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  • May 2008

    • Stubborn NM Fire Burns 50 More Homes

      Associated Press  |  May 3, 08 6:52 PM CDT

      Stubborn NM Fire Burns 50 More Homes

      (Newser) - Firefighters nearly contained a New Mexico wildfire this week before it leaped containment lines and razed another 50 homes on Wednesday, the AP reports. Nine had already gone up in flames. Firefighters are working today to cut new lines around the blaze, which is 35% contained near Albuquerque. Officials say the 13,790-acre fire was man-made. More »

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      natural disaster  • wildfires  • Bill Richardson  • firefighters  • New Mexico  • fire  • house fire

  • April 2008

    • Nearly 50 Missing After Conn. Blaze

      Norwich Bulletin  |  Apr 26, 08 6:28 PM CDT

      Nearly 50 Missing After Conn. Blaze

      (Newser) - Flames engulfed an apartment complex in Norwich, Conn., today and left more than 100 residents homeless, the Norwich Bulletin reports. The fire had already consumed two buildings when firefighters showed up at 1:30am, and they scrambled to get 105 of 150 tenants out in time. The rest are accounted for; the rubble remains too hot for corpse-sniffing dogs. More »

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      firefighters  • Connecticut  • fire  • house fire

  • February 2008

    • Turkish PM Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 7, 08 8:03 PM CST

      Turkish PM Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

      (Newser) - Turkish PM Recep Erdogan today visited the site of a questionable Sunday fire in Germany that killed nine ethnic Turks and inflamed tensions between the country, Der Spiegel reports. Charges that the fire was arson, and that rescue workers were slow to respond, have captured headlines in Turkey; Erdogan mourned the loss but tried to quell the anger. More »

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      Germany  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • arson  • Neo-Nazi  • house fire  • ethnic tensions

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