Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department

Wed. Jan 20th 2010
Pedestrian killed in LP accident

By ED BALDRIDGE
ed.baldridg e@newssun.com
LAKE PLACID -- A Lake Placid man was struck and fatally injured Sunday whil...

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Wed. Jan 20th 2010
County to see an increase in control burning

Published: January 15, 2010

SEBRING - Residents will be seeing more smoke columns as the dry cold fronts pass.
T...

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Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 195
Lake Placid, FL 33862

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863-699-3753

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Lake Placid bus crash victims identified

Wed. Feb 24th 2010

By BRAD DICKERSON | Highlands Today Published: February 24, 2010 LAKE PLACID - The Florida Highway Patrol has released the names of the two people who died after Monday's two-vehicle accident when a tour bus full of senior citizens rolled over after being hit by a car. John Roy, 79, of Cohas...

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Pedestrian killed in LP accident

Wed. Jan 20th 2010

By ED BALDRIDGE ed.baldridge@newssun.com LAKE PLACID -- A Lake Placid man was struck and fatally injured Sunday while attempting to cross U.S. 27. Daniel Lopez Morales, 58, was struck by a van being driven by Mario Varguas-Ochoa, 61, at 7:40 p.m. Sunday. Both men are listed as Lake Placid reside...

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County to see an increase in control burning

Wed. Jan 20th 2010

Published: January 15, 2010 SEBRING - Residents will be seeing more smoke columns as the dry cold fronts pass. The Florida Division of Forestry provides burn authorizations to land managers, ranchers and sugarcane farmers to burn for the following reasons: •Ranchers use prescribed burning ...

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Lakeland Officer Charlie Dallas Killed in Accident on U.S. 27

Mon. Jan 18th 2010

A Lakeland police officer died Monday after his SUV overturned in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 27, just south of Lake Wales, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officer Charlie Dallas, 56, was declared dead at the scene, officials said. The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. at U....

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Weather keeps firefighters busy

Thu. May 14th 2009

By BRAD DICKERSON Highlands Today Published: May 14, 2009 SEBRING - Shortly before 5 p.m., Tuesday, Highlands County dispatchers began fielding several phone calls about brush fires in the area of Sun 'n Lake. Firefighters with the Highlands Lake and Sun 'n Lake fire departments responded to C...

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Holmes Ave. brush fire threatens buildings

Thu. May 14th 2009

News-Sun staff reports LAKE PLACID - A voluntary evacuation of homes and businesses along Holmes Avenue was lifted shortly after it was issued due to a 60-acre brush fire in the area. According to Melissa Yunas, wildfire mitigation specialist with Division of Forestry, firefighters have the is was...

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Fire destroys LP restaurant

Wed. May 13th 2009

By BRAD DICKERSON Highlands Today Published: May 15, 2009 LAKE PLACID - Barbara Suter could only hug her co-workers and watch, while the restaurant where she has been serving customers for 22 years was destroyed by a fire Wednesday. Suter was one of five servers working at the Main Street Am...

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Train Sparks Fire laong Railroad Tracks

Wed. Apr 29th 2009

Once again another passing freight train has caused multifple spot fires along the railroad tracks through Lake Placid. Fire crews were able to quickly contain the fire from spreading. There were no reports of any homes or property being damaged. It took crews nearly 7 hours to com...

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Fire Officials Urge Wildfire Caution

Tue. Mar 3rd 2009

By BRAD DICKERSON Highlands Today Published: March 3, 2009 SEBRING Highlands County residents parking their cars or mowing on dry, high grass are inadvertently causing wildfires, which have been higher than usual for this time of the year. Fire officials battled wildfires on a daily basis last...

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Bus Full Of Workers Rams Into Vacant Hair Salon

Wed. Feb 25th 2009

By BRAD DICKERSON Highlands Today Published: February 26, 2009 LAKE PLACID - Receiving a phone call saying a bus has crashed through your business is not how someone wants to start their work day. That, however, was the exact call Sonja Hyre got at 6:30 a.m., Wednesday in reference to her salo...

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Recent Calls

Sun. Mar 1st 2009
Brush Fire with structures in danger

Department arrived to find approxiately 2-3 acres burning out of a 20 acre parcel off Zion street in the highway pa...

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Wed. Feb 25th 2009
Bus crashes into building on Main Street

The Lake Placid VFD responded to a single vehicle accident involving a migrant bus that ran into a building on main street.&n...

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Sun. Feb 22nd 2009
Brush Fire Lake Apthorp Area

Burned approximately 10 acres through an old unmaintained grove and into a small grass pasture. Fire was contained to t...

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