Lauryn Schroeder
The San Diego Union-Tribune
(TNS)

San Diego police on Friday arrested a man suspected of setting multiple fires earlier this month that damaged and destroyed lifeguard property at a fire station in Pacific Beach, officials said.

On Jan. 7, a fire was reported at 1:30 a.m. behind San Diego Fire-Rescue Station 21 on Mission Boulevard near Reed Avenue in San Diego, said San Diego police Sgt. Rick Pechin. The fire involved a watercraft that belonged to the city’s lifeguard division.

A second fire involving another lifeguard vehicle was reported later that morning around 3:35 a.m.

“The fire spread and ultimately destroyed a second vehicle and damaged a third,” Pechin said in a statement.

Following an investigation by the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team, a 33-year-old man was arrested in connection with the fires. He was booked into jail for multiple counts of arson to property.

This story originally appeared in San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Residents in Cassatt (SC) learned in October that the county was building a new fire station and taking its volunteer fire station into a full-time, 24-hour operation, News 19 wltx.com reported.

The current volunteer station is located on Red Hill Church Road, but construction has begun on a new station on U.S. Highway 1, beside the Dollar General in Cassatt.

There is, however, frustration over why, with 12 acres to work with, the plan is to build the fire station beside a resident’s home, the report said.  

After around 10 days of calls to the county, and a online petition to move the site signed by over 60 community members, a decision was made to delay construction until after Tuesday, Jan. 24, the report said. 

Newly elected Kershaw County Council Chair Katie Guinn released this statement to News 19:  

“The construction of the Cassatt Fire Station was stopped by the county administrator. There were questions that could not be answered regarding the location of the station and the usage of the additional land (12 acres total). This Tuesday, January 24th, County council will meet, and on the agenda is an update from the administrator on the Cassatt Fire Station. I expect council to make a decision on how to move forward with this project after the update and all pertinent questions are answered.” 

Terri Richardson – The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)

Jan. 20—A three-vehicle crash involving a Horry County Fire rescue ambulance Friday have lanes blocked in the area of East Highway 501 and Bluewater Road in Aynor, according to Horry County Fire Rescue.

Four people were transported to the hospital with injuries. It is unclear if anyone was being transported in the ambulance at the time of the accident that occurred at 9:57 a.m.

South Carolina Department of Public Safety is investigating with the Horry County Police Department assisting.

This story was originally published January 20, 2023 12:06 PM.

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Columbus (GA) Fire Station 1, located near Uptown Columbus, has a new fire engine, wrbl.com reported.

The new engine had a traditional welcome to the fire house as the crew cleaned the truck briefly. Then the crew pushed the new “Engine 1” into the garage.