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Racially Motivated Fire at Valparaiso University????

…Although there had been racial vandalism inside the building a week earlier, Lamb said he didn’t see any signs that racial words were written or spray painted by whoever started the fire Tuesday night. The building was no longer in use, but was named the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center and was once used [...]

admin | April 15th, 2009 | Continued

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Woman Found Dead At South Bend High Rise Fire

… A kitchen fire brought South Bend firefighters to Sanctuary at Trinity Tower. Once there, emergency responders found an 82-year-old woman, who was later pronounced dead…

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Indianapolis family safe as fire sweeps home

… Firefighters first went inside the house to battle he flames, but were forced to evacuate because of the intensity of the fire… (VIDEO)

admin | April 15th, 2009 | Continued

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Fire Guts New Haven Home (Ft. Wayne)

A New Haven home was deemed a total loss after a fire Monday, New Haven Adams Township firefighters said. The fire at the single-story home, at 6327 Prize Ave., was reported about 1 p.m. Monday. No one was inside the home at the time and no injuries were reported, firefighters said. The fire originated in [...]

admin | April 15th, 2009 | Continued

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15Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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15Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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21Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Fire destroys Logansport state hospital building

“It was already up in the attic when we got there,” Kim Costello, assistant chief said. “It traveled through the middle of the building and had gone through the attic all the way to the east… (PHOTO)

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… A police officer wounded in a southern Indiana motel ambush is getting help from firefighters, who are finishing a home project to make room for a nursery in the officer’s home. …

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