A driver crashed into a local business in Casselberry on Saturday, according to the Seminole County Fire Department. The crash happened at the intersection of South U.S. Highway 1792 and Plumosa Avenue at 2:45 p.m., SCFD said. Images provided by SCFD show the vehicle’s front end crashed through the front window of the business. The cause of the crash is unknown at this time. The Seminole County Building Department is on the scene.Emergency services transported the driver to a hospital, where he is being treated for non-threatening injuries.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
A driver crashed into a local business in Casselberry on Saturday, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.
The crash happened at the intersection of South U.S. Highway 1792 and Plumosa Avenue at 2:45 p.m., SCFD said.
Images provided by SCFD show the vehicle’s front end crashed through the front window of the business.
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The cause of the crash is unknown at this time. The Seminole County Building Department is on the scene.
Emergency services transported the driver to a hospital, where he is being treated for non-threatening injuries.
A person was pulled from a submerged vehicle in Lake Hayes on Monday night, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.The incident was reported as a water rescue at 135 Lake Hayes Road in Oviedo. Once units arrived at the scene, they confirmed there was a submerged vehicle in the lake. Officials said that a person was removed from the submerged vehicle and was being taken to a hospital.Details about the person’s condition were not disclosed. This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.
OVIEDO, Fla. —
A person was pulled from a submerged vehicle in Lake Hayes on Monday night, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.
The incident was reported as a water rescue at 135 Lake Hayes Road in Oviedo.
Once units arrived at the scene, they confirmed there was a submerged vehicle in the lake.
Officials said that a person was removed from the submerged vehicle and was being taken to a hospital.
Details about the person’s condition were not disclosed.
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.
State Fire Marshal investigating fire at Chabad of Greater Orlando
Updated: 2:50 PM EDT Sep 22, 2024
The Florida state fire marshal is investigating after a fire broke out at the Chabad of Greater Orlando in Maitland on Sunday.The Seminole County Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire at 708 Lake Howell Road around 11:13 a.m. on Sunday. Firefighters encountered a working fire but were able to get the fire under control by Sunday afternoon.The fire department said there were no injuries at the scene, and the state fire marshal is investigating what caused the fire.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
The Florida state fire marshal is investigating after a fire broke out at the Chabad of Greater Orlando in Maitland on Sunday.
The Seminole County Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire at 708 Lake Howell Road around 11:13 a.m. on Sunday. Firefighters encountered a working fire but were able to get the fire under control by Sunday afternoon.
The fire department said there were no injuries at the scene, and the state fire marshal is investigating what caused the fire.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A new fire station under construction in the Heathrow and Paola area of northwest Seminole County is on schedule for a fall 2024 opening.
County officials say it will reduce response times in the area while relieving the call volume of neighboring fire stations.
“It’s very exciting. This is a state-of-the-art fire station,” Seminole County Fire Chief Matt Kinley told News 6. “This will provide (our crews) with the facilities to not only be comfortable, but respond quickly.”
Seminole County leaders were talking about the need for a new fire station more than 23 years ago when Kinley began his career here as a firefighter and paramedic at Station 34, which currently serves the area. It is located near the intersection of Interstate 4 and State Road 46.
“Station 34 is maxed out,” Kinley said. “In just in the past decade, their call load has increased 53%.”
The new fire station, which is being built on First Street near Orange Boulevard, will be responsible for handling some of the 5,200 calls annually that are currently received by Station 34 while also alleviating call volume loads from three other nearby fire stations in Sanford, Lake Mary and unincorporated Seminole County.
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Upcoming fire station service areas following the completion of Station 39. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)
“The addition of this station is going to decrease response times by two minutes or greater in some of the area, and by a minute in most of the area,” Kinley said. “The quicker that we put water on a fire, the quicker it goes out (…) The quicker we get to somebody who’s not breathing, or whose heart is not beating, the higher chance we have to save their life.”
At 13,356 square feet with four apparatus bays, Station 39 will be Seminole County’s largest fire station.
The $10.7 million station will house a truck with a 100-foot-tall “aerial tower” capable of responding to tall apartment buildings that have recently been built in the area.
The fire station backs up to the Seminole Wekiva Trail, making it easier for emergency crews using a utility vehicle to access hikers and cyclists.
“We were approved a couple of years ago for the 30 personnel that it takes to open a station of this size with this apparatus,” Kinley said. “We’ve already begun hiring those people so that we have trained people on staff by the time this opens in fall 2024.”
Jeff Atchison, who lives in the 32771 zip code, contacted News 6 with questions about the new fire station as part of “WKMG Hits The Road.”
“I was a former Jacksonville Fire Rescue volunteer, so I appreciate it,” Atchison said. “This is going to be a big help with the 429 (Expressway) extension and the new construction that’s going in.”
Atchison said he has been informed by his property insurance company that his premium will drop slightly when the new fire station opens a few blocks from his home.
He is also comforted knowing first responders will likely get to his home faster if there were to be an emergency.
“I’m impressed,” Atchison told News 6. “I really appreciate you looking into this story for me.”
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Some people living on boats at a marina in Seminole County are being told to evacuate. It comes after several docks were found to be structurally unsound and an “imminent hazard,” according to the Seminole County Fire Department. “It’s debilitating,” said Kirk Eppenstein. “I mean everyone here is in a panic. We don’t know what to do. We don’t have anywhere to go.” Eppenstein has spent the last five years living on his boat, the Lunatica, in Boat Tree Marina. “This is my full-time residence along with about 40 people that live here at the marina. It’s our house. It’s our home,” he said. He says Monday, notices appeared at the end of his dock. They say, “DANGER this building is unsafe and its use or occupancy has been prohibited by the fire official.” It listed docks C, D, and E and said they were deemed structurally inadequate. Eppenstein was under the impression he would be able to stay — until Friday. “We were told that we would probably have to be out on Monday morning,” he said. He says he received a notice from the Marina saying, “It is with much sadness and regret that we must comply with the evacuation order…” “A lot of us don’t have the means to just pick up and go someplace else,” Eppenstein said.WESH reached out to the Marina this week, and they said they have, “been making arrangements where possible to move some of the live a board to other slips but unfortunately some of those vessels are too large to relocate to docks or slips not cited.”Eppenstein said he hasn’t been able to find a slip anywhere close. “The closest one is hours away,” he said. “They have very limited space, and then we may end up having to go as far as Jacksonville. Which we would have to quit our jobs and it would absolutely destroy us.”The Marina said this week that the order requires some of their tenants to vacate their boats and not live aboard, but the boats are welcome to stay until the repairs or replacement are completed. They said, “The situation is unfortunately beyond our control and we are empathetic to our family here at Boat Tree Marina.”The Seminole County Fire Department told us in part, “Our Fire Marshal explored a temporary solution with the Engineering firm to see if there could be temporary shoring fix to the docks, but that solution was ruled out. We are working on other temporary solutions and stand ready to assist.”Eppenstein isn’t sure what he’ll do come Monday. “I might be homeless on Monday,” he said. In the latest notice Eppenstein said he received from the Marina, it said they are also looking for an “Alternative to provide an immediate safety resolution” that could allow people to stay on their boats while the dock is worked on. But that they don’t have an answer if that will ultimately allow people to stay.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
Some people living on boats at a marina in Seminole County are being told to evacuate. It comes after several docks were found to be structurally unsound and an “imminent hazard,” according to the Seminole County Fire Department.
“It’s debilitating,” said Kirk Eppenstein. “I mean everyone here is in a panic. We don’t know what to do. We don’t have anywhere to go.”
Eppenstein has spent the last five years living on his boat, the Lunatica, in Boat Tree Marina.
“This is my full-time residence along with about 40 people that live here at the marina. It’s our house. It’s our home,” he said.
He says Monday, notices appeared at the end of his dock. They say, “DANGER this building is unsafe and its use or occupancy has been prohibited by the fire official.” It listed docks C, D, and E and said they were deemed structurally inadequate.
Eppenstein was under the impression he would be able to stay — until Friday.
“We were told that we would probably have to be out on Monday morning,” he said.
He says he received a notice from the Marina saying, “It is with much sadness and regret that we must comply with the evacuation order…”
“A lot of us don’t have the means to just pick up and go someplace else,” Eppenstein said.
WESH reached out to the Marina this week, and they said they have, “been making arrangements where possible to move some of the live a board to other slips but unfortunately some of those vessels are too large to relocate to docks or slips not cited.”
Eppenstein said he hasn’t been able to find a slip anywhere close.
“The closest one is hours away,” he said. “They have very limited space, and then we may end up having to go as far as Jacksonville. Which we would have to quit our jobs and it would absolutely destroy us.”
The Marina said this week that the order requires some of their tenants to vacate their boats and not live aboard, but the boats are welcome to stay until the repairs or replacement are completed. They said, “The situation is unfortunately beyond our control and we are empathetic to our family here at Boat Tree Marina.”
The Seminole County Fire Department told us in part, “Our Fire Marshal explored a temporary solution with the Engineering firm to see if there could be temporary shoring fix to the docks, but that solution was ruled out. We are working on other temporary solutions and stand ready to assist.”
Eppenstein isn’t sure what he’ll do come Monday.
“I might be homeless on Monday,” he said.
In the latest notice Eppenstein said he received from the Marina, it said they are also looking for an “Alternative to provide an immediate safety resolution” that could allow people to stay on their boats while the dock is worked on. But that they don’t have an answer if that will ultimately allow people to stay.
