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One person displaced following kitchen fire in Lawrence
One person was displaced from their home and another suffered smoke inhalation this morning when a fire broke out in a south Lawrence apartment.
One person was displaced from their home and another suffered smoke inhalation this morning when a fire broke out in a south Lawrence apartment.
Pinckney Elementary School has lost a piece of its community. A fire last week destroyed its Little Free Library, located outdoors at the school’s northeast entrance.
Over the last 15 years, Lawrence’s firefighter-paramedics have seen a 62% increase in call volume but no increase to the number of fire stations.
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will hear an update on some measures of the city’s performance in safety and security.
There were no injuries reported in connection with a fire Sunday at Lawrence’s recycling center, 1006 E. 11th St.
Two people awoke to smoke alarms and safely exited their Lawrence home Saturday morning, but the home is no longer tenable.
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved a plan to establish a death scene investigation unit that will operate under the sheriff’s office.
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will hear a pitch to create an in-house, civilian-led death investigation program.
Tom Fagan, new interim chief of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, said he’s honored and excited to “serve our great community and responders in this new manner while the executive search is underway.”
A fire in the attic of a Lawrence strip mall Thursday afternoon was caused by an “electrical event,” according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
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