Grasshopper triggers bank blaze scare
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Firemen in the west German town of Stade rushed to investigate a possible blaze at a bank only to find a grasshopper had inadvertently triggered the alarm.
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An intense fire ravaged a sky scraper in  central Madrid on Saturday, causing no injuries but sparking  fear the blaze could spread to nearby buildings.
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Australia's wheat farmers, fresh from battling the country's worst drought in a century, are now threatened by a plague of locusts which have already begun to hatch from a sprawling "nursery" in the country's outback.
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Business & money: Bank admits it was warned on more than one occasion amid fierce criticism from shareholders
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A large fire breaks out on an industrial site in Ayrshire with the flames visible from 10 miles away.
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A major fire which caused millions of pounds of damage was started deliberately, say police.
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Thousands of firefighters rushed to contain more than a dozen wildfires burning across southern Australia on Friday amid fears that high temperatures and gusty winds forecast this weekend could further stoke the blazes, threatening farms and towns.
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By Bethany Meisinger-Reiff Contributing Writer  VANDALIA -- Last week may have been Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, but the city of Vandalia has been aware of -- and preparing for -- the invasive pest for some time.
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By LOVELL-SMITH Mary  Canterbury's rural firefighters are calling on residents to clean up their gardens after the cool, wet spring, which, says spokesman Tony Teeling, has resulted in excessive vegetation growth and significantly increasing fire risk.
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By EUGENE TONG  Firefighters trying to show homeowners the do's and dont's of brush-fire protection could simply point to Rodney Kemerer's backyard in Benedict Canyon.
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SWARMS of pink locusts yesterday swept through Cairo in scenes recalling the biblical plague of Egypt. The swarms flew high above tall towers or swooped on to treelined streets, where scared pedestrians stamped on them or ran for cover.
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Homes are evacuated as firefighters tackle a blaze at a warehouse amid fears the smoke may contain asbestos.
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Firefighters are to spend a second day at the scene of a blaze at a stately home almost destroyed by fire.
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Firefighters are called to a fireworks factory in East Sussex after a major fire breaks out.
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By Steve Johnson  A DOZEN Jersey calves were saved after a fierce blaze started by arsonists swept through a Sandwell farm.   The attack on Forge Mill Farm was the second in four years and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.
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Fire officers warn that having a festive tipple greatly increases the risk of causing a fatal house blaze.
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DANVERS, Mass., Nov. 22 -- A chemical plant outside Boston blew up Wednesday with a roar so thunderous that people thought it was an earthquake or a plane crash, destroying two dozen homes in the tightly packed neighborhood but causing only minor injuries.