Category: South Sacramento

Aug 17 2012

Spontaneous combustion fire strikes Tidee Didee again, neighbor saves business

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Firefighters from Engine 56 extinguish a spontaneous combustion fire in a container of rags at Tidee Didee Laundry Service

Sacramento, CA | Another fire on Otto Circle strikes at Tidee Didee laundry service while neighboring business owner saves the day.

A neighboring business owner in an industrial area off of 47th Ave and Otto Circle, came out of his business Friday evening and saw smoke and flames coming from antoher busienss.

Terry Lewallen called 911 as he was rushing to the business, forced entry to the yard, grabbed a nearby pallet jacket and got the burning Read more »

Aug 10 2012

Fourth arson fire in several weeks finally destroys vacant dealership

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Firefighters knew total structural failure was immanent and backed out to safety.

Sacramento, CA | After an arson fire series at a former Cal Worthington dealership, the fourth fire burned it down.

Sacramento Fire Department responded to a report of smoke coming from a vacant dealership Thursday night at the south-west corner of Franklin Blvd. and Florin Rd. in South Sacramento. When Engine 56 arrived they encountered flames coming from the boarded up doors Read more »

Aug 07 2012

Grass fire takes a run toward homes in South area

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A grass fire burns a neighborhood field surrounded by homes. When the blaze takes a run toward the homes, firefighters make a quick attack saving the structures

At 9:11PM Tuesday, SFD firefighters were called out for a grass fire in a Parkway South neighborhood. The fire was spreading towards homes at the end of Clover Glen Way. Firefighters quickly got control of the blaze before it got too close to the homes. One homeowner next to field said when he came home and rounded the corner he saw all the fire equipment then the flames heading Read more »

Aug 05 2012

Road rage ends in three injured in South Sac

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Firefighters extricate the trapped and injured driver of a vehicle struck by a road raging pickup truck driver according to witnesses.

Sacramento, CA | Witnesses say the driver of a truck was all over, cutting cars off and cursing at other drivers

Sunday afternoon, Sacramento Fire Department and California Highway Patrol responded to a major injury collision with extrication at the intersection of 47th Avenue and Steiner Drive.

Witnesses stated the driver of the truck was “road raging” cutting people off, and shouting at drivers coming off of Hwy 99 at 47th Ave. Read more »

Jul 28 2012

Third fire at vacant dealership, potential firefighter killer

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Firefighters at higher risk than usual in string of recent vacant dealership fires

Sacramento, CA | Firefighters respond to third fire in vacant South area dealership

Sacramento Firefighters responded to the old vacant car dealership at the corner of Franklin and Florin Friday afternoon for the third time in two weeks. Assistant Chief Niko King stated that they expect to be responding to the structure again and have been pre-planning. Read more »

Jul 21 2012

Overnight news capsule

The warm Friday night/Saturday morning was quite active starting out a hot weekend. These four interesting stories shaped Sacramento news this morning.

News_120720_VehicleRollOverHitRun_N_Mav-005.JPGCollision with rollover turns hit and run downtown to start the weekend

Late Friday night, an accident occurred at the intersection of Capital Avenue and 17th Street where a Dodge Durango crashed into a sports vehicle and rolled on its side. The driver of the Durango fled the scene shouting “life sucks” according to witnesses. No one was transported to the hospital in this incident however SacPD is searching for the driver of the Durango.

 

News_1207201_WaStollenCrashMinors_N_Mav-006.JPGStolen Washington vehicle and 13-year-old missing person turns up in South Sacramento, Pursuit, Crash, 4 minors injured

In the course of responding to an unrelated 911 call, SacPD officers encounter a stolen vehicle out of Washington State. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the 13-year-old driver, a missing person out of Washington as well, fled from officers down 21st Ave and crashed into a sound wall at 21st Ave and Deeble Street. All occupants in the vehicle were between 13 and 15 and sustained minor to moderate injuries. At least one occupant had to be extricated from the vehicle. All four occupants of the vehicle were transported to the hospital.

 

News_120721_CommercialStructureFire_OttoCir_N_Mav-008.JPGTidee Didee Diaper Services catches fire

A fire broke out in a commercial structure in South Sacramento early Saturday morning, just a few business away from where a major business fire took place just a few weeks ago. This fire was quickly extinguished and contained to one container in the structure.

 

News_120721_SetDualVehicleFires_N_Mav-007.JPGTwo vehicles burned in Natomas Saturday morning may have been hate crime per witness

Two suspects were witnessed throwing Molotov cocktails into two vehicles early Saturday morning then fleeing through an apartment complex off of Truxel Road and Garden Highway. A police radio report stated that a burglary report was taken yesterday morning for a “door kick” to the apartment of the owner of one of the vehicles. Our eye-witness believes this was a targeted hate crime due to the sexual orientation of the victims.

Jul 18 2012

Early morning argument leads to homicide

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Sheriff SWAT team mounts up to move in on a Florin home where a woman was fatally shot earlier in the morning.

Sacramento, CA | Suspects from a Florin home are being sought for the shooting death of a 38-year-old woman.

At approximately three o’clock Wednesday morning, a man and a woman were out on the sidewalk in front of a residence in the 7900 block of Loucreta Drive in the Florin neighborhood of South Sacramento when a male from the residence came out and told them that they needed to leave, according to Deputy Jason Ramos, spokesman for the Sacramento County Sheriff Department. Read more »

Jul 14 2012

Fatal vehicle rollover with fire and entrapment

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Sac City Firefighters extinguish occupied burning vehicle after early morning rollover accident

News_120714_FatalVehicRollover_N_Mav-005.JPGSacramento, CA | The solo occupant of a vehicle was killed early Saturday morning when his car crashed and burst into flames.

Early Saturday morning, a vehicle traveling south on highway 99 from Florin was traveling at a slow rate of speed and straddling the slow lane and shoulder at approx 65MPH according to CHP. Read more »

Jun 21 2012

Business destroyed in 2 alarm blaze

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Firefighters dump water on the industrial blaze in a defensive mode

News_120620_WarehouseFire_Nikon_Mav-009.JPGSacramento, CA | Flames consumed a South Sacramento business Wednesday night. When firefighters arrived the industrial building was mostly engulfed in flames.

Sacramento Fire Department crews arrived on scene right around 11:30 Wednesday night on Otto Circle at an industrial laundry business, Dust-Tex Services Inc. Chris Ortiz, Battalion Chief with Sacramento Fire Department, stated that when he and Engine 56 arrived, that most of the building was on fire. Read more »

Jun 10 2012

Home invasion turns quadruple homicde

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Officers arrive at Meadowview home to find 4 dead and 1 wounded.

Sacramento, CA | After a report of a shooting at a Meadowview home, officers arrive to find several people dead.

Late Saturday evening, officers were called to a home in the 7600 block of 18th Street in the Meadowview area of Sacramento for a report of people being shot. The caller advised that he had been engaged in a gun battle in home according Sergeant Andrew Pettit, Sacramento Police Department. Read more »

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