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By Ron Maloney in The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
McQueeney Volunteer Fire Department’s assistant chief and a New Berlin volunteer fireman have been chosen as 2009’s chief and firefighter of the year by county firefighters. The Guadalupe County Fire Fighters Association announced at its recent annual awards dinner at the Seguin Elks Lodge that McQueeney’s Chuck Hoagland [...]
Written on March 11, 2010 | Posted in
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By Erica Rodriguez at KSAT News, San Antonio
A home and motor home burned early Wednesday morning about two miles from the intersection of Lander Road and state Highway 185 near Bloomington. The fire had been burning for several hours before it was seen, said Victoria County Fire Marshall Ron Pray. It was discovered around 7 [...]
Written on March 11, 2010 | Posted in
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By Barry Halvorson in The Wharton Journal-Spectator
In his role as arson investigator, Precinct 2 Constable J.A. Szymanski said the fire leading to the death of person tentatively identified as East Bernard resident Marvin Lewis Whiddon on Saturday was the result of an accident resulting from his most likely smoking in bed.
“The fire is going [...]
Written on March 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Tim Gerber, KSAT News, San Antonio
Investigators with the Bexar County Fire Marshal’s office were looking for the cause of fire that destroyed a home in the 500 block of Point Springs Monday evening. The homeowner said he had just returned from a short trip to the store when he saw flames shooting out of his [...]
Written on March 9, 2010 | Posted in
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By Eva Ruth Moravec in The San Antonio Express-News
Emergency workers extracted a man from a 20-foot-deep hole in Shavano Park around 9:30 a.m. The man, whose identity was not immediately released, suffered a broken ankle and was taken to University Hospital after he slipped and fell Tuesday morning.
San Antonio Fire Department crews were called to [...]
Written on March 9, 2010 | Posted in
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By Eva Ruth Moravec in The San Antonio Express-News
A pair of San Antonio policemen spent part of Tuesday morning wrangling children awaiting school buses after a fire erupted at a North Side apartment complex that houses their usual bus stop.
Flames damaged one building at the Dove Tree apartments, located in the 1500 block of Gardendale, [...]
Written on March 9, 2010 | Posted in
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By Ron Maloney in The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
The Seguin Professional Fire Fighters Association has apparently won the opportunity to let voters decide whether the fire department should be managed under civil service rules. Seguin City Manager Doug Faseler Monday said the SPFFA had turned in a petition that appeared to have enough signatures for the [...]
Written on March 8, 2010 | Posted in
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