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 2 years 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 1 year ago

A man is facing drug charges after he allegedly walked into the Danbury police station puffing on a marijuana-filled cigar. picked by Proverb 11 months ago

Disgruntled ravers attack a police station after arrests at an illegal rave.

I didn't know that illegal raves still went on. How very 1989. picked by pocksucket 1 year 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 8 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 1 year 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 5 months ago

Whether it's to calm you down with pretty images while you're desperately putting out a stove fire, or an attempt to blend in with the home décor, you'll never know with the Japanese. picked by suebe 2 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 7 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

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

A Colorado man is accused of fatally battering a sex partner with a fire extinguisher after discovering that his companion was a transgender woman. picked by smarty1052 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 8 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 1 year ago

Firemen say the body, identified as 24-year-old Gordon Wright, was found inside a wall on the third floor of the structure but it was not burnt, so they and Toledo Police are treating it as a crime scene. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

A woman was arrested and charged with arson and burglary after police say she set fire to the home of a neighbor she thought had stolen her keys. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

New Mexico State University is a hotbed of chile pepper innovation where scientists have created more than two dozen new strains during the last two decades. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A sicko set a cat on fire in East Boston, and then used the burning, screeching animal as a live Molotov cocktail, chucking it at the window of a house, a crime that investigators believe could be connected to gang violence. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A six-month-old baby is dead after falling into a fire pit and burning to death. The father told investigators that he fell asleep in the backyard with the boy Saturday night, and when he woke up the child was missing. picked by bevissimo 4 months ago