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1 hr ago | 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

5 hrs ago | 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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9 hrs ago | 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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13 hrs ago | 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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17 hrs ago | 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

Maldonandburnham Standard

Fire services 'could save 200m'

Fire and rescue services in England could save up to A 200 million a year if they were operated more efficiently, according to a report.

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Rome News

Suspect in Cartersville arson case arrested

The search for a man accused of setting his neighbor's house on fire with a 3-year-old child inside came to an end Thursday.

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Related Topix: Cartersville, GA, Bartow County, GA

Thu May 16, 2013

Patch.com

One Puppy Dead, Another Dog Injured in House Fire

Clearwater Fire and Rescue is investigating the cause of a fire that left a puppy dead and another dog injured in a house fire Wednesday morning.

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KARE-TV Minneapolis

Wisconsin wildfire started by logging operations

Investigators say a large wildfire caused by logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin wasn't intentionally set and criminal charges aren't expected.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Marinette County, WI, Sports

ABC News

Fire Chief Under Fire for Using Fire Engine as a Prom Limousine

While most high school students roll up to their senior prom in a nice car or, even better, a chauffeured limousine, Dustin Sanner made his grand entrance at the Yough High School prom in a fire engine.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., West Newton, PA

WLNE-TV Providence

Fire burns 3,000 acres in Calif. national forest

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

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Related Topix: Texas, Natural Disasters, Wildfire

WOZZ-FM Appleton

Northwest Wisconsin forest fire mostly contained, ...

Fire crews worked through the night completing fire lines and putting out hot spots, but the worst is over at the Germann Road Fire.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Scott Walker, US Governors

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

NW Ind. man, 86, dies after setting self on fire

Authorities say an 86-year-old man from northwestern Indiana died after setting himself on fire while smoking a pipe.

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Related Topix: Lake County, IN

Wed May 15, 2013

KMIZ

Winds help California fire grow quickly

Dry conditions and high winds are fueling a quickly growing wildfire in California that caused officials to close a high school on Wednesday, fire officials said.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire

WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Puppy killed, others rescued in duplex fire

A duplex fire killed a puppy on North Saturn Avenue in Clearwater Wednesday morning.

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