Saratoga News

FIRE REPORT

6:24 a.m., June 5 on Oak Street. Saratoga Fire assisted a fall victim with multiple injuries.

10:35 p.m., June 2 on Allendale Avenue. A Saratoga Fire engine responded to a report of pool water being poured into a storm drain.

3:46 p.m., June 2 on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road at Blauer Drive. Saratoga Fire and Central Fire both responded to a report of wires down and bushes on fire in front of Safeway. Saratoga Fire later came to Safeway to investigate a smell coming from a compressor.

1:29 p.m., June 2 on Bonnie Brae. Saratoga Fire put out a small grass fire behind a home.

11:35 a.m., June 1 on Wolcot Way. Central Fire administered oxygen to a 69-year-old man with difficulty breathing and took him to Los Gatos Community Hospital.

2:42 p.m., May 31 on Westcott Drive. Saratoga Fire took an elderly female throwing up blood to Los Gatos Community Hospital.

11:40 a.m., May 31 on Fruitvale Avenue. Saratoga Fire went to West Valley College on a report of smoke in the cafeteria. The cause turned out to be a welder working next to the air-conditioning system.

10 a.m., May 30 on Ten Oak Way. Central Fire responded to a fire caused by a blown transformer that had ignited some nearby bushes. PG&E workers made repairs.

11 p.m., May 30 on Paseo Flores. Central Fire transported a woman with a cut left wrist to Valley
Medical Center.

11:03 pm., May 29 on Williams Avenue. Saratoga Fire transported a woman with chest pains to Good Samaritan Hospital.

7:59 p.m., May 28 on Glen Brae Drive. Three Saratoga Fire engines responded to the report of a dryer on fire. The blaze was extinguished.

8:48 a.m., May 28 on Prospect Road. Someone discarded four five-gallon containers of oil next to a dumpster at an auto shop. Central Fire informed the store it is responsible for disposal of the containers.

8:42 a.m., May 28 on Thelma Avenue. Saratoga Fire reported to the scene of a downed television cable wire in the road. The department found it to be no hazard and notified the cable company.

4:50 p.m., May 27 on Fredericksburg Court. Central Fire gave oxygen to and transported a 64-year-old woman with difficulty breathing to Los Gatos Community Hospital.

8:47 a.m., May 27 on Farwell Avenue. Saratoga Fire responded to a call of a possible downed wire. It turned out to be a tree that had fallen across the street. The city's department of public works was notified.

10:33 a.m., May 26 on Fruitvale Avenue. Saratoga Fire assisted the paramedics with taking vitals and patient information on an 89-year-old victim of a fall.

This article appeared in the Saratoga News, June 12, 1996.
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