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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Citrus Fire/Rescue,Home Depot make
Remembering the Past
improvements for disabled Veteran
This logo for the 100 Year Storm of the Century March 13, 1993 was placed on t-shirts, mag-
nets and posters byYankeetown resident Jeff Bernstein, Eventors. “I Rode Out The Storm”
was popular with folks who lived through the rise of 48 inches of water from the Gulf of
Mexico in 17 minutes on Magnolia Ave in Yankeetown. Just after 4 AM the Withlacoochee River
Over the course of two days, volunteers from the Crystal River Home Depot and Citrus Sheriff Fire Rescue
waters sneaked into people’s homes. Boat rescues were in the dark till daylight broke and
made improvements to the property of a disabled Veteran, Anthony LeManquais, who is confined to a
over 50 % of the homes in Yankeetown had water in them. Boats brought people up to the
wheelchair due to medical conditions. Volunteers pressure washed his home, painted it on the inside and
Continued on page 11 - Remembering the past
outside, replaced flooring and blinds, and did yard work. Funding for the project came from the Home
Depot Foundation to the Crystal River Home Depot. The following Citrus Sheriff Fire Rescue employees
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participated in at least one of the two home improvement days: Battalion Chief Craig Stevens, Captain
Steve Whitmeyer, Lieutenants Chase Hurst, Ryan Maloney, Lucas Williams, Caleb Douglas, Brian Sanders
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and Kennedy Boyer; and Driver Engineers Greg Ellis, Anthony Sequin, Elliot Nieves and David Penney.
Hernando manindies in 17, resulted in the death of a resident in
house fire
48 Hwy. 19 South at Hickory Island
Inglis, Florida
A fire in a mobile home Hernando, Feb.
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the home. The fire was reported at 11:00 p.m. to a residence on N. Roscoe Road. Deputies
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were the first to arrive at the scene and found an unidentified man at the front door of the
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1,000-square-foot doublewide mobile home. They pulled him out of the house and made
efforts to resuscitate him. Nature Coast Emergency Medical Services transported him to
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Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness, but he did not survive the injuries he sustained in the
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Firefighters arrived at the home, shortly after deputies, and battled the blaze, which
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had engulfed about half of the home. They had the fire under control by midnight, although
their efforts were complicated because a power line which had fallen as a result of the fire
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limited their access to the home. Progress Energy arrived to sec ure the power line. As the
nearest fire hydrant was two miles away, water was provided by a tanker shuttle. Nearly 70
percent of the home and all of its contents were destroyed by the fire. Damages were esti-
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