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Dallas firefighters battled a fire at an apartment complex Sunday afternoon, NBC 5 reported.
The blaze started just after 3 p.m. on Tuxedo Street and Bethurum Avenue.
Residents said they saw smoke and flames, and moments later the roof caved in.
Two units were damaged in the fire, but there were no injuries reported, fire officials said.
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A mattress fire that ignited in a motel room just outside Tyler might have been started intentionally, investigators said.
The Dixie Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a hotel room fire in the Motel Siesta off Highway 64 at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
Firefighters were first told a man, possibly armed, called [...]
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North East |
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About 50 people were forced to evacuate when a fire in a medical device called an autoclave sent heavy smoke through the University of Texas Medical Branch’s pathology building at 1108 Strand.
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Gulf Coast |
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Two Dallas firefighters received minor injuries Friday after falling into a pit while battling a blaze at a vacant warehouse. Firefighters responded to a call about 3:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Westmoreland Road North, said Dallas Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Annette Ponce.
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For years, police officers and firefighters here have tried to put on the ballot a proposition that would give them the power to negotiate their wages and benefits with city officials. This year, the city’s police officers’ and firefighters’ associations teamed up for the first time to put collective bargaining on the ballot.
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Nacogdoches firefighters are mourning the loss of a devoted team member after Captain Joe Ed Ivy, 51, died suddenly early Saturday morning from a possible heart attack.
The local brotherhood of firefighters remembered him as one of the toughest and most loved public servants in the city, a dependable traditionalist who spent 33 years in [...]
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South East,
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Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of calling in a bomb threat that shut Abilene Regional Airport for several hours, officials said.
Abilene police say a tip led investigators to the two boys, whose names and ages were not released.
One boy was taken into custody at his home Friday and the other at [...]
Written on April 30, 2007 | Posted in
North West |
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