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Propane tanks explode at Alcoa plant | NBC12 | Home
A propane tank exploded just before 10am this morning at the Alcoa Consumer Products facility, a branch of Reynolds Metals, in the 28-hundred block of Bells Road.

Initial reports suggest there was an accident involving a forklift and a propane tank. That reportedly set off other propane tanks, spread to a truck at the loading dock and finally into the building’s roof.

3 children die in Petersburg fire

3 children die in Petersburg fire – News – inRich.com
PETERSBURG – Family members of the three children who died this morning in a house fire here identified the victims as 16-year-old Tiffany Coleman, 6-month-old Manzell Wilson and 7-year-old Giavonni Webb.

Fire Breaks Out at 2 Prince William Businesses

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Fire officials are trying to determine the cause of two fires at two Prince William County businesses Monday morning.

The businesses are located right across the street from each other on Route 1 in Woodbridge. Fire officials are calling the fires suspicious.

ABC 7 News myTAKE – What’s Your Opinion?The call came in just before midnight of a fire at a nursery, where there was substantial damage reported and the Meadow Farms Garden Center’s roof collapsed.

Roanoke County prepares for firefighter’s retirement

Roanoke County prepares for firefighter’s retirement – Roanoke.com
Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department will be losing one of its best firefighters on Jan. 31.

Steve Poff was encouraged by a friend’s father to volunteer for the Cave Spring Volunteer Fire department in March 1976 and has had fire in his blood ever since. However, after 31 years working for the Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department, Poff is calling it quits.

“I’ve had a great career,” said Poff, who is currently the division fire chief of Roanoke County. “They have treated me well, and I’ve received a lot of great training.”

Woman charged with arson, attempted murder

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Woman charged with arson, attempted murder

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GLOUCESTER – A Gloucester Point woman distraught over a backlog of bills was arrested Sunday in connection with an early-morning fire that was set in the bedroom where her husband was sleeping, according to sheriff’s deputies and information included with her arrest warrant.

Salem gets hydrants going with the flow

Salem gets hydrants going with the flow – Roanoke.com
An increasing number of white-capped fire hydrants have dotted Salem streets in recent weeks, and it’s clearly not because of snow.

Instead, it’s the result of a process that so far has flagged about 60 of the city’s roughly 900 hydrants as potentially deficient for firefighting. Before the inspection process is over, more white-capped hydrants may be added to the ranks.

Firefighters find body in burning Jaguar in Newport News

ARTICLE: Firefighters find body in burning Jaguar in Newport News (The Virginian-Pilot – HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)
Firefighters find body in burning Jaguar in Newport News

The Virginian-Pilot
© November 21, 2007 | Last updated 7:14 AM Nov. 21

NEWPORT NEWS — A body was found in the trunk of a car that exploded and caught fire here this morning.

Investigators were called to the 100 block of Harpersville Road at about 3:10 a.m. after someone reported hearing an explosion.

Leadership of Richmond ambulances to change

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By JIM NOLAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

With the largest provider of ambulance services in the country officially out, the Richmond Ambulance Authority will take full control over the city’s ambulance response and emergency medical personnel tonight at midnight.

Don’t expect the ambulances to turn into pumpkins.

When the private company that has been managing the system bows out tonight, the head of the authority expects a seamless transition — one that will have no negative impact on the quality or swiftness of emergency response to city residents in need.

“Everything is fine,” RAA Executive Director Jerry Overton said. “The medics have all passed their tests and screenings. The schedule is filled out. It’s just going to happen.”

Seagrave CEO Scott Mintier resigns

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Seagrave CEO Scott Mintier resigns

By Larry Avila
Post-Crescent business editor

CLINTONVILLE — Seagrave’s chief executive officer has left the company, a manufacturer of firefighting vehicles.

“I left for my own reasons,” Scott Mintier said Tuesday evening when reached by The Post-Crescent. “I’m moving on.”

Mintier confirmed that three other executives also are no longer with the company but didn’t provide their names. He referred further questions to the company and declined further comment.

Fire Victim Calls Blaze ‘Careless’

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Fire Victim Calls Blaze ‘Careless’

Posted: Nov 14, 2007 05:38 PM

Updated: Nov 14, 2007 05:41 PM
Fire Victim Calls Blaze ‘Careless’
Related Article: 11/13/07: Dozens Homeless After Buckingham Fire

Eight Buckingham County families are living away from home and wondering how they are going to rebuild their lives after a fire destroyed their home and all their belongings. The fire has been ruled an accident, but some people call it careless.

Fire victim Polly Flowers isn’t calm about what happened. “I’m very angry right now. I can’t even walk away from this fire, because like I said, this is all I had.”

Albemarle Garage Fire Investigation

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Albemarle Garage Fire Investigation

Posted: Nov 14, 2007 06:36 PM

Updated: Nov 14, 2007 06:38 PM

Albemarle County fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire to break out in a garage this afternoon.

Roanoke County school bus involved in accident

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A Roanoke County school bus was involved in an accident Tuesday afternoon. There were no injuries and a school system spokesman described the damage as minor.

Bus Hits House In Henrico

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Henrico County Police are investigating what caused a county school bus to slam into a house on Wheelwood Way early Monday morning.

According to Police, the bus, which was not loaded, lost control in the 700 block of Wheelwood Way in the eastern part of Henrico. The bus overcorrected, jumped the curb, and slammed into a house.

Animals Rescued from Burning Home

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Animals Rescued from Burning Home

A man and nearly 70 pets were inside a house when if caught fire Monday afternoon.

It happened in the 6900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Falls Church. Fairfax County Fire Department arrived to find smoke showing from the front of the home. They went into the home through the front door and found a couch on fire.

Dozens Homeless After Buckingham Fire

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Dozens Homeless After Buckingham Fire

Posted: Nov 13, 2007 09:46 PM

Updated: Nov 13, 2007 09:48 PM

Several families in Buckingham County are without a home tonight after flames ripped through their apartment complex this afternoon. Fire officials say the complex has a lot of damage and the 20 adults and four children who live there have to find somewhere else to live for now.

Squad Funds Transferred To City

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Squad Funds Transferred To City

Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:05 PM CST

City Manager Jon Ellestad reported last week to Lexington City Council that $86,613 had been transferred from the Lexington Lifesaving Crew financial accounts to the city as well as $126,000 held by the crew and invested in certificates of deposits.

All assets once held by the Lexington Lifesaving Crew are now held by the city following a consent order to this effect filed in the circuit court.

The city took possession of the squad funds after the squad failed to file the necessary paperwork to maintain its standing as a non-profit organization.

Firefighters untimely death deeply affected co-workers

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Firefighters untimely death deeply affected co-workers

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By Eileen M. Carlton
Source: Loudoun Times-Mirror
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 2007
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Every time a firefighter goes into a burning structure, he knows theres a chance he wont leave alive.

This is part of the job description.

But what happens when death comes out of nowhere, striking a fellow firefighter with only a loss of memory, a fumble, a bizarre remark or an odd question as warning?

This is what happened to John C. Carr Jr., a longtime firefighter in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, who died Feb. 17, 1997, of a brain tumor.

Historical society to hear talk on 1957 fire

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Historical society to hear talk on 1957 fire
The annual general membership meeting of the Patrick County Historical Society will be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the community room of Patrick Henry Community College on Johnson Street in Stuart.
The guest speaker will be Randle Brim, who will discuss the tragic “Flat Rock School Fire” of 1957.
Brim, a native of Randolph County with ties to Mount Airy, N.C., has written an account of the fire entitled Tragedy to Triumph. Several survivors of the conflagration will attend the meeting, adding special meaning to the program, according to a news release from the historical society.
Flat Rock School lies several miles south of Patrick County en route to Mount Airy, not far from the famous granite quarry. The fire took the lives of a student and a teacher and injured 40 children, several critically. As a result of this tragedy, North Carolina changed its fire safety standards and building codes statewide.

WEEKEND FIRE DESTROYS HOPEWELL CHURCH

The Hopewell News
A weekend fire destroyed First Congregational Christian Church on Memorial Avenue in the city.
The fire, which was called in to the Hopewell Fire Department at 4:01 p.m. on Sunday, caused heavy damage to both the building and contents.

Hazmat called to clean up spill at middle school

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Hazmat called to clean up spill at middle school
By Ken Munson
Nov 6, 2007, 08:38

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The Hopewell fire department was called to Carter G. Woodson Middle School after mercury, which is classified as a hazardous material, was spilled in a classroom on Friday.
The spill happened when a Carter G. Woodson student accidentally broke a mercury thermometer, necessitating the appearance of a hazmat team to deal with the spill.

Small cruise ship carrying 66 runs aground in Pungo Ferry area

ARTICLE: Small cruise ship carrying 66 runs aground in Pungo Ferry area (The Virginian-Pilot – HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)

The captain of a cruise boat with 66 people aboard purposefully ran the craft aground on the Intracoastal Waterway this morning after it started taking on water, according to a Coast Guard spokesman.

No one was injured, Petty Officer Christopher Evanson said. The Coast Guard worked with a helicopter and boats based in Portsmouth and Elizabeth City, N.C., to ferry passengers from the boat to the Pungo Ferry Landing marina, Evanson said.

Henrico Home Destroyed In Fire

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Investigators are searching for the cause of an overnight house fire that left a Henrico County home destroyed.

According to Henrico Fire Officials, the blaze broke out in the 11000 block of Mill Road around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday. The two people living inside the home were able to escape unharmed.

Officials say the fire started in the garage before spreading to the main structure. The roof of the home eventually collapsed.

Garage blaze destroys house in Henrico

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Garage blaze destroys house in Henrico
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Henrico firefighters are still on scene of an overnight house fire in the 1100 block of Mill Road in the West End.

Firefighters say the blaze started in an attached garage, destroying it. Flames then moved through the attic, causing the roof to collapse.

As fire spread through the rest of the home, it caused extensive damage and displaced two people.

Officials: Electrical appliance caused fatal Salem fire

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Officials: Electrical appliance caused fatal Salem fire

By Jessica Marcy
Investigators examine the scene of a fatal fire that occurred early Tuesday morning in Salem.

Photos by Sam Dean | The Roanoke Times

Investigators examine the scene of a fatal fire that occurred early this morning in Salem.
Friends of the victims of a fire that occurred in Salem early this morning watch as investigators examine the scene.

Friends of the victims of a fire that occurred in Salem early this morning watch as investigators examine the scene.

Fire officials believe an electrical appliance in the bathroom caused the house fire that left two people dead in Salem early this morning.

Firefighters responded to the 1600 block of Lenox Avenue around 1:38 a.m., said Salem Fire Capt. John Prillaman. They found a moderate amount of fire and smoke coming from the structure, he said.