There were a couple of fires of note in the region as temperatures are rising this season.
There was a 20 by 20 ft. vegetation fire near the south entrance of the Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angels Camp on Sunday afternoon shortly before one o’clock. The forward progress was quickly stopped. The cause was not immediately released.
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Several fire agencies were needed to fight a massive fire that engulfed a building in Stanislaus County.
Around 10 a.m. on Saturday, the Denair Fire Department said it responded to a structure fire in the 3300 block of E. Barnhart Road. Upon arrival, crews found a multi-bay outbuilding up in flames.
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A fire early Tuesday morning displaced several people who live on the 4100 block of Ivory Lane in Turlock, according to fire officials.
Firefighters responded at about 12:30 a.m. and worked to knock down a fire at a single-family home.
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All Turlock Fire units responded to a working structure fire in the 900 block of Souza St. at approximately 4:56 p.m. Monday. First arriving crews found smoke and flames coming from the second story of a barn. Crews brought the fire under control within 30 minutes.
Through Turlock Fire’s resource sharing partners, two additional engines, one truck, and one additional battalion chief also responded. Crews worked for an extended period of time conducting overhaul of the fire building. There were no injuries reported and no residents were displaced.
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The Fourth of July had Modesto fire crews running from Modesto and Ceres to Salida and Oakdale.
According to the Modesto Fire Department, crews responded to 274 calls for service between 7 a.m. on July 4 to 7 a.m. on July 5.
The calls for service included 65 fires, eight structure/building fires, 41 vegetation fires and 16 trash fires.
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Firefighters are working to extinguish a two-alarm grass fire along the American River Parkway in Sacramento, fire officials said.
Flames first broke out around 1:27 p.m. Saturday near the 1400 block of Northgate Boulevard. The fire is a half-acre in size.
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Firefighters say a house is set to be demolished after it caught fire Tuesday morning in Turlock.
Turlock Fire Department said their crews responded around 9:25 a.m. and arrived to find a fire along the 1600 block of Geer Road that had extended from the first floor to the second.
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Firefighters in Turlock traded in hoses and ladders for a lawn mower and a leaf blower Friday morning.
In a Facebook post, the Turlock Fire Department said that crews responded to a house after someone had a medical emergency while doing yardwork.
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A construction worker was standing above a 30-foot trench in west Modesto where a sewer system is being installed when the earth beneath him gave way Friday morning.
The man, who is in his 60s, fell nearly 30 feet and several feet of dirt piled on top of him, said Modesto Fire Department Battalion Chief Ed Bartley.
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Turlock has hired seven firefighters to fill Fire Department vacancies.
The new recruits began a 14-week academy training Tuesday, Sept. 27, and are expected to start working shifts in January, said Capt. Jason Bernard, department spokesman.
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