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UPDATED:
Friday Apr 6, 2007 |
North Carolina
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Fire Destroys Spring Lake Apartment Complex
FRI APR 06
WRAL-TV PHOTO
SPRING LAKE - Fire destroyed an abandoned apartment complex early Friday.
A nearby vacant house also sustained about $30,000 worth of damage in the blaze, which started around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Several mobile homes had power line damage, and the families were displaced for the night. Firefighters were able to keep the flames away from a nearby church.
Firefighters from Harnett and Moore counties and other Cumberland County departments
were called to help.
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HOT SHOT
THR APR 05
SUBMITTED BY CARTER RABIL, CFP-7322
CLAYTON - Crews from Clayton and Cleveland
fire departments responded Thursday to a blaze started by a 7 year-old boy playing with a lighter.
There were no injuries. The incident is under joint investigation by
the Clayton Fire Marshall, the Johnston County Fire Marshal, and the
Johnston County Sheriff's Department. |
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HOT SHOT
TUE APR 03
SUBMITTED BY MIKE LEGEROS, CFP-7474
RALEIGH - The potential for catastrophe was great Tuesday morning
when a fully-loaded gas tanker rolled away from a Glenwood Avenue
service station, crossed the major roadway and its concrete median,
and struck the front door of a drugstore. The tanker was unmanned and
the drugstore was closed. With no gasoline leaking from the
trailer, crews initially attended to the tractor's ruptured fuel
tanks. Raleigh Fire Department units including a haz-mat team stayed
on scene through the morning as the product was off-loaded before
the truck was removed from the building. Note the "drive-thru" sign.
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HOT SHOT
SAT MAR 31
SUBMITTED BY NORTH WILKESBORO FD
NORTH WILKESBORO - On March 24th and 31st the North Wilkesboro Fire Department conducted live burn exercises at two
homes donated to the department. Prior to the interior exercises on
the burn days, the structures were utilized for SCBA and search and rescue training
conducted with and without the use of thermal imaging equipment.
Crew from Mulberry-Fairplains, Cricket, and Wilbar also participated
in the training.
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INCIDENT REPORT
THU MAR 29
SUBMITTED BY CHIEF JERRY SWIFT
WAKE FOREST - On March 29th at approximately 12:15 p.m., Wake Forest and Rolesville
fire departments were dispatched to a house fire in the 5500 block of Orchard Oriole Trail. Wake Forest Engine 431 arrived
to find a two-story, 4,000 square-foot dwelling with heavy smoke conditions showing from the second floor. Captain Bo Medlin and his crew advanced a
1-3/4" hand line to the second floor and began fire suppression operations. Rolesville Firefighter Jacob Butler and Wake Forest Fire Chief Jerry Swift were assigned to conduct a primary search on the second floor to locate a victim
reportedly trapped at that location. While searching rooms on the left side of the
second floor hallway, Firefighter Butler located the victim in a master bathroom and summoned assistance. In dense smoke conditions,
Chief Swift and Firefighter Butler removed the victim from the floor
of a large walk-in closet off of the bathroom. At the top of the
stairwell, the victim was transferred to a fresh crew advancing up
the stairs. Once removed from the building, the victim was transported to a local hospital by Rolesville EMS.
The victim reportedly sustained critical injuries and was transferred to the Chapel Hill Burn Center.
The second floor of the structure sustained significant fire damage.
There were apparently no smoke detectors operating in the home. The fire is under investigation by the Wake County Fire Marshall’s Office.
Units responding: Wake Forest Engine 431, Engine 61, Engine 434, Ladder 65, Rescue 6, Car
1, Rolesville Engine 153, Car 1, Truck 1. Rolesville EMS and
Wake County EMS were also on scene. |
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FEATURED SHOT
MON
MAR 12
SUBMITTED BY LEE WILSON, CFP-702
RALEIGH - Thirty-two
recruits graduated March 12 from Raleigh Fire Department Recruit
Academy #33. The new firefighters, whose six-month academy started
in September, will help fill vacancies created when Station 28 opens
this month. The ceremony was conducted at the Progress Energy Center
for the Performing Arts. Congratulations to A. Bakhshi, A. Burns, J. Callender, C. Carlson, R. Carlson, D. Carroll, G. Ceisner, T. Cruse, P. Guidry, A. Gutierrez, B. Harris, L. Hubbard, D. Hunter, W. Janke, I. Johnson, K. Joyner, T. Kennion, C. Lewis, P. Marks, C. Moore, E. Palmer, W. Pearce, D. Penny, D. Richardson, E. Stephenson, G. Todd, B. Uptont, R. Vradenburgh, P. Walters, A. Winston, S. Woodall, and A. Young. |
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HOT SHOT
SUN MAR 11
SUBMITTED BY DEPUTY CHIEF ANDY COLEMAN, BFD
BLADENBORO - The Clarkton Fire Department responded to a fire alarm
at Cape Fear Manor Rest Home on March 11. Arriving units found a
fire in a resident's room. The fire was contained to a single room,
though the rest of the wing suffered smoke damage. The residents
were relocated to another facility until the clean-up was completed.
Mutual aid was provided by Bladenboro, Elizabethtown, North Whiteville,
and Lisbon fire departments. Bladen County EMS was also on scene.
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