BY TAMMY KRIKORIAN – Carson Times Reno firefighters stopped a fire at a downtown condominium project Tuesday afternoon in less than an hour after it produced thick, heavy clouds of black smoke and forcing nearby evacuations. The fire at The [...]
By Zachary McDonald – Bellevue Leader A small kitchen fire at Harmony Court, an independent living facility off Wall Street, left some elderly residents displaced Monday afternoon after Bellevue volunteer firefighters secured the area. The fire proved the apartment building’s [...]
By Michael Gardner – San Diego Union Tribune SACRAMENTO – When the devastating Witch Creek Fire swept through San Diego County last fall, it took with it more than 1,000 homes and cost insurers $1 billion. But some homes were [...]
By LORRAINE CARLI The recent fire in Westminster reported to be caused by a flaming candle dramatically makes several key points that should be learning experiences for all of us concerned about the threat of fire to our homes. First, [...]
Residential fire sprinklers are proven life safety devices with a little dose of eco-friendliness to go along with it. My grandmother use to say, “An ounce of prevention, out weighs a pound of cure.” Still to this day, I hate [...]
. Eric & Lil Jungels Location: Rush City, MN Home Type: Single Family Modular Yr Built: 2008 Sq. Ft.: 4200 Yr Sprinklers Installed: 2008 Sprinkler Cost: $3,600 In August 2007, Eric and Lil Jungels lost everything they owned when their [...]
. Location: Rush City, MN Home Type: Single Family Modular Yr Built: 2006 Sq. Ft.: 4200 Date of Fire: August 27, 2007 Damage: Total Loss $407,000 Last year, on August 27, 2007, the Jungels family had their lives change forever. [...]
BY HEATH DRUZIN AND ROCKY BARKER – Idaho Statesman A wall of fire barreled through the forest with a jet-engine roar near Secesh Meadows last August, and local fire chief Cris Bent knew his work was about to be tested. [...]
By Greg Sabatino – BCLocalNews Firefighters say arson has not been ruled out as the cause of a house fire that erupted Monday morning on the North Shore. “It’s possible,” said Daniel Funk, a fire inspector with Kamloops Fire and [...]
By Gordon Gregory – Salt Lake Tribune I live close to tall trees in Northern California, and on the afternoon of June 12, I held our mare, Millie, and watched wildfire advance toward the draw not 1,000 yards away where [...]
