LAFD LF66 handles a sheared hydrant on 88th Pl. near Halldale Ave. Saturday night.

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Redlands - Structure - 10-18-12

Seventeen Redlands Firefighters responded to a residential structure fire in the 1400 block of Laramie Street at about 2:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18.  Upon arrival firefighters found an unoccupied single story residence with the attic and four bedrooms fully involved.  The fire was knocked down in 31 minutes. No injuries were reported from the fire.  Damage estimates to the building and its contents are $150,000.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Anyone with any information regarding the fire is asked to contact the Redlands Fire Department at (909) 798-7600 to speak with an investigator.

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Inland Empire Lightning - 10-11-12

A couple shots from the storm yesterday afternoon.

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Redlands - Trailer Fire - 10-9-12

An early morning trailer fire in Redlands.

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BDU - Structure Fire - 10-2-12

San Bernardino CALFIRE responds to an abandoned apartment house shortly after the Sterling fire. Units from San Bernardino County, Redlands and Rialto assisted.

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BDU - Commercial Fire - Sterling Incident - 10-1-12

 (Sun) HIGHLAND - A liquor store destroyed by fire on Monday and a nearby fire in a vacant apartment complex two hours later are believed to have been caused by an arsonist, sheriff's investigators said Wednesday. The first fire, which started around 6 p.m., engulfed Jolly Boys Liquor Store at 7697 Sterling Ave. and was so hot firefighters were unable to enter the building to extinguish the flames, Cal Fire officials said. An unidentified person was injured and was treated at the scene by paramedics, authorities said, but they would not disclose if the person had any connection to the liquor store. Jolly Boys had served the south Highland community for decades. It was unknown if the store will reopen. Fire officials declined to say who owned the business and did not have a damage estimate. "Detectives have determined two fires, one started on the south side of the building and another on the north side were responsible for destroying the building," said sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. In the late '60s the building originally opened as the Red Shutters restaurant before closing and reopening as a liquor store. It took firefighters two hours to control the Sterling Avenue fire. Crews from Cal Fire along with units from the Redlands, San Manuel, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, Colton, Rialto, and San Bernardino County Fire departments fought the blaze. The 8 p.m. fire in the abandoned apartment complex two blocks away was spotted by a Redlands Fire Department crew when it was returning from fighting the Jolly Boys fire, Cal Fire spokesman Bill Peters said. Peters said the fire caused around $75,000 in damages. He said no other details were available.
The Sheriff's Department said it believes the fire was deliberately set, perhaps by the same person who started the Jolly Boys fire. However, Cal Fire investigators are not ready to say what caused the kiquor store inferno, Peters said. "Cal Fire is the lead on the investigation into the cause of these fires," said Peters. "We are not ready to determine what the cause of the fires was." Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff's bomb and arson investigators at 909-890-4840 or Cal Fire arson investigators at 951-782-4140.


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RRU - Vegetation Fire - Range Incident - 9-30-12

(Press Enterprise)The Range Fire, which was started by recreational shooters and burned more than 350 acres in the rugged terrain south of Banning, was fully contained Monday evening, Oct. 1.
Fire officials originally expected to have the flames surrounded Monday morning, but the terrain and weather conditions delayed containment until about 6:30 p.m. The forecasted high in Banning on Monday was 100 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, and relative humidity was low.
Four fire crews and nine engines were on the scene Monday. The fire started on land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management and used for shooting, in a remote area east of Old Idyllwild Road and south of Shirleon Drive. Investigators determined that recreational shooters caused the fire, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann said. The agency will be looking for whoever started the fire, Hagemann said. Though some shooters were seen in the area near the time it started, she said no suspects have been identified. An estimate released mid-Monday said the fire had burned 364 acres. It destroyed a shed and some abandoned vehicles. Four firefighters sustained minor injuries.

I arrived at the water filling point for the rotorwing aircraft and got a few shots.

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Redlands - Structure - Brookside Incident - 9-27-12

The Redlands Fire Department responded to a reported fire on Brookside Ave. this evening and found a small fire inside an apartment. More photos can be seen here in the gallery section of FireWXPhoto.com.

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