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 3 years ago

Authorities euthanized dozens of sickly cats found in a cockroach-infested apartment shared by an elderly woman and her adult daughter. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 3 years ago

A dog was hailed as a hero on Sunday after it risked its life to save a litter of newborn kittens from a house fire, rescuers said. Fire fighters, who revived the dog, said he refused to leave the building and was found by them alongside the litter of kittens, despite thick smoke. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Authorities in Wilkes-Barre, condemned John Puchniak's apartment this year when a routine inspection raised concern the bookstore owner's collection of nearly 3,000 texts could cause a fire picked by AutumnLotus 2 years 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 2 years ago

And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A father says he wasn't trying to shame his 14-year-old son when he made the boy wear a large sandwich-board sign saying, "I abused and sold drugs." picked by AutumnLotus 3 years 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 2 years 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 3 years 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 years ago

The Aberdeen man who was attacked and beaten by people who poured an accelerant on him and set him on fire died Monday. picked by muppet 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 2 years ago

A Fire Marshall report indicates that it was mice or rats that chewed through an electrical cable starting a fire at a Toronto animal shelter. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

A 14-year-old boy under arrest for setting fire to his school told investigators that he thought summer vacation would be prolonged if the school was burned down, investigators said. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

Deluged by the kindness of strangers Tuesday, the victims of a fierce fire that destroyed a Burnsville apartment complex Monday will experience an equally blessed Christmas Eve today.

*hey, a good news story* picked by Bornbad 11 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 2 years ago

US news media have uncovered a damaging 800-page report on the portable media players — despite Apple's best attempts to suppress it.

The report details several incidents in which iPods have caught fire and even burned their owners. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

On June 30, the California Court of Appeal held that a man who was burned by the huge bonfire that ends the Burning Man festival each year could not sue the festival organizers. Anthony Beninati admitted he had intentionally walked into the fire, and that he had previously known fire was hot. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Early humans crossed a threshold around 75,000 years ago, when they started painting symbols, carving patterns and making jewelry. A new study found they also began to use fire to make tools around that time. picked by muppet 4 months ago