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http://www.whnt.com/videobeta/3d8f8653-dd7a-4209-985a-48a64b6a3c0a/News/Huntsville-House-Fire-Kills-Two HUNTSVILLE, AL — Two people died overnight Thursday in a house fire. Investigators say a space heater in one of the bedrooms caused the tragedy. The man who died is Travor Haslerig, and the...

http://bcove.me/uk46tiv8 The wife of a White house official was found dead in a burnt garage attached to the couple's Capitol Hill home Monday morning. The victim was identified as Ashley Turton, a lobbyist for utility giant Progress Energy and the wife of White House Congressional liaison...

A house fire in Winnipeg's north end has put a family of 11 out of their home. The blaze on Flora Avenue broke out around 12:15 p.m. CT Saturday. Everyone in the home was able to get out safely, but the building was almost destroyed by the fire. Jonathan Williams, 39, told CBC News he was...

-- His testimony delayed for more than a year, an arson expert Friday sharply criticized the investigation that led to the 2004 execution of a man convicted of killing his three daughters in a house fire. Craig Beyler has written that the finding of arson at the heart of Cameron Todd...

A fire that destroyed the IGA grocery store in Fort Langley early Tuesday started under suspicious circumstances, police say. Fire, police, and private investigators scoured the burned-out site for two days, and concluded that an attempted break-in is to blame. "There was broken glass and...

- A crematorium caught fire in Meriden on Wednesday morning. Officials from the Meriden Fire Department said the flames could be seen shooting through the roof of the crematorium on Old Colony Road. Mike Kroll was inside the crematorium at Walnut Hill Cemetery running two retorts, or ovens...

JERUSALEM – Angry relatives of 42 Israelis killed in a huge forest fire last month forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop his speech Wednesday at a ceremony honoring the dead. Family members shouted that he should be held responsible for the handling of the disaster response...

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_london_cty/norwich-fire-john-street Norwich, Conn. - After a fire broke out at a four story home in Norwich, it took the bravery of a 10-year-old boy to get everyone out safely. People were asleep on every floor in the middle of the night when the fire started...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2011/01/03/toronto-fire-yonge-gould.html A historic building in downtown Toronto will have to be "systematically dismantled" after sustaining massive structural damage in a major blaze early Monday, fire officials say. Toronto firefighters were alerted...

A stretch of Yonge Street is closed as Toronto fire crews battle a major fire at Yonge and Gould streets. Three firefighters have been injured, including two who fell through the roof of an adjacent building, CBC videographer Tony Smyth said. There was no word on the extent of their injuries...

A fire Saturday led to the evacuation and indefinite closing of a water flume ride at the Islands of Adventure park in Orlando, Florida, officials said. The Orlando Fire Department got the call just after 5 p.m. and raced to the Universal Studios venue, Deputy Chief Greg Hoggatt said. Dozens...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/01/vassileva.russia.crash.cnn Four people were killed Saturday and more than 43 others were injured, four critically, after a Russian passenger jet caught fire shortly before takeoff, authorities said. One of the engines aboard the Tu-154B-2 caught...

Police and fire officials are investigating a suspected arson attack on one of Toronto's best-known jewelry shops. A crudely made incendiary device was thrown through the front window of Harold the Jewellery Buyer's store early Monday morning. Police and fire crews were called to the scene at...

A spectacular Christmas Day fire destroyed a landmark hotel in Dominion City, Man., but caused no injuries. Firefighters were called just after 6 a.m. Saturday to the former Queen's Hotel, built in 1879 and rebuilt in 1948. The hotel, renamed Stan's Place, was taken over by new ownership about...

A large fire tore through a townhouse complex in Ottawa's east end early Sunday morning, causing nearly $1 million in damage and displacing eight people from their homes. The blaze began before midnight at 6822 Jeanne D'Arc Blvd. N. in Orléans, Ottawa Fire Services said in a statement, and drew...

Dozens of seniors were out of their homes on Christmas Day after a fire that killed a 60-year-old man in an affordable housing complex on Vancouver Island. Fire investigators said flames broke out in an apartment on the fifth floor of the complex in Esquimalt at about 6:20 p.m. PT on Friday...

A 27-year-old mother surrendered her baby girl to firefighters in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, authorities said Saturday. She told firefighters at Fire Station 46 that the newborn was just six hours old. The firefighters accepted the girl, wrapping her in a blanket. She was healthy and did not...

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a North York apartment fire on Christmas Eve. Firefighters were able to contain the blaze, which occurred on Swift Drive, near Eglinton Avenue and Wynford Drive. Emergency officials were contacted just before 8 p.m. The person injured in...

Chicago (CNN) -- A fire that killed two Chicago firefighters and injured 17 earlier this week grew from wood or trash burning in the "rear portion of the building," the fire department said Friday. An "open-flame ignition of ordinary combustibles," such as wood or rubbish, led to Wednesday's...

A Toronto couple evacuated from their home during a highrise apartment fire in September say they have lost almost $15,000 in jewelry and cash. Masoud Jamil and Salma Sultana told CBC News that dozens of gold bangles, rings, necklaces and earrings had disappeared from their apartment following...