2 dead, 18 hurt in SoCal apartment fire
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Investigators combed through an apartment complex early Saturday, trying to determine what caused a fire that killed two people, injured 18 others and forced rescuers to pull trapped residents from balconies.
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 20--A pan of cooking oil that overheated on a kitchen stove ignited a fire in a duplex apartment Monday evening in Battle Ground.   Fire District 11 was called to 303 S.E. Third St. at 5:54 p.m., said firefighter-paramedic Todd McCabe.
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EL CAJON, Calif., Oct. 25 -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of six bodies.
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Dry conditions combined with fierce winds fueled wildfires in at least a dozen areas around Los Angeles and San Diego, threatening homes, forcing evacuations and causing at least one death on Sunday.
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An explosion in the front yard of an apartment complex killed two children and injured six others.
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Two firefighters were killed and four others were badly hurt when they were forced to jump from a fourth-floor window of a burning building in the Bronx on Sunday, authorities said.
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By Lily Gordon, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Dec. 8--Tiffany and Norman Washington of Columbus sat hopelessly amazed Wednesday night as they watched their apartment go up in flames.
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An explosion leveled a two-story apartment building in southern Italy early Saturday, killing eight residents and injuring six others, and firefighters were investigating whether a gas leak was to blame.
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Five people died and four more were missing Sunday in a suspected arson fire that engulfed an apartment complex and sent residents jumping from third-story windows to escape, firefighters said.
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By The Associated Press  LAKE ARROWHEAD -- Two wind-fanned fires erupted Tuesday in the forests of Southern California, as a moist ocean breeze helped slow a massive blaze burning for more than two weeks near the coast.
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By Louis Galvan, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 8--As flames devoured a Calwa home early Wednesday and rescuers tried to break through security bars blocking windows and doors, neighbors could hear the cries of a little girl trapped inside.  "She was shouting, 'Mommy, Mommy.
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An early morning fire Friday roared through a garage that had been converted into living space, killing two young sisters and critically injuring a third.
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A fast-moving brush fire scorched 1,000 acres of parched hillside and charred at least two homes Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
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A fire destroyed an apartment building in the southern Russian region of Tuva Wednesday, killing 18 people and injuring at least 18 others, an emergency official said.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 9--No injuries were reported after an overnight fire hit an apartment complex near the Birkdale area in Huntersville.   The fire was reported about 2 a.m., according to Huntersville safety officials, at the Sedgebrook Apartments.
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An explosion leveled a two-story apartment building in this southern city early Saturday, killing at least seven people, firefighters said.
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Fire raced through a Toledo apartment building Sunday afternoon, killing six children and critically injuring another, authorities said.