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2 hrs ago | BBC News

Arson fear in deadly S Korea fire

Seven people have been killed and three were left in critical condition after a fire swept through a boarding house in South Korea.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, South Korea, World News

6 hrs ago | Southeast Missourian

One person dead in New Hampshire storms that leveled several homes

Violent storms on Thursday in a 25-mile-long swath of central New Hampshire destroyed several homes, damaged dozens of others and left at least one person dead, authorities said as police and firefighters went ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Epsom, NH

10 hrs ago | CBS13/CW31

Dozens Of Additional Burned Homes Found In Butte

Now that the flames have subsided some, firefighters have found dozens of additional homes destroyed by the wildfires in Butte County.

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Related Topix: Butte County, CA, Fire, Concow, CA, Natural Disasters, Chico Metro, Paradise, CA

15 hrs ago | Hugh Hewitt

Air Mauritius flight catches fire on takeoff

Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee Sarah Palin Rob Portman Other A plane taking off from New Delhi's main airport caught fire forcing all 252 passengers and crew to escape through an emergency exit, airport officials ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Transportation, Airlines, Natural Disasters, Fire

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Globegazette.com

Fire damages Marshalltown industrial building

Fire has damaged a five-story industrial building in Marshalltown. The fire at Handy Industries was reported about 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Everything Alabama

Four found dead in house fire were homicide victims

Posted by Carol Robinson and Jeremy Gray -- The Birmingham News July 24, 2008 7:16 AM The Grasselli Heights couple and their two children who were homicide victims were found early this morning in their burning ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Birmingham, AL

Marine Corps Times

Truck rollover starts brush fire at Pendleton

A tractor-trailer crashed in flames and touched off a brush blaze that shut down southbound Interstate 5 for an hour at dawn Thursday in the Camp Pendleton area.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Landfill fire blankets south Palo Alto and Mountain View neighborhoods with thick smoke

Palo Alto and Menlo Park firefighters combat a landfill fire in Palo Alto on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Mountain View, CA, Menlo Park, CA, Natural Disasters, Palo Alto, CA, Fire

KSPR

Remains Identified at Scene of St. Louis Ambush

The St. Louis County medical examiner identifies the charred remains left at the scene of an ambush at a suburban St.

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Related Topix: St Louis County, MO, Suicide, Natural Disasters, Fire

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Cbs3.com

Pet Rabbit Credited With Saving Couple From Fire

A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Offbeat

KATU-TV Portland

Three-alarm blaze destroys NE Portland warehouse

A three-alarm fire destroyed a northeast Portland roofing supply warehouse Wednesday and sent people in nearby homes and businesses scrambling.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Portland, OR

CBS 4

Bear Attacks Woman, Dogs In Calif.

A woman walking her two dogs in a rural area of Southern California was attacked and severely injured by a bear, but managed to escape and drive herself to a nearby fire station.

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Related Topix: California, Natural Disasters, Fire

KOMO

Brush fire spreads in central Washington

Brisk winds fanned a new wildfire across some 7.8 square miles of sagebrush Tuesday night, threatening several dozen homes and leading authorities to evacuate as many as 300 people.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters

Goshen News, Goshen, IN

Workers dive off collapsing walkway

An enclosed walkway slipped Tuesday as it was being attached to a floating casino on Lake Michigan, sending seven construction workers into the water, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Boat Disaster, OSHA

Tue Jul 22, 2008

North County Times

Possible remains in burned house may be gunman's

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. - Authorities on Tuesday recovered what they believe to be charred remains from the rubble of a burned house from which a gunman may have ambushed emergency workers, St.

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Related Topix: St Louis County, MO, Maplewood, MO, Natural Disasters, Fire

KTBS-TV Shreveport

Pilgrim's Pride plant in Mount Pleasant burns

A fire on Monday night heavily damaged part of a Pilgrim's Pride plant in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

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Related Topix: Mount Pleasant, TX, Natural Disasters, Fire

Sacramento Bee

Railroad to pay $102 million after Calif. wildfire

Union Pacific Railroad Co. will pay $102 million to settle a federal lawsuit over damage from a massive California wildfire sparked by railroad employees in 2000, officials said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Railroads, Sacramento Metro

KTVB.COM

Blaze started by firework nears homes

A fire burned 1,000 acres on the Ada and Elmore county line overnight dangerously close to three homes.

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Related Topix: Elmore County, ID, Natural Disasters, Fire, Boise, ID

NBC Channel 7/39

Blaze Breaks Out In Encinitas Canyon

Fire crews battled a brush fire in a canyon in Encinitas Monday, officials said.

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Related Topix: Encinitas, CA, Fire, Natural Disasters

Daily Record

Brass thieves hit hydrants, raising fire concerns

Dogs aren't the only ones casting a longing eye at fire hydrants these days. Fire departments across the country report that thieves are twisting the brass nuts off the tops and selling them for scrap, raising ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Prince William County, VA

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