24 min ago | Connecticut Post
Sofa catches fire in Danbury blaze
Thirty residents safely evacuated a building after an early-morning fire at the Lions Condos on Triangle Street, fire officials said.
4 hrs ago | IcScotland
Houston 'found submerged in bath'
Singer Whitney Houston was pulled from the bath by members of her entourage after she was found submerged under water, police have said.
4 hrs ago | Log Cabin Democrat
Authorities investigating fatal fire in south Ark.
McNEIL, Ark. - Authorities say one person has died and a volunteer fire chief suffered smoke inhalation after a house fire in Columbia County.
8 hrs ago | Salt Lake Tribune
Greece surveys riots damage after austerity vote
A branch of Eurobank isset on fire during clashes in Athens, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
8 hrs ago | KPIC
US probes door fires in 2006, 2007 TrailBlazers
Federal safety regulators are investigating fires in the driver's side doors of Chevy TrailBlazers, the second such probe in a week.
8 hrs ago | Journal Gazette
South-side teen, dogs escape fire
DELPHOS, Ohio Two farmers in northwestern Ohio say rustlers took about a dozen Holstein steers from their farm, and the two are offering a $1,000 reward for information about the theft.
10 hrs ago | WKBT
Suspicious fire destroys Cedar Rapids house
Cedar Rapids Fire Department says fire trucks were dispatched around 2:25 a.m. Monday after a caller reported seeing heavy smoke from the residence.
14 hrs ago | KWQC-TV Davenport
Grandma dies in house fire that killed boy, 7
Fire officials say the blaze occurred Saturday morning on the city's South Side.
19 hrs ago | Patch.com
Cumming Car Dealership Destroyed by Fire Sunday
A raging fire destroyed U.S. Auto Sales on Atlanta Road in Cumming Sunday afternoon, producing a cloud of black smoke that could be seen across Georgia 400 between exits 14 and 15.
Muncie mayor keeps pledge, reopens 2 fire houses
MUNCIE , Ind. - Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler has reopened two closed fire stations, keeping a promise he made in his successful campaign last fall.
Horry County authorities fight brush fire
A brush fire in Horry County has burned 15 acres, and crews expect more land to burn before they can extinguish the blaze.
Fires and riots before Greek vote
A petrol bomb explodes over riot police during clashes in Athens, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
Arson, accidental blaze test Ohio church's faith
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The pastor of an Ohio church that faced two fires in one month says members have discovered a sense of resilience visible to any guest who pulled up a plastic chair for the makeshift Sunday service in a school gym.
Chief Paul Glasser of the Averill Park Fire Department said, "With the Cold weather, and the water supply issue, it was very tough." They were called to the house on Route 43 in Sand Lake around 4 this morning.
Almost every night around 6, from mid-October until mid-March, my mother would start a fire in the fireplace in our den.
Pet rabbits killed in greenhouse fire
The Danbury Fire Department put out a fire at a greenhouse at 25 Cross Road on Friday after getting a report of the fire at about 8:39 p.m. According to fire department officials, firefighters found the 12-by-30-foot greenhouse ablaze.
Crews fight 2-alarm fire at west end train yard
Flames, trains, and automobiles kept fire crews busy Friday night after a boxcar filled with vehicles became fully engulfed in the west end.
Child found dead after Far South Side fire
A boy was found dead in an attic crawlspace several hours after firefighters rescued a woman from a Roseland neighborhood house fire this morning, fire officials said.
Firefighter deaths in San Francisco fire blamed on broken window
A flare-up fueled by a broken window caused the deaths of two firefighters in a Diamond Heights house fire last year, and not procedural errors, San Francisco fire officials said Friday.
Forest Service Seeks Faster Firefighting Tankers
The U.S. Forest Service says it plans to replace its wildfire-fighting fleet of aging air tankers with newer, faster, more cost-effective large air tankers.
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