It s no joke: Fairfield firefighter shares experience working in SoCal hospital amid COVID-19 surge Share Updated: 9:13 AM PST Jan 11, 2021 Share Updated: 9:13 AM PST Jan 11, 2021
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Show Transcript BACK TO YOU. TONI: THANK YOU. THE URGENCY OF THOSE VACCINES IS ON DISPLAY RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE SITUATION IS GROWING DIRE BY THE DAY, AND A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PARAMEDIC CREW IS LIVING IT FIRST-HAND. TY: KCRA 3’S LETICIA ORDAZ IS LIVE IN FAIRFIELD WITH THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACING WHILE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR THE STATE. LETICIA: GOOD MORNING. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. YOU KNOW IT IS A BAD SITUATION WHEN FIREFIGHTER CALL THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THEY ARE IN VERY DIRE AS WELL AS DESCRIBING THE SITUATION AS A WAR ZONE. THEY SAY EVERY MINUTE THEY ARE WORKING, THEY ARE BEING FLOODED WITH COVID PATIENTS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. THE FIRE FINALS FROM DEATHLY FIREFIGHTERS FROM FAIRFIELD TOOK THE FIREFIGHTER
Across the state, firefighters and paramedics are being called on to help with staffing at hospitals as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Multiple area fire departments respond to fire in Waterville Thursday morning
Investigators said they found that wood stain-soaked rags in a closed container combusted and burned through the floor.
Credit: Dale Huard Published: 2:06 PM EST December 31, 2020 Updated: 3:13 PM EST December 31, 2020
WATERVILLE, Maine Fire departments from Waterville, Winslow, Skowhegan, and Oakland responded to the scene of a fire at 105 Kennedy Memorial Drive early Thursday morning.
Nobody was in the building at the time of the fire and there were no injuries to fire personnel.
The alarm was called in around 5:30 a.m. by a Waterville police officer who was investigating an intrusion alarm at the address. Waterville Fire Battalion Chief Rodney Alderman confirmed a working fire and requested an all-hands alarm. Shortly thereafter, due to limited personnel, a second alarm was requested which brought fire personnel and apparatus from Winslow and Oakland to the scen