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An explosion and fire tore apart a large section of a three-story apartment building Thursday, injuring several people. Dazed residents milled about the structure's severely damaged remains at daybreak.
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A fire raged at a large apartment complex Friday evening, killing two people, critically injuring two others and forcing rescuers to pluck trapped residents from balconies, authorities said.
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A fire raged for more than 5 hours late Monday night in a downtown high-rise building in Chicago, injuring 37 people, most of them firefighters, local fire department officials said.
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A fire in a popular hotel early Wednesday injured 16 people, and it took three hours to extinguish because the 30-year-old building had no sprinkler system, a police official said.
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An apartment building fire killed at least four people Saturday morning on the city's North Side, authorities said.
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One of Germany's most precious libraries has been severely damaged by a fire in Weimar, the capital of German classical culture.
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Investigators have determined that the downtown high-rise fire that raged for 5 1/2 hours earlier this month was caused by an electrical malfunction.
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Fire in a private ground traffic control tower briefly sent clouds of smoke billowing over Miami International Airport on Wednesday.
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A fire swept through a five-story condominium complex on New Year's Eve, killing one man and forcing fire crews to leave the building before they could determine whether other people were trapped inside.
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Fire swept through a third-floor apartment on Chicago's North Side early Sunday, killing six children and injuring their mother and three siblings, authorities said.
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IMMOKALEE, Fla., March 4 -- Four people were killed and six injured after a fire thought to be caused by arson trapped them inside a mobile home early Sunday, authorities said.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 9--No injuries were reported after an overnight fire hit an apartment complex near the Birkdale area in Huntersville.   The fire was reported about 2 a.m., according to Huntersville safety officials, at the Sedgebrook Apartments.
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By John Nickerson, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Jun. 26--NORWALK -- The Friday evening blaze on Chimon Island that destroyed an abandoned house and a shed possibly used by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees was set, a fire official said yesterday.
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A car crashed into an apartment north of Nashville on Thursday, sparking a blaze that destroyed the building and drove dozens from their homes into below-freezing temperatures.
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A fire damaged Vice President Dick Cheney's ceremonial office in a building overlooking the White House on Wednesday and forced more than 1,000 government workers to evacuate.
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By Lily Gordon, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Dec. 8--Tiffany and Norman Washington of Columbus sat hopelessly amazed Wednesday night as they watched their apartment go up in flames.
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Fire caused major damage to one of Geneva's synagogues Thursday and police said they suspect arson.