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Man injured in fire, arrested for arson

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GALLOWAY TWP. - A Galloway Township man has been arrested after being injured in a fire police say he started.

On Monday, the Galloway Township Fire Department was called to the blaze on the 300 block of South Genoa Avenue. It's the residence of employees of a local blueberry farm. 42 year-old Arnoldo Lopez lived at the home and was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

Upon further investigation, Galloway Township Police arrested Lopez and charged him with aggravated arson.

Lopez is currently being held at the New Jersey Department of Corrections in Trenton on $75,000 bail.

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Fire damages home in Vineland

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VINELAND - A family is displaced after a fire in Vineland Wednesday afternoon.

Fire officials say they received a call from a neighbor about smoke coming from a home on the 1100 block of Old Lake Road at 5 o'clock.

On scene, firefighters reported heavy smoke showing from the outside of the house. The blaze was put under control in about 35 minutes, but not before the home suffered significant damage.

No one was injured in the fire, the cause is still under investigation.

 

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FDNY Ladder 129 collides with garbage truck in Queens

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Joe Kemp, New York Daily News:

Nine people suffered minor injuries when a Fire Department rig and a garbage truck collided in Queens Monday night, authorities said.

The Ladder 129 truck and the private garbage carter smashed into each other at Northern Blvd. and 150th St. in Flushing about 9:30 p.m., authorities said.

 

 

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FDNY Ladder 129 was responding first due to a dwelling fire. While responding, they were involved in a violent crash on Northern Blvd with another vehicle (reported to be a garbage truck) in an intersection. Several members were trapped and had to be extricated. Members received a range of yellow and green injuries-from serious injured (fractures) to not so serious.

We have confirmed that the Officer and Chauffeur (driver) of the apparatus were wearing their seat belts and the wearing of those seat belts, by all indications (see photos of the crash on our home page) probably saved their lives-as they were the most seriously injured.

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Fire causes total loss to Hamilton Twp. home

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HAMILTON TWP. - A fire tore through a Hamilton Twp. home Wednesday morning, causing a total loss to the house and displacing the couple who lived there as well as their pets, officials say.

According to Hamilton Twp. firefighters, the blaze broke out around 10:30 Wednesday morning on the 5900 block of Estelle Ave. in the Mizpah section of the township, severely damaging the top floor of the two story home where the fire is believed to have started.

The fire reached two alarms with a total of four companies responding. Smoke was visible from miles away. It took firefighters roughly 20 minutes to get the fire under control.

The couple who own the home were not inside when the fire broke out. The residents also owned seven cats which were still being accounted for around noon Wednesday.

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Sissonville, West Virginia Fire contained after gas pipeline explosion, Interstate 77 closed in both directions

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  Sissonville West Virginia Explosion

Posted: Dec 11, 2012 12:55 PM ESTUpdated: Dec 11, 2012 7:32 PM EST

Update: 5:28 p.m.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin just completed a tour of a region in Sissonville where a massive gas line explosion today leveled five homes, but did not kill anyone.

Flames from the blast, which occurred shortly before 1 p.m. today, reached 80 to 90 feet in the air, incinerating.....Continue Reading 

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Two taken to hospital after fire in Hamilton Township

Fire-Rescue NewsPosted: Saturday, December 8, 2012 6:06 pm

Two people in the building, Carol Banker, 56, and George Banker, 87, relationship unknown, were transported to the hospital for evaluation.

Police said the garage was fully engulfed and flames had spread to the house when they arrived in the 900 block of Morningside Drive.

Six local fire departments extinguished the fire: Mays Landing, Cologne, Weymouth, Mizpah, South Egg Harbor and Dorothy fire departments.

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Multiple Victims Rescued in Galloway Accident

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GALLOWAY TWP. - Multiple people were rescued from their vehicles after an accident in Galloway Township Thursday afternoon.

The accident happened in the area of the intersection of Duerer Street and Mannheim Avenue just after 4:30. Police say a Chrysler minivan collided with a Cadillac sedan. Both vehicles ended up off the roadway after the collision.

Police say both drivers had to be rescued from their vehicles. The drivers and two small children were taken to the hospital for injuries sustain in the crash. The condition of the victims is unknown at this time.

The accident is still being investigated, no summonses have been issued, pending the result the investigation.

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