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NEWS ABOUT: house fire

house fire stories: 7 news summaries
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Police Find More Santa Shooting Victims in Ashes

Charred bodies at suburban LA home where 3 already confirmed dead

Dec 25, 08 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Several more bodies are in the ashes of a suburban Los Angeles home that was the scene of a Christmas Eve massacre, police tell the AP. Authorities would not say how many bodies there were; three people were already declared dead after a man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire... More »

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Los Angeles • Christmas • Santa Claus • shooting • house fire • Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

 Wade Gives 
 Displaced Family 
 New Home

Florida family lost all in accidental fire

Dec 25, 08 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Christmas seemed destroyed for Dawn Smith’s family after her nephew accidentally burned down their Florida home, but Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has saved it. He helped Smith move into a new home on Christmas Eve, providing furnishings, clothes, and gifts for the holidays, the AP reports. Wade’s... More »

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Florida • Miami Heat • Dwyane Wade • big gifts • charity • Christmas • house fire

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Santa Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide

'Person of interest'
in SoCal deaths found dead: cops

Dec 25, 08 11:35 AM CST
(AP) - Police say the man suspected of opening fire last night at a Christmas party in suburban Los Angeles while dressed as Santa Claus has killed himself, the AP reports. The body of 45-year-old Bruce Jeffrey Pardo was found at the home of his brother early today. Police would not say... More »

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Los Angeles • Christmas • Santa Claus • shooting • house fire • fire • Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

Hero Pup Protects Kittens
in Burning House

'Leo the Lion-Hearted' revived by firefighters as family of 7 escapes raging fire

Oct 27, 08 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A terrier pup in Australia is due for a bravery medal after refusing to abandon a box of kittens trapped in a blazing house over the weekend, reports the Melbourne Herald Sun. Leo the Lion-hearted—as he’s been dubbed—was carried from the blaze and resuscitated by firefighters, who... More »

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Melbourne • rescue • house fire • dog • cat

 Stubborn NM Fire
 Burns 50 More Homes 

After jumping lines, blaze is 35% contained

May 3, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Nearly 50 Missing
 After Conn. Blaze 

Early morning fire reduces apartments to rubble

Apr 26, 08 6:28 PM CDT
(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... More »

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firefighters • Connecticut • house fire • fire • Norwich, Connecticut

Turkish PM
Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

Deadly blaze in Germany raises
ethnic tensions

Feb 7, 08 8:03 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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