VALLEJO, Calif. (KGO) --
It spread to another duplex next door. Crews got the fire under control within 20 minutes.
No injuries were reported, but 10 people have been displaced.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
10 residents displaced in fire at two duplexes in Vallejo, California
It spread to another duplex next door. Crews got the fire under control within 20 minutes.
No injuries were reported, but 10 people have been displaced.
Firefighters responded to a raging fire that burned titanium shavings for more than two hours at a commercial business in Carson Tuesday.
L.A. County firefighters battled a metal-shaving fire in Carson on July 21, 2015. (Credit: KTLA)
Firefighters Knock Down Titanium Fire at Carson Commercial Structure
The call came about 10:15 a.m. regarding the blaze at 200 E. Gardena Blvd., according to Randall Wright with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The response went to a second alarm around 10:45 a.m., Wright said on Twitter, and the fire was knocked down at 12:24 p.m.
The very hot fire and flames caused a warehouse roof to collapse.
Firefighters worked with the Sheriff’s Department to evacuate adjoining businesses in the block near the incident. Repeated explosions were heard on scene.
Though authorities were initially unsure what type of metal was burning, a captain on scene confirmed that the element ignited was titanium.
“Titanium you cannot extinguish with water,” fire Capt. Brian Jordan said. “Titanium actually burns really hot — it takes the water, and the fire gets bigger. It’s not a fire you extinguish quickly.”
No injuries were reported.
Fire investigators were working to determine what caused the blaze.
Bond set at $1M for truck driver in fatal I-55 crash that killed 4. Truck driver Francisco Espinal-Quiroz had been behind the wheel of his semi for almost 12 hours when he sped through a construction zone on I-55 and struck several cars, killing four people
ELWOOD, Ill. (WLS) --
Bond was set at $1 million for Espinal-Quiroz. He faces two felonies for allegedly falsifying his log book and lying about his drive time in connection with Monday's fatal crash in southwest suburban Elwood.
During the bond hearing, the 51-year-old truck driver appeared via closed circuit TV. Prosecutors argued he lied to officers on Monday, telling them he began driving at 6:30 a.m. when he had really started four hours earlier- at 2:30 a.m.
"I'm not going to comment on how we ascertained that," Will County State's Attorney spokesman Charles Pelkie said.
Despite abundant signage warning drivers to slow down, Illinois State Police say Espinal-Quiroz was speeding in his semi-truck when he abruptly changed lanes and struck several vehicles stopped in a construction zone near the Des Plaines River Bridge on I-55 at 2:15 p.m. Monday.
There's no indication he hit the brakes, prosecutors said.
Espinal-Quiroz is a U.S. citizen born in Honduras. He listened to a translator in court, but did not speak. He is the sole driver for the firm of Espinal Trucking out of Leesburg, Indiana, which he owns.
He has no criminal record, but since 1991 he's accumulated at least 12 traffic and license violations, which include speeding tickets, driving an overweight truck, and driving without a proper commercial license.
In court Monday, prosecutors said Espinal-Quiroz has "disability or handicap with his vision that may have factored into the crash." They would not elaborate on that, but say other charges are possible.
"The investigation is continuing, and we will review the information as it comes in. Other charges are possible," Pelkie said.
Victims mourned in Coal City, Urbana and Channahon
Three women and a girl were killed in the crash. They were identified as Kimberly K. Britton, 43, of Urbana; Piper Britton, 11, of Urbana; Vicky L. Palacios, 54, of Coal City; and Ulrike P. Blopleh, 48, of Channahon.
Excavator operator pleads guilty in Philly building collapse that killed 6
In this file photo provided by Jordan McLaughlin, a dust
cloud rises as people run from the scene of a building collapse on the
edge of downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. (AP
Photo/Jordan McLaughlin, File)
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The excavator operator who was charged following the Center City building collapse that killed six people in 2013 pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges Tuesday, according to a report by 6 ABC.
Sean Benschop pleaded guilty to six counts of involuntary manslaughter, as well as charges of aggravated assault, conspiracy, causing a catastrophe and seven counts of reckless endangerment.
On June 5, 2013, Benschop was working in an excavator to tear down wall at 22nd and Market streets. During the job, the wall fell down the wrong way onto a Salvation Army store.
Six people were killed and 12 people were injured.
Benschop faces between 10 and 20 years in prison. He will be sentenced after the trail of his co-defendant, Griffin Campbell, in September, according to the report.
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