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Brush fire near Santa Margarita Lake

Written on 5 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Firefighters are battling a small brush fire near Las Pilitas and Vista Del Lago roads in Santa Margarita. Shortly before noon on Sunday, CAL FIRE responded to reports of a fire with 10 engines, a dozer, an aircraft, a tanker... (Continue reading)

California firefighter falls through roof, video

Written on 30 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A firefighter fell through a roof while battling a fire at a house in Central Fresno on Sunday afternoon. An onlooker videotaped the incident while his fellow firefighters pulled him from the burning building. The fireman is in critical condition.... (Continue reading)

Fire burns SLO home

Written on 16 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A San Luis Obispo couple is in search of a home following a fire that erupted in their house Sunday morning. The fire broke out in the garage at 514 Patricia Drive around 7:40 a.m. Sunday. The couple was home... (Continue reading)

Has fire season hit the Central Coast?

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Three fires broke out on the Central Coast Thursday amid a stretch of unseasonably warm temperatures. [KEYT] An apartment fire in Santa Maria displaced 40 residents and injured three people, while a riverbed blaze in Ventura County burned more than... (Continue reading)

Atascadero hash lab blows while toddler home

Written on 15 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A 1-year-old child came away uninjured from a fire caused by a hash oil lab explosion in an Atascadero home. The toddler is now in the custody of San Luis Obispo County Child Welfare Services, and the child’s father is... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s repeat hash lab exploder?

Written on 5 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

What comes around apparently goes around for a Los Osos resident with a liking for manufacturing hash oil in his apartment. The man severely burned in a hash lab explosion on Tuesday was convicted in 2010 of manufacturing oil in... (Continue reading)

Man burned in Los Osos hash lab fire

Written on 4 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A Los Osos man is receiving treatment in the Fresno Burn Center after a hash oil lab he was allegedly operating exploded Tuesday afternoon. Matthew David Culver, 32, used a fire extinguisher to put out a blaze in his apartment... (Continue reading)

SLO home damaged in fire

Written on 26 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A fire broke out beneath the floor of a San Luis Obispo home Sunday morning and caused about $10,000 in damages. San Luis Obispo firefighters responded to 294 Buchon Street around 10:30 a.m. after people walking by reported seeing smoke.... (Continue reading)

Villa Automotive in SLO catches fire

Written on 19 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Longtime San Luis Obispo-based auto care shop Villa Automotive caught on fire Sunday afternoon, but suffered limited damage. [KEYT] The fire broke out in Villa Automotive’s attic around 3:15 p.m. With assistance from an automatic sprinkler system, San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Who would set fire to a homeless man?

Written on 19 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Ventura police are searching for three men who attempted to burn alive a homeless man, but were thwarted by the efforts of a good Samaritan. [NBC LA] Police say that 58-year-old John Frazier was sleeping near the San Buenaventura State... (Continue reading)