Category: San Diego Fire-Rescue Department

Rescuers Work for Hours to Free Worker From Collapsed Trench in La Jolla

June 29, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—Emergency crews worked for more than five hours on June 28 to free a construction worker who wound up injured and precariously trapped in unstable dirt and debris following a trench collapse at a home-remodel site near La Jolla Shores Beach. The industrial accident in the 8400 block of El Paseo Grande took place…

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Miramar-Area Construction Mishap Causes Gas Leak, Water-Service Outage

June 13, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—An excavation machine tumbled into a trench June 13 at a work site on a Miramar-area street, knocking out water service to part of the neighborhood and causing a natural-gas leak that prompted some evacuations. The non-injury accident in the 8000 block of Miramar Road occurred shortly after 8 a.m., the San Diego Fire-Rescue…

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Motorcyclist Killed in Escondido Crash Identified as San Diego Fire Captain

May 18, 2023
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A man who was killed in Escondido, California, when the motorcycle he was riding went off a road and struck a light pole has been identified as a longtime captain in the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, authorities said May 17. The 55-year-old Derrin Austin’s most recent assignment was at the San Diego International Airport Fire…

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E-Bike Battery Explodes, Injuring Resident in San Diego Apartment

April 2, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A resident of a Barrio Logan apartment was burned and hospitalized after a fire apparently caused when an e-bike battery ignited and exploded April 2. The fire started in the 2900 block of Boston Avenue at 6:09 a.m. Sunday when a couple was charging their electric bike in the living room, according to Deputy…

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Suspicious Fire Destroys Vacant Home in San Diego

February 15, 2023
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A suspicious non-injury blaze destroyed a boarded-up house Feb. 15 in San Diego, fire officials said. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department received a call just before 2 a.m. Wednesday, and responding personnel found heavy fire coming from the front of the house at 4424 Ocean View Blvd. The fire was knocked down in about 20…

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