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Looking back at last year, these were the major fires plus a couple other notable incidents.<\/p>\n

1\/21\/2023
\n1100 Logger Court
\nOffices
\n2 alarms
\nDispatched 10:02 p.m. Controlled 10:43 p.m.\u00a0
\nBlog post<\/a> | Legeros photos<\/a><\/p>\n

2\/4\/2023
\n4707 Walden Pond Drive
\nTownhomes
\n2 alarms
\nDispatched 11:51 p.m. Controlled ~12:27 a.m.
\nBlog post<\/a> | Legeros photos<\/a><\/p>\n

2\/5\/2023
\n9401 Prince George Lane
\nTownhomes
\n2 alarms
\nPlus 3rd alarm struck for mayday, cancelled
\nDispatched 6:12 a.m. Controlled 7:13 a.m.
\nBlog post<\/a> | Legeros photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Note: On the evening of February 5 through the morning of February 6, there were four working fires, including the above two extra-alarm fires.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4\/12\/2023
\n4937 Southern Magnolia Drive
\nTownhomes
\n2 alarms
\nDispatched 12:22 p.m. Controlled 12:58 p.m.\u00a0
\nBlog post<\/a> | Legeros photos<\/a><\/p>\n

6\/16\/2023
\n1810 New Hope Road
\nAssisted living
\n2 alarms
\nDispatched 2:49 p.m. Controlled ~3:15 p.m.\u00a0
\nExtended operations for overhaul, air monitoring, and shelter\/rehab for both responders and all occupants of the evacuated facility.
\nBlog post<\/a><\/p>\n

12\/30\/2023
\n5919 Hourglass Court
\nTownhomes
\n2 alarms
\nDispatched 3:21 a.m. Controlled 4:49 a.m.\u00a0
\nBlog post<\/a> | Legeros photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mutual aid to major incidents outside the city are not included, such as two alarms in Knightdale on July 4 at a house fire on Whispering Creek Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other Notable Incidents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of the other incidents of note from last year have included:\u00a0<\/p>\n

3\/8\/23
\nHunting Ridge Road
\nExtended haz-mat incident, fuel spill containment in residential neighborhood + golf course.<\/p>\n

8\/8\/23
\nPerson Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway
\nFormer Lightner Funeral Home
\nInterior attack with extended operations due to difficulty accessing “cut up” interior spaces. Special call for two sets of two additional engines.\u00a0<\/p>\n

8\/24\/2023
\n2729 S. Wilmington Street
\nMotel
\n2nd alarm equivalent
\nHigh-life hazard response added, which resulted in the equivalent of a second-alarm’s worth of resources on scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n