Costs to battle massive, explosive wildfires have decimated the budget of the U.S. Forest Service charged with fighting the blazes, according to a new report released Wednesday. For the first time in its 110-year history, the U.S. Forest Service says it spends more than 50% of its annual budget on firefighting at the expense of other programs to prevent the infernos.
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Chester County Sheriff Alex Underwood has denied the allegations of two volunteer firefighters who were arrested after an argument-turned-scuffle with the sheriff and his top deputies in 2014 and are now claiming false arrest and malicious prosecution in a lawsuit against Underwood. Andy Martin and Tommy Martin filed separate lawsuits against Underwood early last month alleging that Underwood and his top deputies “assaulted and battered” the Martins on the scene of a February 2014 truck crash on an icy S.
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A fire captain fell through the roof while battling a restaurant fire on Miramar Road Wednesday, which forced a worker to be hospitalized. Smoke filled the air above the Bombay Grill just before 10 a.m. The restaurant is located north of MCAS Miramar just west of Interstate 15. As San Diego Fire-Rescue crews climbed on top of the building to put holes in for ventilation, SDFD Capt.
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