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Hollywood Hills Fire Contained - Various Videos Posted: 3 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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TN fire chief charged with arson Posted: 3 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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Hero dog protects kittens from house fire Posted: 1 year 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: 2 years 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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Mice Start Fire In Cat Sanctuary Posted: 11 months ago by pocksucket
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.
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Fire truck falls apart while responding to fire Posted: 2 years 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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Wasabi Silent Fire Alarm scents-ses fire, awakens the deaf Posted: 2 years 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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Toronto Fire Guts Downtown Neighborhood Posted: 2 years 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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Cat saves owner, dies in fire Posted: 2 years 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: 3 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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Teen, set on fire, struggles to recover Posted: 4 weeks ago by julea
Michael Brewer was doused in rubbing alcohol (!) set on fire by 5 peers and now sixty-five percent of his body is covered with second- and third-degree burns.
"People are writing horror stories ... but people just can't imagine the kind of sickness we're talking about," said Dr. Nicholas Namias, medical director of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center in Miami.
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Home saved from fire -- against owner's will Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
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)
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Woman Sets Herself On Fire Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
An Indiana woman is fighting for her life after setting herself on fire next to her 14-year-old daughter.
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Cat Flees Fire, Ends Up 240 Miles Away Posted: 2 years 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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Fire victims get 'phenomenal' $1 million gift Posted: 11 months ago by Bornbad
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*
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Bong Sets Blaze at University of Missouri - Columbia Frat House. Posted: 9 months ago by titojuante
Fire investigators are blaming an unattended bong for a fire at the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Sink Hole Swallows Fire Truck Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
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.
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Survey: Some would use IM to fire people Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
I'd use an IM to fire someone. It would go something like this: "you got pwnd n00b, get out! LOL!!!111 :D"
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Woman Accused of Setting Fire Over Keys Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Fired... and then the Fire Posted: 7 months ago by psycmoe
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
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