Electrical Fire Destroys Townhouse
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By Mike Holtzclaw, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 6--VIRGINIA BEACH -- An electrical fire in a townhouse has left nine Virginia Beach residents temporarily homeless this morning.
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 5--Firefighters extinguished a single-alarm house fire this morning, a Contra Costa Fire Protection District dispatcher said.   The fire began just before 5 a.m. in the 12200 block of Byron Highway, the dispatcher said.
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A man set himself on fire about 2 pm Monday on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House. The man, whose identity and condition have not been released, was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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The appliance company announced the recall in due to fires caused by faulty wiring in the machines
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A house is destroyed in an explosion in Bradford, West Yorkshire Police say.
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A fire in County Tyrone which led to the evacuation of properties is being treated as arson.
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By Evan S. Benn, The Miami Herald  Jun. 4--e house   A powerful fire destroyed a vacant house in the Normandy Isle neighborhood of Miami Beach Sunday night, fire officials said.   The blaze started about 7 p.m. in the 1900 block of Normandy Drive.
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A fire erupted at the LaSalle Bank building in downtown Chicago, engulfing two floors and injuring 25 people. The fire started today around 6:30 pm Chicago time on the 29th floor of the
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By WAYNE PARRY  PLAINFIELD, N.J. - The first sign this would not be a normal day at the Plainfield Fire Department came shortly after 8 a.m., when someone banged on the firehouse door, yelling, "The building next door is on fire!" It soon got worse.
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By David Silverstein, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 11--DRACUT -- Firefighters from six communities couldn't save a single-family home in Dracut after a fast-moving fire tore through the house Saturday afternoon.
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Faulty electrical wiring may have sparked a catastrophic fire that raced through a home for the disabled in western Latvia on Friday, leaving 25 people dead or missing, rescuers said.Comment
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A state fire marshal said a plugged-in Dell laptop caused a $100,000 blaze that destroyed a home in Biddeford, Me. No one was hurt in the blaze.
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BARDSTOWN, Ky. - Fire swept through a one-story brick house early Tuesday, killing seven people, a county coroner said.  Six of the victims were found dead inside the home, and the seventh was pronounced dead at a hospital, Nelson County Deputy Coroner Sonny Greenwell said.
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Ten people die and at least 19 are hurt in a fire at a home for the elderly and mentally ill in the US.
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Police are investigating the cause of an overnight fire which destroyed a shop in County Antrim.
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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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Extreme weather leaves thousands of homes without electricity.