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This fire presented some real problems to the NNFD. To begin with, it occurred on one of the least accessible streets in the city. You can see in the Google Maps graphic that it was on a relatively short block with Newport News Shipbuilding at one end (the shipyard extends from 26th St to 69th...

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From Virginia Statewide Incidents Facebook page: "Overnight Fatal 2nd Alarm Fire in Newport News Newport News Fire Department responded to a 2nd alarm fire at 345 51st Street in the city’s Huntington Heights area early this morning, just before 2:00 a.m. Upon arrival, crews encountered heavy...

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Newport News/District 1/Battalion 1 Apartment Structure Fire 345 51st Street Operations Tac 1? 2nd Alarm BAT1, BAT2, E1, E2, E3, E6, E7, E8, E9, E10, E11, EMS1, EMS2, L2, L3, L4, L7, L9, M1, M2, M7, M8, M9, M10, MAR1, MAR2, MAR3, MAR4, MAR7, MAR8, R1, R2, SAF2, TWR6 Heavy fire showing alpha...

Trouble is, Mack isn't Mack any more. After a disastrous time under Renault, the company was bought out by Volvo in 2001. Sooooo . . . if you want Volvo fire engines with a bulldog on them, that's what you would get. Ask any construction guy . . . Mack trucks don't run or last or are "built like...

WORKING FIRE: 3200 BLK PAGE AVENUE – CAPE HENRY TOWERS CONDOMINIUM - 2nd ALARM On January 7, 2026, at 16:37:39, VBFD units were dispatched to a reported commercial multi-family structure fire in the 3200 block of Page Avenue. Upon arrival at Cape Henry Towers at 16:41:41, units observed heavy...