St. Paul / Landlord Gets Jail Time in Fatal Fire: Code Violations a Factor, Officials Say
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By Shannon Prather, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Mar. 2--A St. Paul landlord will serve 20 days in jail after admitting to code violations that fire department officials say contributed to the death of one tenant and the injuries of six others during a June apartment fire.
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By Jack Komperda  jkomperda@@dailyherald.com  The intersection of North Avenue and Morton Road isn't exactly considered a real estate hotbed in DuPage County.
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At least 10 people were killed in a fire early Monday at a state-run group home for the mentally disabled in southwest Missouri, the state fire marshal said.
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A fast-moving apartment fire that killed 10 people and left more than 50 others homeless has been ruled arson, the state fire marshal's office said Thursday.
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By Cliff Hightower, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 2--DAYTON, Tenn. -- A chemical plant that was the site of an August  blast that killed a worker may face a fine of $91,000 after state officials  said they found 13 serious violations during an investigation.
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A fast-moving arson fire killed six people in a rowhouse before dawn Saturday, four of them children, police said. Authorities concluded that the fire was set deliberately after police dogs smelled an accelerant, and have ruled the deaths homicides.
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Officials shut down a crowded, run-down county jail amid fire and safety violations including an inmate sleeping on a floor partly covered by water from leaky plumbing.
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A Florida man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a black family as they considered buying a nearby house, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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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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ANDERSON, Mo., Nov. 27 -- Ten people were killed and 24 were injured when a fire gutted a group home for the elderly and mentally ill early Monday, authorities said.
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The reason for the fire was not immediately known but Film City sources say it could be due to a short circuit.
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A father and son were sentenced to prison Saturday for manslaughter and endangerment in a fire that killed at least 374 people at supermarket owned by the two men.
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By Neil Gonzales  ATHERTON -- Problems with Atherton's building procedures have resulted in some of the town's large homes possibly becoming fire hazards, according to a San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury interim report released this week.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 24--MERRILLAN, Wis. -- A 4-year-old child died early Saturday when fire destroyed a camper at 803 N. Jackson St. in Merrillan.
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A fitter is sent to prison for two years after a teenager died when he incorrectly installed a flueless gas fire.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. - A man who said he threw a live electrical wire into his wife's bath hoping a near-death experience would save their marriage was convicted of attempted first-degree intentional homicide Wednesday.
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EASTPOINTE, Mich. - A 23-year-old woman ticketed by police after a friend was talking on a cell phone outside her home following a barbecue has landed in jail for violating the city's noise ordinance.