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EMS/Rescue
Washington, DC
Effort to battle wildfires will be felt locally
Tamarac, FL
Woman injured after car crashes through Lauderhill beauty salon
Keller, TX
One killed, two seriously injured in Keller car accident
Australia
Intergraph admits inaccurate records
Las Vegas, NV
Board OKs new regional divert system
Bayou, LA
Local women stop, give first aid, credited with saving man’s life
Traverse City, MI
Police emergency system now reaches across Lower Peninsula
Dallas, TX
Heavy rains cause soil collapse
Belmont, NH
Driver badly hurt in crash
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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Loveland, CO
Fire destroys old house; arson suspected
Daily Reporter-Herald: Loveland officials believe an arsonist burned a piece of the Weber family history to the ground Thursday afternoon.
Ogletown, DE
Bomb severs man's hand
Delaware Online: An Ogletown neighborhood was evacuated Thursday night as a police bomb squad searched a house where hours earlier a man lost his hand when a bomb exploded in the basement, police said.
Galveston, TX
Barge Spills Flammable Chemical After Collision
Click2Houston: A collision Friday morning involving two petrochemical barges shut down the Galveston Bolivar Ferry and the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway for several hours.
Seoul, Korea
Side Streets Become Parking Lots & Fire Hazards
Chosum.com: Side streets and alleys in crowded residence zones of Seoul and other large cities are packed with parked cars it was reported Friday.
Lawrence, MA
Buried Hydrants a Problem
CBS.com: Fire crews in Lawrence responded to a three-alarm blaze early Thursday morning, their fourth fire since Saturday and the second one in which they had trouble finding fire hydrants under the snow.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Late-night fire heavily damages boarded up rooming house in Lauderdale
Sun Sentinal: A rooming house with a long history was heavily damaged by flame and heat late Wednesday and firefighters say the blaze was intentionally set.
Hatboro, PA
Underground fire closes firms
Philly Burbs: It is not often that you can cook an egg on the sidewalk, but that was possible Wednesday morning near the intersection of York Road and Montgomery Avenue.
Land O'lakes, FL
Woman arrested on charges of tossing cigarette out window
Florida Today: Florida's fight to prevent wildfires fanned by bone dry conditions from prolonged drought has a new target: careless smokers.
Fort Smith, AK
Fort Smith Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Arson
Times Record: A Fort Smith man was arrested Wednesday after he set fire to his stepfather’s house while his stepfather was asleep in the house, authorities said.
Bensalem, PA
Blaze blamed on fireplace
Phllyburbs: An improperly installed fireplace caused the blaze that damaged a home owned by a Bensalem couple who moved in only a week ago.
Skowhegan, ME
County panel eyes Rockwood firemen
Kennebec Journal: Somerset County Commissioners are looking at the merits of turning the Rockwood Fire Department back into the hands of its volunteers.
UK
Plane turns back after fire alert
Telegraph.com: A New York bound plane carrying 140 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Glasgow Airport yesterday after fears of a fire on board.
Brick, NJ
Two adults, infant flee house fire in Brick
Asbury Park Press: Two adults -- alerted by smoke detectors to a fire in the kitchen -- grabbed their infant grandson and escaped unharmed from a home on Pilot Drive yesterday morning, officials said.
Farmington, ME
Farmington girl admits fatal arson
Kennebec Journal: A Farmington girl admitted Thursday she started the fire in a trailer last summer that killed a friend who was sleeping in a back bedroom.
Moultonboro, NH
Fire levels home
The Citizen Online: Local authorities are still investigating the cause of a first-alarm fire that leveled a lakeside home off Moultonboro Neck early Thursday afternoon.
Mount Jewett, PA
Third person dies from burns suffered in particleboard plant explosion, fire
Oweb.com: A third person has died from burns suffered in an explosion and fire last month at one of the nation's largest particleboard plants.
San Clemente, CA
San Clemente Woman Injured Fighting Fire
LA Times: A San Clemente woman was hospitalized with facial burns and respiratory distress Thursday after trying to put out a fire that caused about $10,000 damage to her condominium, authorities said.
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