BRIEFLY BLOWTORCH SETS OFF BUILDING INFERNO.PACOIMA - An auto wrecking business owner's blowtorch accidentally started an intense fire that sent flames shooting through the roof of a commercial building Saturday near Branford Street and Glenoaks Boulevard, a 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 said. The blaze, reported at 1:24 p.m., was fueled by gasoline, oil and other highly flammable materials from about 20 cars inside the building and another 20 outside, said department spokesman Bob Colis. Firefighters succeeded in containing the blaze to the wrecking business, Mars Used Auto Parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
``The cause was that the owner, sadly, was using a cutting torch while dismantling one of the cars, and it caught fire and spread,'' Colis said. - Daily News Man, 23, wounded in drive-by gunfire PANORAMA CITY - A 23-year-old man was in stable condition Saturday after surviving a drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang at the corner of Van Nuys Boulevard and Woodman Avenue, police said. A man driving a dark-colored car opened fire just before 2:25 a.m. said Sgt. T. Torsney of the Foothill Station. The bullets hit the man in the elbow and leg, Torsney said. Paramedics took the man to a hospital where he was listed as stable, Torsney said. - City News Service Dozens arrested in DUI road block GLENDALE - A multicity task force set up to nab drunken drivers arrested more than a dozen motorists suspected of various violations, including driving while intoxicated driving while intoxicated n. see driving under the influence. and auto theft, police said Saturday. Authorities made the arrests Friday night and early Saturday morning in Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena, said Glendale police Sgt. Tom Kuh. - City News Service Boating halted off Camp Pendleton CAMP PENDLETON - The Coast Guard has established a temporary security zone that excludes boating off most of the Camp Pendleton shoreline, from Oceanside to the San Onofre San Onofre or São Onofre may refer to:
The exclusion zone A zone established by a sanctioning body to prohibit specific activities in a specific geographic area. The purpose may be to persuade nations or groups to modify their behavior to meet the desires of the sanctioning body or face continued imposition of sanctions, or use or threat of will last from Feb. 21 to May 15 while the Navy conducts a large-scale logistics exercise, Coast Guard officials said Friday. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Ballot Express can be timesaver NORWALK - Registered voters who wish to cast absentee ballots in the March 5 election can use the Ballot Express Service, which allows voters to call ahead and have their ballot ready for pick-up within 24 hours, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk said. Ballot Express service can be requested by calling (562) 466-1323 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, through March 4. Phones will also be in operation from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the two weekends before Election Day. Ballot Express ballots can be picked up in Room 3002 of the Registrar's Office, 12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk. - City News Service Civil War event ready at Calico CALICO - About 230 history enthusiasts set up camps at the north and south side of the Calico Ghost Town ghost town, term for any once flourishing American community that has been abandoned, generally for economic reasons. While most of the towns have little or no population, they often contain old buildings, which may serve as tourist attractions. for the eighth annual Presidents Day Weekend Civil War Re-Enactment Civil War re-enactment may refer to:
The event, which includes campsites, skirmishes, and impersonations of the era's soldiers and leaders, continues today at the venue eight miles northeast of Barstow, expecting to draw more than 8,000 visitors, promoters said. - San Bernardino County Sun |
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