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An arsonist set several small fires in Santa Ana so he could rob a fire station

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Request Media And Public Assistance In Identifying Arson Suspect In Fire Station Burglary

Locations: Orange County Fire Station # 72, 1688 E. 4th Street Santa Ana, CA

Synopsis: On 12/18/16, the Santa Ana Police Department responded to the report of a burglary at the Orange County Fire Authority Fire Station #72 located at 1688 East 4th Street. The subsequent investigation revealed that arson fires were set in nearby neighborhoods to draw firefighters away from the station allowing the burglar(s) to enter the station as the fire engine left to fight the fire. Continue reading→

The O.C. Fire Authority will host open houses at two Santa Ana fire stations on 10/15

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Entertainment, Family, OCFA, Santa Ana, Youth Activities Leave a comment

City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: Orange County Fire Authority – Open House 2016

In recognition of Fire Prevention Week, Orange County Fire Authority will be hosting Open Houses on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at several fire stations throughout Orange County.

Open Houses in Santa Ana will be held at: Continue reading→

Firefighters quickly knocked out a Santa Ana apartment building fire today

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

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Picture courtesy of the OCFA

A fire at an apartment in the 1400 block of South Sycamore Street began at around 12:20 a.m. today, but was quickly knocked down by O.C. Fire Authority firefighters, according to the OC Register.

The fire reportedly began in a second floor apartment. It was knocked down in about 15 minutes and did not spread to the rest of the building, according to the OCFA. Continue reading→

Apartment fire on East Walnut St. put out by 27 OCFA firefighters

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

There was a fire reported this morning at an apartment building located at the 600 block of East Walnut, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Fire Authority.

Twenty seven OCFA firefighters were able to knock down the fire by 11:19 a.m.

The fire reportedly started in a second-floor unit of the apartment building and it spread to the building’s attic, according to the OCFA. Continue reading→

A 21-year-old Santa Ana man blew off his hands with a mortar round last night

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, OCFA, Santa Ana 2 Comments

The City of Santa Ana talked tough about cracking down on illegal fireworks but last night was insane. The entire city was a war zone. Even the nicer neighborhoods in north Santa Ana were inundated in mortar rounds.

One young man, 21-years-old, paid the ultimate price for playing with illegal fireworks when he apparently blew most of his hands off, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Home damaged by a fire at the 800 block of East 20th St. in Santa Ana

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Picture courtesy of the OCFA

A one-story house in Santa Ana, at the 800 block of East 20th St., was damaged by a fire yesterday just before 7 p.m., according to the OCFA.

Over 30 OCFA firefighters were able to put out the fire in about 40 minutes. Continue reading→

Victims of fatal flip over crash on the 5 Freeway identified

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana resident Edgar Garfias Ramirez, 21, has been identified as one of two men who died last Thursday morning when the car they were in flipped over on the 5 freeway in Tustin, just south of the 55, according to the O.C. Register.

Ramirez and a second unidentified victim, a 22-year-old Tustin man, were pronounced dead at the scene due to head injuries. Both were passengers in the car that flipped over. Continue reading→

Drunk homeless man arrested after starting a brush fire at Santiago Park

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Fires, homeless, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Martin Alonso Cea, a 33-year-old drunk homeless man, was arrested on Monday night after lighting vegetation on fire inside Santiago Park, according to the O.C. Register.

Cea, 33, was seen by two people around 8:10 p.m. inside the park at 2535 N. Main St. just before he intentionally started a brush fire near the creek bed, according to the SAPD. Continue reading→

Nine people lose their home to a fire on South Hickory Street in Santa Ana

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana 1 Comment

A single-story home at the 2000 block of South Hickory Street, in Santa Ana, caught fire today at approximately 1 pm, according to the O.C. Register.

The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) reported on their Twitter page that it was a 2 alarm blaze and that it was knocked down at 1:28 pm. by 23 firefighters. Continue reading→

Fire destroys two garages and three cars at a Santa Ana townhome complex

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

A townhome complex located at 3600 Bear St., in Santa Ana caught fire on Saturday afternoon at around 4:50 p.m., according to the O.C. Fire Authority’s Twitter page.

Thirty firefighters responded to the fire, from the OCFA and the Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley Fire Departments.

The fire on S. Bear St. that started around 4:50 PM yesterday destroyed two garages and three vehicles. Continue reading→

Fire wrecks Roda’s Dulceria and damages two other stores at a Santa Ana strip mall

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Fifty five firefighters from the Orange County Fire Authority and the Orange Fire Department put out a two alarm fire at a six-unit strip mall at the 200 block of West 1st Street in Santa Ana, at 12:45 a.m. on Friday morning, according to the OCFA’s Twitter page.

The fire was blamed on an electrical failure inside the Roda’s Dulceria party store located at 200 W. 1st St., according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

22-year-old Santa Ana man dies after crashing into a lamp post in Tustin

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, OCFA, Santa Ana, Tustin Leave a comment

Ricardo Salgado, a 22-year-old resident of Santa Ana, died tragically before 1:15 a.m. this morning when he crashed his car into a lamp post near the intersection of Valencia and Red Hill Avenues, in Tustin, according to the O.C. Register.

Salgado was speeding in a Honda before he crashed into the lamp post, according to the police. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Tustin Police and the O.C. Fire Authority.

The police do not know what direction that Salgado was heading in before the crash or whether he might have been under the influence. However the police investigators do suspect that speeding was a factor in the accident. Continue reading→

85 firefighters put out a three alarm fire at a plastics recycling company in Santa Ana

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana 1 Comment

A 3 Alarm fire broke out today at the 2500 block of S. Susan St. at 10:15 a.m. according to the OC Fire Authority.

Over 85 firefighters from the OC Fire Authority and the Fountain Valley and Costa Mesa Fire Departments fought the blaze and the OCFA Hazmat team was there too. No injuries were reported. Continue reading→

The Santa Ana City Council is considering banning all fireworks next year

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Crime, Fires, OCFA, Public Safety, Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana 25 Comments

The Santa Ana City Council doesn’t seem to be doing much about the gang violence in our city but they are pondering making safe and sane fireworks illegal, according to the O.C Register.

I really don’t understand this. The problem in Santa Ana is NOT the safe and sane fireworks but rather the illegal ones that the SAPD and the OC Fire Authority seem to ignore. Continue reading→

Firefighters from four agencies put out a fire at an aluminum plant in Santa Ana today

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Fires, OCFA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

It took fifty five firefighters from the O.C. Fire Authority and the Garden Grove, Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley Fire Departments forty minutes to put out a fire today at Aluminum Precision Products, an aluminum manufacturing business located at the 2600 block of South Susan Street in Santa Ana, according to the OCFA’s Twitter page.

They were called in today at 2 p.m. after a fire was caused by an equipment failure near a forging press machine, according to the O.C. Register. Apparently the machine caught fire and the blaze spread very quickly to the roof, where a sprinkler system was activated. Reportedly an oily residue kept igniting the fire on the ceiling according to the OCFA. Continue reading→