July 1: Homer, AK – One worker was hospitalized with ammonia burns after an explosion and fire at a seafood-processing plant. Passengers were evacuated from a cruise ship that was docked next to the plant.

July 1: Concord, NH – A second-alarm fire destroyed a barn, but firefighters saved the attached house. A man who was apprehended while attempting to start another fire that day was charged with setting the barn on fire.

July 1: Cleveland – Four workers were in-jured in a flash fire at a medical-supply plant.

July 2: Santa Clarita, CA – A woman involved in a child-custody battle asphyxiated her four daughters while they slept, then used gasoline to set fire to the familyÕs home.

July 2: Grand Rapids, MI – A fire that started in a garage spread to four homes, causing about $80,000 in damage.

July 2: Wilmington, NC – An explosion and fire in a metals-recycling facility injured three people. Officials believe the blast occurred after a forklift was driven over an acetylene tank.

July 2: Philadelphia – An explosion and fire gutted a set of twin homes in the Germantown section. Officials said liquid accelerant had been poured onto all three floors. Six hours after the fire was extinguished, an injured resident crawled out of the basement.

July 2: Waco, TX – Firefighters worked for hours to control a wildfire that threatened homes and a youth center. Waco firefighters were aided by a federal-state strike team of 40 firefighters with eight brushfire rigs.

July 3: San Francisco – Scores of people were left homeless by a three-alarm fire that swept through a Mission District apartment house. The blaze may have been started by a cigarette that was tossed into some papers.

July 3: New York City – Nine firefighters and two tenants were injured in a Queens apartment fire. The blaze started on the second floor and quickly spread to the third and fourth floors of the seven-story brick building.

July 3: State College, PA – A two-alarm fire that started in a third-floor bedroom of a fraternity house spread to the second floor and the attic.

July 4: Los Angeles – City firefighters battled two house fires and 34 brushfires apparently caused by fireworks.

July 4: Passaic, NJ – Two firefighters rescued a woman trapped by intense heat and smoke in her third-floor apartment during a fire in a 20-unit structure. The fire was blamed on a candle left burning on the second floor.

July 4: Piedmont, OK – Fifty firefighters from Piedmont, Oklahoma City and Yukon worked for an hour to extinguish a house fire caused by an electrical short.

July 4: Reading, PA – Illegal fireworks sparked a three-alarm fire that destroyed a 21Ú2-story rowhouse and heavily damaged five others. It took firefighters three hours to control the blaze, which spread through a common cockloft.

July 5: Atlanta – Investigators believe that at least two of three downtown fires may have been set to conceal burglaries. The fires were reported between 3:43 and 10:55 A.M.

July 6: Gautier, MS – Firefighters kept a blaze that destroyed an antiques market from spreading to several exposures. Several firefighters suffered heat-related injuries.

July 6: South Middleton Township, PA – A single-family home was destroyed by a fire that was started when a welding torch accidentally ignited a container of gasoline in an attached garage.

July 7: Lakeland, FL – A family lost its home and all belongings in an afternoon house fire that investigators said may have been caused by a lightning strike.

July 7: Newark, NJ – Two men died in an early-morning fire when they were trapped inside their single-family home by security bars that had been installed on windows. The security bars did not conform with state fire regulations that require bars on bedroom windows to have quick-release mechanisms. Firefighters were unable to remove the bars in time to reach the victims, so they had to force their way into the flaming house through the front door.

July 7: Tulsa, OK – Officials sought the cause of a house fire in which a 68-year-old woman died. The blaze started in a downstairs sitting room and traveled up the walls to the second floor.

July 7: Wrightstown, PA – A fire of undetermined origin gutted a 274-year-old inn. Investigators said the fire started in the lower part of the three-story structure near the kitchen and probably smoldered for several hours before firefighte rs were called at 3:02 A.M. More than 120 firefighters from 11 Bucks County companies responded.

July 7: Central Falls, RI – Firefighters, sweltering in extreme heat, worked for hours to contain tons of molten glass spilling from a ruptured 200,000-pound melting tank in a huge factory complex. About 50,000 pounds spilled out before fire hoses could cool the glass enough to stop the flow. Heat from the molten glass traveled up a ventilation system to the roof, where it started a fire that was extinguished quickly.

July 8: Burlington, VT – A home that was being rebuilt after an arson fire eight months earlier was destroyed by a three-alarm blaze that officials said also was deliberately set.

July 9: Union Township, NJ – Four people died in an overnight house fire. Smoke detectors had just been removed to permit the interior of the house to be painted. One occupant and three firefighters were injured.

July 10: Washington, DC – A firefighters suffered burns to his face and respiratory system when his facepiece was knocked off while he was battling a dwelling fire.

July 10: San Antonio, TX – A pre-dawn fire that was deliberately set caused $500,000 in damage to an elementary school.

July 11: Goshen, NY – Heat and thick smoke hampered firefighters' efforts to control a fire that started on the roof of a foundry. Nearly every fire department in Orange County was at the scene or on standby.

July 11: Fort Worth, TX – Dozens of bales of tightly compacted scrap paper fueled a four-alarm fire at a recycling plant.

July 11: Roanoke, VA – Two firefighters were injured and briefly trapped when a porch at a burning vacant home collapsed on them. One firefighter suffered three broken ribs, a punctured lung and two cracked vertebrae. The other member sustai ned minor injuries.

July 12: Pasadena, CA – Arson was suspected in a fire that gutted a two-story house.

July 13: Chambersburg, PA – The Chambersburg Fire Department and a Task Force Box Assignment responded to a fire in a three-story mixed-use building. First-arriving units found a heavy smoke condition on the first floor and fire in a rear po olroom on the first floor. The fire started in a ceiling light fixture.

July 14: Southport, NC – Firefighters evacuated a dozen families from their homes after a controlled burn went out of control. The fire burned 80 acres and threatened some homes.

July 15: Radcliff, KY – Suspicious fires at a mobile home dealership destroyed two double-wide units and damaged a third. Officials said the fires had been burning for several hours before the fire department was called at 7 A.M. Firefighter s were hampered by a lack of nearby hydrants.

July 15: Grand Rapids, MI – A 40-year-old man died in a fire that officials believe was caused by careless smoking. Firefighters found a disconnected smoke detector in a drawer – it had been installed on a nearby ceiling, but was remov ed before the fire.

July 16: Reading, PA – Fire damaged a 21Ú2-story rowhouse and claimed the life of a 22-year-old occupant. Three firefighters were injured battling the early-morning blaze.

July 17: Plummer, ID – Water-supply problems hampered firefighters during a mammoth blaze that gutted much of a sawmill.

July 17: Barrington, RI – Two rookie firefighters responded with their units to battle a 2 A.M. blaze that destroyed their apartment.

July 18: Kansas City, MO – Officials have determined that the biggest fire to hit the city in recent memory was deliberately set. A general alarm, the Kansas City Fire Department's highest level of fire emergency, was called as the fire roar ed through the West Bottoms industrial area, damaging or destroying nine buildings. Fire officials, police arson investigators and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said they ruled out all accidental causes of the multimillion-dollar blaze.

July 19: St. Clair Shores, MI – Sixty firefighters from seven communities battled a three-alarm fire that destroyed a marina.

July 19: Leicester, NY – The Leicester and Cuylerville fire departments battled a blaze that heavily damaged a mobile home. The fire was attributed to a faulty motion detector.

July 20: Las Vegas – A smoky four-alarm fire damaged the facade of a 20-story casino hotel in which 2,200 people were staying. Firefighters quickly reached the top floor to mount an interior attack, but determined that the fire did not make its way into the building.

July 20: Cincinnati – A woman and two children died in a fire in their second-floor apartment. Investigators were trying to determine whether burning candles ignited the 4 A.M. fire in the two-story brick building. Two other children survive d the blaze.

July 21: Wichita, KS – A spark from roofing equipment being used to repair a clay-tile roof ignited a blaze that destroyed Plymouth Congregational Church. About 75 firefighters worked for hours to control the blaze.

July 23: Ventura, CA – Three people were injured in a wind-whipped fire that damaged 16 condominium units.

July 23: Medford, NY – More than 250 firefighters from 60 departments worked through the day and night to control a junkyard fire that started in stacks of wrecked cars.

July 23: Dallas – A four-alarm fire caused $600,000 in damage to an apartment building. The blaze was attributed to an electrical short in the attic.

July 25: Mechanicstown, NY – Hazmat teams from Orange and Rockland counties responded to an explosion and flash fire in an adhesives factory.

July 25: Tulsa, OK – Firefighters responding to a fire in a metal-fabricating plant battled flames, heat and toxic smoke for seven hours. Several firefighters suffered heat exhaustion.

July 26: Blountsville, IN – A fire of undetermined origin gutted the 142-year-old Church of the Nazarene. The church had been under repair from damage sustained in a tornado.

July 26: Cambridge, VT – A 2 A.M. arson fire damaged an elementary school.

July 26: Seattle – A three-alarm fire destroyed five shops and caused over $1 million in damage. It took firefighters several hours to control the mid-afternoon blaze.

July 28: Newburgh, NY – Children playing with matches started a fire in a pile of trash that spread through boarded-up windows into the first two floors of a condemned four-story building.

July 28: Reading, PA – Three engines, two aerials and a heavy rescue company battled a fire that damaged three three-story rowhouses and left four people homeless. Officials said juveniles set the fire in an alley. One firefighter suffered a puncture to his left arm.

July 29: Roberts, NM – A building that contained the townÕs only grain elevator was leveled in a blaze that also destroyed 250,000 pounds of grain.

July 29: Box Elder, SD – Children playing with matches started a fire that destroyed a mobile home. No injuries were reported.

July 29: Klickitat County, WA – Hundreds of firefighters battled a wildfire that gutted 14 buildings, forced 60 homes to be evacuated, and burned thousands of acres of grass and timber. The fire was under investigation.

July 30: San Jose, CA – One man died and three people were injured in a house fire that officials said was deliberately set. Firefighters said a flammable liquid was used to start the 1:45 A.M. fire.

July 30: South Walton, FL – Three condominium units, along with a half-finished construction site, were destroyed by a fire that officials termed suspicious.