The Gazette

Cutting torch sparks fire at Mount Vernon auto shop

Some auto salvage work at a shop along the Cedar River near Mount Vernon got a little hot to handle this morning. Workers at Cedar River Auto and Cycle were using a cutting torch to remove a cab from ...
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Cutting torch sparks grass fire near Gaston

GASTON, Ore. -- A person using a cutting torch in a dry field sparked a grass fire Tuesday in the Cherry Grove area west of Gaston. Crews from the Gaston Rural Fire District, Forest Grove Fire & ...
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Torch Use Blamed For Moss Landing, California Fire

Officials said Thursday that Earth Tech, a Southern California company handling the dismantling of an unused fuel storage tank at the Duke Energy plant in Moss Landing, violated its permit by using a ...
The Gazette

Cutting torch started fire at Rockwell

A cutting torch caused a fire that damaged two buildings on the Rockwell Collins campus at 855 35th St. NE on Tuesday morning, Cedar Rapids firefighters said. Nearly 700 employees in two buildings ...