Posted: May 3, 2016
A 63-year-old Graham man died Monday in a house fire when he was unable to escape.
A medical condition might have kept the man from getting out of the home, Graham Fire & Rescue spokesman Steve Richards said.
Pierce County medical examiners identified the man as Criss Blackwell, 63.
The fire happened about 11:15 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 1:52:19 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune
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Posted: May 3, 2016
Tensions were heightened Monday at a meeting of the Springfield Township trustees. Dozens of citizens, including many from neighboring Spencer Township, attended the meeting to discuss the future of the Spencer Township Fire Department. At 7:42 p.m., the department’s fate was sealed. In a 2-1 vote, Springfield Township trustees voted to take over service of the Spencer Township Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: toledo blade
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Posted: May 3, 2016
PHOTO - A man was killed and a Lexington firefighter was trapped temporarily in the driver’s seat of a fire engine after a traffic accident Monday afternoon on Man o’ War Boulevard near Nichols Park Drive.
Cody A. Emery, 23, was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center after the crash, where he died of his injuries at at 5:26 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: lexington herald-leader
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Posted: May 3, 2016
Throughout Metro’s 40-year history, the National Transportation Safety Board has repeatedly raised questions about the agency’s safety culture that have not been adequately addressed, its three-jurisdiction governance model has proven “uniquely dysfunctional” and the federal agency that sought safety oversight of the transit agency has made recommendations that are “non-enforceable.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the washington post - metered site
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Posted: May 3, 2016
Da’nay McBride strolled down Seaview Avenue recently, past the site of the September 2014 fire that destroyed a warehouse and threatened surrounding homes like hers.
Federal contractors are still busy hauling away the remnants of metal drums of chemicals that tenant Rowayton Trading company had stored there.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: connecticut post
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