Watch a number of videos from a fire that broke out earlier today in the Hollywood Hills near Griffith Park and the famed Hollywood sign. picked by indierockcafe 1 year ago

For the second time in just over a month, fire is racing through the Malibu Canyon, and for the second time, residents were forced to flee. Forty-Nine homes were destroyed. Among the houses destroyed was that of Flea, bass player for the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. picked by a1a1l1o1a1a1m2 9 months ago

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

Dr. Jorge Llorente became irritated recently when the fire department kept rejecting his plans to landscape his hacienda-style home with jacarandas and avocado trees.

(I put this under technology, though it's not the kind we normally think of, more innovative thinking) picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

A rapidly-developing fire, driven by Santa Ana winds, has burned 10 structures and is still growing in Malibu near Pepperdine University. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

A cat that fled a house fire is back home in Albuquerque, N.M., after turning up some 240 miles away. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Fire officials in Clearwater, Fla., say a heroic cat that helped its owner escape a fire did not make it out of the burning mobile home alive. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Right-wing blowhard Glenn Beck didn't make any friends in Southern California on Monday. Media Matters caught him in flagrante delicto on his talk radio show, declaring, "I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today." picked by 86Apex 10 months ago

An early morning fire still burning at the "Street of Dreams" model luxury home development in Echo Lake just north of Woodinville has destroyed at least three homes, and officials believe a well-known arsonist group is responsible. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Being a rock star is all about going that extra mile for the fans. Frequently it seems this involves massive pyrotechnic displays. Sometimes these displays don’t go as planned. Here are 10 artists who learned that “If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned,” is more than just a tired old cliché. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Wasabi, or Japanese Horseradish, has a particularly pungent taste and scent. Now researchers in Japan are using Wasabi's overpowering odor in a new type of smoke detector / fire alarm that wakes the deaf through scent instead of sound. picked by Mitzuzake 5 months ago

He never made a movie, wrote a script, or recorded a song. But he can stop any Hollywood event almost instantly. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

Firefighters working through the night turned back flames that threatened Santa Catalina Island's main city and forced hundreds of people to evacuate amid falling ashes. picked by thephrog 1 year ago

A man told police that he set his parents' home on fire Wednesday afternoon to chase away burglars he claimed were creeping around the attic. picked by deepcleanfun 12 months ago

the California Department of Forestry will announce shortly that the massive Santiago Canyon Fire - which has caused an estimated $10 million in damage - is being officially declared an arson. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Most of a downtown block in Toronto was gutted by fire last week. Early rumors suggested it might've been an explosion in a meth-lab. The Fire Chief extinguished that theory, but other reasons for the disaster may be weeks or months away. picked by jago 6 months ago

A fire truck responding to a house fire on Olive Street in Elyria early this morning lost its rear axle and gas tank on Broad Street near East Bridge .
The Firefighters on the truck were all able to escape without injury. picked by TraumaMamma 12 months ago

According to court documents, the woman told police that Hart held her against her will, threatened her with a knife, choked her, threw lighter fluid on her and lit her on fire. He then lit the couple’s bed on fire, destroying some of her personal belongings. picked by muppet 4 months ago

According to reports from the Southern Area Coordination Center, the Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgia exploded from 1,000 acres to more than 20,000 acres in less than 24 hours between April 16 and 17, 2007. Strong winds whipped the blaze into 100-foot flames, while individual trees went up like torches. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A large fire is burning at the world-famous Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. picked by topofall 3 months ago