Remember the old song, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”? Some smoke hit a home in the 11000 block of Morgan Lane in Garden Grove on Friday at around 2 p.m. According to […]
No smoking on Morgan Lane
Go home! Evacuations are over
By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune with wire service reports A crisis with a worst-case scenario of a giant chemical explosion is over. Around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Orange County Fire […]
Evacuation area cut to 16,000
UPDATE: There’s good news for most of the people affected by the establishment of the evacuation zone created by the toxic gas emergency created at a plastics factory in West Garden […]
‘Step in the right direction’ in Orange Co plastics tank crisis
UPDATES: A potentially risky operation by Orange County Fire Authority firefighters on Saturday may have resulted in a “step in the right direction” in solving the danger presented by a possible […]
Toxic fumes prompt evacuations
By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune One of the most dangerous environmental crises in local history remains unresolved, casting a shadow of unknown danger over several cities in West Orange County. As […]
Setbacks emerge in efforts to end toxic gas leak in West GG; Beach Boulevard is closed
UPDATE: The evacuation area has been expanded in the toxic gas leak in Garden Grove, which now takes in some parts of Cypress, Stanton and Anaheim, according to authorities. The new boundaries […]
Quick response to home fire
It took Orange County Fire Authority firefighters just five minutes to arrive at the scene of a fire at a home on Jacalene Street in Garden Grove around 1 p.m. on Saturday. […]
It takes a village to fight fire
Two firefighting agencies, a police department and good samaritans teamed up to avoid a tragedy on Tuesday in Garden Grove. On Tuesday at around 8 a.m. on Chapman Avenue, a fire at […]
I dead, 1 hurt in solo crash
One person was killed and another injured in a traffic accident Friday night in Garden Grove. According to the GGPD, the incident took place in the 12700 block of Euclid Street, near […]
Fire in auto shop is put out
In the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, a fire broke out at an automotive repair shop on Moran Street in Westminster, creating a “significant blaze.” According to the Orange County Fire Authority, which […]
