| Wind Blows Fires Out Of Control In Cleburne County |
| Sat. Mar 6th 2010 |
This past weekend several out of control fires had numerous fire departments in the county scrambling to save structures and property. Dozens of acres were scorched, but thankfully, no homes were destroyed in Cleburne County. Every year inattentive residents put firefighters and the public in danger...
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| Crews Battle Fire At Fort Smith Salvage Yard |
| Fri. Mar 5th 2010 |
A big cloud of dark smoke could be seen over Fort Smith Friday afternoon after a fire at a salvage yard.
The blaze occurred at about 1:30 p.m. at Fort Smith Auto Parts at Wheeler Avenue near South I Street.
Fire officials told News Staff that the fire began as a worker was trying to remove a part ...
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| Fire Heavily Damages Pulaski County Home |
| Thu. Mar 4th 2010 |
No one was hurt but a fire in a northern Pulaski County home destroyed the rear half of the structure and damaged much of the rest of it this afternoon.
Multiple fire agencies, including North Pulaski, Jacksonville, Sherwood, Gravel Ridge and Runyan Acres, responded to 3209 Maddox Road at about noo...
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| 2 Dead In I-40 Wreck Involving 3 Tractor-Trailers |
| Mon. Mar 1st 2010 |
Two people are dead after an accident on Interstate 40 near Russellville that involved three tractor-trailers and a pickup.
The accident occurred just before 7 a.m. Monday and authorities shut down both the interstate and nearby State Highway 64 for about an hour.
Pope County Sheriff Aaron Duval...
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| 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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