Duplex Fire Off Rhea Avenue in Mobile Extinguished Without Injuries
Mobile firefighters knocked down a duplex fire off Rhea Avenue on Tuesday evening, July 5, and managed to keep it from taking the rest of the building with it. Mobile…
Alabama Power Brings Back ‘Safe-T-Zone’ Electrical Safety Training for First Responders
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power held two electrical safety training sessions at its Mobile Control Center on June 2, 2022, marking the return of the popular “Safe-T-Zone” program after a…
West Mobile Crash Required Firefighters to Cut a Driver Free, Mobile Fire-Rescue Says
Mobile Fire-Rescue Department crews were called out to a morning crash in West Mobile that left at least one person trapped in their vehicle and forced firefighters to perform a…
Alabama Power Offers Electrocution Safety Training for Mobile First Responders
Alabama Power is offering safety training to first responders across Mobile County on how to avoid electrocution, prompted by an incident in which a Mobile Fire-Rescue Department firefighter was shocked…
Four Hospitalized After University Boulevard Crash; One Arrested After Punching Officers
MOBILE, Ala. — Four people were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash at South University Boulevard and Cottage Hill Road in May 2022, and one of them was arrested after authorities…
Bankhead Tunnel Temporarily Closed After Weed Killer Spill in Downtown Mobile
The Bankhead Tunnel in downtown Mobile was temporarily shut down Thursday afternoon after a barrel of weed killer fell from a truck and spilled across the roadway, according to Mobile…
80-Plus Acres Charred as Mobile County Brush Fire Smolders Near Homes
Firefighters spent two days battling a woods fire in west Mobile County that scorched an estimated 80 to 90 acres and crept within 200 yards of the nearest home, a…
Prichard Man Killed in Head-On Crash That Closed Celeste Road in Chunchula
A 58-year-old Prichard man died Wednesday afternoon in a head-on collision on Celeste Road in the rural Chunchula community of northern Mobile County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.…
City Investigates Firefighter’s Complaint That She Was Inappropriately Touched by a Captain
The city of Mobile has opened an investigation into a Mobile Fire-Rescue firefighter’s allegation that she was inappropriately touched by a fire captain while the two were working at a…
As Omicron Strains Staffing, Mobile Prepares for Its Biggest Mardi Gras in Years
Mobile was weeks away from its first Mardi Gras of the pandemic era, and the city was watching two numbers at once: the omicron case count and the expected crowd…