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March 31, 2017

13 MINUTE WAIT TO ANSWER 9-1-1

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ginny Watson regularly walks her dogs around her Harbor Town neighborhood at 6:30 a.m. but Tuesday morning was different. “A neighbor texted me. She saw a body sticking out of a trash can. I went to investigate in my car, and there was a body in the trash can,” Watson said. She...
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9-1-1 CALLS UNANSWERED AS HOME BURNS

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A Little Rock woman believes her house could’ve been saved from fire if 911 would’ve answered her calls sooner. Shannon Fletcher was running errands last Thursday afternoon and came back to find smoke coming from her attic. Standing in front of her burning home on Rivercrest Drive, the single mom says...
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A FIREFIGHTER’S KILLER GOES TO THE SLAMMER – LODD SHOOTING FOLLOWUP

The Pulaski County (Arkansas) man who killed a volunteer Firefighter who was coming to his rescue apologized to friends and family of 29-year-old Ronald Jason Adams as he accepted an eight-year prison term for manslaughter Thursday. The sentence, negotiated by attorney Hubert Alexander, is two years short of the 10-year maximum and cannot be appealed....
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AMBULANCE INVOLVED IN MASSACHUSETTS CRASH

COTUIT — Traffic was temporarily slowed Thursday morning when a vehicle collided with a Cotuit ambulance at the intersection of Lovells Road and Route 28. Barnstable police responded to the crash at 9:38 a.m., Barnstable police Officer Jon Pass said. No one was taken to the hospital and no streets were closed, he said. The...
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OH FIREFIGHTER SICKENED POSSIBLY BY GOOSE DROPPINGS

A Columbus firefighter is fighting to breathe and fighting to get better. It may all be due to goose droppings. Firefighter Chris Bova was doing work at a house mid-February where there’s a retention pond out back with a lot of goose droppings. His wife Kelly said he was clearing out flower beds, pulling out...
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3 SC FIREFIGHTERS INJURED BY EXPLODING TIRE

The Easley Fire Department says 3 firefighters were hurt after the tire on a tractor exploded. They were called to a a tractor fire in the area of Holly Bush and Dacusville Highway. They found a large earth mover on fire. They were trying to put out the fire when one of the large tires...
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