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A  driver died on Sunday after losing control of his car and crashing into a fire engine parked on the side of the 60 Freeway in Jurupa Valley (CA), DailyBulletin.com reported.

Around 12:30 p.m., Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters were responding to a minor collision between two vehicles along the eastbound lanes of the freeway, west of Valley Way, according to CalFire/Riverside. The fire engine had parked on the shoulder to block traffic when a BMW crashed into the rear of the engine, the report said.

Traffic Collision:rpt@12:25 p.m. Hwy 60 X Valley, Jurupa Valley. While parked on scene of a traffic collision,a CAL FIRE engine was struck by a passenger vehicle.The driver of the vehicle perished @ the scene.There were no injuries to firefighters. @ChpRiverside is investigating. pic.twitter.com/svxgGfb1R7

— CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department (@CALFIRERRU) December 11, 2022

The board of commissioners of East Jefferson Fire Rescue will consider at a meeting Tuesday placing a permanent levy lid lift on the ballot in the Feb. 14, 2023, special election. The lift is needed, the district has said, to pay for aging equipment and facilities, address a backlog of repairs, hire more experienced firefighters and EMTs, and, critically, end years of deficit funding that has eaten away at its reserves.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News Online - Metered Site

Firefighters extinguished a Four-Alarm fire at a strip mall in Long Beach Sunday morning. According to Long Beach Fire Department, crews were dispatched at around 3:40 a.m. after receiving reports of a structure fire at a strip mall. The fire, located on Anaheim Street and Olive Avenue, damaged the building, which was said to be vacant as it was undergoing renovations.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBS-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A homecoming for a historic East Greenwich city service ladder truck was held on Saturday. The Ahrens-Fox fire truck made it's way back to the city, and its been nearly 65 years since it was last in service. The truck was used from 1931 to 1958. When it went out of service, it was sold to the South Meriden Volunteer Fire Department in Connecticut for use in ceremonies and parades.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence