From Dena Richardson at KFOX News, El Paso
Cindy Chavarria escaped a massive fire in her Pinon Trails apartment building with only a few scratches, a feat not possible without a special smoke detector. “She wouldn’t have been able to hear anything. She wouldn’t have known anything. She’s really grateful,” said Jazmin Espinoza, who translated her [...]
By Trevor Connor at KTSM News, El Paso
Just after one o’clock this morning, emergency crews responded to a house fire on the 9000 block of Norton near Maxwell. We’re told firefighters had to knock down the ceiling to stop the smoke and flames from overtaking the home.
Three people were in the house at the time [...]
By Candi M. Lopez in The El Paso Times
An apartment fire in West El Paso on Saturday displaced two people from their home.
Fire department spokesman Lt. Mario Hernandez said an overheated bathroom exhaust fan caused the fire.
Just after noon, 11 fire units were called to the Robinson Apartments in the 400 block of Mangrum Circle. [...]
From Monica Balderrama at KFOX News in El Paso
The El Paso Fire Department decided to train its paramedics with a different service provider other than Texas Tech in order to graduate more paramedics and address the shortage.
“The contract that we currently have and the format that they were doing it in was not conducive to [...]
From The El Paso Times
Photo by Victor Calzada in The El Paso Times
Two teenagers, ages 16 and 19, were injured in a house fire in the 9000 block of Cuernavaca Thursday morning, El Paso Fire Department spokesman Lt. Mario Hernandez said. Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames at the house upon their arrival about 7 [...]
The three-member crew of a Southwest Med Evac helicopter died when the aircraft crashed during a training flight at McGregor Range. Officials from Omniflight said in a news release that the helicopter’s pilot and two paramedics were fatally injured when it crashed as it approached a landing zone Friday night. The helicopter was not [...]
By David Burge in The El Paso Times
The city Fire Department continues to stock up on equipment and plan for a regional disaster or terrorist attack. Firefighters will ask the City Council on Tuesday to approve spending $475,000 of federal grant money to purchase about 120 self-contained breathing units.
If approved, this would be the second [...]
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