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3 hrs ago | NewsChannel 8

Fatal Apartment Fire Claims Life of Arlington Woman

Reports have come in this morning of a fatal fire in a seventh-story apartment in Arlington.

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Related Topix: Arlington, VA, Natural Disasters, Fire

8 hrs ago | The West Australian

Blaze destroys historic seaside pier

A fierce fire has destroyed a historic seaside pier in England, quickly reducing the major tourist attraction to a smouldering wreck.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Sun Jul 27, 2008

KPAX

Authorities: NorCal wildfire kills fire chief

Authorities say a firefighter who died while scouting a Northern California blaze is likely a fire chief from Washington state.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Siskiyou County, CA

WLOS

Fire still threatens homes west of Yosemite Park

A fast-spreading wildfire is raging out of control near a western entrance to Yosemite National Park.

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Related Topix: Yosemite National Park, US National Parks, Natural Disasters, Fire

KPRR-FM El Paso

Seven Injured in Church Shooting

Seven people were critically wounded Sunday when an unidentified gunman entered a church in Knoxville, Tenn., and opened fire, authorities say.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Knoxville, TN, Knoxville Metro

The Associated Press

Fire west of Red Lodge triggers evacuations

Risk from a wildfire in the Custer National Forest about 12 miles west of Red Lodge has led to evacuation of some homes and a Girl Scout camp.

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Related Topix: Red Lodge, MT, Carbon County, MT, Fire, Natural Disasters

BBC News

Huge fire tackled at factory park

Smoke and flames billowed through the roof More than 100 firefighters were tackling a blaze on an industrial estate, Surrey Fire Brigade said.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Daily Mail

Hundreds of British tourists evacuated as forest fires sweep Greek island

Hundreds of British holidaymakers have been evacuated from hotels to escape forest fires raging across the Greek island of Rhodes.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Sat Jul 26, 2008

The Macon Telegraph

Calif. fire threatens homes near Yosemite Valley

This image provided by NASA taken Tuesday July 22, 2008 shows smoke engulfing the northern Sacramento Valley in California.

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Related Topix: Yosemite Valley, CA, Fire, Natural Disasters, California, Midpines, CA

ABC7 - KGO-TV/DT

CA wildfires near total containment

California fire officials say the thousands of blazes sparked by a massive lightning storm are 98 percent contained after burning for more than a month.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Hurricane, Monterey County, CA, Big Sur, CA

Fri Jul 25, 2008

WINS-AM New York

Blast Rocks Queens Building

An apartment building's second blaze in six weeks Friday hurt 17 people, two critically, in what a city official called a major explosion.

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Related Topix: Queens, NY, New York, NY, Explosion, Natural Disasters, Fire

ABC7 - KGO-TV/DT

CA wildfires near total containment

California fire officials say the thousands of blazes sparked by a massive lightning storm are 98 percent contained after burning for more than a month.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Hurricane, Monterey County, CA, Big Sur, CA

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

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

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

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

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