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

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

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 10 months ago

Cliff Fletcher, who served with the Leafs as team president, chief operating officer and general manager between 1991 and 1997, has been appointed to serve as interim general manager. picked by punthe 6 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

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 4 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 2 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 11 months ago

Okay, you're 22 and started a preventable fire. You are fined with over $1,000,000 restitution.

I'm just wondering, how would you handle it?

This happens a lot around here, and I've always wondered. It's so easy for this sort of thing to happen. What would you do if you accidently caused this much compensable damage? picked by bevissimo 6 months ago

The longstanding mystery of how oceans once formed on Mars could be solved by fire and brimstone. Specifically, researchers now suggest that ancient volcanoes could have released brimstone — now more commonly known as sulfur — that warmed up the red planet enough for liquid water oceans in the early days of Mars. These findings might also shed insight on the young Earth, including the ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months 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 5 months ago

Students in Canada have found a new way to fill time in between lectures – by setting each other on fire for fun. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Spectacular fire in a hazmat recycling plant. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, and key business records saved. Seems like a category for news imagery would be fun. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

Jenny Marsey's size 18-20 cotton pants were a lifesaver when they were grabbed to cover a frying pan fire at her home in Meryl Gardens, Hartlepool, Teesside. picked by misswinkle 6 months ago

Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armour that can create a much more hard wearing and fire resistant paint. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

An overnight fire destroyed the landmark that was considered Korea's top national treasure. Arson is suspected. picked by MandolinOrange 5 months ago

White men have been banned from fire brigade recruitment sessions because bosses want to hit their diversity targets. After all, better your house should burn down than not to have the an insufficient number of left-handed lesbian Lithuanians as firefighters. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about 3 a.m. Friday to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm. picked by mitzuzake 9 months ago

A family was able to escape a burning house, without any functioning smoke detectors, because their son woke up with his hair on fire. picked by muppet 2 months ago

A massive fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station in a rural area, spreading to houses and killing an undetermined number of people, authorities said. picked by muppet 5 months ago