Local Candle Company goes up in flames

Fire crews rushed to the scene of a reported business on fire in the early morning hours. Crews arrived to find a wharehouse engulfed in flames and quickly positioned to extinguish.

It took 5 fire trucks and more than 20 fire fighters approximatley 5 hours to exntinguish and contain the blaze.

Fire crews respond to auto fatality at local lake

Fire crews respond to an incident at Lake Casa Blanca where they found a driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the Lake.

Two off duty firefighters were firts on scene to attempt a rescue.

Fire crews arrived shortly thereafter and discovered that a male subject in his late 40's or early 50's perished in the crash possibly as a result of the injuries sustained in the incident.

Crews extrictated the subject and turned him over to the medical examiner. The scene was turned over to law enforcement officials for investigation. It took a heavy duty wrecker to pull the vehicle from the lake.

City hosts Emergency Preparedness Excercise

The City of Laredo will host an Emergency Preparedness Exercise sponsored by the Texas Engineering Extension (TEEX). The purpose of the exercise is to test regional first responder radio operations under emergency conditions. “The ability for different agencies and jurisdictions to communicate in an emergency is crucial in managing an emergency,” said Acting Assistant Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator, Steve Landin.

During the two-day event, the City’s Emergency Management Center (EOC) will be activated and staffed by City emergency management team staff as well as representatives from other local, state and federal agencies. Once the exercise is underway and the EOC


is activated, the participants will have the opportunity to test the skills and resources available to successfully complete the operation.

The region-wide exercise will include representatives from Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg ad Starr counties.

The event hub will be at the City’s EOC located at 5512 Thomas Avenue and will commence at 08:00 A.M. on April 15, 2008. It will conclude in Zapata, TX with an after exercise briefing at 2:00P.m.