120 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0-9-2 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:41:20 -0400 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com lakeplacidfire.com News Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:41:20 -0400 YourFirstDue.com RSS Generator en-us Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:05:13 -0500 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 afte...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=24048 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=24048 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:41:10 -0500 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. Sunda...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=22799 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=22799 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:38:32 -0500 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 rea...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=22798 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=22798 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:00:48 -0500 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 ...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=22801 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=22801 Fri, 15 May 2009 06:48:07 -0400 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 an...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=14251 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=14251 Fri, 15 May 2009 06:46:18 -0400 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 Divis...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=14250 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=14250 Fri, 15 May 2009 06:34:12 -0400 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 ...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=14249 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=14249 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:33:07 -0400 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 damag...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=13687 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=13687 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:19:09 -0500 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 offi...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=11831 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=11831 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:17:50 -0500 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 ...]]> http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=11834 http://www.lakeplacidfire.com/news.html?view=1&id=11834