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- Earthquake 3.2 M - San Francisco Bay Area
- CAL FIRE SCU - Morgan Hill - Multiple Structure Fire - NO INJURIES
- Monterey County: Firefighter School - controlled burn - 900 acres planned @ Ft. Hunter-Liggett
- Mexico: Daycare Fire Victims arriving in the U.S.A.
| Earthquake 3.2 M - San Francisco Bay Area Posted: 06 Jun 2009 08:11 PM PDT
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| CAL FIRE SCU - Morgan Hill - Multiple Structure Fire - NO INJURIES Posted: 06 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT
A spooked white horse ran from the south to the north end of the former farm at 514 Dougherty Ave., owned by the Sanchez family. Chickens scattered, clucking, frantic from the sound of the CalFire chopper overhead, dumping load after load of water, 300 gallons each, trying to calm the flames. Five agencies responded with 20 pieces of fire equipment, Cal Fire Operations Chief Mike Marcucci said. "It was a very big deal, at first," Marcucci said, adding that they didn't know if there was anyone inside any of the burning buildings, and the buildings were already "fully involved" when the first engine responded sometime between 4 and 5 p.m. At least 80 firefighters combated the flames, braving popping ammunition, propane tanks and car tires amid the veritable junk yard. A power line was down, too, causing Cal Fire to rope off the area with black-and-yellow tape, forbidding even firefighters from entering the zone. Marcucci said the worst case scenario would have been winds pushing the fire east to the neighboring lumber yard, fueling the fire further, and of course the subdivisions to the south. "We were fortunate enough to have a mowed field," Marcucci said. "It's always a struggle to get fire engines here as fast as we can." As of 6 p.m., Marcucci estimated that the responding engines from Cal Fire, Santa Clara County Fire Department, San Jose and Gilroy fire departments and County Fire had used 12,000 gallons of water fighting the blaze. The typical house fire uses about 2,000 gallons, he said. The Sanchez family of five siblings was in hysterics, pointing fingers of blame and naming the belongings that were lost in the fire that claimed no human injuries or lives, but took down a 2,000-square-foot, 100-year-old redwood barn, three horse trailers and four to five vehicles. Some of the family live in one of the many homes on the property, none of which were damaged. "My pigs, my chickens!" Erica Sanchez cried between sobs. "My Harley, my Corvette, antiques, songbooks," Mario Sanchez lamented. Mario Sanchez said he was in a storage room next to the felled barn when he heard sounds. When he exited the storage room, the barn was already fully engulfed. He wore no shirt, and was missing a shoe, as he listed the items of his in the barn. The cause of the fire was unknown, but Reuben Sanchez suspected that a lit cigarette butt was tossed carelessly on the ground inside the barn or near it. Reuben Sanchez said his family has owned the land for more than 30 years. Source article: Morgan Hill Times - Link  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monterey County: Firefighter School - controlled burn - 900 acres planned @ Ft. Hunter-Liggett Posted: 06 Jun 2009 02:04 PM PDT
 Monterey County – Ft. Hunter-Liggett Firefighter School900 acre controlled burn on Ft. Hunter-Liggett today in conjunction with Firefighter School. 3-4 Day Incident Based Wildland Firefighting Training Live Fire Exercises: Mobile Attack Progressive Hose Lays Blacklining on Thursday June 4, 2009 with approval of Operations Section Chief Task Book sign-offs with prior approval Includes meals and camping at the Post Campgrounds. More info: mcftoa.org - Link .PDF For more information on the 2009 Wildland Fire School and pictures of the 2007 and 2008 school, check out our website at: www.mcftoa.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexico: Daycare Fire Victims arriving in the U.S.A. Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:28 PM PDT
 Bomberos breached the walls in several locations as they Mexico Fire Victims Brought To Sacramento 29 Children Killed, Dozen Others Killed In Daycare Blazemade attempts to locate the infants in the smoke and fire. (AFP photo) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Victims from a deadly day care fire in northern Mexico headed to Sacramento for treatment. Officials said 29 children were killed and dozens of others were injured in a fire that started in the northern Mexican state of Sonora at a tire depot Friday afternoon. Flames spread to a nearby day care, where there were about 100 kids at the time.The Red Cross said most of the children range from 6-months- to 5-years-old. Frantic parents tried to find out if their kids are OK.KCRA 3 has just confirmed many of the badly hurt kids will be transported to Shriner's Childrens Hospital of Northern California in Sacramento as well as to a Shriner's facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are due to arrive Saturday morning. There is no word on what started the blaze. Source: kcra.com- Link More Info and video: Firegeezer - Day Care Disaster in Sonora  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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