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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Dr. Jorge Llorente became irritated recently when the fire department kept rejecting his plans to landscape his hacienda-style home with jacarandas and avocado trees.

(I put this under technology, though it's not the kind we normally think of, more innovative thinking) picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

An Indiana woman is fighting for her life after setting herself on fire next to her 14-year-old daughter. picked by dollyllama 2 years 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 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

Fire investigators are blaming an unattended bong for a fire at the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia. picked by titojuante 9 months ago

A a water main break near where trunk line ruptured this weekend and caused massive flooding in Studio City section of Los Angeles has caused a sinkhole to swallow a fire engine and water and mud to flow into the streets. picked by suebe 3 months ago

I'd use an IM to fire someone. It would go something like this: "you got pwnd n00b, get out! LOL!!!111 :D" picked by muppet 2 years 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 2 years ago

Fire officials are blaming a hookah – a water pipe used to smoke tobacco – for causing the fire that killed two University of Victoria students picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

An Oregon City man just couldn't catch a break Friday. First he lost his job and then he went home to find his house on fire.
Irony: Fire Victim Worked As Emergency Counselor picked by psycmoe 7 months ago