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2 hrs ago | WIBW-TV Topeka

Firefighter Missing In Massive Dallas Condo Fire

Emergency responders have been searching for a Dallas firefighter who reported by radio being trapped while battling a six-alarm blaze at a condominium complex.

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2 hrs ago | NBC Dallas

Firefighter Trapped in Six-Alarm Blaze

The blaze at the Hearthwood Condominium complex at 12363 Abrams Road had smoke billowing through the roof of the complex when the first fire crews arrived at the scene at 2:52 a.m. Jason Evans with Dallas Fire-Rescue said firefighters initially started to attack the fire offensively, but after the fire grew too quickly, crews moved to a defensive ... (more)

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Related Topix: Dallas, TX

6 hrs ago | Fox 23

Wildfire in steep terrain near Los Angeles 80 percent contained

Crews continue to build containment lines around a wildfire burning for a fourth day in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Frazier Park, CA, Ventura County, CA

Sun May 19, 2013

Crowley Post Signal

Fire was big threat to towns

Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and candles and cooking was done over open flames.

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Related Topix: Louisiana, Abbeville, LA, Theriot, LA, Grand Coteau, LA, St. Martinville, LA

Patch.com

No Evidence of Arson Found in Early Morning Fire at Wayland Town Center

Employees were just arriving for work at the Pets Unleashed store in Wayland Town Center a little after 6 a.m. today, Friday, when they noticed a smoky odor and a visible haze of smoke inside the store.

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Basingstoke Gazette

Arson probe as fire wrecks Hampshire home - video

The building was completely wrecked and was cordoned off with blue and white police tape across the front gate this morning.

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Related Topix: Hampshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

RecordNET

Fire won't disrupt classes at Knoles

Classes are expected to be held as usual Monday at Tully C. Knoles School after a fire that damaged a classroom Friday evening, school officials said.

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Related Topix: Computers

Mississauga

Firefighters injured, houses destroyed in blaze

House fire. Two homes on London St. N. in Hamilton are gutted after an overnight fire that injured four people.

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Patch.com

Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District Reduces Fire Risk

Good news for any homeowners or businesses that are served by the Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District .

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Related Topix: Montgomery, IL, Yorkville, IL

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Fire Destroys Niles Garage, Damages House

The Niles Fire Department is investigating the cause of a Saturday fire which demolished a garage in the 7900 block of Park Avenue, near Wisner.

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Related Topix: Niles, IL

Knoxville News Sentinel

No one hurt when Powell bus catches fire

Smoke pours from Knox County school bus No. 946 after an engine fire forced the evacuation of students during morning delivery.

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Related Topix: Powell, TN, Knox County, TN, Sports

Patch.com

Majority of Building Saved, Two Pets Rescued in Salem Street Fire

A home on Salem Street suffered significant damage in a two-alarm fire shortly after noon on Thursday , although there were no injuries and two pets were also rescued from the structure.

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The Abbotsford Times Newspaper

Mission apartment fire victims recount escape from blaze

Dozens and dozens of residents have been left homeless - including 19-year-old Megan Varty-Abrosimoff and her cat Owen - after a blaze gutted a low income apartment complex on Third Avenue in Mission early Friday morning.

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CBC News

Family homeless after fire near Shubenacadie

Two boys were sent to hospital to check for smoke inhalation after escaping their burning home with their mother early Friday morning.

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USA Today

Calif. fire crews gain edge on 2 blazes

As firefighters took on a stubborn 3-day-old wildfire Friday in rough terrain north of Los Angeles, a second and more serious blaze broke out 30 miles away near Interstate 5, quickly surging to more than 500 acres, briefly threatening an elementary school and leading to the precautionary evacuation of nearly 20 homes.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Los Angeles County, CA

Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

Firefighters Battling Blaze at King's Ridge Christian School

Milton and Alpharetta firefighters remain at King's Ridge Christian School this afternoon, trying to extinguish what appears to be an accidental fire in one of two new buildings under construction.

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Related Topix: Alpharetta, GA, Milton, GA

WTVC

DA to retry Central Texas man in deadly '86 fire

Prosecutors in Central Texas say they will retry a man whose quarter-century-old murder conviction was overturned due to questions about the fire science used at his trial.

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Chico Enterprise-Record

EMT burned in race kart fire; community responds

Emergency medical technician Robbie Berge is used to saving people, but on Saturday night, the roles were reversed when he needed to be rescued after his race kart caught on fire.

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Related Topix: Oroville, CA, Butte County, CA, Chico, CA

Seattle Times

Firefighters battle flames, terrain, north of LA

Firefighters had to battle terrain as much as flames as they worked to surround a wildfire entering its third day in harsh hills and mountains north of Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire

NBC Los Angeles

Compton Firefighter Arrested on Suspicion of Arson

Marcel Melanson, 37, was arrested at his Torrance home Wednesday morning on suspicion of arson and grand theft.

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Related Topix: Torrance, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

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