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
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
NO-BURN ALERT: MANDATORY WOOD-BURNING BAN IN EFFECT TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN
All Indoor and Outdoor Residential Wood Burning Prohibited Due to High Air Pollution Predicted for Today and Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has issued a residential no-burn alert effective Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10, 2015, for all those living in the South Coast Air Basin, which includes the greater Los Angeles area, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
SCAQMD reminds residents in these areas that burning wood in their fireplaces is prohibited from midnight tonight through midnight on Thursday night. Continue reading
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 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
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
Victor Saul Arredondo
A Santa Ana man, Victor Saul Arredondo, was taken into custody on Wednesday for allegedly starting a fire in his home, a single-story duplex in the 1000 block of 2nd Street, according to the O.C. Register.
The OCFA firefighters showed up at 6:20 p.m. and were able to extinguish a small fire in the house. They determined that the fire began in the back of the house, where there were apparently no smoke alarms.
There were seven residents in total including six adults and one child. They were all in the house at the time of the fire but Arredondo was the only one who was in the back of the house, where the fire started. Continue reading
O.C. firefighters responded to a fire at a single-story house at the 800 block of N. Bristol Street, Santa Ana, today at around 5 a.m., according to the O.C. Register.
The fire was reported by a passerby who saw that the back of the house had fire coming out of it. He called 911 – and may have helped to save the lives of the seven adults and two children who ended up displaced by the fire. Continue reading
CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN SERVES “PIZZA WITH A PURPOSE” TO SUPPORT FIRE FAMILY FOUNDATION
Partnership To Raise Money for California Firefighters & Their Families
California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), the authority in creative dining with a California vibe, will host a two-day FUNdraiser at all of its Southern California locations to benefit Fire Family Foundation, which supports injured and ill California firefighters and their families. From Sept. 15-16, CPK will donate twenty percent of net sales (dine in, takeout, beverages, catering) across its 44 Southern California locations to the nonprofit organization. To support the Fire Family Foundation, CPK guests must present this flyer to their server. Continue reading
A balcony fire broke out on the second floor of an apartment complex in Santa Ana today, at about 4 pm, at the 3100 block of South Main Street, just south of Dyer, according to the O.C. Register.
The fire was reported by a man who was on the first floor of the two-story apartment when he heard a “loud bang” upstairs. Continue reading
Illegal fireworks have always been a problem in Santa Ana but this 4th of July seemed like perhaps the worst ever in this regard. Residents all over the city posted pictures of the illegal fireworks on Facebook – and even the more exclusive neighborhoods in north Santa Ana were bombarded with bottle rockets and mortars.
The O.C. Register reported that sales at Santa Ana fireworks stands were down this year and blamed the legalization of safe and sane fireworks in Anaheim and in Huntington Beach. However I suspect that residents weren’t buying the legal fireworks because they invested in the illegal ones instead.
And this year the illegal fireworks actually caused significant harm. A fire broke out at 9:25 p.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Townsend Street in Santa Ana, after two palm trees burst into flames after illegal fireworks were set off, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading
July 4 is fast approaching and if you live in Santa Ana you have the right to buy safe and sane fireworks. You might however be wondering where to buy them? Click here to find a TNT Fireworks stand. Click here to find a Phantom Fireworks stand.
The fireworks stands will be able to start selling fireworks on July 1, starting at 12 noon, according to the City of Santa Ana.
Here are the actual locations and sponsors of the fireworks stands in Santa Ana: Continue reading
The Santa Ana warehouse of the Red Hill Construction company, located at 1431 E St Andrew Place., caught fire on Thursday morning after rags soaked in a wood-staining chemical spontaneously combusted overnight, according to the O.C. Register.
Thirty Orange County Fire Authority firefighters arrived at the scene at 7:11 a.m., and extinguished the fire. The fire caused $150K damage to the building and $200K damage to its contents. Continue reading
Mike’s Automotive was badly damaged in a fire on Friday night at around 9:15 pm, according to the O.C. Register.
The Orange County Fire Authority Tweeted that they were able to knock down the fire with 27 firefighters, after the first alarm.
The fire apparently was caused by an electrical malfunction, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz. Continue reading
Picture Courtesy of the Park Santiago Neigborhood Association’s Facebook page
A fire broke out this afternoon at the log cabin located at Santiago Park. The cabin was not occupied at the time. Santiago Park is located off of Memory Lane and Main St., just north of the 5 Freeway, in north Santa Ana. The Orange County Fire Authority has not yet reported about the fire on their Twitter feed or their Facebook page.
My son saw several fire trucks and police cars at the park and the fire was also reported on the Park Santiago Neighborhood Association’s Facebook page. They also reported that the fire was started by embers from a nearby bush/tree fire. Continue reading