By Roy Appleton in The Dallas Morning News as reported at Texas Cable News
Dallas firefighters have given this year’s Oak Cliff remembrance of 9/11 a solemn start. Anyone who wants to join in can do so beginning Friday.Members of Dallas Fire-Rescue’s 6th Battalion came Wednesday to the Bank Tower at Oak Cliff, where they read [...]
By Domingo Ramirez Jr.in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Firefighters were battling an apartment fire that heavily damaged an apartment building on the east side of the city. The blaze was reported about 1:40 p.m. at the Hidden Valley Apartments at 825 Heights Lane near Woodhaven Country Club.
Fire officials had called for a second-alarm by about 2 [...]
Dallas’ police and fire unions have agreed to take pay cuts and mandatory unpaid leave to help the city close a massive budget gap. The agreement reached late Tuesday was approved by 94.3 percent of the associations’ members, city officials said.
The deal will save City Hall about $22.4 million in the coming budget, a [...]
By Terry Evans in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
An unidentified type of fire in a compressor room sent smoke billowing from the Mrs Baird’s Bakery at 7301 South Freeway and caused a partial evacuation of the facility, said Tim Hardeman, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman.
Hardeman described it as a minor fire that was quickly controlled. [...]
By James Roth in The Star Local News
Early this morning the Carrollton 911 Dispatch Center received a call reporting a structure fire in the 4200 block of Wild Plum Drive. Carrollton officers and firefighters arrived on scene and found the residence fully engulfed in flames.
At the time of the fire there were two adults [...]
By Tracy DeLatte for KDFW, Dallas Fort Worth
The mayor of Rowlett wants city employees, especially some police officers and firefighters, to live a healthier lifestyle. Rowlett is considering a new health insurance plan that is partially funded by the city. That means if city employees get sick, taxpayers pay the bill.
At a recent city council [...]
By Bill Miller in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The charred remains of a man were discovered late Wednesday in a flaming sports utility on a secluded road in far southeast Dallas, police said. Dallas firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle fire around 11 p.m. in the 2200 block of Haymarket Road, according to a [...]
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