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Thursday, September 20, 2007

A firefighter loosens his mask after helping put out a building fire Wednesday in Burlingame. The building fire three-alarm fire at the corner of Park Road and Burlingame Avenue went to a three-alarm at 5:40 p.m. There where no reported injuries from the fire. (Konstandinos Goumenidis / Daily News)



The shadow of a firefighter making his way up a fire truck ladder is cast on the building at the corner of Park Road and Burlingame Avenue in Burlingame. The building went to three-alarms at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday in Burlingame. There where no reported injuries from the fire. (Konstandinos Goumenidis / Daily News)


A crowed of people gather on Burlingame Avenue and Park Road to watch firefighters battle a fire Wednesday in Burlingame. The fire went to three-alarms at 5:40 p.m. at the corner of Park Road and Burlingame Avenue. There where no reported injuries from the fire. (Konstandinos Goumenidis / Daily News)

SAN MATEO BRIDGE BIG RIG ACCIDENT


A flatbed truck that was involved in a major-injury accident Tuesday morning was destroyed. The accident occurred on the San Mateo Bridge at 7 a.m. and also involved two big-rig trucks, causing the westbound lanes of Highway 92 to shut down for over four hours. (Konstandinos Goumenidis / Daily News)

Rob English stands in front of his truck Saturday in Palo Alto, Calif. English drove his 1951 GMC 3 1/4-ton pickup from his hometown of Wrentham, Mass., to Palo Alto, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Erwin "Cannonball" Baker's famous coast-to-coast run in 1927. On Friday, English poured a container of Atlantic Ocean seawater into the Pacific Ocean, another nod to Baker, who dumped a load of Atlantic seawater into the Pacific at the End of his journey. (Konstandinos Goumenidis / Daily News)

Rob English talks about the reaction of a boy who saw his truck during his cross country drive Saturday in Palo Alto, Calif. English drove his 1951 GMC 3 1/4-ton pickup from his hometown of Wrentham, Mass., to Palo Alto, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Erwin "Cannonball" Baker's famous coast-to-coast run in 1927. On Friday, English poured a container of Atlantic Ocean seawater into the Pacific Ocean, another nod to Baker, who dumped a load of Atlantic seawater into the Pacific at the End of his journey. (Konstandinos Goumenidis / Daily News)

Belmont firefighter Gary Jacobs explains how the new Scott breathing packs or SCBAs work Friday in Belmont. After several years of tough budget times, the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Department purchased 32 breathing packs with state-of-the-art locator systems to help find a downed firefighter in a burning building. (Konstandinos Goumenidis / Daily News)

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