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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Natural gas releases forces evacuation of 22 homes in Charlotte</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westover Hills &#124; 4 Feb 2012 A Natural gas release forced the evacuation of 22 homes in the Westover Hills community Tuesday morning, January 31, 2012. At least 30 residents were displaced from their homes for almost two hours. At 11:04 AM firefighters were called to investigate an odor of natural gas in the 1300 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Norovirus infections spreading widely across the state</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raleigh &#124; 1 Feb 2012 Throughout January, several local health departments across North Carolina have reported multiple outbreaks of norovirus, prompting state public health officials to issue advice on steps everyone can take to avoid this common and unpleasant gastrointestinal illness. “The most important message we have right now is that people who are ill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Four people injured &#8211; three critically &#8211; in high-impact RTC with prolonged extrication in Charlotte</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5737 Electra Lane, Charlotte &#124; 19 Jan 2012 Four people were injured, three critically, on Sunday January 15th, 2012 after a SUV slammed into an east Charlotte apartment building. At 9:55 PM, Charlotte Firefighters responded to a single vehicle collision at 5737 Electra Lane. Firefighters from nearby Station 3 were first to arrive and reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Seven people narrowly escape from burning home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7609 Ivy Hollow Drive, Charlotte &#124; 19 Jan 2012 Seven people narrowly escaped from a burning home in east Charlotte early Sunday morning January 15th, 2012. Charlotte Firefighters were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 1:01 AM at 7609 Ivy Hollow Drive. Firefighters from nearby Station 23 arrived and reported heavy smoke and fire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Firefighters support &#8216;Steve&#8217;s Coats for Kids&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte &#124; 10 Jan 2012 For the past 3 years the Charlotte Fire Department (CFD) has partnered with WSOC TV and Crisis Assistance Ministry http://www.crisisassistance.org/ to support “Steve’s Coats for Kids” http://www.wsoctv.com/coats/index.html. For the 4th year, Charlotte Fire Stations will proudly serve as official collection sites for this local charity through January 13th. Chief Meteorologist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Off-duty Charlotte firefighter rescues sleeping couple from burning home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte &#124; An off-duty Firefighter is credited with alerting a sleeping couple of a fire burning in their home on New Year’s Day. The day began like most for Charlotte Firefighter Henry Calle. He was relieved from duty at Fire Station 31 and began his familiar trek home early Sunday morning just before 7:30 AM. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Fatal apartment fire in Myers Park</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/north-carolina-fatal-apartment-fire-in-myers-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte &#124; The Charlotte Fire Department responded to an apartment fire that sadly claimed the life of a Myers Park man the day after Christmas.    At 7:18 Monday evening December 26th, Battalion 1, Engines 6, 1, 2, and Ladder 1 were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 1142 Queens Road in Myers Park. Firefighters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC &#124; Source of E.coli outbreak identified</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/11/nc-source-of-e-coli-outbreak-identified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raleigh NC &#124; A public health investigation into the recent E. coli outbreak in North Carolina has determined that these infections were likely transmitted in the Kelley Building at the North Carolina State Fair. The Kelley Building is one of the permanent structures on the fairgrounds where sheep, goats, and pigs were housed and competed [...]]]></description>
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