Cops: Man Buys Extinguisher in Drug Fire
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - A man who started a small fire while cooking methamphetamine drove to a Wal-Mart to buy a fire extinguisher when he couldn't put out the flames, sheriff's deputies said.
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By Cindy Clayton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 19--CHESAPEAKE -- Fire investigators are hoping to find the man who dumped a hazardous chemical last week on Rotunda Avenue near Portsmouth.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Police looking for drug activity in a residential area on Father's Day saw something they weren't expecting: a fire crew hooking their hose into a hydrant and filling a private swimming pool with water.
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By Gene Warner, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 2--A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.
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Frederick authorities today recovered a body believed to be that of a man who shot at police and started a fire that gutted a shopping center yesterday..
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An Indonesian man has been arrested for failing to disclose on his U.S. visa application that he poured gasoline during a riot over gas prices, helping start a fire that killed more than 200 people in Jakarta, authorities said Thursday.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Almost two months after a man died in Vancouver police custody following a jolt from a Taser, the force announced Monday they had no choice because a fire forced them to move quickly.
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The National Football League learned that Rodney Harrison had purchased a banned substance through an investigation of an Internet drug scam by the Albany County (N.Y.) District Attorney's office, according to league spokesman Greg Aiello.
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DALLAS - Authorities discovered cocaine and duffel bags of opened mail inside the pickup truck of a postal worker who was stopped for speeding. Salvador Gonzalez, 33, of Dallas, faces charges of possession of a controlled substance.
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By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--Safety signs. Fire extinguishers. Better inventories of hazardous chemicals.
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been  arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking after authorities  found 750 pounds of marijuana in his squad car following a  high-speed freeway chase, according to a criminal complaint  filed in San Diego.
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 20--La Crosse police found about 55,000 rounds of ammunition, weapons, explosives and drugs inside the South Side house of a man arrested Friday night on felony weapon charges.
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Fire engulfed a liquor store in a shopping center Monday just moments after a gunman barricaded inside began negotiating with police.
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Investigators found a gasoline can at the scene of an apartment building fire that killed four people &#151; including two children &#151; and critically injured two others.
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By Gene Warner  A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.  Volunteer firefighters responded to a 2:46 a.m.
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A German man in the northeastern town of Gross Godems was being treated for serious burns Monday after accidentally setting his apartment ablaze when he mixed up a bottle of gasoline with alcohol, police said.
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A man who allegedly stored nearly 1,500 pounds of potassium nitrate and other chemicals in his Staten Island home and a nearby storage facility was charged with reckless endangerment Friday, according to the New York City Police Department.