ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : PUPILS SAFE FOLLOWING FIRE ON SCHOOL BUS.QUARTZ HILL - About 20 youngsters were evacuated without injury from a school bus Tuesday afternoon after the bus caught fire, officials said. After getting the children off the bus, the driver started an automatic extinguishing system that sprayed a dry chemical into the engine compartment. That quenched quench tr.v. quenched, quench·ing, quench·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish. 2. To suppress; squelch: the flames before firefighters arrived. ``The driver did a good job,'' said firefighter Steve Passmore Steve Passmore (born January 29, 1973 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their ninth-round pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. . ``When we showed up another bus arrived to take the students home.'' The natural gas-powered bus caught fire shortly after 2:30 p.m. while stopped near Blossom Hill Blossom Hill can mean:
The bus had been leaking hydraulic fluid hydraulic fluid toxic because of its high content of industrial triaryl phosphate. for 100 to 150 yards before it caught fire, firefighters said. ?13- Daily News A.V. man in hospital after home invasion PALMDALE - A 30-year-old Palmdale man shot in his home by intruders remained hospitalized Tuesday in serious but stable condition at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills. The unidentified man told paramedics that he was shot in the chest after two intruders broke into his home in the 38600 block of Lilac View Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. Monday. Neighbors said that the man was baby sitting his sister-in-law's children when the assailants approached the door and demanded money. When the man said he had no money, he was shot. The assailants drove off in a light blue Honda. ?13- Daily News Lancaster teen dead week after car crash PALMDALE - A man and two teen-agers were arrested Saturday after they climbed onto a roof and used a baseball bat to break into a storage shed at Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School , sheriff's officials said. Bello Alexander, 24, of Palmdale and two boys ages 15 and 16 were arrested shortly after 3 p.m. after they were spotted by people attending a high school youth football game. After breaking the lock with the bat, the three removed tennis rackets rackets Game for two or four players with ball and racket on a four-walled court. Rackets is played with a hard ball in a relatively large court (approximately 9 × 18 m), unlike the related games of squash and racquetball. and tennis balls from the shed. Deputies found the three on the baseball field. Bello is being held at the Lancaster sheriff's station in lieu of $15,000 bail; the two juveniles were released to their parents. ?13- Daily News |
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