| Fire Consumes House in LR; No Injuries |
| Sat. Feb 27th 2010 |
A fire on Pleasant Forest Drive in Little Rock destroyed a house but left no one injured Saturday afternoon.
Little Rock firefighters were dispatched at 12:08 p.m. to 12713 Pleasant Forest Drive after member of the family who was babysitting discovered the blaze.
Three children and two adults were...
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| Fuel Spill Keeps Jonesboro Haz-Mat Crews Busy |
| Thu. Feb 25th 2010 |
Jonesboro Fire and Haz-Mat crews spent much of the day cleaning up a diesel fuel leak--after a grain truck overturned at Dan Avenue and Highway 63.
Clean up crews were still on the scene late Thursday afternoon, removing contaminated dirt and fuel from the ditch water.
It was a bad spill.
Bu...
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| Fire Chief Fighting House Fire In Horatio Hospitalized |
| Wed. Feb 24th 2010 |
A southwestern Arkansas fire chief is hospitalized in stable condition after suffering smoke inhalation while fighting a house fire.
Horatio Chief Bruce Richardson was treated at the scene of the fire Monday afternoon before being flown by helicopter to a Texarkana hospital. No other injuries are...
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| Semi-Truck Fire In Walnut Ridge |
| Mon. Feb 22nd 2010 |
Fire fighters in Walnut Ridge battled a fire that happened on the back of a semi-truck late Friday night.
Fire Chief Allen Haskins says the truck was hauling complicated bales of cardboard and he says the fire was inside the bales.
Heavy equipment was brought to remove the bales f...
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| Paragould Firefighters Respond To Motel Fire |
| Sun. Feb 21st 2010 |
Four units at the Linwood Motel took heat and smoke damage during a fire that broke out shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, said Fire Chief Kevin Lang; the cause remained undetermined Friday afternoon.
“It does not look suspicious at this time,” Lang said.
The fire originated in a unit on...
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| Family Escapes Bentonville House Fire |
| Sat. Feb 20th 2010 |
Members of a Bentonville family said they're grateful to the neighbor who called authorities when their house caught fire.
The fire broke out Thursday morning in the 1100 block of Northwest G Street.
Wade Branstner said he and his roommates woke up to the sound of screaming.
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| Baxter County Firefighters Work To Put Out Brush Fire |
| Sat. Feb 20th 2010 |
Several fire departments worked Friday to put out a 30-acre brush fire off Old Military Road.
Fire officials did not know what started the fire near Emitte Lane south of Mountain Home, which took about two hours to extinguish, said Capt. Chris Quick with the Mountain Home Fire Department.
Property...
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| Rescue Team Finds 5 Lost In National Forest |
| Wed. Feb 17th 2010 |
Officials said an adult and four teenagers who spent nearly 12 hours lost in a national forest have been found safe.
According to Franklin County Emergency Management coordinator Fred Mullin, rescue crews were called at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday to search for five males who had left Byrds Camp...
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| Woman Found Dead In LR House Fire |
| Mon. Feb 15th 2010 |
A woman found dead in a fire-damaged home in Little Rock has been identified as a homeless woman.
Authorities say 42-year-old Juanita Anderson was found in a bedroom of the home after the fire was put out Friday afternoon.
Fire Capt. Jason Weaver says firefighters performed CPR on the same woman...
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| LRFD Runs Working House Fire |
| Fri. Feb 12th 2010 |
No one was injured but a house suffered significant damage in a fire that started this morning.
Little Rock Fire Department Capt. Jason Weaver said flames were coming out of a front window when crews arrived about 9:45 a.m. at the home on Wolfe Street near 20th Street.
A front room that appeared t...
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