German puts out girlfriend's cigarette with fire extinguisher Posted: 10 months ago by bevissimo
Oh, those wacky Germans.
BERLIN (Reuters) - A virulent anti-smoker in Germany was so angry when his girlfriend lit up he emptied a fire extinguisher to put out the cigarette, caking her and their apartment in powder.
Ven I said rauchen verbotten, I meant it fraulein!
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Hollywood Hills Fire Contained - Various Videos Posted: 2 years ago by indierockcafe
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.
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Flower Fire Extinguisher Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
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.
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TN fire chief charged with arson Posted: 2 years ago by civicracer18c1
I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires.
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Colorado man charged in transgender slaying Posted: 4 months ago by smarty1052
A Colorado man is accused of fatally battering a sex partner with a fire extinguisher after discovering that his companion was a transgender woman.
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Wasabi Silent Fire Alarm scents-ses fire, awakens the deaf Posted: 9 months ago by Mitzuzake
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.
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Cat saves owner, dies in fire Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Satellite Image of Georgia Fire Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Fire truck falls apart while responding to fire Posted: 1 year ago by TraumaMamma
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.
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Toronto Fire Guts Downtown Neighborhood Posted: 9 months ago by jago
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.
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Hero dog protects kittens from house fire Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
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.
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Idaho man accused of setting his wife on fire Posted: 7 months ago by muppet
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.
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Man awakes with hair on fire, saves family from house fire Posted: 7 months ago by muppet
A family was able to escape a burning house, without any functioning smoke detectors, because their son woke up with his hair on fire.
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Hookah caused blaze that killed two students Posted: 1 year ago by DemureArt
Fire officials are blaming a hookah – a water pipe used to smoke tobacco – for causing the fire that killed two University of Victoria students
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Bat triggers alarm and closes tunnel Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
A bat set off a fire alarm in a German highway tunnel early Friday, forcing an hour-long closure and causing long delays.
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Holiday shoppers keep buying during department store fire. Posted: 2 years ago by Alton
An electrical fire that filled a department store with thick smoke didn't deter holiday shoppers, and firefighters had to block the doors to keep customers from coming in.
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Toddler Thrown From Burning Building Posted: 10 months ago by bevissimo
Photo Essay - A toddler is hurled from a burning building. The girl's parents tossed her to members of the fire brigade, not seen, during a fire in an apartment building in Germany. Nine people, including five children, died in the blaze.
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Baby dies after falling into fire pit Posted: 5 months ago by bevissimo
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.
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The Forgotten Fire Posted: 1 year ago by daftgretel
In the midst of that quiet Sunday evening, in 1871, a tiny township was totally annihilated - charred by a gigantic fire that engulfed the buildings, the countryside, and even the townsfolk themselves. Even today the little-known blaze holds the distinction of being the deadliest fire ever to occur in the US.
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More California Fire Posted: 1 year ago by a1a1l1o1a1a1m2
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.
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Bird on Fire Blamed for 2 Acre Wildfire Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A bird that caught fire after being electrocuted at a substation is suspected of igniting a 2 acre wildfire Monday.
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