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Nov. 15--The owners of a Harborcreek Township business damaged early Saturday by fire believe the blaze might have started in an electrical panel.

The fire was reported about5 a.m. at Harborcreek Resales, a used-car dealership and repair shop at 6850 Buffalo Road.

Five volunteer fire departments responded to fight the blaze, but much of the building and the equipment inside was destroyed.

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A fire started in a second-story apartment in Eureka Saturday morning was quickly extinguished.

The Eureka Fire Department and Humboldt County Fire District No. 1 responded to the 1200 block of Long Street at about 1:05 a.m. to a report of smoke from a second floor window.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.

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A classroom trailer behind a Lawrenceville elementary school has been destroyed by an early-morning fire.

Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services spokesman Capt. Tommy Rutledge said in a statement that firefighters responded at 3:24 a.m. Saturday to a report of smoke behind Cedar Hill Elementary School.

Firefighters had to force entry through a locked gate to get to the fire and then had to force entry into the trailer.

Nov. 14--MOULTRIE -- A heater being used to dry pecans caught a trailer full of them on fire, damaging the trailer, early Friday morning. A firefighter was injured fighting the flames.

DICKSON, Tenn.

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Traffic along Interstate 40 eastbound was blocked Friday at mile marker 180 near Dickson after a tour bus caught fire, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Officers were at the scene at 4 p.m. diverting traffic around the crash. There were no reports of injuries.

The bus was being towed by a wrecker when it caught fire. Officials with the Dickson County Rescue Squad said it appears the fire originated in the bus engine compartment.

It appears the City of Rochester will fight recent court decision ordering the city to pay more than $3.2 million to reimburse firefighters.

Rochester Mayor Robert J. Duffy instructed the city's corporation counsel to appeal, according to a statement issued this week.

Portland planned to train its firefighters with smoke Thursday.

But they also got fire when the smoke grenades dropped into the abandoned house set trash inside on fire.

Fire Chief Jim Leahey said the nine firefighters had the fire under control throughout the drill at the house on the corner of Fourth and Houston streets.

The drill was part of several planned by the department to sharpen firefighters' skills.

Nov. 13--ANDERSON, Ind. -- The Anderson Fire Department will give up part of its ambulance user fee collections, set aside to maintain equipment and fire stations, to help pay for its salaries in the midst of a city budget crisis.

The City Council on Thursday approved an ordinance that allows the fire department to contribute $890,000 of its user fee money to the general fund, which can pay for firefighters' salaries.

ALBANY, Calif. --

Firefighters remained on the scene late Thursday evening of a massive lumber fire in Albany that broke out at a lumber yard near Point Isabel and the Richmond city line.

The flames could be seen for miles.

The fire broke out around 7:20 p.m.