Well-known Gainesville pizza restaurant, Satchel's Pizza, reopened Friday after a fire destroyed it's salvage shop. The store opened at 11 a.m. and sold salvageable souvenirs and accepted donations for charred T-shirts and bandannas that had survived the fire.
Read More »Authorities say three people are recovering from their injuries after a boat fire sparked an explosion at a north Florida marina.
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No one on the ground was injured when a small plane made an emergency landing Sunday afternoon.
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Updated, Sept. 21: About 31 firefighters from various stations were called to the fire, said Keith Saunders, Gainesville Fire Rescue acting district chief. They began aggressively attacking the fire and were able to put it out. Investigators have yet to determine the fire’s cause. The Internet and fire alarm communications system, …
Read More »Nearly one month ago (April 28th) lightning started the Honey Prairie fire in the Okeefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Over the following weeks the fire grew to more than 148,000 acres. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Samantha Taub reports, since then, firefighters and forestry officials have made progress on containment of the huge …
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