Fire at an East End recycling business sent black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles. A fire at Cohen Recycling threw large plumes of smoke in the air Monday afternoon. Both directions of Kellogg Avenue were closed while firefighters were battling the flames.
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Fort Thomas Home Destroyed by Fire, Robot Vacuum Thought to be Cause
At 2:04 p.m. on Thursday, February 14, Megan Price was getting ready in her Fort Thomas home in the 50 block of Delta Avenue. That’s when she heard the smoke alarms going off downstairs. “I was in the shower and my smoke alarms started going off. I jumped out the shower and ran downstairs and […]
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Fire at “The Office” on Alexandria Pike in Southgate Shuts Down Road
PHOTOS: Edward Harber Photography A fire at the bar, The Office, located at 2416 Alexandria Pike in Southgate caught fire this morning at around 10:00 a.m. Firefighters from multiple areas came to knock down the flames. US-27 was blocked for a time to help respond. The fire has been contained and no one was hurt. […]
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Two Structure Fires in Newport Occur in Five-Span; Firefighter Injured
This morning, Newport units responded to two structure fires within five hours of each other. In the fire occurring at 2:45 a.m. on Lindsay Street, two people are injured and three dogs are dead after a fire broke out in Newport Tuesday morning. Newport Fire officials say that fire was one of two the department […]
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BREAKING: House Fire on Chesapeake in Newport
Just in. House fire on the corner of Chesapeake and Baum in Newport.
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Car Engulfed In Flames In Fort Thomas Driveway
FTM file. Early this morning the Fort Thomas Fire Department was dispatched to the 30 block of Delta Avenue in Fort Thomas for a car fire. When they arrived just before 2:00 a.m., the car was parked in the driveway fully engulfed in flames. The firefighters were able to get the fire out and no […]
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Three Dogs Safe After Rescue From Fort Thomas House Fire
A broken window and tarp on the roof is the only evidence of a two-alarm house fire that occurred in Fort Thomas on Saturday. FTM file. by Robin Gee Fort Thomas firefighters responded to a house fire on Saturday evening, June 3, at 35 Porters Lane. The homeowners not home at the time, but […]
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Fiery Vehicle Crash Shuts Down AA Highway in Wilder
FTM file. Photos provided to Fort Thomas Matters by Robert Brockman. It was like a scene from a movie. Robert Brockman, from Dayton Kentucky, said he was traveling on the AA Highway in Wilder passed the McDonald’s when he looked up an saw smoke billowing from about a quarter of a mile away. “We came […]
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House Fire on N. Fort Thomas Avenue Could Be a Complete Loss
An extension ladder stretched to the third floor window at 511 N. Fort Thomas Avenue this morning. FTM file. A house fire this morning at 511 N. Fort Thomas Avenue has caused extensive damage and will displace the man who was living there for a prolonged period of time. Captain Chris Amon of the Fort […]
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Former Firefighter Jumps To Action To Stop Car Fire
FTM file. It was a normal morning on June 3 in the Churchill Market complex at 1401 N. Grand Avenue in Newport on the border of Fort Thomas, until it wasn’t. A call came into Campbell County dispatch at 7:02 a.m. after Fort Thomas resident, Patricia Lucas, got her morning coffee at Starbucks. She was […]