Quail Hollow Car Fire
Sonora, CA–On early Sunday morning(May 23rd)at 12:30 am, firefighters from TCFD, CAL FIRE TCU, and Sonora Fire Department were dispatched to a reported vehicle fire at Quail Hollow Apartments on Chukar Circle. Once fire crews arrived, four vehicles were ablaze with a 5th vehicle threatened. Firefighters quickly put out the flames and prevented the fire from spreading to the fifth vehicle or into the occupied apartment buildings.
One resident had minor injuries trying to escape the flames, that person was evaluated inside a Tuolumne County Ambulance and decided not to go to the hospital. Clarke Broadcasting reached out to Tuolumne County Fire Investigators but no further information could be given due to the ongoing nature of the investigation.
Mar 2, 2021 06:15 pm Sonora Fire Department Chief Aimee New standing and Sonora City Administrator Mary Rose Rutikanga sitting in the new engine
Sonora, CA – The engine pictured in the image box is the newest tool Sonora Fire Department has to battle blazes.
On Monday, the new $560,000 Smeal Type 1 Fire Engine was delivered to the Shepherd Street fire station in Sonora. It was paid for through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant that chipped in $$380,000. Another $100,000 was from the city’s General Fund and the remaining came from reimbursements from other agencies that the department assisted during fires outside of the city.