News From Around The County
REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man went on a violent and destructive rampage that left a home heavily damaged when he first attempted to burn the house down before he crashed a stolen vehicle into the residence just minutes later, early Tuesday morning, April 6. The bizarre incident, which led to a barricaded standoff at a private residence in […]
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JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — Intermountain area firefighters from multiple area fire stations spent nearly three and a half hours knocking down eight separate but possibly related fires early Thursday morning, March 4. The fires included a large log deck blaze at a lumber yard and seven additional grass and vegetation fires within a half-mile radius. Authorities have since said the […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Already on probation for a prior arson conviction, a knife-wielding and wanted felon was arrested for arson again after he was seen starting fires in a gully near the Tractor Supply business in the 1900 block of Marx Way in Anderson yesterday morning, Sunday, Feb. 28. The fires that led to the man’s arrest were reported within […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say that reports of shots fired at an east Redding home that a woman set ablaze slowed firefighter’s suppression efforts and ultimately led to the arrest of a woman yesterday morning, Sunday, Feb. 28. The alleged arsonist later attempted to grab an officer’s gun while being treated at an area hospital and had to be physically […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — Already on felony probation, a convicted arsonist was arrested again after a series of incidents that included lighting two fires, vandalizing a video dispensing machine, and then resisting arrest in the Intermountain area town of Burney Friday afternoon, Feb. 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Proposed Wiley Project intended to reduce fire dangers in the Lassen National Forest […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK, Calif. — Authorities say a Shasta County woman with multiple warrants was arrested after setting a car ablaze on Big Bend Road, about a mile north of SR-299E, Monday afternoon, Jan. 18. The fire destroyed a Volkswagen Jetta and burned about a quarter-acre of vegetation, according to Cal Fire-Shasta. In the wake of Monday’s arrest, Montgomery Creek residents […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Dec. 7, 8 a.m., With additional details from witnesses UPDATED: Monday, Dec 7, 11 a.m., With further information from Redding PD, along with the suspect’s booking information, and other details. Originally published: Sunday, Dec. 6, 11:21 p.m. REDDING, Calif. — Details are beginning to emerge after a wanted felon on probation reportedly doused a woman with a flammable […]
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REDLANDS, Calif. — Fire agencies from throughout San Bernardino County and other surrounding communities spent much of the day battling a massive, three-alarm blaze that ripped through a Redlands distribution warehouse early Friday morning, June 5. The fire happened at a large, 600,000-square-foot commercial building that housed Amazon products and was home to Kuehne and Nagel; a third-party operator that […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, June 6, 12:47 p.m., With additional, related details. REDLANDS, Calif. — Firefighters from multiple agencies responded to a 3-alarm commercial structure fire that ripped through a building at the vacant Splash Kingdom water park early Saturday morning, May 2. No injuries were reported, according to fire officials; who later estimated the loss at $750,000. SEE RELATED: “Millions in […]
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BEAUMONT — Arson investigators are looking into a “suspicious” residential structure fire that erupted at a Beaumont home Friday morning, April 12. The blaze, which destroyed the home, happened in the 35000 block of Stockton St., in the Fairway Canyon area. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Three seriously injured after Nuevo head-on wreck Officials investigating Mead Valley murder Valle Vista home […]
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