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January 19, 2025

DRUNK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER STRIKING MEMPHIS ENGINE

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The Memphis Police Department arrested and charged a woman accused of crashing into a fire engine while under the influence. According to MPD, officers responded to a call regarding someone driving under the influence near New Allen Road. When officers arrived, they discovered the suspect, Candace Rogers, car wrecked after a...
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CHESTERFIELD, VA RIG STRUCK ON I-95

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Chesterfield firefighters were protected when a pickup hauling a trailer full of cars slammed into a ladder truck on Interstate 95 Thursday, according to Chesterfield Fire and EMS. They said the crash happened just after 2 a.m. on I-95 South between Route 288 and Route 10. “[Truck 214’s] purpose was there...
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CHICAGO RIG STRUCK ON THE EXPRESSWAY – FIREFIGHTER INJURED

CHICAGO — Three people were taken to the hospital early Saturday morning after a crash along the Eisenhower Expressway involving a CFD fire truck that was responding to a different crash on the same road. According to the Illinois State Police (ISP), the incidents unfolded around 4 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 290...
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NORTH CAROLINA FIREHOUSE BURNS – DESTROYS TRUCK HEADED TO CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

A fire station burned down in North Carolina, destroying a truck bound for California wildfires, officials said. The blaze ravaged Mills River Fire Department’s Station No. 2 early Friday, Jan. 17, according to a spokesperson for Henderson County, North Carolina. No one was injured in the fire at the unmanned station. The building had been storing equipment, and one of the trucks...
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