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, [...]
Charleston Gazette MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A privately owned fraternity house at West Virginia University has been condemned for unsafe living conditions by the Morgantown Fire Department. The Tau Kappa Epsilon house was shut down last week after inspectors found live [...]
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 Amber Smith – The Ledger HAINES CITY | Dennis Coder was angry after his home and a mobile home burned last month at his Drift In Resort in rural East Polk County. His anger was focused at Polk County [...]
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 Kyle Magin – North Lake Tahoe Bonanza A fire that started Friday on a 500-block Lakeshore Boulevard home was contained quickly by an in-home sprinkler system that North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District officials say saved the home. The [...]
