Share Story from News Channel 3 NEWPORT NEWS – Eight people were injured in an explosion at a Newport News middle school just before 7 a.m. Sunday, police officials said. The workers were working at the rear of the Flora D. Crittenden Middle School on Jefferson Avenue, with the roof being fixed after recent storms, [...]... Read More »
Share North Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Apparatus Profile by Mike Sanders The North Mountain Volunteer fire and Rescue Squad is Station 19 in Frederick County, Virginia in an area called Mountain Falls. Organized in 1973, Station 19 is located in western Frederick County at the base of the Great North Mountain. A local farmer [...]... Read More »
Share Lost Hikers Located After Six Hour Search Hikers planned to camp out until one sprained her ankle November 29, 2009 (ROANOKE COUNTY) — Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department was dispatched to the Dragons Tooth Trail about 8 p.m. yesterday to locate a lost hiker with an injured ankle. A young man and woman [...]... Read More »
Share VAFireNews.com Now Advertising Apparatus on USAFireTrucks.com Reminder that the free advertising ends on November 30th. Be sure to take advantage of the special. The webteam (me)here at VAFireNews.com has decided to move all of our apparatus advertising to USAFireTrucks.com. The website is a brand new site created by Jeff Harkey (FireNews.net), Grant Mishoe (SCFireWire.com), [...]... Read More »
Share BEDFORD — Charged with members of his family in a volunteer fire department embezzlement scandal, Thaxton resident Cory Mitchell Shifflett threw himself on the mercy of the court Tuesday. “He wants to take responsibility and make things right,” Bedford County Commonwealth's Attorney Randy Krantz said after a Circuit Court hearing in which Shifflett pleaded [...]... Read More »
Share By Benjamin Weathers dailynews-record.com Shortly before 4 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon, the alarm sounds. Sitting on a pole above the firehouse parking lot, it begins almost as a grumble, giving way to a pitch so high that it can be heard throughout every corner of town. Within moments, volunteers are careening into the [...]... Read More »
Share Anderson Woolfolk watched as several crews of Louisa County firefighters battled to save his house on Zachary Tyler Highway on Monday morning. “It happens to the best of us,” he said while standing outside in the pouring rain. “It is what it is.” Career staff and volunteers from the Louisa, Mineral, Bumpass, Locust Creek, [...]... Read More »
Share Two people are being sought who may have information about a fire that destroyed a storage building at Lynchburg College last week. Fire Marshal Greg Wormser said the two men are not suspects but were in the area when the fire broke out and might have information that can help investigators piece together what [...]... Read More »
Share The buildings may be older or newer, may be locally owned or their owners may be out-of-state. They may be structurally unsound or just lacking water, heat or electricity hookups. They may be residential or commercial, but Lynchburg’s condemned buildings have one thing in common other than a bright green placard at the door: [...]... Read More »
Share BRISTOL, Va. – Improperly stored flammable liquids were blamed Saturday for a fire in a storage room at Logan’s Restaurant on Linden Drive, fire officials said in a written statement. The restaurants suffered about $25,000 in damage, Bristol Virginia Fire Chief J. C. Bolling said in the statement. There were no injuries to the [...]... Read More »
Share SUFFOLK, Va. – Suffolk firefighters were dispatched to the 100 blk. of Nansemond Pointe Drive Monday morning at around 10:15 a.m. A neighbor called in the fire after seeing smoke coming from the two story structure. Continue reading…House catches fire in Suffolk.... Read More »
Share Submitted by Chris Knighton On Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 1524 hours the Holly Grove Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to Interstate 64 at the 157 east bound mile marker for a motor vehicle accident with possible entrapment. Upon arrival Chief 4 found one vehicle into the wood line with double entrapment. Goochland County [...]... Read More »
Share FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) — Firefighters are working to stamp out hot spots after a blaze broke out in a Fairfax Home overnight. Officials tell 9 NEWS NOW a fire was reported around 3:15 Monday morning outside a residence in the 4300 block of School Street near Regent Park Circle. Continue reading….Firefighters Put Out Blaze [...]... Read More »
Share Lt. Shawn L. Jones, PIO/Assistant Fire Marshal At 0723 hours, Richmond Fire and Emergency Services were dispatched to I-95 Southbound near the Hermitage Road overpass for a traffic accident involving a tractor trailer and a car. E-16 arrived on scene and discovered that one person was trapped they extricated the person from the vehicle [...]... Read More »
Share Submitted by Brett Miller Marion Fire Department At 16:11 Hours on Saturday evening, Marion firefighters were dispatched to the 100 block of Rigby St. for a possible structure fire. Ladder 1 arrived to find a vacant mobile home fully involved. A defensive attack was made using a 200’ 1 ¾ preconnect. Tankers 1 and [...]... Read More »
