Toronto Fire Guts Downtown Neighborhood Posted: 8 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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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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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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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 Maple Leafs Fire General Manager John Ferguson Posted: 9 months ago by punthe
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.
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Satellite Image of Georgia Fire Posted: 1 year 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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Wasabi Silent Fire Alarm scents-ses fire, awakens the deaf Posted: 7 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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Idaho man accused of setting his wife on fire Posted: 5 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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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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Easy Street Fire sentence: 30 days in custody, $1 million-plus in restitution Posted: 9 months ago by bevissimo
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?
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Fire and Brimstone Helped Form Mars Oceans Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
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 origins of life.
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Cat Flees Fire, Ends Up 240 Miles Away Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
A cat that fled a house fire is back home in Albuquerque, N.M., after turning up some 240 miles away.
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Students’ spray and fire fun Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Students in Canada have found a new way to fill time in between lectures – by setting each other on fire for fun.
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Fire, Explosion Destroy Minnesota Industrial Building Posted: 2 years ago by Fanatic
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.
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Giant knickers put out house fire Posted: 10 months ago by misswinkle
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.
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Flower Fire Extinguisher Posted: 2 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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Nanotech clay armour creates fire resistant hard wearing latex emulsion paints Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Fire Destroys 610 Year Old Landmark Posted: 8 months ago by MandolinOrange
An overnight fire destroyed the landmark that was considered Korea's top national treasure. Arson is suspected.
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Fire service bans white men from open days Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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Parrot Mocks Fire Alarm, Saves Family Posted: 12 months ago by mitzuzake
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.
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Thousands of travellers stranded after Channel tunnel fire Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
Thousands of travellers were stranded tonight after a fire on the Channel tunnel led to the suspension of all rail services on the undersea route.
(da' Chunnel)
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