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Public Safety
The Florida Department of Transportation is running nightly lane closures on the I-75 southbound Exit 279 off-ramp, SR-56 near Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and SR-52 near I-75 through at least Thursday, Oct. 15.
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Pasco County Fire Rescue confirmed lightning caused the Cobalt Apartments fire, condemned the building over collapse risk, and revealed the blaze burned 25 minutes before anyone called 911 because the fire alarm never activated.
Public Safety
A three-alarm fire destroyed roughly 90 units at the Cobalt Apartments on Jermyn Loop in Wesley Chapel on Thursday, Aug. 20, displacing an estimated 400 residents with no injuries reported and firefighting operations expected to continue through the weekend.
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The Pasco County Sheriff's Office issued a "Pause Before Posting" advisory on Aug. 11, the day before school starts, warning parents to conceal school names, ages, teacher names and personal interests in first-day-of-school social media photos because predators actively search for those details.
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A 17-year-old reported missing from Land O'Lakes, the community adjacent to Wesley Chapel, was found safe on Thursday, Aug. 6, while Pasco deputies continue searching for a missing 41-year-old man from New Port Richey.
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A Level 2 flash flood risk remains active for portions of Pasco County through Monday evening, Aug. 3, with 70 percent rain chances, potential storm totals of 4 to 8 inches, and a High Rip Current Risk extending across the full Tampa Bay coastline.
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The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is searching for Paul Coban, 25, who was last seen Aug. 3 in the TLC Lane area of Dade City, and is asking anyone with information to call the non-emergency tip line.
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The Pasco County Sheriff's Office highlighted its K-9 unit on National Work Like a Dog Day, while Pasco County Commissioner Lisa Yeager toured the agency's K-9 training facility on Aug. 5.
Public Safety
Pasco County Fire Rescue will celebrate the grand opening of Station 2 in Wesley Chapel on Friday, August 14, with a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. and open house until 7 p.m., giving residents a chance to tour the facility that cut local emergency response times from 10-12 minutes to roughly five or six.
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