph, Ga.
Sept. 07--Although firefighters are called on to deal with everything from wildfires to hurricanes, the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf was a new experience for the many Middle Georgia firefighters who spent weeks or months helping clean up oil and recover wounded animals.
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Mass. FFs. Help Woman Stung by Bees
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 9:16pmAuthors and source External author:
Story by thebostonchannel.com
ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. --
An Attleborough woman was in the hospital Tuesday after she was stung hundreds of times by yellow jackets or wasps this weekend.
A 53-year-old woman apparently fell onto a nest outside her Division Street home and the insects swarmed over her entire torso, eventually stinging her more than 500 times, officials said.
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Plane Crashes on Nev. Street, 1 Dead
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:10amAuthors and source External author:
The Associated Press
HENDERSON, Nev.
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A small plane crashed and burst into flames on a street in a southern Nevada residential neighborhood Monday, killing one person and badly injuring three others, authorities said.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sgt. John Sheahan said two males and two females were aboard the single-engine Piper Cherokee when it crashed in Henderson, just south of Las Vegas. He said it was a miracle no one on the ground was injured.
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Off-Duty Tree Trimming Kills Pa. Chief
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:08amAuthors and source External author:
Story by wjactv.com
MILESBURG, Pa. --
Emergency responders in Centre County are confirming reports that the man killed in a tree trimming accident this morning is the chief of the Howard Fire Company.
Authorities said 42-year-old Bob Mann was killed shortly before 10:30 a.m. when a tree he was cutting down near Milesburg toppled into another tree, then bounced back and pinned Mann underneath.
A volunteer with the Howard Fire Company told WJAC-TV that a grief counselor has been called in to meet with volunteers Monday afternoon.
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Mass. Boy Survives Fall Down Well
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:00amAuthors and source External author:
A 6-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after falling 20 feet into a stone well in Shrewsbury.
Fire officials received a call from a Barrows Road home at about 2:36 p.m.
When crews arrived in the backyard, the boy’s father was outside of the well talking to the child. The boy was partially covered in concrete at the bottom of the structure.
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Kids Rescued From Chicago Blaze
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:47pmAuthors and source External author:
Megan Twohey
Chicago Tribune
Sept. 06--Several people, including two children, were rescued this morning from a blaze in a sparsely occupied Bronzeville condo building where conditions were described as "pretty bad" by a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.
A firefighter was treated at the University of Chicago Medical Center for burns to his ears, said Chief Kevin MacGregor, a Fire Department spokesman.
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Ariz. FFs Spend Hours at Fatal Scene
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:16pmAuthors and source External author:
Elizabeth Erwin Reporter, KPHO.com Story by kpho.com
PHOENIX --
Department of Public Safety officials said two infants died after a three-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
The accident involved two passenger cars and a fully-loaded fuel tanker. Four people, including the two infants, thee weeks and 13 months old, were rushed to local hospitals, Phoenix Fire Department officials said. DPS confirmed the infants did not survive.
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Plane Hits Home Near Ore. Airport
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 8:40pmAuthors and source External author:
Story by kptv.com
AURORA, Ore. --
A pilot practicing takeoffs and landings at the Aurora Airport smashed into the roof of a nearby home in a crash that seriously injured him but left the homeowner unharmed.
Marion County deputies and the Aurora firefighters responded to a home in the 14000 block of Cessna Street Northeast at about 12:30 p.m. Friday and found a 1956 Aeronca Champion 7-AE sticking out of the manufactured home's roof.
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Wash. Woman Rescued by Neighbor
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 8:35pmAuthors and source External author:
Story by kptv.com
VANCOUVER, Wash. --
Two neighbors helped a woman escape from an early morning fire that caused $500,000 in damage to a Vancouver apartment building, firefighters said.
Police dispatchers said they received a 911 call at about 1 a.m. Friday from a woman screaming, "My apartment is on fire." The line then line went dead.
Vancouver fire crews arrived at the Autumn Chase Apartments in the 11000 block of Northeast Seventh Street about 5 minutes later.
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Ill. FFs 'Flush' Kitten From Sewer
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 8:30pmAuthors and source
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.
Sept. 03--South Jacksonville firefighters want to reunite a kitten rescued from a storm sewer and its owner.
Firefighters were called about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after a resident reported hearing what sounded like cries from an animal trapped in the storm sewer in the 2200 block of Magnolia Drive.
Firefighters pulled off manhole covers around the location to find the animal, which turned out to be a kitten.
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The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Special Operations Roundtable
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 11:30amFirehouse Roundtables Podcast Author: Bob Duemmel Michael Donahue Tony Tricarico
Host Bob Duemmel hosted a roundtable podcast at Firehouse Expo in July with a variety of technical rescue team members. Bob's guest's include: FDNY Lt. Mickey Conboy, Elizabeth, NJ, Firefighter Michael Donahue, retired FDNY Battalion Chief Fred LaFemina and retired FDNY Captain Tony Tricarico.
76:08 minutes (43.59 MB)
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Calif. FFs Remove Body From Chimney
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:14amAuthors and source External author:
The Associated Press
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.
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A doctor involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later.
Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare said.
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Plane Crash Lands on Fla. Interstate
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:41pmAuthors and source External author:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
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A twin-engine aircraft made an emergency landing Tuesday morning along Interstate 10, avoiding vehicles on the crowded highway, but snarling traffic for hours.
The pilot and a passenger were able to walk away after the 8:15 a.m. crash landing. There was a small leak of fuel from the aircraft, Local 6 news partner WJXT reported.
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Tenn. FFs Save Man Trapped in Silo
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:38pmAuthors and source External author:
COLUMBIA, Tenn.
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Rescue teams pulled off a tricky and dangerous rescue. But after they saved a man from a grain silo, he disappeared.
Emergency workers spent more than an hour Monday at the silo on Hayes Denton Road in Columbia. They had to lower a harness into the silo, and with a firefighter in there to help, the man was pulled to safety.
But as soon as he was on the ground, he took off.
Authorities didn't get his name and don't know how he became trapped.
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Smoke Empties Arizona High-Rise
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:59amAuthors and source External author:
Story by kpho.com
PHOENIX --
A small electrical fire forced the evacuation of a Phoenix high-rise building that houses the Arizona Department of Revenue on Monday morning.
Phoenix fire officials said about 600 people were in the building at 1600 W. Monroe Street to start the work week when a smoke alarm sounded about 8:22 a.m.
The building was evacuated, and firefighters discovered heavy smoke in the basement level, where they found an electrical panel that had shorted out and triggered a sprinkler activation.
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Off-Duty N.H. FFs Rescue Carpenter
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:58amAuthors and source External author:
Story by wmur.com
WEARE, N.H. --
A man was pinned underneath wooden trusses after a wall gave way at a home under construction in Weare on Monday.
Fire officials said Roger Hardy and his son were working on an addition to a home on South Sugar Hill Road when the wall collapsed. Hardy couldn't free himself, but a group of men working for GN Fencing at a project next door heard the loud bang and ran to help.
The men who came to Hardy's aid were also off-duty Manchester firefighters, and they were able to free him.
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