OREGON CITY, Ore. -- An Oregon City man just couldn't catch a break Friday -- first he lost his job and then he returned home to find his house on fire. 

 Victor Gonzalez said there was a silver lining to getting fired Friday.

 "If I hadn’t gotten fired from work, I wouldn’t have come home, and I don’t know how far the fire would’ve gotten. So I guess that’s a good thing," he said.

 The single father lost his job and his house in a matter of two hours Friday morning....Continue Reading and here 911 call

By DAN GOOD, Staff Writer, 609-272-7218 | Posted: Sunday, April 26, 2009 3:10 am | 0 comments

LOWER TOWNSHIP - Fire destroyed the Villas Lumber Co.'s lumber yard early Saturday morning, turning plywood, building supplies and family history into a charred, smoldering mess.

The company's owner thinks the fire was intentionally set.

The fire started just after midnight, on the 1500 block of Bayshore Road. It took firefighters hours to put out the blaze, which reached high into the dark sky and melted the siding off a house across the street....Continue Reading

Egg Harbor Township - A home storage shed was destroyed in a fire Friday morning.

The emergency call came in about 1:45 a.m. for a fire at an outdoor shed by a house on Shelter Avenue, according to Scullville Volunteer Fire Company Chief Mike Fiedor.

Fiedor, who lives four blocks away, said he was there within two minutes and saw a large fire "with gasoline popping (and burning) whatever they had in there." The family that lived in the house and their neighbor were evacuated for safety reasons, Fiedor said. No one was hurt.

Eighteen firefighters from the Scullville and Bargaintown fire companies fought the blaze. It took them about 12 minutes to get it under control. The blaze is being investigated by township Fire Inspector Don Stauffer, Fiedor said.

Compiled by staff writers Lynda Cohen, Michelle Lee and Elaine Rose

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HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Firefighters and rescue crews charge on Friday evening, battling a brutal wildfire that has consumed more than 20,000 acres of land across Horry County in the last 48 hours and displaced 4,500 people.

The affected area is more than 30 square miles and Gov. Mark Sanford estimates the damage will exceed $16 million.  The fire, officials say, is 50 percent contained as of Friday night....Continue Reading

Posted: Friday, April 24, 2009 3:10 am

From Press staff reports

ATLANTIC CITY - Six people were displaced Thursday morning when fire ripped through a home on the unit block of South Raleigh Avenue.

Five people were in the six-unit apartment building when the fire started just before 10 a.m., Battalion Chief Michael Mooney said. The owner, who also lives in the home, was able to evacuate everyone.

The old, wood-frame construction is a nightmare for firefighters, Mooney pointed out.

"It virtually runs right to the roof," he said.

But in this case, a quick "aggressive interior attack" helped confine the damage to two units on the third floor of the four-story building.

The electrical fire was ruled accidental, Mooney said.

It was under control by 10:30 a.m. Fire personnel cleared the area just after noon.

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When Chews Landing Fire Marshal Kenneth Young arrived on the scene of a reported house fire, he was greeted by a screaming woman. Young had been on his way to a scheduled building inspection, but changed his direction when he heard about the blaze. The woman told him that there was a child trapped in the home's basement....Continue Reading