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Fireworks are shown exploding from a car along Main Street during Fort Wayne s downtown fireworks show Sunday in this image from a video taken by an onlooker and provided to the Fort Wayne Fire Department.
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Fireworks are shown exploding from a car along Main Street during Fort Wayne s downtown fireworks show Sunday in this image from a video taken by an onlooker and provided to the Fort Wayne Fire Department. Previous Next
Monday, July 05, 2021 7:30 pm
Fireworks explode inside car downtown
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Some spectators of downtown Fort Wayne s Independence Day fireworks show got a front-row seat to an unexpected pyrotechnic display when firecrackers began exploding inside a car.
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In an image from video taken by a bystander, fireworks go off inside a vehicle Sunday night on Main Street between Calhoun and Harrison. The car s occupants were uninjured in the accidental explosion, police said. Previous Next
Tuesday, July 06, 2021 1:00 am
Fireworks go off in car downtown; no injuries
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Some spectators of downtown Fort Wayne s Independence Day fireworks show got a front-row seat to an unexpected pyrotechnic display when firecrackers began exploding inside a car.
A video taken by an onlooker along Main Street captured the moment Sunday when red and blue fireworks shot out of a vehicle pulled over in a westbound lane.
Fort Wayne firefighters were called to a submerged passenger car at Ivan Lebamoff Reservoir Park on Wednesday.
The driver, who was out of the car whe .
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at Franke Plating, 2109 E. Washington Blvd., early Friday.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Fire fighters work a fire that broke out at Franke Plating early Friday morning. Previous Next
Saturday, April 10, 2021 1:00 am
Industrial fire runoff kept out of river
Over 2 hours needed to control blaze near Maumee
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
Cooperation among city departments brought an industrial fire under control and prevented a potential environmental disaster to the Maumee River, a local fire official said.
Water runoff from the fire early Friday at Franke Plating Works, 2109 E. Washington Blvd., threatened to enter downhill storm and sewer drains, but was stopped after crews plugged the drains with absorbent booms, Deputy Fire Chief Adam O Connor said.
The person found dead in a water-filled ditch in southeast Allen County was identified Tuesday as a 15-year-old boy from Fort Wayne.
The cause and ma .