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A proposed ordinance could provide the city of Fairbanks with more tools for patient ambulance transport by adding regulations governing private ambulance services.
Two firefighters from the Fairbanks Fire Department received minor injuries during Monday's warehouse fire in South Fairbanks. The firefighters were treated at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and are expected to recover quickly, according to a Tuesday news release from the city of Fairbanks. Besides the two firefighters, no one was hurt. "The firefighters are feeling OK, and the chief expects them back to work in a week," Teal Soden, communications director for the city, wrote in an email to the News-Miner. The fire started at C&R Pipe and Steel on Alta Way at approximately 3.3...
A warehouse fire broke out in the industrial part of Fairbanks on Monday afternoon, devastating a building but hurting no one. The fire started around 3:30 p.m. at a maintenance warehouse for cars and trucks, close to the intersection of South Cushman and Van Horn streets. At 5 p.m. the flames were still raging, with firefighters estimating hours of work ahead, Fairbanks Fire Chief Tod Chambers said. âItâs 0% contained, but the building is going to go down, it's already collapsed on three sides,â on-duty Battalion Chief Scott Raygor said about 5 p.m. Monday. He added that...