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Fire

Fire Burns Empty Garage; Causes Heavy Smoke and Explosions in Northern Floyd County

Posted under Fire on May 10th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A heavy burning fire burned a garage quickly causing a large column smoke at 213 Sunny Heights Dr. which is located of Wayside Rd.
 The initial call around 3:20 PM Saturday stated that an empty garage was on fire and that it was located about 50 yards from a home. As Rome Fire Engine 4, […]

Outbuilding Fire Leaves One Burned

Posted under Fire on May 5th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A fire that consumed an outbuilding and threatened a nearby house also gave minor burns to one victim.
The fire originally was reported around 11:00 PM on Foster Ave. which is just north of Six Mile on US Hwy. 27 South. Witnesses advised that an outbuilding was on fire and was endangering […]

Pepperell Students Visit Fire Station For Field Trip

Posted under Fire on April 30th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

A group of children from Pepperell Elementary School took a tour of Fire Station #3 Wednesday.

Small Fire In Rosemont Park (Video Test)

Posted under Fire, Video on April 29th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Firefighters battled a blaze Tuesday morning in Rosemont Park.
It is not yet clear what caused the fire that heavily damaged the small structure.
(We are in the process of testing out new video equipment. Our IT department is also building a compatible viewer for us to host the HD video on our site. The video you […]

House Burns in North Rome

Posted under Fire on April 26th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

 
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A late Saturday afternoon structure fire created heavy smoke and flames in North Rome Saturday Afternoon.
Rome Fire Units Engine 1, Engine 4, Rescue 1, Ladder 1, and Car 23 responded to the area of Calhoun Ave. and Stonewall St. around 4:00 PM. Both engine companies arrived at the same time to find the […]

Accident Injures Two, Blocks Traffic On Redmond Road

Posted under Fire, Auto Accidents, Police on April 24th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

An accident at the intersection of Redmond Road and John Maddox Drive sent two people to the hospital Thursday morning around 11:10am.
Apparetly a burgandy passenger car struck a gold Jeep causing the jeep to overturn.
The driver of the Gold Jeep was trapped in the vehicle for a short time while emergency crews worked to free […]

Brush Fire Threatened Local Apartments

Posted under Fire on April 23rd, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A brush fire sent apartment tenants into a frenzy after it endangered an apartment building in West Rome.
Callers called 911 around 7:20 PM Wednesday to report that the woods next to Westminster Apartments, 600 Redmond Rd.(Across from Redmond Hospital), were on fire and the fire was endangering a building.
Rome Fire Units […]

Gas Leak Blocks Traffic On Martha Berry At N. 5th

Posted under Fire, Construction on April 23rd, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Workers from Atlanta Natural Gas work to repair a natural gas leak at the intersection of Martha Berry Blvd and North 5th Avenue.
Traffic on North 5th and Martha Berry Blvd was completely blocked for about 25 minutes.