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Fire News Around Virginia |
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Former Riverbend Volunteer Fire Chief Gary Lee Toler will spend about nine years in jail for aggravated sexual battery of a minor and possession of child pornography. Gary Lee …
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Around 10:00 pm on August 19th, 911 received a call from a neighbor next to a house at 6582 Popular Camp road in Austinville saying that there was a lot of smoke coming out from …
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A fire yesterday that sent smoke billowing hundreds of feet into the air on the edge of the Virginia Commonwealth University area was confined to an old warehouse, sparing an …
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Firefighters from five Pittsylvania County volunteer fire departments responded to a house fire at 6837 Whitmell School Road shortly after 10 p.m. Monday. The house was …
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A fire that apparently started in a sandwich shop early this morning could affect up to seven businesses in a Chesapeake shopping center. Capt. Steve Johnson said the fire began …
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A woman was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries early Monday morning after a fire destroyed her home near Chatham. Firefighters from Callands Fire Rescue entered …
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Weight restrictions on Chesapeake bridges have slowed emergency responders 5,392 times since 2003, the Chesapeake Fire Department reports. Chesapeake has the most bridges of any …
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Court documents were opened for the first time Tuesday in the case against former Holland volunteer Fire Chief Gordon L. Worrell. Worrell was indicted in May and charged with one …
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Lexington's volunteer firefighters are hoping a federal lawsuit will help extinguish a different kind of blaze an ongoing tussle with city officials over who controls the …
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Prince William police charged Douglas David Mumaw of Strasburg with obtaining money by false pretenses and larceny with intent to sell after they said he stole parts from fire …
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Mud is the latest challenge facing firefighters battling a 4,664-acre blaze in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, a spokeswoman said today. Five days of rain have …
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A house fire Monday morning forced a woman to drop a two-year-old child from a second-story window before she was rescued herself by firefighters. No one injured in the fire, but …
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An Amherst County firefighter accused of using a fire station account to purchase gas for his personal vehicle is facing felony charges, according to authorities. Amherst County …
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Firefighters have the Suffolk fire that has blanketed Hampton Roads with smoke for three weeks 90 percent under control and are thankful one of their own is alive and well after …
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Firefighters battled an unusually smoky fire at a warehouse complex on Arch Avenue in Waynesboro on Thursday afternoon. It was heavy, dense, thick black smoke, said Capt. Allen …
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