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 1 year 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 12 months 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

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

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. picked by misswinkle 8 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 5 months ago

A collie named Lassie awakes her owners during a fire but dies before getting out. picked by Alton 1 year 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

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. picked by mitzuzake 10 months 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 6 months ago

"It was something that hit me. It was instinct that I needed to get them out and save them so they wouldn't die," she said. "When it first started, just the couch was on fire, but when I drug him out, by the time I got back in, the whole living room was black smoke and I couldn't see nothing." picked by dollyllama 5 months 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 3 months ago

A Canyon County judge decided that Marc Sogoian, 27, and his family have suffered enough, and now an emotional case spanning more than a year is finally closed. picked by muppet 4 months ago

What happens when your buddy who used half a bottle of hair gel falls asleep in the hall way?

Logically you light his hair on fire like it were a cake full of candles. picked by muppetmaker 7 months ago

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. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months 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

Or How to lose a lawsuit and the b---- still don't get da crib.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Authorities say six people are hospitalized after a "suspicious" fire burned down a multimillion-dollar Long Island home owned by Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent. picked by bevissimo 3 months 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 2 months ago

HAPPY VALLEY, Calif. -- Two of the six people found dead after a suspicious house fire in rural northern California died of gunshot wounds to the head. (Happy Valley my ass) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A Nampa family is salvaging what they can after police say a teenager set their house on fire. picked by muppet 4 months ago