RALEIGH - The new FireNews.net is now operational, as of June 01, 2008.

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DARE COUNTY - Michael Dennis Schillings, 54, of Wanchese, died Friday May 16, 2008 in Chesapeake, VA. Mr. Schillings was born in Venice, Italy as an American Citizen born abroad and was an appliance repairman.

He was a long time member of the Roanoke Island Fire Dept as a lieutenant and instructor.  

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ONSLOW COUNTY - Law Enforcement, EMS, and Fire Personnel were called to a structure fire off of Murrill Hill Road this afternoon at around 3:00pm. The structure was a mobile home that was fully engulfed. The responding personnel were told that several people were trapped inside the structure.

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MONROE - Union County firefighters battled a large fire at a building on the 6000 block of Concord Highway late Monday night.

The blaze started at Southern Farm Equipment, Inc., just after 9:45 p.m.

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ROCKY MOUNT -  In preparation for the city’s upcoming annexations, the Rocky Mount City Council approved five fire protection contracts with rural fire departments that cover the areas to be annexed.

With June 30 set as the day Rocky Mount will officially annex more than 1,600 acres in Nash and Edgecombe counties, the city is obligated to provide fire protection services to these areas.

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CHARLOTTE - Charlotte firefighters are out of gas money.

Deputy Chief Rich Granger said, “(It) always makes us nervous. It’s just something we have to deal with, and we will.”

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CLYDE - A fire at an apartment complex Thursday displaced 15 people and injured two. The fire was reported about 7 p.m. at Meadowland Apartments near the intersection of Jones Cove and Old Clyde roads.

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CHARLOTTE - A fire at a south Charlotte apartment forced at least eight families out of their homes on Wednesday.

It happened shortly before 2 p.m. at the Andover Woods Apartments in the 7800 block of Andover Woods Drive.

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