Buster Blaze Rescued From Gastonia House Fire
In Gastonia on Comer Avenue a trailer fire trapped 8 week old puppy Buster. Crowders Mountain Fire and Rescue saved the 3 pound Pomeranian Chihuahua mix and revived him with oxygen. Owner Marcie Price and fiancé escaped with pets, bird perished, dog later nicknamed Buster Blaze and returned to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcie Price
Buster
Comer Avenue
Gastonia
Crowders Mountain
Price
Bird
Mike Probes
Don Singer
Buster Blaze
The
Gazette
Firefighters prioritize pets during house fires
Fire crews aim to save animals as a first concern, using child oxygen masks to revive pets once rescued. They may refrain from entry if roof collapse risk is high, but otherwise pursue animal rescue as a family-saving priority.
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Chris Stowe
Crowders Mountain
Stone
Stowe
Not Enough Thank You Cards After Fire Helpers Rally
Price and her fiancé lost almost everything in a house fire saving only ashes and two photos. Red Cross found them a hotel and meals, while Trinity Baptist Church and Chiron in Charlotte aided with housing and funds as the community rallied, leaving Price feeling blessed and grateful.
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Price
Red Cross
Trinity Baptist
Bessemer City
Free Tax Prep By Wade Allen At Gaston County Sites
Volunteers with CASH Coalition and AARP Foundation offer free tax filing through April 15 at VITA sites across the county. Fifteen CASH volunteers will file for those earning 52000 or less per return, with training from the IRS. Last year AARP volunteers filed 1882 federal and state returns totaling 695,925 in refunds. CASH volunteers filed 536 returns totaling around 500,000 in refunds. Bring photo ID, Social Security numbers, W-2s and 1099s, last year tax returns, bank details for direct deposit, and care and dependent information for e filing.
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Aarp Foundation
Cash Coalition
AARP
With
VITA
Internal Revenue Service
Donna Beringer
Steve Curran
Beringer
Carolina Federal Credit Union
Cherryville
Free Tax Prep sites listed for Gaston area residents
A period list outlines VITA sites with eligibility under 52000 per return across Gaston County including Gastonia locations Division of Workforce Solutions at 1391 Bessemer City Road and Tabernacle Baptist Church life center 519 W 19th Ave with specific hours on Mondays Thursdays and Saturdays plus appointments at Carolina Federal Credit Union Cherryville and various senior centers. Also notes AARP sites serving seniors in Dallas Shelby Gastonia Belmont Kings Mountain with contact numbers for appointments.
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VITA
Division of Workforce Solutions
Bessemer City Road
Gastonia
Goodwill — YouthWorks Center
S. Broad St
Tabernacle Baptist Church Life Center
W. 19Th Ave
Workforce Solutions
AARP
Gaston Senior Center
Dallas
Cherryville Highway
Neal Senior Center
T.R. Harris Drive
Shelby
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Pup
Halifax
Lauren Frame
Bob Mull
Jerry Ross
Kings Mountain
Betty Sain
Vaie
Reginald Hunter
Belmont
Johnny Hudson
Tony Branch
Mack Stames
Shelby Franklin Samples
Mount Holly
Maggie Holbrooks
Jackie Brooks
Evelyn Morris
Janie Ledford
Bostic
Max Setzer
High Shoals
Wade Allen
Gastongazette.com
RAI
E. Church St
19Th Ave
Gaston Boys & Girls Club
S. Boyd St
Chad
Trip
Thursdays & Gaston College
Kimbrell
Wilkinson Blvd
Patrick Senior Center
E. Kings St
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