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‘We cannot stress this enough’: Alexandria Fire Department urging residents not to burn under Red Flag Warning
ALEXANDRIA, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alexandria Fire Department is urging residents to not burn after multiple burn piles have “gotten out of control” over the weekend. According to Alexandria FD ...
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Transformer fire prompts road closures in Alexandria
Alexandria police are urging drivers to avoid the area after a transformer caught fire on Friday morning. In a post on X just ...
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Firefighters respond to fire along Alexandria-Jacksonville Highway
Emergency crews are responding to a fire in the 5000 block of Alexandria-Jacksonville Highway, about a half-mile northwest of Buckhorn Marketplace. The Jacksonville police and fire departments are ...
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Union soldiers burned Alexandria to the ground in 1864, but who gave the order to do it?
Before names can be named, it's important to know what led to the fire. That is, if there is a name. Gen. Nathaniel Banks commanded the Union troops that occupied Alexandria during the Red River ...
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Union soldiers burned Alexandria to the ground in 1864, but who gave the order to do it?
Still, Wynne said, the fire was deliberate. He even emphasizes this rationale in the title of his 2022 book, "All Was Lost: The Deliberate Burning of Alexandria in 1864." The unleashing of hell in ...