A horrific car crash occurred today on McFadden between Jackson and Harbor at 12:34 p.m., according to the OCFA.
A white sedan struck a large truck head on. Two male adult passengers were transported to UCI in critical condition.
The Santa Ana PD is investigating. They have reportedly closed McFadden from Mohawk to Harbor.
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A car crashed into a tree at Bear St. and Alton Ave. this evening at about 9:18 p.m., killing two people, according to the O.C. Register.
OCFA firefighters responded to the scene. Only one car was involved.
The two occupants of the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. Their names, ages and genders were not made available.
The cause of the crash is being investigated by the SAPD..
OCFA firefighters in Santa Ana came to the rescue of five cats trapped inside a burning home on Monday afternoon, according to ABC News.
A home located at the 300 block of East Virginia Street caught fire and responding firefighters quickly doused the flames as they searched for any residents inside the building. What they found was not people but rather five cats.
Sadly two other cats died as a result of the fire. The remaining cats were in rough shape. The firemen gave them oxygen via special air masks designed for cats. All OCFA firetrucks now carry these masks to help revive pets and save their lives.
OCFA firefighters believe the fire may have been started by the people living there as there appeared to be food left cooking on the stove.
The firefighters were able to contain the flames to the home’s kitchen and den. Damage is estimated at $220,000.
No humans were injured.
A fire broke out at a Santa Ana condominium this morning just before 10:45 a.m. when a suspected drug lab exploded, according to the SAPD’s Twitter account.
Witnesses heard an explosion before the fire began. Fortunately no one was injured.
A suspicious car was pointed out to the first-responders by witnesses. SAPD police officers stopped the vehicle and searched it, about a block away from the condo. The officers found about five pounds of marijuana and items that are used to extract the drug’s oils in the vehicle, according to the O.C. Register.
The driver of the vehicle was arrested. The SAPD has not yet made his name available to the media.
Because of the explosion the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Bomb Squad was called to the scene to investigate.
Four people died in a horrific traffic accident early this morning in Santa Ana when Vincent Michael Calvo, a 28-year-old Buena Park man, allegdly sped through a red light and struck another vehicle, in what police suspect was a DUI crash.
On Sunday February 17th, 2019 at 0229 hours, SAPD Officers were dispatched Code 3 (lights and sirens) to the area of 4th Street and Tustin Avenue for a reported two vehicle traffic collision with both vehicles being overturned. The vehicles were found in the eastbound lanes of 4th west of Tustin.
A calling party reported the occupants in a white Chevy Silverado were trapped and the vehicle was catching fire. An off-duty firefighter and his wife, an off-duty nurse, were passing by and stopped to render aid. Officers arrived on scene and found the occupants of the white truck unresponsive and trapped inside the vehicle. The driver of the black Jeep Wrangler was found lying in the roadway adjacent to the vehicle and was able speak to officers, according to the SAPD.
Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) personnel responded and determined all four occupants of the white truck were deceased as a result of the collision. The 28-year-old driver of the black Jeep, identified as Vincent Michael Calvo of Buena Park, appeared to be extremely impaired at the scene. He was transported to a local hospital for minor injuries before being later released and arrested for suspicion of DUI. He faces four counts of murder as well as felony DUI.
The Santa Ana Police Department’s Collision Investigations Unit (CIU) responded to the collision and handled the investigation. Investigators have secured surveillance video, which shows the black Jeep traveling westbound on 4th Street and the white Chevrolet pickup truck traveling southbound on Tustin when the Jeep fails to stop for the red signal light before entering the intersection and broadsiding the truck. The investigation is on-going and anyone possibly having any information regarding this collision is asked to contact Collision Investigator – Corporal Brett Nelson at (714) 245-8208.
There was a commotion this afternoon at about 2 p.m. at the Orange County Courthouse as several County workers had to be treated for symptoms related to the opening of a suspicious package found at the main Courthouse according to the OC Sheriff.
A total of four individuals were affected, including one Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy and three civilian court workers.
The Deputy and one of the civilians were transported to a hospital. The two additional civilians were in the process of being transported for medical treatment but had no life-threatening injuries.
There were no evacuations as surrounding courtrooms were holding in place and the Court’s west wing was contained.
A sheriff’s deputy and three court workers were treated for unspecified symptoms after a suspicious package was found at Orange County’s main courthouse in Santa Ana on Thursday, Jan. 17.
The item was found in a courtroom, which was not in session, on the third floor of 700 Civic Center Drive in the courthouse’s west wing according to the O.C. Register.
The symptoms reported by the affected deputy included having difficulty breathing and skin irritation.
OCFA Haz-Mat & the OCSD Bomb squad were jointly investigating.
According to one of our readers Eastbound traffic on Civic Center is blocked due to the ongoing Sheriff’s investigation.
An elderly Santa Ana woman in her 90’s was saved by two witnesses after she got involved in a car accident on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at about 3:15 p.m. Her car, a white Pontiac Grand Am, got stuck on the train tracks at 17th and Lincoln Ave. after the two-car collision, as a train was approaching. That’s when two witnesses rushed to her aid, according to the O.C. Register.
Two people pushed her car off of the railroad tracks before an oncoming Amtrak train struck the sedan’s open driver side door.
A Fullerton resident, Kanwar Singh, was driving home from a doctor’s appointment, when he saw the collision. He pulled over to help and was able to carry the woman out of her vehicle just in time.
The woman was taken to an area trauma center by OCFA medics. The SAPD was investigating incident, according to the OCFA.
A crash between a motorcycle and car in Santa Ana left two dead on Wednesday afternoon, according to the O.C. Register.
The collision occurred at around 1:30 p.m. on Raitt Street, between McFadden and Edinger avenues.
A 35-year-old man was driving a motorcycle south on Raitt St. while a 40-year-old woman was making a U-turn in a Dodge Charger, going from north to south on the same street, when the crash took place, according to the SAPD.
Both vehicles caught fire after the accident. OCFA firefighters removed the woman from her car while onlookers pulled the motorcyclist away from his motorcycle and other residents put the fire out with their garden hoses.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The woman died at a local trauma center due to her severe injuries and burns.
The SAPD is investigating the incident to determine which party was at fault.
The names of the victims were not released as their next of kin have to be notified.
A deadly house fire killed two people and a cat at a home located at 2314 Manly Ave., according to the O.C Register.
The OCFA reported that the blaze began on the second floor of the building. It was a two alarm fire due to the windy conditions.
The fire began at 10:45 a.m. and was quickly knocked down by the OCFA firefighters.
The firefighters found multiple dogs and cats in the two-story home. They rescued one of the dogs.
The names of the victims have not yet been revealed.
Homicide investigators were en route to the scene “because of the suspicious circumstances of behind the fire,” according to ABC News.
A protective order was taken out just four days ago for an alleged victim of domestic abuse, according to the O.C Register.
The man named on that order lived at the Santa Ana home. Ahmad Alassad, 39, was arrested on Dec. 29 on suspicion of domestic violence. That is when the protective issue was ordered. He was jailed but then bailed out on Dec. 30, according to the SAPD.
Alassad lived at the home with his wife and three renters. His wife’s family believes she died in the blaze with him. The SAPD is looking into whether or not this might have been a case of murder-suicide.
There was a fire early this morning at the abandoned Saddleback Lodge, at 1655 E. 1st St., in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Fire Authority.
The fire began at about 4:30 a.m. It began the second and third floors. It was a two alarm fire with approximately 65 firefighters on scene. Continue reading
We reported a fire yesterday near 17th and Santiago. It turned out to be a residential fire at a home located at the 1800 block of Poinsettia, that started at about 2:35 p.m., according to the O.C. Register.
A total of 24 OCFA firefighters were able to put out the fire by 2:55 p.m. Continue reading
In case you are wondering what has been going on today on S. Grand Ave., it turns out that at approximately 2:20 a.m. this morning a car accident described as a “mass casualty incident” occurred at S. Grand and E. McFadden, according to the OC Fire Authority.
OCFA fire engine units were dispatched to the traffic collision. Upon arrival, the units found a 2-vehicle collision with 3 patients: 1 trapped. Continue reading
A fire damaged two homes at the 400 block of N. Laurel St., in Santa Ana, this morning just past 9 a.m., according to the OCFA.
High winds downed a power line that came into contact with trees near the houses. The fire spread to the roofs of the homes and then grew. Continue reading
As we reported yesterday on our Facebook page, there was a fire at a commercial building on Alton that caused approximately $50k in damage, according to the OCFA.
OCFA fire investigators determined it was an accidental cause with no injuries to employees or the responding firefighters. Continue reading
Orange County firefighters conducted a daring rescue this morning of a worker who was stranded from a rope on the 7th floor of a 9 story building, according to the OCFA.
The firefighters were able to stage a rescue from the roof of the building. They lowered a firefighter down to the dangling worker and then lowered him safely to the ground below. Continue reading