Saturday, February 28, 2009

Hazmat spill on BSU campus forces building evacuation

Hazmat spill on BSU campus forces building evacuation
KTVB - Boise,ID,USA
It happened in the multipurpose building while students were doing research in a physics lab. A student was observing a bottle full of nitric acid when it ...

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Alarm Company: Um, Sir? Your House Is On Fire

Alarm Company: Um, Sir? Your House Is On Fire - Sacramento News ...
POMFRET, Conn. -- A Connecticut man was so engrossed with the tunes on his iPod that he didn't realize his house was on fire -- until his alarm company called. Friday, February 27, 2009.
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Report Critical of Response to Fatal Massachusetts Fire ...

Report Critical of Response to Fatal Massachusetts Fire ...
By rss@firehouse.com (RICHARD GAINES and PATRICK...
Report Critical of Response to Fatal Massachusetts Fire / 02-27-2009 06:00:19 PM.

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Victoria ramps up search for fire dead

Victoria ramps up search for fire dead
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,Australia
Ninety reservists from interstate flew into Melbourne on Saturday to join the search and recovery effort as authorities warned of another severe fire threat ...
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Potentially Explosive Situation Unfolds In Irving

Potentially Explosive Situation Unfolds In Irving - cbs11tv.com
Irving firefighters and hazmat crews have had the Plymouth Park Shopping Center sealed off since before 5 p.m. so the threat of a fire or explosion from a gasoline spill has been reduced greatly. But a 1000-foot area around the strip ...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

Sprinklers douse ex-frat house fire

Sprinklers douse ex-frat house fire - Local | Centre Daily
UNIVERSITY PARK — A fire early Thursday morning on the top floor of a former fraternity house was contained by the building’s sprinkler system, allowing all 22 occupants to escape unharmed.

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Wal-Mart worker burns self to death in parking lot

Wal-Mart worker burns self to death in parking lot - Chicago ...
A 58-year-old Wal-Mart employee who said he "couldn't take it anymore" lit himself on fire outside the Bloomingdale store where he worked late Thursday night and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities said this morning. ...
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2 dead following house fires in NJ
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
TINTON FALLS, NJ - Two men are killed in separate house fires in New Jersey, and authorities say cigarettes likely caused both. In Tinton Falls, 79-year-old ...
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UK police say man apparently set himself on fire
The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — A man apparently set himself on fire outside Britain's Parliament on Friday and he was taken to a hospital with superficial burns, ...
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Meth lab blamed for Wash. state fire that killed 3
The Associated Press
(AP) — Police say a fire that killed three women inside a motor home in Washington state was caused by the chemicals used to make methamphetamine. ...
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Car hits pole, catches fire with driver trapped - Breaking News ...
By Kim Albright
Car hits pole, catches fire with driver trapped. Posted by Kim Albright February 27, 2009 6:31 AM. Categories: Traffic. File photo. HUNTSVILLE, AL.- Huntsville Firefighters and other emergency personnel are rushing to Green Cove and ...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Fire NewsToday February 26

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
By Robert Patrick A metal plating plant owner accused of improperly storing hazardous waste was sentenced to six months of home confinement... MORE


DA: Man worked to create device to set Calif. fire
The Associated Press
(AP) — A California prosecutor says the mechanic accused of setting a fire that killed five firefighters worked for months to perfect an incendiary device ...MORE




Hazmat Team Called To Manchester KFC
WMUR - Manchester,NH,USA
MANCHESTER, NH -- A Hazmat team was responding to a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Manchester after five people were overcome by fumes Thursday. ... MORE



Motorist injured as car and tractor crash
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
Fire crews used specialist cutting equipment to release the driver of the car, in what a spokeswoman described as a "tricky extrication". ... MORE

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Fertilizer spill prompts hazmat response, neighborhood evacuation ...

KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA
AP - February 25, 2009 2:24 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities have declared a business area and neighborhood safe to return after an evacuation prompted by ... MORE