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Spontaneous combustion leads to McKinleyville fire
Eureka :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
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The Arcata Fire Protection District responded to a report of a fire at 1217 Railroad Ave...When fire crews arrived, heavy fire was coming from the front and side windows of the end apartment and rear door in the multi-unit apartment complex, according...
Tags: McKinleyville, Arcata Fire Protection District, spontaneous combusted, press release, Eureka, Arcata Transit Center, Smoke, Arcata California, Fire, Human Interest, Humboldt County California, McKinleyville California, Firefighter, Disaster Accident
Assistance in response to NSW bushfires
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility The Attorney-General has approved the request. "Bankstown Airport has been deemed unsuitable due to the large amount of aviation traffic and distance from the fire grounds, so the Australian Government is happy to assist in any way we can," Mr McClelland...
Tags: New South Wales, nsw bushfire, NSW, Australia, Sydney, Fire, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Robert McClelland (Australian politician), Responses to the Black Saturday bushfire crisis, Country Fire Authority, Bushfires in Australia, Wildfires, Bushfire, Disaster Accident, Politics, Environment
Electric Six Neurolux Nov. 15
Boise :: ID :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Nobody blurs the difference between stupid and smart more carefully than Detroit dance-rockers the Electric Six. Just when you realize that 90 percent of swaggering singer Dick Valentine's lyrics are utterly nonsensical, he goes that extra silly mile...
Tags: Electric Six Neurolux, Electric Six � Neurolux, Dick Valentine, Boise, Valentine's Day, Valentine, Fire, Slasher films, Electric Six, Gay Bar, Entertainment Culture
ENVIRONMENT: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Perhaps nowhere does this hit home harder than in Australia, where in early 2009 a persistent drought, high winds, and record high temperatures set the stage for the worst wildfire in the country's history...Even as more people move into fire-prone wildlands...
Tags: area burns, higher temperatures, climate change, degrees celsius, temperatures rise, Washington, Wildfire, Fire, Black Saturday bushfires, Controlled burn, Drought, Wildland fire suppression, Ecological succession, Occupational safety and health, Environment, Disaster Accident
Brakes put on Victorian fire bunkers
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility Last week the Victorian Government introduced fire bunker interim safety guidelines until new national safety standards are in place next year. Victorian members that they refuse to approve many of the permits...We're not actually criticising the Victorian...
Tags: bushfire shelter, fire bunkers, interim measures, AIBS, Australia, Sydney, Fire, Wildfires, Bunker, Building code, Fire door, Fortification, Construction, Bushfire, Disaster Accident
Relief after record heat
Portland :: OR :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Relief from the record-breaking hot spell that has scorched Victoria over recent weeks is on the way. The weather bureau says despite another night of temperatures more 10 degrees above the long-term average, a cold front will reach central Victoria about...
Tags: Portland, Bushfires in Australia, Heat wave, Fire, Environment, Weather
OU chemistry employee charged with arson
Norman :: OK :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Prosecutors have charged a University of Oklahoma chemistry department employee with three counts of felony arson in connection with fires on campus in September. Susan Kathryn Lauterbach, 46, of Norman was released from the Cleveland County jail Tuesday...
Tags: Norman, Vernon Louis Parrington, Lauterbach Thuringia, Fire marshal, Arson, Crimes, Fire, Disaster Accident, Law Crime
Heat and lightning spark bushfires
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility Firefighters battled dozens of bushfires in South Australia Friday as record-breaking temperatures and lightning storms continued, officials say. Emergency crews fought scores of fires in the populous state of New South Wales, some on the outskirts of...
Tags: New South Wales, South Australia, lightning strike, NSW Rural Fire Service, lightning storms, Australian Broadcasting Corp., Victoria, Australia, Sydney, Environment, Bushfires in Australia, Fire, Disaster Accident, Bushfire, Wildfires, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Black Saturday bushfires, Weather, Wildland fire suppression, Country Fire Service, Blue Mountains, Lightning, Storm, 2008￢ﾀﾓ09 Australian bushfire season, Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Ranges, Firefighter, Hobart, Country Fire Authority, Ember, 2006-07 Australian bushfire season
'Catastrophic' warning tangle as fire danger looms
Victoria :: Canada | 10 days ago
Credibility Victorians this week faced the worst fire conditions since Black Saturday, while South Australia and New South Wales were issued with the nation's first "catastrophic" warnings, but behind the scenes debate about the new warning system continued. The...
Tags: Canada, Victoria, Country Fire Authority, Bushfires in Australia, Disaster Accident, Australia, Black Saturday bushfires, Bushfire, Firefighter, Wildfires, Fire, Wildland fire suppression
Courts fires 'arson'
Cape Town :: South Africa | 11 days ago
Credibility The conclusion was drawn following the completion of a forensic investigation. The last fire was in the same court where ex-Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride's drunken driving trial was heard.
Tags: South Africa, Cape Town, Robert McBride, Arson, Crimes, Fire, Law Crime, Environment
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