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Reading Fire initially started 6:53 p.m. June 8 in Trinity County. It has burned 47.4 acres after being active for six days.
Reading Fire initially started 6:53 p.m. June 8 in Trinity County. It has burned 47.4 acres after being active for five days.
The Reading Fire, sparked by lightning from recent thunderstorms, has reached 55% containment and remains at 39 acres as of 7 ...
Evacuation warnings have been issued for zones DUG-258 and DUG-260 in Douglas City. An evacuation warning means people in ...
“After reassessing conditions, firefighters reentered the structure to extinguish remaining areas of fire.” A firefighter who suffered a knee injury was taken to Reading Hospital for treatment ...
Being able to “read a fire” is the mark of a firefighter who is able to make decisions based on knowledge and skill–not guess work or luck. In the late 1990s, European firefighters were ...
Some residents returned to their homes on Saturday after being asked to evacuate as crews responded to a large wildfire on Neversink Mountain in Reading, Pennsylvania. The fire was mostly under ...
Ed and I had worked closely together as co-authors of a book called 3D Firefighting and we had numerous discussions on the finer points of reading fire. He convinced me that it was critical to ...
The Reading Fire Department has been chronically understaffed for almost a decade now. Fire Chief William Stoudt Jr. hopes a new grant from the federal government will help correct that problem.
according to Reading fire officials. City crews rushed to the scene after initial reports shortly before 3:40 p.m. Victims were unable to exit from the first floor due to the extent of the fire ...
Firefighters are battling the Reading Fire in Trinity County, which has burned 39 acres near Douglas City. Evacuation ...