Firefighters Resuscitate Cats, Rat
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POCATELLO, Idaho - Firefighters resuscitated four cats and an albino rat from a charred apartment in this southeastern Idaho city. The animals received oxygen after the Monday blaze through a special mask designed for small animals. The Pocatello Fire Department bought it two years ago.
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Singapore is on the hunt for a serial   cat killer who has slaughtered at least 20 felines in the past   two weeks. The cats were found dumped in bushes and drains,   with their throats slit.
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Firefighters battling wildfires that have raged out of control for more than two weeks in Australia have taken advantage of cooler conditions to clear land in an attempt to contain the blazes.
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Health authorities in the northern state of Chihuahua said Tuesday they are recruiting hundreds of cats to fight hundreds of thousands of rats.
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Veteran Chicago firefighters Larry and Leslie Muse have doused raging infernos, they&#39;ve made daring rescues, they&#39;ve buried comrades killed in the line of duty.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  -- A small explosion slowed firefighters Thursday as they tried to mop up a fire that devastated a chemical distribution plant a day earlier.
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MEXICO CITY - Rats that infested a village in northern Mexico have outlasted the cats sent to scare them away and discouraged the men who were set to hunt them down. Now at least one official says that since nothing else has worked, residents will have to learn to live with the rodents.
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By The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 17--A Waldo fire that turned into an inferno on Friday is a frightening reminder that firefighters perform a dangerous job that requires considerable skill and training.
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An infusion of fresh manpower helped firefighters gain the upper hand Tuesday on a wildfire that had burned across more than 12,500 acres and destroyed four homes in Northern California's wine country.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., June 21 -- Passing motorists and a store worker frantically called authorities about a fire behind a furniture store the night that nine firefighters died inside, according to 911 tapes and transcripts released Thursday. An employee said the area was where workers took smoking b...
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Firefighters in Birmingham, England swung into action to rescue a guinea pig called Heidi after she got stuck inside an Action Man toy car.
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A VITAL lifeline is being thrown to woodland creatures in the region threatened with extinction.  Some butterflies and moths are in severe decline, but the Forestry Commission is taking action to improve their plight.
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By John Shultz, Kevin Murphy and Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 9--Firefighters pumped foam Thursday evening over smoldering remnants of a blaze that a day earlier cast a threatening black cloud over Kansas City, but some stubborn hot spots remained.
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Sniffer rescue dogs trained to find explosives or earthquake survivors buried in rubble may soon have some competition -- rats. The rodents can crawl into the tiniest spaces and have a strong sense of smell.
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Â· Four firefighters died in vegetable packing plant  Â· 999 workers 'should be given better information'
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CHARLESTON, S.C., June 19 -- Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing its roof and killing nine firefighters inside in the nation's deadliest single disaster for firefighters since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Rangers completed a dramatic rescue Thursday of two climbers from a snowy mountain and removed the ice-encrusted bodies of two other hikers who died on the