A 65-year-old Rosalia man has been arrested for reckless burning for allegedly starting illegal fires which blew out of control and burned multiple abandoned trailer homes.
Volunteer Firefighters from several Whitman County departments and sheriff’s deputies were called to the blaze in Rosalia Thursday morning around 11:15. The fire in the old Porter Trailer Park on Summit Street involved 4 trailers. Two of the mobile homes were destroyed. Flames also burned a small patch of wheat stubble next to the abandoned trailer park.
Deputies contacted Tracy Porter whose family owns the abandoned park. Porter allegedly admitted to lighting 5 fires on the property to burn overgrown grass. He told deputies the wind picked up and blew the flames out of control. Deputies determined that Porter didn’t have the authority to burn. He was arrested for 1st degree reckless burning.
May 3
1838 - First church building opens in Toledo at corner of Superior and Cherry Street.
1842 - City of Toledo builds a new fire station on Summit Street between Adams and Cherry Streets.
1889 - The Pemberville Leader begins publication.
1903 - Tragedy strikes a large group of Polish travelers from Toledo when many of the group are run over by a locomotive in Detroit. Hundreds had been waiting on the tracks for a return train to Toledo when they were hit. Nine people are killed and scores injured.
1954 - Grant Murray Field at Waite High School is dedicated.
1966 - WDHO TV, Channel 24, owned by Daniel H. Overmyer, begins broadcasting in Toledo. It is the city s third commercial TV station and later changes its call sign to WNWO-TV.
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WARREN TOWNSHIP –Warren Township officials said they will fight the removal of the Leavttsburg dam and plan to meet shortly to see what options are available.
Meeting in person with the public for the first time in more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, township trustees Tuesday indicated they were not surprised by the decision by the Trumbull MetroParks board last Thursday to proceed with removal of the dam.
The MetroParks owns the dam located near the intersection of West Market Street and North Leavitt Road.
Trustee Chairman Ryan Yoho said he was concerned trustees were not involved more in the discussions with the MetroParks.
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