News From Around The County
HEMET — A tiny kitten, discovered deep inside a car’s fender well, was rescued by firefighters this afternoon, after they had to take apart much the car’s front-end in a Hemet parking lot. The kitty, who has since been named Camry after the car it was found stuck inside, was adopted at the scene and has already found a new […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Three firefighters were hospitalized with carbon monoxide exposure after investigating reports of a carbon monoxide leak during an early-morning emergency Sunday, April 23. The incident happened at an apartment in the Tuscany Hills Apartments, on the 21000 block of Box Springs Road in Moreno Valley. Ten firefighters from two engine companies responded to the apartments about 12:42 a.m., after Riverside […]
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The first arriving engine company reported a 15,000 square foot strip mall with a well-established fire burning in the attic space. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire photo BEAUMONT – Two firefighters suffered minor, but unspecified, injuries while battling a two alarm structure fire at a strip mall in the 400 block E. 6th Street in Beaumont Sept. 11. Both injured firefighters were transported by […]
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I hear the funniest things listening to more than 15 law enforcement and fire channels, 20+ hours a day as a breaking news reporter. For the most part, the radios are the antithesis of anything fun and/or funny, as they tend to be one hundred percent serious one hundred percent of the time. Not to mention some of the calls […]
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Firefighters from Hemet Fire Station #4, located less than one block from the one-half acre vegetation fire, arrived within minutes of the reported fire. Robin Montgomery / RCNS photo HEMET – Several residents came to the aid of Hemet Fire Department in fighting a vegetation fire at the southeast corner of Thornton and Cawston Avenues. Countless citizens who live in […]
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