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

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

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

A young mother jumped almost 15 feet out a window and despite having a broken foot, cuts and bruises, she broke another window and raced up a flight of stairs to rescue her two small children from the fire that destroyed her home Tuesday morning. picked by henkspaan 9 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

A British lottery winner doubled his share of the jackpot to nearly £1 million ($2.4 million) after discovering he mistakenly bought two lucky tickets for the same draw. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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

A Lottery winner who blew a £5.1 million jackpot he won three years ago is being hunted by bailiffs chasing more than £370,000 of debt. picked by topofall 4 months 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

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. picked by daftgretel 11 months ago

Hall of Fame jockey Bill Hartack, one of only two jockeys to have won the Kentucky Derby five times, died Monday at age 74. picked by punthe 9 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 12 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 4 months ago

Students in Canada have found a new way to fill time in between lectures – by setting each other on fire for fun. picked by AutumnLotus 11 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

So it sucks that he dies of course, but geez... picked by moe 12 months ago

Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner for her performance as the deaf rape victim in Johnny Belinda, star of the long-running TV series Falcon Crest and Ronald Reagan's first wife, died Monday morning. picked by punthe 12 months ago

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? picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

A fire brigade has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after sending two engines and seven firemen to rescue a seagull. The brigade struggled for more than an hour to save the injured bird, which was trapped on a factory roof in Bridgwater, Somerset. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

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. picked by bevissimo 7 months ago