News From Around The County
WILDOMAR — Reports of a malfunctioning air conditioning unit this afternoon, followed by first one, then multiple people falling ill led to a HazMat call out and full evacuation of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Wildomar. By the end of the incident a half-dozen victims, including at least three employees, had fallen sick and been transported by ground ambulance to […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Reports of middle school students and faculty members smelling natural gas in two classrooms and a restroom forced the evacuation of all three rooms while Cal Fire, Southern California Gas and School District officials determined the source of the smell and rendered the situation safe. SEE SIMILAR: COACHELLA: 700 students evac’d after second RivCo middle school gas leak in 5 days […]
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INDIO — Reports of students at Shadow Hills High School in Indio suddenly “feeling ill from an unusual odor” brought a large response from the City’s Fire and Police personnel, who rushed to the aid of the sickened teens and worked to determined the source of the odor, Thursday afternoon, Oct. 5. Thursday’s incident was at least the fourth such recent emergency, where buildings […]
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HEMET — Twenty five employees, three City of Hemet firefighters and two paramedics were hospitalized after being exposed to a hazardous material after an industrial accident, Friday morning, Sept. 29. The incident happened at McCrometer Inc. on the 3000 block of W. Stetson Avenue, east of S. Sanderson Avenue, in Hemet. The hazardous material emergency forced the evacuation of McCrometer’s nearly 9,100 sq. ft. […]
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BANNING – A second major incident involving the mass evacuation of a Riverside County Department of Public Social Services office has occurred, this time in Banning Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 10:44 a.m. Both incidents occurred within a five-day period and both involved employees and/or public being sickened and forced to evacuate DPSS buildings. The two offices are about 45 miles […]
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Written by Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source With the high winds once again blowing through our area, the Riverside Fire Department has been very busy responding to multiple emergency calls for downed power lines and small fires as a result of the heavy winds causing trees to fall onto utility lines. On Magnolia Ave between Adams and Wayne Ct., […]
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