Firefighters are using heavy equipment to get to the source of a fire at the Santa Clara-based business ECS Refining — the third blaze within three years at the site, which specializes in electronics recycling. The fire prompted an order for residents to stay inside and close their windows while firefighters put out the blaze. It
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Santa Clara: 4-alarm recycling plant fire prompts ’shelter in place’ order
LOS ANGELES—More than 150 firefighters are battling a blaze at a commercial structure south of downtown Los Angeles near Huntington Park. The blaze broke out Tuesday evening on East Slauson Ave. Los Angeles city fire spokesman Devin Gales says there has been a partial roof collapse and electrical wires are down in the immediate area. Video from television
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Huge fire at commercial building near downtown LA
Authorities are crediting a Newport Beach business complex’s sprinkler system with preventing disaster Monday night, when flames inside the building were kept at bay until firefighters arrived. Newport Beach firefighters responded about 9:50 p.m. Monday to a report of a sprinkler system triggered at the Newport Coast Shopping Center, off Newport Coast Road. Firefighters arrived and
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Sprinkler system saved complex
A fire inside an Encinitas home was so intense Monday night firefighters could not enter the building to try and rescue two people living inside. A neighbor broke out windows trying to help rescue animals but the two people living inside the home didn’t make it out alive. The fire started around 7:30 p.m. in the
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Encinitas House Fire Kills Two
Firefighters are investigating a fire that scorched more than a dozen trees in Rancho Mirage on Monday. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection received reports at 2:38 p.m. that 15 palm trees were on fire in the hills west of Bob Hope Drive and Highway 111. Firefighters had to hike to the scene and a
ENCINITAS — An elderly man in a wheelchair and an elderly woman perished in a fire Monday night that consumed their home, said Encinitas fire Deputy Chief Scott Henry. The first firefighters arrived about 7:30 P.M. and reported flames shooting out of the roof and intense fire at the front of the single story home on
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Two found dead after a fire destroys an Encinitas home
Firefighters are still investigating what sparked a one-alarm Menlo Park blaze over the weekend that damaged a house to the tune of $400,000 and displaced the homeowner and her dog, a fire official said Monday. A man walking near a Sharon Heights ranch-style house on the 900 block of Continental Drive at about 4:35 p.m. Saturday
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Fire department still investigating cause of Menlo Park blaze
Riverside County firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that injured three people and displaced eight residents of a Beaumont apartment complex Sunday. The fire was reported at 8:14 a.m. in the 600 block of East Fifth Street, Cal Fire officials said. Firefighters found a blaze in the attic of a six-unit complex. The fire was
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Three hurt in Beaumont apartment complex fire
Two women, one of them 90 years old, escaped a fire that destroyed a mobile home Tuesday morning in central Fresno. The fire was reported about 9 a.m. on the 2700 block of West Ashlan Avenue. Fresno Fire Department spokesman Gary Eberhard said two roofers working nearby heard the fire break out. They helped get the 90-year-old
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Woman, 90, escapes Fresno fire
Firefighters were called to a fire Sunday night at a single-story home near Palm Desert, where the garage area was fully engulfed. The home is in the 39300 block of Manorgate Road in Sun City Del Web. Firefighters said no one was injured in the fire, though the Red Cross is helping residents who were displaced. Reported by:
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Fire Engulfs Home in Sun City Del Web
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