Tag: Fire

Residents pitch in to help rebuild florist, following fire

News from WPTV: LAKE WORTH, FLA – Early Wednesday morning, a four a.m. fire, quickly blossomed into a four alarm fire.  “A Flower Patch” owner Betsy Hillman, got a call from a friend.  “She was crying and screaming.  She said, ‘The shop’s on fire, the shop’s on fire,’” said Hillman.   Palm Beach County Fire [...]

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Fire guts Southern Indiana strip mall

News from Louisville Courier-Journal: Email this article Fire guts Southern Indiana strip mall Fire gutted a Southern Indiana strip shopping center Friday afternoon but there were no reports of injuries. About 10 employees and customers were evacuated from the building, which housed five A link to this page will be included in your message ……………. [...]

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Teen charged in fire that damaged Everett Floral

News from HeraldNet:EVERETT — A 15-year-old boy first spray-painted obscenities and his street name on a delivery van before starting a fire that caused $ 200,000 damage to a family-owned floral shop in Everett, prosecutors say. The green spray paint came from a storage shed at Everett Floral. The owners, Ernie and Cindy Frederickson, recognized [...]

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Owners eager to rebuild Everett flower shop destroyed by fire

News from HeraldNet:EVERETT — Ernie and Cindy Frederickson consider themselves fortunate to have so much moral support from family, friends, customers and even competitors after their flower shop burned down in a suspicious fire Aug. 6. For now, there is nothing anyone can do but wait. Their days have been filled with a steady flow [...]

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Suspicious blaze damages Everett flower shop; a second fire investigated

News from HeraldNet:EVERETT — A family-owned flower shop was heavily damaged Saturday morning by a fast-moving fire that likely was the work of an arsonist. Detectives are calling a destructive blaze at Everett Floral suspicious. Investigators believe a dumpster fire two blocks away from the florist also likely was intentionally set. No one has been [...]

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Cause of flower shop fire in New Hampton still unknown

News from Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — It could be weeks before authorities know what started a fire that damaged a flower shop over the weekend. “Fire investigations take a while to do,” said Special Agent Mark Sand with the Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Division. A passerby spotted smoke coming from the [...]

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Storm-Related Fire Tears Through Downtown Donalsonville

News from WCTV: [UPDATED on 4/5 at 5:00PM] Several downtown Donalsonville businesses are destroyed in an overnight blaze (4/4 – 4/5). The Donalsonville Fire Chief says a bolt of lightening started the fire around one o’clock this morning. The fast-moving blaze destroyed two beauty shops, a gym, a pool hall, a flower shop, a gift [...]

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