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Share On Tuesday night, Lynchburg firefighter Abbey Meacham was sitting in the gallery of the U.S. Capitol with first lady Michelle Obama and two dozen other guests selected to watch President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. On Wednesday afternoon, she was back to work at her fire station at Miller Park, [...]... Read More »
Share RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – A Richmond family is displaced after a fire rips through their home. This happened about 12:30 A.M. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Richeson Avenue near Mcguire Drive. Fire crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor. Five people lived in the home and made [...]... Read More »
Share CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – A ten year old boy is still recovering in the hospital after he caught on fire at a gas station Tuesday morning. Fire officials believe a static discharge is to blame. But it’s those who helped the boy in his time of need who fire officials are is focusing on. via NBC12 [...]... Read More »
Share Three teenagers are facing charges after a historic barn at Nuckols Farm in Henrico County burned to the ground Tuesday. The fire started around 6 p.m. Tuesday in a hay barn at Nuckols Farm. The barn, which was destroyed, was believed to have been built in the late 1800s. The house adjacent to the [...]... Read More »
Share WASHINGTON – All firefighting recruits will now have to undergo physical examinations before they begin training in Prince William County. “We’ll be setting up a system that will assure anybody who uses our facility — those trainees and instructors — are physically capable,” says Prince William Fire Chief Kevin McGee. The changes at the [...]... Read More »
Share WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) — A ten-year-old Virginia boy is in critical condition — burned over much of his body doing something most of us do once a week: filling up with gas. It happened in Chesterfield County near Richmond. And investigators suspect the fire was sparked by static electricity. Sixteen to eighteen billion times [...]... Read More »
Share Abbey Meacham, a firefighter/paramedic with the Lynchburg Fire Department will be sitting with First Lady Michelle Obama tonight during President Barack Obama’s address to both houses of Congress. Here is how a press release from The White House describes Meacham: via STATter 911: Lynchburg, Virginia firefighter/paramedic invited to President Obama’s speech tonight.... Read More »
Share Prince William Fire Chief Kevin J. McGee is scheduled to appear at a press conference Tuesday night to discuss the circumstances of the death of Dale City Volunteer firefighter recruit Cecilia Turnbough. Turnbough, 42, collapsed on Nov. 9 during a training exercise at the Prince William County Public Safety Academy. An emergency medical technician [...]... Read More »
Share Virginia State Police investigators are trying to figure out what caused a weekend fire that killed a person in Stuarts Draft. It happened Saturday around 3 a.m. at 116 Rankin Lane. via NBC29-One Dead in Augusta County House Fire.... Read More »
Share A resolution celebrating the life of the late firefighter and paramedic Johnny Earl Morphew is making its way through the Virginia House of Delegates. Del. Joseph P. Johnson offered House Joint Resolution 904 Monday, according to the Virginia General Assembly’s Legislative Information System Web site. A request for the resolution was made to Johnson [...]... Read More »
Share Michael Lee, Sidney Terry, and Jason Varona – those three men were arrested for a fire at the Weekend Sofa Outlet last August. “Going into it within about 30 minutes, we knew the fire was suspicious,” said Roanoke Fire and EMS Chief David Hoback. Federal agents are still looking for who they think is [...]... Read More »
Share A chemical spill at a Richmond kidney dialysis clinic Wednesday morning forced the evacuation of employees and patients, as well as an elementary school. Emergency vehicles packed the parking lot of John Marshall High School, monitoring the conditions of more than two dozen students and staff members who were forced to move there after being [...]... Read More »
Share ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Federal authorities are seeking a Roanoke businessman on charges of burning his furniture store last year. U.S. Attorney Julia Dudley said Friday that 47-year-old Jay Aneja (uh-NEE-shuh) has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit arson and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Aneja is a Canadian citizen, [...]... Read More »
Share NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk firefighters were kept busy Friday morning battling two fires. The first happened in the 900 block of Marietta Ave. where crews were originally called to a brush fire between two house. When firefighters arrived on the scene they discovered the blaze started underneath the home. Officials tell WAVY.com there were [...]... Read More »