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| | | | | | A hydrocarbon material leak at the Martinez Refining Company caused a fire that injured six individuals and triggered a health advisory on Saturday, refinery personnel confirm. According to Martinez Refining Company, two workers were conducting planned maintenance on one of the refinery’s process units around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday before noticing the leak that then caught fire. |
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| | | | | | PHOTOS: The investigation continues Monday into the deadly medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia. Seven people were killed, including an 11-year-old girl, and 22 others were injured. Large trucks are now blocking Cottman Avenue, between Bustleton Ave. and Roosevelt Blvd. Action News spoke with some people who live in the area where debris came raining down. They say they're mainly staying inside as the investigation unfolds at their doorsteps. |
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| | | | | | PHOTO: Los Angeles firefighters were welcomed at the Grammys Awards with a warm reception. A group of firefighters appeared on the red carpet, with people in attendance giving them a round of applause. The first responders' appearance came after wildfires spread throughout Los Angeles last month, destroying homes, schools, houses of worship and businesses. |
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| | | | | | VIDEO: The Houston Fire Department's Airport Rescue Firefighters were called to George Bush Intercontinental Airport Sunday morning after a departing United Airlines flight called off its takeoff due to an engine issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. According to United Airlines, the pilot of Flight 1382, an Airbus A319 on its way to New York’s LaGuardia Airport, stopped the takeoff around 8:35 a.m. after getting an engine warning. |
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| | | | | | Edward McGee was a few years removed from having earned his degree in business administration at Western Connecticut State University when an idea sparked. That idea, which popped into his wife Valerie's mind: Open a store selling uniforms and equipment to first responders and postal workers. The Danbury area at that time, in the mid-1970s, was the fourth fastest-growing area in the U.S., McGee learned. |
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