Tuesday, January 20, 2009

News Day


Fire hits gun factory Prince George's County firefighter battle blaze at a firearms plant.


Firefighters move quickly to douse midday fire in Albany Flames scorched a two-story storefront building on Monday, displacing two residents and injuring a firefighter.


Six hurt in scaffolding collapse Scaffolding collapsed at Blue Valley North High School in Kansas City, injuring six construction workers, three of them seriously.


Strip mall store damaged in arson An eastern Los Angeles County health food store was damaged in a fire set by what police are describing as incendiary devices.


2 fires near Denver Micki Trost Firefighters fought two blazes in the suburbs west of Denver. The West Metro Fire Protection District responded to an apartment fire in Golden at about 11 p.m. Sunday and a second, separate fire in Lakewood at about 2:30 a.m. on Monday
The earlier fire at the Cliffs at Sixth Avenue West, 274 Holman Way, scorched one apartment and three other units were damaged by water and smoke, said Cindy Matthews, a West Metro spokeswoman.


Phoenix public-safety budgets to take hit The budget cuts aimed at the city's police and fire departments are expected to total $54.4 million, or around 7.5 percent of their individual operating budgets.


Tanks explode in 3-alarm warehouse fire Propane tanks explode inside a Kansas City warehouse the 3-alarm fire even riskier for firefighters.

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