EXPLOSION AT THE PALERMO VILLAGE RETIREMENT HOME IN ONTARIO, CANADA AFTER ELECTRICAL FIRE. TWO FIREFIGHTERS RECEIVE MINOR INJURIES, RESIDENTS ARE SAFE

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A fire in an electrical room led to reports of an explosion at the Palermo Village Retirement Residence Thursday evening. 

Oakville firefighters arrived to find smoke in the electrical room and preparation was underway for an evacuation of residents for their safety, according to a tweet from Halton police. 

Two firefighters received minor injuries and residents are reported safe. 

The Oakville Fire Department responded to the Palermo Village Retirement home located at 3136 Dundas St. W., near Bronte Road, around 7:30 p.m., after receiving reports of smoke in the building's electrical room.

Halton police, as well as Halton EMS, converged on the scene.  

“When we arrived, we had heavy smoke in the electrical room,” Oakville Fire Platoon Chief Bill Forbes said.

 “The crews were inside investigating when we had a secondary explosion in the room.”

Two firefighters in the room at the time were injured and transported to hospital with minor injuries resulting from the blast, Forbes said.

Two firefighters received minor injuries. All residents in the home were said to be safe. 

Power was out in the Bronte Road  and Dundas Street area. 

The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but it did originate in the electrical room

AN ESTERO, FL FIRE RESCUE TRUCK ON THE WAY TO A CALL COLLIDED WITH A CAR IN FLORIDA. THE CAR DRIVER WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD TO AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

ESTERO, FLORIDA

An Estero Fire Rescue truck on the way to a call collided with a car Friday morning.

Firefighters say Ladder 41 had its lights & siren on when it was hit by a gold Lexus at the intersection of Three Oaks and Estero parkways just after 10 a.m.

No one was injured.

Firefighters gave the driver, who was cited by deputies for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, a ride home after their car was towed.

The engine was driven back to the station and will later be towed to a shop for repairs if needed.

FIREFIGHTER INJURED AT A FIRE IN BROOKLYN

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

BROOKLYN, NY

Things got a little hot for a probie in Brooklyn yesterday morning. Snyder Island E-310/L-174 responded 1st due to a fire at 334 East 55th Street, Brooklyn, off Snyder Avenue.  The injuries sustained weren't serious, everyone eventually went home.

No other information has been provided at this time.

SEMI TRUCK REAR-ENDS ANOTHER, CAUSING A CHEMICAL SPILL ON I-75 SOUTH IN CAMPBELL COUNTY, TENNESSEE

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TENNESSEE

 

UPDATE 8:30 a.m. 

Crews cleared the site of a wreck and chemical spill in Campbell County, after working all night to regrade, repave and reopen the road.

Two tractor trailers collided Tuesday at about 2:30 p.m., shutting down the interstate near the 159 mile marker. By 4 a.m., workers managed to reopen the southbound lanes of I-75 near Jellico.

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A wreck and chemical spill involving two semi-trucks is causing major traffic problems near the Tennessee-Kentucky state line in Campbell County.

A TDOT spokesperson said Tuesday evening they don't expect to reopen I-75 South until 7 a.m. Wednesday due to the cleanup.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a truck driver from Knoxville rear ended another semi-truck in the right hand lane near mile marker 159 around 2:30 p.m.

The Knoxville truck went sideways and the plastic barrels it was hauling burst open. The non-toxic silicone material inside those containers then spilled onto the roadway about a mile from the state line.

THP said crews attempted to clean the material off the road using sand and stay dry, but it didn't work. THP advised the affected area of I-75 would need to be graded or milled and then repaved before it can reopen.

Southbound traffic is being diverted to alternate routes.

According to THP, the Knoxville truck driver is charged with failure to exercise due care.

The roadway was originally expected to reopen around 6 p.m., but now that closure will last overnight.

This is the latest in a recent string of crashes along Campbell County's stretch of I-75