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2 KILLED IN FIERY CRASH ON SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD AT 241

Orange Police are investigating a fiery car crash that claimed the lives of two people shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday night. Preliminary reports indicate a car hit a pole bringing down power lines. That car caught fire and two people inside were unable to escape. Arriving city of Orange Firefighters …

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$2.99 A GALLON GAS IS BACK IN ORANGE COUNTY

Gas selling at $2.99 a gallon for regular unleaded is back in Orange County for the fist time in months. It may not last long, but for now the Arco station at Chapman Avenue and Placentia Avenue in Placentia is selling regular unleaded at $2.99 a gallon. A check of …

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2 ALARM PACK RAT HOUSE FIRE IN SANTA ANA

A fire in a house with pack rat conditions lit up the night sky in Santa Ana late Wednesday night. The fire was reported at 11:54 p.m. at 417 South Birch Street. Arriving Orange County Fire Authority Firefighters were met with a wall of flame at the front of the …

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MISSING 80 YEAR OLD IRVINE MAN FOUND IN DRAINAGE DITCH

An 80 year old Irvine man missing for about 34 hours was found in a rock lined drainage ditch along Edinger Avenue about a quarter mile from the Irvine MetroLink Station shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday morning. The man, Tun Yang Ching, is believed to have been located by a …

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SLEEPING FAMILY ESCAPES BURNING HOUSE IN GARDEN GROVE

A neighbor banged on the door of a house on fire at 11711 Donna Lane in Garden Grove around 2:30 a.m. and roused the family sleeping inside allowing them to escape just in time. Garden Grove Firefighters arrived quickly and had the fire knocked down in about 10 minutes with …

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MAN FIRES STOLEN POLICE AR-15 IN BACK OF PATROL CAR

On Tuesday Garden Grove Police were contacted by mental health workers at an addiction treatment facility in the city at around 9:15 p.m. requesting help in dealing with a man they believed was suffering a psychic episode. Officers arrived and placed the man in the back of a police car …

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GARDEN GROVE POLICE INVESTIGATING BODY FOUND IN BURNING CAR

Shortly before 3:30 a.m. Garden Grove Firefighters responded to a report of a fire in the parking lot of a shopping center on Garden Grove Blvd. near Galway Street. Firefighters found a car on fire in the parking lot behind the Hanmi Bank and quickly extinguished the fire. Once the …

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FIRE ON SOUTHWEST 737 FORCES PASSENGERS TO EVACUATE AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT

A fire in the auxiliary power unit on a Southwest Airlines 737 about to depart John Wayne Airport around 7:30 p.m. filled the airplane cabin with smoke and forced Flight Attendants to deploy the emergency evacuation slides to evacuate the passengers. According to the Orange County Fire Authority, 4 of …

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GARDEN GROVE POLICE HELP ELDERLY MAN ESCAPE FROM BURNING HOME

Garden Grove Police were the first to arrive at 12301 Oertly Drive after receiving 911 calls reporting that the house was on fire and a man in his 90s was still inside. Officers helped the man from the front of the house onto the lawn where neighbors placed a chair …

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