Oak Ridge firefighters save five lives, fire trucks help, chief says
Oak Ridge firefighters have saved five lives so far this year, and the department’s fire trucks—which carry $30,000 worth of medical gear, including cardiac equipment—played a key role, Fire Chief...
View ArticleORFD responds to large fire at former Miller-Brewer Department Store in Harriman
Several local fire departments, including Oak Ridge’s, battled a blaze on Thursday, January 9, at a vacant building in Harriman that once housed the Miller-Brewer Department Store at the corner of...
View ArticleCo-workers, firefighters react in minutes to save a life
Linda Bridges has returned to her desk at MS Technology Inc. after a four-month absence. To Kurt Oschman, MSTI president and chief executive officer, that is a miracle resulting from the training and...
View ArticleFamily escapes, pets rescued from Delaware Avenue fire
Note: This story was last updated at 3:13 p.m. A family escaped and pets were rescued from a house fire on Delaware Avenue on Saturday afternoon. The fire was reported at 12:09 p.m. Saturday....
View ArticleMan taken to hospital, child not injured when truck, boat, trailer roll into...
A man was taken to the hospital and a child was not injured when a pickup truck, boat, and trailer rolled backward into the Clinch River at Solway Park late Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The...
View ArticleDriver gone, but reports to ER later after vehicle goes off road, ignites
The driver was gone when firefighters responded, but the driver reported to an emergency room later after a Ford Explorer went about 40 feet down an embankment along South Illinois Avenue and started...
View ArticleFirefighters stop Cedar Hill Park fire from spreading
A fire that burned a bench at Cedar Hill Park—a beloved community-built playground—might have been started by cigarettes discarded in mulch, authorities said. The fire was reported at about 10:22...
View ArticleChild dies, five injured in crash
Note: This story was last updated at 1 p.m. Jan 16. A three-year-old died and five other people were taken to a trauma center in Knoxville after a serious crash in Oak Ridge on Friday evening,...
View ArticleFatal crash: One adult released from hospital; police officers start memorial...
One adult passenger injured in a fatal two-vehicle crash in Oak Ridge on Friday has been released from the hospital, a city official said Saturday. And Oak Ridge Police Department officers started a...
View ArticleMan charged with homicide in crash that killed 3-year-old boy
An Anderson County man has been charged in an 11-count indictment that includes vehicular homicide by intoxication after a crash that killed a three-year-old boy and injured at least three other...
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