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- Bug Bombs Set Off Explosion In Citrus Heights
- CA-SQF- Coffee - Vegetation Fire - 80 acres
- World News: Iran - Photojournalist missing
- San Jose firefighters union Local 230 - civil grand jury report
- Earthquake - 3.3 M - San Bernardino, CA
| Bug Bombs Set Off Explosion In Citrus Heights Posted: 21 Jun 2009 11:03 PM PDT
Effort to rid apartment of bugs leaves three Citrus Heights families homeless From Matt Weiser: Three families were left homeless in Citrus Heights Sunday after an explosion triggered by overzealous use of insecticide foggers. A tenant of the three-unit apartment building in the 7500 block of Cook Ave. was trying to deal with a cockroach infestation when he activated 10 cans of insecticide fogger in the apartment, said Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Capt. Christian Pebbles. At about 6 p.m. Sunday, the fogger chemical spread to an ignition source in the apartment, resulting in an explosion. There was no fire in the building, but the explosion caused major structural damage in the building and it had to be condemned, Pebbles said. The three families occupying the building got help Sunday from the Red Cross to find temporary housing. No one was hurt in the explosion. "We're lucky because there was flying glass all the way across the street," Pebbles said. "We had massive damage to the entire building. We have structural bearing walls blown out." He said the tenant had previously asked his landlord for help with the insect problem, and got no response. But using 10 foggers in an apartment was "well over the recommended limit" for deploying the devices, Pebbles said. "This is an unfortunate incident." Editor's Note: According to an article on the KCRA News website, the explosion lifted the roof and blew out windows of the building Sunday night. The blast also cracked the frame of the apartment building. Common sense would tell a reasonable person that 10 bug bombs would be too much for an apartment. KCRA news reporters now are saying that fire officials found *18* bug bombs in the small apartment. (Watching the 11pm news cast)  | ||||||||||||||||||
| CA-SQF- Coffee - Vegetation Fire - 80 acres Posted: 21 Jun 2009 08:04 PM PDT
Wildland Vegetation Fire: View CA-SQF- Coffee - Vegetation Fire in a larger map Road closure: - Broken PGE water flume flooding Hwy 190 at the Stairs, Highway impassable. Update: 1930 hrs - 80 acres - gonna be a long night. Update: 1900 hrs - AA states Left Flank is basically contained to the Head, all efforts are switching to the Right Flank, IC update 75 Acs., expects several more hrs before Containment (no % of containment given for this time) Update: 1845hrs - IC req. an Add. WT (Private WT) in add. to the previous req. Note : AT-11 on scene (Type-2, 2700 gal.) Update: 1835hrs - BLM WT-3191 responding, Fulton Hot Shots, Kern Valley Hot Shots Ordered, PGE water Flume just broke! Note : IC req. an Add. WT (county WT-15), AT-23 (P-3 Type -1, 3000 gal.) on scene Update: 1800 hrs - IC reports head is very active heading North East, especially active around the PGE Flume, very Rocky Terrain up there, also. POWER LINES near the road, but not down. Update: 1730 hrs - IC now reports 7+ acres, requesting ATs , fire is threatening PGE water flume, Mod ROS, Heavy fuels - Note : BC 23 req. 2 add. crews, upgrade to a full response, 4 add. engines Location: 1700hrs -One half mile above upper Coffee Camp on Hwy 190, East of Springville Area Fire in Heavy Fuels , 1 acre, uphill side, Slow ROS, hold off on Aircraft at this time except Helo. Google Map: Link IC: Coffee IC Batt. 23 / 4114 - 1915 hrs - SQF Chief-2 is on scene Communications: Local - 168.775 Tac - 2 - 168.200 Air - 169.150 Air / Grnd - 170.000 Air / Air - 135.975 Air Base - 123.975 Resources: Helicopter - 522 Engines - 23, 25, Pat 23 ; TUU Engines - 4173, 4183 Crew - SQF Crew-9 WT - SQF WT -2 SQF PT 22, 23, on scene SQF E-24, also responding/or on scene SQF H-523 ST 9472 G enroute (Mt. Home Crews 1, 2), AA-13, ATs - 76, 78 (both are S-2Ts, 1200 Gal) Lead plane, T-11 and T-23 en-route or already one scene from Fox airbase. Weather: as of 1915 Hrs, Springville, 79 deg.; 27% Hum.; Winds out of the NNW @ 9 MPH Initial information:wildlandfire.com - Link  | ||||||||||||||||||
| World News: Iran - Photojournalist missing Posted: 21 Jun 2009 11:01 AM PDT
LIFE magazine Photojournalist missing in Tehran
 Courage on Tehran's Streets; A Photographer Is MissingThe Iranian photojournalist, whose pictures appear here, is missing. He has not been in contact with LIFE magazine; this morning LIFE magazine received the following email from one of his relatives. THE EMAIL: Hi im [photographer's relative], when he go out side yester day for he never came back home and also his friend and a lot of our young brave people, government arrested them [. . .] don't let them suffer in those bloody hands. With thanks. We will update this space when we have more details. Hope and Rage As protests and counter-protests unlike anything seen in Iran since the 1979 Revolution roil the country and captivate the world, LIFE presents photographs taken by an Iranian who is there, in the midst of the action. Editors note: I know this is off topic but the Tehran-based photojournalist who made this pictures is now missing. Whether a war zone, revolution or wildland urban interface fire I felt it was important photojournalism news, and I wanted to share these very powerful photographs... New details at LIFE magazine: - Link. All Photos: LIFE magazine - An Iranian Photojournalist -Link  | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose firefighters union Local 230 - civil grand jury report Posted: 21 Jun 2009 07:53 AM PDT
In response to a scathing civil grand jury report this week, the "We regret the final report was issued without considering all of the facts and seeking input from all pertinent stakeholders," said San Jose Firefighters President Randy Sekany in a one-page written retort. The 19-member civil grand jury, empaneled for a year, acts as a public watchdog agency. City officials must respond to the findings within 90 days. The grand jury report on the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 230, as the San Jose firefighters are formally known, assailed Sekany and other leaders of the 747-member union as needlessly hostile toward management. It said the union has filed more than twice as many contract grievances as the city's 10 other unions combined and called many of those grievances frivolous. It also said union leaders abuse city-paid time off for labor activities. In defending the union, Sekany — who retired as a fire captain in December but continues as Local 230 president, a post he has held for nine years — noted that the grand jury never sought his testimony in producing its 33-page report. Sekany added that the union and management routinely meet and discuss issues and have resolved hundreds of matters through productive negotiations. He also noted the minimum staffing levels and union time-off policies questioned by the grand jury were agreed upon by the city, and that the minimum staffing policy saves San Jose more than $1 million a year in overtime costs. Finally, Sekany said, "firefighters have an overwhelming lack of confidence in the chief's ability to lead the department." The firefighters in December declared a vote of no confidence in Chief Darryl Von Raesfeld, but City Manager Debra Figone has stood by him. "We acknowledge a strained relationship with some members of the city executive staff," Sekany wrote. "We also believe that fair-minded people would acknowledge that a strained relationship requires responsibility and accountability by both parties. "Notwithstanding the aforementioned challenges," he added, "we stand ready, as we have for over 155 years, to work collaboratively with the city of San Jose". Source: Mercury News - Link  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earthquake - 3.3 M - San Bernardino, CA Posted: 21 Jun 2009 07:40 AM PDT
 Version #2: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. A minor earthquake occurred at 7:29:33 AM (PDT) on Sunday, June 21, 2009.
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