An engineering group overseeing a new commercial and housing project off of Harrodsburg Road has offered to plant 116 trees after it razed four red oak trees it had promised to protect. Jihad Hallany, of Vision Engineering, told the Urban County Planning Commission at a June 13 meeting that during grading of the property at […]
Jun. 19—Heavy rainfall on Wednesday complicated efforts to fight two Ruidoso-area wildfires as the threat of lightening and flash flooding prompted officials to pull back crews from the South Fork and Salt fires. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham also reported that two fire-related fatalities occurred in the first 24 hours of the fires that began Monday, […]
HVAC technicians are swamped responding to emergency service calls, installing new air conditioning units and performing routine checks amid the pre-summer heat wave Massachusetts is experiencing this week. Joey Viveiros, an installer for Landry Mechanical, endured Tuesday’s extreme heat working on two new mini splits for a Milford family’s home. “I just like putting these […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department on Monday announced it is sending several crews to assist in the fight against brush fires impacting Southern California. As of Monday evening, the Post Fire near Lebec in northern Los Angeles County has burned at least 15,610 acres and is 20% contained, according to […]
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Crews extinguished a fire Sunday night at Carrie Underwood’s Williamson County property. The fire began around 9:40 p.m. in the Pinewood community, which is west of Leiper’s Fork. According to Williamson County Fire Rescue, the county dispatched all eight of its stations to Underwood’s property because of the home’s remote […]
GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds pushed flames through dry brush in mountains along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Sunday, and officials warned residents in the wildfire’s path to be prepared to leave if it explodes in size again. Los Angeles County’s first major wildfire of the year swiftly grew to nearly 23 […]
A fire broke out at a Monroeville church rectory overnight. The building, behind Christ the Divine Shepherd Church, went up in flames around 12:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Azalea Drive in Monroeville. A Channel 11 photographer captured video of heavy damage to the roof. There’s no word yet on if anyone was injured […]
Jun. 8—WATERFORD — State and local departments responded to Roscoe Drive on Saturday afternoon for reports of an ATV crash. Waterford and Stoneham fire and rescue departments responded to early reports of an ATV accident around 3 p.m. Saturday near 44 Roscoe Drive in Waterford. Waterford Fire Department Assistant Chief Tom Murch reported crews, including […]
A woman was rescued after falling from a retaining wall and onto a hillside in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Public Safety said police officers, firefighters, medics and emergency management were called to the area of Frank Kurto Park and Bigelow Blvd at around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Workers from the Audi Dealership on Liberty Avenue in the […]
Hundreds of people gathered Friday morning as the Catawba Nation broke ground on its expansion of Two Kings Casino Resort in Kings Mountain. Robert Keesee, a Catawba tribe member, told Channel 9 that this moment has been a long time coming. PREVIOUS STORIES: “You hear so many things like, ‘When is this going to start […]
The search for a man missing in the Milwaukee River in Thiensville ended Friday evening, as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Southern Ozaukee Fire Department recovered his body. The Cedarburg Fire Department and Thiensville Police Department helped with the recovery. Crews had been searching for the man since Wednesday, June 5. Several people […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Crews are battling a brush fire that is threatening nearby homes in East County. SkyFOX/KUSI In the Sky is over a brush fire in the area of Ivanho Street near Jamacha Blvd in Spring Valley. Reports of smoke began coming in at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Firefighters can be seen dousing […]