BRIEFLY : RELIEF ITEMS SOUGHT FOR MEXICAN VICTIMS.Byline: - City News Service Firefighters put out 4 small brush fires - City News Service Woman, dog safe after gas explosion City News Service Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. facilities throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, are accepting baby food, bottled water, and other items for victims of Hurricane Pauline This article is about the Pacific hurricane of 1997; for other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Pauline (disambiguation). Hurricane Pauline was one of the strongest and deadliest Pacific hurricanes to make landfall on Mexico. in Acapulco. A Salvation Army spokesman said the organization is also still accepting monetary donations. ``We are expanding our relief efforts in response to the great need of our friends in Mexico,'' said Lt. Col. Alfred R. Van Cleef Van Cleef is a Dutch surname and may refer to:
``Their emotional and physical loss has been enormous, and we must do all we can to help them during this very difficult time,'' he said. Items needed are: Baby food, diapers, feminine hygiene products, nonperishable food items, clothing (new in original package), water (one-gallon containers) and powdered milk. Monetary donations can be made by sending checks, earmarked ``Hurricane Pauline,'' to the Salvation Army, 900 W. Ninth St., Los Angeles CA 90015. Credit card donations can be made by calling the Salvation Army's bilingual emergency disaster services number at (800) 725-9005. With winds gusting to 50 mph in parts of the Valley on Monday, firefighters braced for the worst, but only four minor brush fires were reported and all were put out. One fire was within Los Angeles city limits and the others were in county areas. Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Jim Wells said the only flare-up in the city was a blaze in Porter Ranch that scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. five acres before it was extinguished. In county areas, firefighters put out a 10-acre blaze in Palos Verdes, a single-acre fire in Santa Clarita and a fire near Chatsworth that blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. two acres, said county Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Crawford. Meanwhile, city and county firefighters kept an eye on other areas prone to wild fires. ``If a brush fire breaks out, the chances of it spreading is great on a day like today when there are winds,'' said Wells. ``There's no moisture in the wind, which dries out the moisture in the brush, especially when there's an increase in the temperature.'' A senior citizen and her dog escaped injury in an apparent natural gas explosion Monday that heavily damaged a single-story Glendale home. The incident was reported at 2:45 p.m. at 329 Lafayette St., a Glendale fire dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. said. An explosion was heard and several windows were blown out. The fire that broke out was quickly brought under control. Neighbors initially thought the woman who lived in a rear unit had been affected. As it turned out, she escaped, taking her pet with her. |
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