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AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNS AFTER STRIKING FIRE HYDRANT...... Thursday, December 12, 2002, 10:25 a.m. Firefighters responded to a vehicle overturned at the intersection of Claudine Avenue and Sherrington Drive. The vehicle had overturned after striking a fire hydrant and the four occupants were able to get out. Three people were sent to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. |
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CAR STRIKES TREE AND CATCHES FIRE - DRIVER INJURED.......... Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 9:23 A.M., Spanish Lake firefighters extinguished a car fire on Aspen Woods Drive just north of Larimore Road. The vehicle had struck a tree and caught fire. The driver suffered leg and hip injuries and was transported to the hospital. The other occupants of the car, a woman and two children, escaped without injury. The driver was making a left turn off Larimore Road onto Aspen Woods and lost control of the vehicle. (more photos) |
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CHILD SETS FIRE TO BED WHILE PLAYING WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER.......... Monday, December 9, 2002, 1:30 P.M., firefighters from the districts of Spanish Lake and Riverview extinguished a fire in the bedroom of a single family dwelling in the 1100 block of Redman Road. A four year old boy set fire to the bed while playing with a cigarette lighter. No one in the house was injured. A firefighter received a minor leg injury when an attic stair broke, causing him to fall. |
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VACANT HOUSE ENGULFED IN FIRE WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED
...... Sunday, November 17, 2002, 10:45 p.m. Firefighters from Riverview, Spanish Lake and Moline extinguished a house fire in the 1200 block of Roxton Drive in Bissell Hills. First arriving firefighters found flames coming from the windows of the residence. The fire was reported by a neighbor who saw smoke in the area. There were no injuries reported. The County Police Bomb and Arson Unit is investigating the cause of the fire. |
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APARTMENT FIRE ROUTS NINE FAMILIES FROM THEIR APARTMENTS AT 2:00 AM.
...... Saturday, November 16, 2002 02:00 a.m.,A Shift firefighters from Spanish Lake, Riverview and Black Jack extinguished a fire that was confined to the wall of an apartment unit at the Sierra Vista Apartments in Spanish Lake. The occupants of the building were alerted to the fire by the smoke alarms sounding. The fire was caused by an electrical failure in the aluminum wiring in the basement of the apartment unit. One resident was treated for smoke inhalation. |
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KITCHEN FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT...... Sunday, November 10, 2002 12:50 p.m.,C Shift firefighters extinguished a kitchen fire at 11933 Rosado Drive in the Countryside Apartments. The tenant stated that she had cooked earlier and thourght that she had turned off the stove top. She went to the store and when she returned she found the apartment full of smoke. The fire caused approximately $8,500.00 damage to the apartment unit. There were no injuries. |
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EMPOYEE INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT U-HAUL STORE...... Saturday, November 9, 2002 10:00 a.m. Firefighters and paramedics treated a man who was injured when a 50 gallon drum exploded while he was cutting it up with a torch. The drum apparently contained a small amount of flammable material. The incident occurred at the U-Haul Store located at 12060 Lusher Road where the man is employed. |
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FIRE IN FURNACE ROOM DAMAGES APARTMENT...... Friday, November 8, 2002 6:10 p.m., firefighters extinguished a small fire in a furnace room at the Raintree Apartments, 1049 Mollerus Drive. The fire occurred under a platfrom that the furnace and water heater sit on and caused approximately $3,500.00 damage. The accidental fire was caused by an accumulation of debris in the proximity of the gas furnace and water heater. |
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VAN OVERTURNS AFTER RUNNING OFF ROAD, TRAPPING WOMAN INSIDE...... Tuesday, November 5, 2002 10:12 a.m. Firefighters extracate woman trapped inside her van after it struck an embankment and rolled over on Parker Road just west of Bellefontaine Road. The woman received only minor injuries. |
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FED-EX TRUCK ACCIDENT AND FIRE DRAWS NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION...... Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:19 p.m. Firefighters from Riverview, Spanish Lake, Black Jack, Moline and Florissant extinguished a fire in a Fed-Ex truck after it struck a guard rail and sign post. The Fed-Ex truck was towing two trailers and broke apart after striking the sign post. The right fuel tank ruptured causing a fire that destroyed both trailers. The incident was covered live on most network news stations, fearing that it was a terrorist incident because reports of an explosion. There were no injuries. |
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MAN RUNS OFF ROAD AFTER SUFFERING A FATAL HEART ATTACK...... Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - C Shift firefighters attempt to revive a man who suffered a fatal heart attack and ran off the road and struck a fence on Bellefontaine south of New Jamestown Roads. |
FIREFIGHTERS FIGHT ONE ALARM FIRE IN DUPLEX......
Thursday, October 3, 2002 - Firefighters from Spanish Lake and Moline assisted Riverview Fire District with a one alarm fire in a residential duplex at 315 Chambers Road in Riverview. (more photos)
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TRUCK GETS WEDGED UNDER RAILROAD TRUSSEL...... Saturday, September 28, 2002 07:00 P.M. C Shift firefighters from Spanish Lake responded to a truck that struck the railroad trussel on Trampe Road. The 13 foot rental truck went under the 11'6" trussel, ripping the top off the back and wedging the truck under the bridge. Trains were stopped for several hours while the trussel was inspected by the railroad. There were no injuries. |
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THREE INJURED IN HIGHWAY 270 ACCIDENT...... Tuesday, September 03, 2002 09:00 A.M. C Shift firefighters from Spanish Lake and Black Jack extricated the driver of an automobile that struck the center concrete median on Highway 270 (west bound) west of Highway 367. Two other occupants were thrown from the car on impact with the wall. All three where transported to hospitals by medical helicopters. The vehicle was traveling west on Dunn Road when it went off the roadway, through a chain link fence, down the embankment, through four lanes of traffic on west bound Highway 270 and struck the concrete median wall. |
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COUNTY HIGHWAY MOWING TRACTOR LOOSES WHEEL AND INJURES OPERATOR...... Tuesday, September 03, 2002 09:00 A.M. C Shift firefighters removed the injured operator from his tractor after he lost a right rear wheel on Redman Road near Lusher Road. The tractor wheel traveled another 100 feet, landing in a nearby front yard. The tractor belonged to the St. Louis County Highway Department. There were no other injuries. The victim was transported to the hospital by ambulance. |
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ONE ALARM FIRE IN BLACK JACK RESIDENCE...... Monday, August 26, 2002 01:50 P.M. A Shift firefighters from Black Jack, Spanish Lake and Ferguson extinguished a one alarm fire in a residence in the 6400 block of Hadden Bay Drive in Black Jack. The fire, which destroyed the single story residence, was well involved in fire when the first firefighters arrived on the scene. The fire started on top of the stove from cooking left unattended. There were no injuries. |
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DRYER FIRE IN RESIDENCE...... Tuesday, August 20, 2002 09:05 A.M. B Shift firefighters extinguished a basement dryer fire in the 11600 block of Larimore Road. Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the basement windows of the residence. The fire was confined to the dryer and clothes around the dryer. There were no injuries. |
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BEDROOM FIRE CAUSED BY CHILDREN PLAYING WITH CANDLE...... Saturday, August 17, 2002 01:10 A.M. C Shift firefighters extinguished a bedroom fire in the 12900 block of Vista Ridge Drive. Firefighters found a clothes basket full of clothes on fire in the back bedroom and quickly extinguished the fire. Candle residue was found in the pile of clothing and the fire is belived to have been caused by children playing with a lighted candle. The mother was treated at the scene for chest pains. There were no injuries reported. |
