Fire Station 85

Air Tanker Drops Fire Retardant, Slows LA Wildfire
Posted on Jul 31, 2010 @ 1:00am
Water-dropping aircraft slowed the progress of a wildfire that was bearing down on hundreds of homes in the high desert north of Los Angeles. The... [from FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News]

Last Day On The Job For Dozens Of San Jose Employees
Posted on Jul 31, 2010 @ 1:00am
On a somber Friday morning at San Jose's Fire Department Training Center, 33-year-old rookie firefighter Michael Hidalgo reluctantly handed over his... [from FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News]

Chicago Firefighters Rescue 3 From Uptown Blaze
Posted on Jul 31, 2010 @ 1:00am
Firefighters were on the scene of a fire early this morning in the Uptown neighborhood, officials said. Firefighters rescued three people from the... [from FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News]

Massachusetts Condo Explosion Hurts 8
Posted on Jul 31, 2010 @ 1:00am
A Massachusetts condominum has exploded while under construction, injuring at least eight people, including five construction workers. Authorties say... [from FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News]

Fire Crews Save Dog At Apartment Fire That May Have Been Arson
Posted on Jul 31, 2010 @ 1:00am
Daytona Beach fire crews rescued a dog from a Friday night fire that almost destroyed a converted apartment complex. Firefighters responded to the... [from FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News]

Deadly Building Explosion in South LA
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 @ 10:54pm
On Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 6:51 AM, 16 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 11 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 3 Arson Units, 1 Urban Search and Rescue Unit, 1 Rehab Unit, 2 Hazardous Materials Teams, 3 EMS Battalion Captains, 3 Battalion Chief Offic... [from LAFD News & Information]

Crown Fire Jumps Aqueduct, Burns Toward Homes
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 @ 7:44pm
A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct on Friday, rushing toward a subdivision of homes as firefighters also tried to keep flames from damaging power lines that bring electricity to Southern California. [from CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weath...]

Wayward Sea Lion Stranded On Ballona Creek
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 @ 6:55pm
A marine mammal rescue group is en route to rescue a sea lion that is stranded four miles inland on Ballona Creek. [from CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weath...]

Tampered Gas Line Found At Deadly South L.A. Blast
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 @ 6:53pm
An industrial building with a tampered gas line exploded Friday, killing a man who was hurled into the street and another who was electrocuted by a downed power line, officials said. [from CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weath...]

New BP boss discusses long-term Gulf recovery
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 @ 6:28pm
Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley is expected to discuss the oil giant's long-term recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico during a news conference in Mississippi on Friday. [from CNN.com - U.S.]

Third blaze ignites in CA wildfires
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 @ 5:56pm
Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another. [from CNN.com - U.S.]

Progress made in cleaning up Michigan oil spill
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 @ 5:36pm
Michigan's governor and the boss of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency planned Friday to fly over the location of an oil spill on the Kalamazoo River. [from CNN.com - U.S.]