Grand Jury Fears Atherton Homes Face Fire Danger
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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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NEW YORK -- Panicked residents fear a partially dismantled building where a recent blaze killed two firefighters and stripped away protective coverings may be releasing some of the toxic contaminants that blanketed the neighborhood on Sept. 11, 2001.
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By Erika Ray, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Dec. 10--When flames erupted from a barn stocked with bales of straw and hay east of Findlay in October, the Vanlue Volunteer Fire Department was notified of the emergency.   Six firefighters responded out of the 24 on its roster.
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Investigators are probing whether oxygen tanks, among other possible causes, may have started a fire at an adult care home that killed one person and put more than a dozen in the hospital, authorities said Tuesday.
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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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The fire broke out in a four-story, multiple-family home in the Highbridge neighborhood, officials said.
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By Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News  The Sandy Fire Department is the latest to urge residents to take precautions against what could potentially be a long and dangerous wildfire season -- especially those who live along the Dimple Dell gully.
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Fire crews set backfires to halt flames from reaching a remote community in northern Ventura County threatened by one of the largest and longest-burning wildfires in state history.
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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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Police question four men and two women about the discovery of three firebombs at a house in County Antrim.
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By Staci Matlock, The Santa Fe New Mexican  Jun. 26--A cottonwood bosque fire near Tesuque on Sunday that forced the evacuation of a halfdozen homes is a warning of the increasing fire danger as vegetation dries up and the temperatures rise.
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By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Feb. 10--KINGWOOD -- The couple accused of burning Harry Paul Hershman's Tunnelton area home waived their right to a preliminary hearing Friday in Preston County Magistrate Court.
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By Chris Markham, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec. 12--Chandler City Council members will try to figure out a plan Thursday for dealing with about 1,800 county island homes that don't have permanent fire service.
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A fire which caused extensive damage to a Beptist church in Downpatrick is suspicious, say police.
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Hours before a fatal fire at a southwest Missouri group home, a maintenance man trying to fix a furnace shorted the electrical wiring running through the attic where investigators believe the fire started, according to documents released Tuesday.
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An inquest hears that a man blamed for a fire which killed his father, brother and himself was suffering from 'paranoia.'
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Investigators believe more than one person was involved in a series of fires at an upscale housing development, and the arsonists tried but failed to burn nearly a dozen other homes in the subdivision outside Washington.