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| Man dies in house fire on south side of San Antonio Fire officials say a man has died in a house fire Thursday morning on Commercial Avenue on the south side. The fire started around 9:20 a.m. at a home in the 4000 block of Commercial, near the intersection with Gillette. Someone staying in a trailer on the same property made the call to firefighters and informed them the resident may be inside. Fire officials say they knocked down the fire quickly, but did find one resident who was wheelchair-bound died in the fire. The fire started near the front of the house, which is near where the victim was found. The fire is still under investigation and crews did not say how it started. No one else was inside the home. The victim has not yet been identified. KENS-TV CBS 5 SAN ANTONIO Montgomery County fire department is among the few in Texas with blue trucks and here's why PHOTOS: Montgomery County ESD 1 firefighters often are asked why their fire trucks are blue. "Our trucks are easy to be spotted," said Fire Chief Jason Oliphant, standing next to the Sierra Blue fire truck, which earned the trucks and the department "The Smurfs" nickname, according to the agency's website. The agency is one of the few in Texas with blue fire trucks, which tends to attract attention, Oliphant said. In 2022, the West Orange Volunteer Fire Department east of Beaumont had a blue truck with some streaks of silver. In 1981, the Willis and Panorama volunteer fire departments joined together to form the North Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department, according to the agency's website. At the time, the agency had several fire trucks that were red, white and green — giving the agency the nickname "The Rainbow Fire Department," the website states. THE COURIER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY - METERED SITE 1 hospitalized after house fire in north Amarillo Officials with the Amarillo Fire Department reported that a Friday morning two-alarm house fire in the 1400 block of North Polk Street was considered under control by around 7:40 a.m., though officials remained on the scene and one person was hospitalized with injuries. The fire department said that crews arrived at the scene of the fire at about 7:20 a.m. on Friday and found a small house "fully involved" in flames, with one person lying in the backyard. Additional crews were called to the scene due to nearby exposures and a partial roof collapse at the burning home, according to the department. Firefighters found no other people impacted at the scene of the fire and considered the fire under control at around 7:40 a.m. KCIT-TV FOX 14 AMARILLO Wichita Falls firefighters rescue person pinned under mower VIDEO: One individual was hospitalized after they were pinned underneath a riding lawn mower on Thursday afternoon. The call came in at around 12:25 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2024. The Wichita Falls Fire Department and AMR responded to the scene in a concrete runoff ravine off of Seymour Highway for a report of a person possibly trapped under a lawn mower. When first responders arrived on the scene, they discovered an overturned lawn mower in the ravine with a person pinned underneath it. Several WFFD firefighters worked to free the individual from underneath the lawn mower. They were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries. According to our crew on the scene, a witness heard somebody calling for help, prompting them to call 911. KFDX-TV NBC 3 WICHITA FALLS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 45 years later: Looking back at the partial meltdown of Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear reactor PHOTOS: Forty-five years ago, Central Pennsylvania suffered a historic tragedy when one of the nuclear reactors at Three Mile Island experienced a partial meltdown. The accident, which occurred at the Generating Station along the Susquehanna River on March 28, 1979, went down in history as the most serious nuclear power plant accident in United States history. According to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, researchers were able to determine that the meltdown had "negligible effects on the physical health of individuals or the environment" — but that's not to say there weren't any lasting impacts. The accident prompted tighter regulations on nuclear power plant operations, as well as sparking fear in the hearts of those living in Central Pennsylvania and beyond. WHP-TV CBS/MYNETWORKTV/CW 21 HARRISBURG Related Video: Remembering the Three Mile Island meltdown 45 years later Former New Jersey fire chief turns 110; He credits his longevity to this beloved sweet drink Vincent Dransfield turns 110 years old Thursday, but the lifelong Passaic County resident doesn't seem to be slowing down. He still lives at home, socializes with a wide range of friends and family, keeps up with the New York Yankees — opening day is his birthday — and even continues to drive his Hyundai sedan on local errands. "I guess I'm doing all right, for my age," Dransfield said by phone from the Little Falls house where he has lived since 1945. He playfully gave some of the credit for his longevity to a half-century of drinking Ovaltine, the flavored milk drink. Though, he said he sticks with the simple malt version, "not the chocolate Ovaltine." "I guess that contributed to it, and being a nice guy," he said. He remains on the roster of Singac Volunteer Fire Co. No. 3 in Little Falls, where signed up more than eight decades ago and once served as fire chief. NEW JERSEY ADVANCE - NJ.COM This fire department is among the few in Texas with blue trucks and here's why PHOTOS: Montgomery County ESD 1 firefighters often are asked why their fire trucks are blue. "Our trucks are easy to be spotted," said Fire Chief Jason Oliphant, standing next to the Sierra Blue fire truck, which earned the trucks and the department "The Smurfs" nickname, according to the agency's website. The agency is one of the few in Texas with blue fire trucks, which tends to attract attention, Oliphant said. In 2022, the West Orange Volunteer Fire Department east of Beaumont had a blue truck with some streaks of silver. In 1981, the Willis and Panorama volunteer fire departments joined together to form the North Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department, according to the agency's website. At the time, the agency had several fire trucks that were red, white and green — giving the agency the nickname "The Rainbow Fire Department," the website states. THE COURIER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY - METERED SITE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Fire-extinguishing ball fails, but no recall issued The government is warning people to immediately stop using a fire-extinguishing device shaped like a ball. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says Elide fire-extinguishing balls can fail to extinguish a fire, leaving people at risk of injury and death. However, the CPSC says Elide Fire USA has not agreed to recall the balls or help customers with a fix for the products. According to Elide Fire's website, the ball activates by itself within seconds of flames touching it. The ball breaks open and dispenses a dry chemical to extinguish a fire. The CPSC says the products can fail to effectively disperse the chemicals and fail to put out fires. It says the balls do not have a pressure gauge or pressure indicator, a locking device to reduce unintentional discharge, or a nozzle to direct the discharge. KSNW-TV NBC 8 WICHITA PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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