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UPDATED:
Tuesday Feb 13, 2006 |
North Carolina
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SLIDE SHOW
 Fire
Set to Cover Break-in
TUE FEB 13
SUBMITTED BY WEST McBRIDE, HIGH POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT, CFP-588
HIGH POINT
- Engines 7, 1 and 13, Ladder 13, Squad 7, Battalions 1 and 2 were
dispatched to a reported apartment building fire on Suffolk
Avenue. On arrival, units found heavy smoke showing from an
apartment complex clubhouse. Two lines were used to squelch the
fire. Further investigation showed the fire was set to hide a
break-in.
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HOT SHOT
TUE FEB 13
SUBMITTED BY MIKE LEGEROS, CFP-7474
RALEIGH -
Four engine companies were
assisted by a tanker and a brush truck from Garner early Friday
afternoon, at a woods fire near the intersection of Hammond Road
and Interstate 40. The fire was attacked from three fronts
including from the deluge gun of an engine positioned on a
bridge above the blaze. Raleigh Fire Academy recruits from the
nearby Keeter Training Center were called to the scene to assist
with loading hose.
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HOT SHOT
TUE FEB 13
SUBMITTED BY JASON INGLE
LINCOLNTON - On February 12
at approximately 1000 hours, fire departments from Lincolnton
and Boger City were dispatched to a reported structure fire at a
local motel. Upon arrival, Engine 1 from Lincolnton reported
fire showing from a second story window on the A-side, along
with heavy smoke. Attack crews made a quick knockdown while
other crews were performing search operations along with
ventilation.
The majority of fire damage was contained to two individual
rooms and the attic area, although 16 rooms did sustain smoke
damage. The fire reportedly started from a candle left burning
in one of the rooms. Units that responded were Engine 1, Ladder
1, Engine 41, Squad 46, Car 1, Car 4, Squad 107.
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FEATURED SHOT
TUE FEB 13
SUBMITTED BY CARTER RABIL, CFP-7322
JOHNSTON COUNTY -
The T.J. Smith family is all smiles
before their house is burned down for firefighter training
Saturday. The Smith's home suffered damages from a fire in December
and will need to be rebuilt from the ground up. Elevation, Benson,
Cleveland, Kenly, Wilson's Mills, Pine Level, West Johnston and Raleigh firefighters
took part in the exercise.
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HOT SHOT
TUE FEB 13
SUBMITTED BY INVESTIGATOR B.W. SIGMON
CATAWBA COUNTY - The Long View
Fire Department responded to a reported working residential
structure fire recently. Engine 24 was first in and found 50%
involvement and called for a second alarm and mutual aid from
Hickory Fire E-3.
It took crews all most an hour to bring this unoccupied structure
under control due to the roof collapsing about ten minutes into the
fight. Units responding were: Engine 24, Engine 22, Ladder 25, Truck
21, Engine 3, C-200 and Catawba County EMS for standby.
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Man Arrested for Taking Two Fire
Trucks for Joy-Rides
TUE FEB 13
SUBMITTED BY CARTER RABIL, CFP-7322
WAYNE COUNTY -
A
man who took two fire trucks from the Pricetown Fire Station in
Wayne
County, drove
them around and then returned them to the fire department has been
arrested. Shelton
Douglas Southerland Jr., 29, of Seven Springs was arrested Tuesday,
four days after the alleged incident.
Southerland is accused of causing $2,500 in damages to one of the
trucks. $650 in tools was reportedly stolen from the other truck.
More arrests in the case are pending. The investigation is being
conducted by the Wayne and Lenoir County Sheriff’s Departments.
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Additional
Headlines:
Carolina Beach:
Two Killed in Abandoned House Fire
Graham:
FD Donates Truck to Louisiana FD
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