An explosion ripped through a vacant Oak Park home early Sunday morning, completely destroying the house. Fortunately there were no injuries and no lives lost. The fire, with explosion was reported shortly after 2:00 A.M. Sacramento Firefighters were on scene in about three minutes. The fire was contained to a small portion of the house and surrounding trees, but the house was destroyed. Firefighters were able to search the home and they did not find any victims inside. Crews from Pacific Gas and Electric were on scene and they were unable to find any signs of a natural gas leak. The cause of the fire and explosion is currently under investigation by Sacramento Fire Department Investigato

A Sacramento County garbage truck and a work van were involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident this morning along the 8500 block of Folsom Blvd. The accident seriously injured the driver of the garbage truck and killed the driver of the work van. According to the Sacramento Police, preliminary witness reports indicate that the garbage truck was traveling west bound on Folsom Blvd. The van, traveling east bound on Folsom Blvd. traveled into the path of the garbage truck, hitting the garbage truck head on. The garbage truck then hit the overhang of a Pre-School coming to rest near the playground of the school. Fortunately the children were inside the school and were not harmed. The van’s

A Level 2 Haz Mat incident occurred this morning at UC Davis Medical Center’s “Glassrock Building” on Stockton Blvd. Sacramento Firefighters responded to the reported chemical spill with possibly two persons complaining of inhalation symptoms at 9:47 A.M. Firefighters arrived on scene in about three and a half minutes.   A small amount of 10 percent formalin, which is a mixture of 90 percent water, formaldehyde and methyl alcohol, was spilled in one of the rooms on the fourth floor. Firefighters evacuated the building and called for additional resources. The two persons were transported to a local hospital with minor symptoms. A very small amount of the solution was spilled and Firefigh

The Regions Urban Search and Rescue Team, California Task Force 7, was activated late last night and they are now on their way to help out with the rescue efforts in Haiti. Firefighters from Fire Agencies in the Sacramento region and some civilians make up the 72 person team. These individuals are highly trained in search and rescue, specifically in building collapses. The team has rescue dogs, Doctors, Nurses, Rescue Specialists and many other highly trained individuals. This team, like every other USAR Team across the nation are able to be fully self sufficient for a minimum of 3 days. They left their storage facility at McClellan Air Park very early this morning and headed off to Trav

A garage fire in a Fruitridge neighborhood home burned a Sacramento Firefighter this morning. The fire was reported at 4416 Mello Court at 10:54 A.M. Sacramento Firefighters arrived within 5 minutes and found a garage from the one story home heavily involved in fire. While preparing to attack the fire, Captain Rick Hudson of Truck 6 suffered serious burns to his hand. He also had minor burns to his facial area. He was transported to the local Burn Unit and is reported to be in good condition. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The home had major damage to it. The occupants, a family of four, were receiving assistance from the American Red Cross for housing needs.  

Thanks Jessica! And do not forget to install new, fresh batteries in all of your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors! Doing this could save the lives of you and your familiy!!!!

The fire and explosion that occurred Sunday morning February 7, 2010, at 3944 17th Avenue, at 2:07 A.M. has been determined to be Arson. The case is still open and being actively investigated. No further information is available at this time. If anyone has any information pertaining to this case you are urged to contact the Sacramento Fire Department Arson Tip Line at (916) 808-8732 or Sacramento Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP or 1-800-AA-CRIME.

Yes they do cause fires!

It's Tuesday morning. Our USAR Team actually came back home to Sacramento yesterday. This team and other USAR Teams from the US have been staged at strategic locations around the US in a "stand by mode" until needed. Because of the massive traffic jam trying to get into Haiti and with the Government of Haiti priortizing who comes in and what is needed most, it made more sense to send our Team back home and have them wait here instead of waiting at Travis AFB. They are still ready to go and their cache is also packed and ready to go if and when called. Their mission right now is to relieve any of the USAR Teams that are currently in Haiti if needed....

Thanks for the comments. I have been updated from our Team and unfortunately they are still at Travis AFB. They and 2 other USAR Teams are being staged at their home bases until conditions in Haiti allow them to travel there. The airport and the sea port have been badly damaged so all air and ship travel is horribly delayed. The good news is that there are 4 USAR Teams on the ground in Haiti and many other Rescue teams from other Nations are there. Numerous successful rescues have already been accomplished by these rescuers. Our folks will go soon and we hope that they can make a positive difference for all of the victims.