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Investigators were working early Tuesday to figure out what caused a fire in a home in Marion County, Florida, that killed five children. Firefighters got a call about the blaze at about 10:40 p.m. ET and arrived eight minutes after the emergency call, said Peveeta Persaud, a spokesperson for...

EVANSVILLE, Wis. -- An effort to try and stop a controlled burn from spreading to a neighboring farm field might have cost a 63-year-old Albany man his life on Wednesday. James Haddinger was conducting a controlled burn of some tall grass on his property when the wind changed directions and...

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. -- Authorities spent more than three hours extinguishing a fire on a historic swing bridge in Inver Grove Heights on Thursday. The bridge, which is located at at 66th St. E. in Inver Grove Heights, used to connect Inver Grove Heights with St. Paul Park over the...

Residents in Boulder, Colorado, were allowed to return to their homes Saturday after an area wildfire forced an estimated 1,700 people to evacuate. The Dome Fire had burned 152 acres as of Saturday midday, and was about 70 percent contained, Boulder County Sheriff's Office Cmdr. Rick Brough...

HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. -- One fire chief called it the largest fire he’s ever seen in Hardin County. Thursday’s fire near Sonora, Ky., burned more than 1,000 acres. On Friday, farmers started picking up the pieces and calculating the loss. We maxed our total resources available in this area in 15...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/10/22/bts.mall.fire.mother.kcra The closing of a mall heavily damaged by fire will cause a heavy economic toll, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday in declaring a state of emergency. The governor's order suspends a one-week waiting period...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/10/22/bts.mall.fire.mother.kcra - Firefighters were making progress at a California shopping mall where a man started a fire and barricaded himself inside a video game store, authorities said Thursday evening. The man was later arrested. The man...

Poodle alerts owners to fire DULUTH, Minn., -- Move over Lassie, look out Rin Tin Tin, a Minnesota couple credits their poodle Clyde with saving their lives by alerting them that their apartment was ablaze. Jack and Barb Arnold told the Duluth News Tribune they were asleep when they were...

BALTIMORE -- City police officials said an officer whose cruiser hit a fire truck Wednesday morning has died from his injuries. Officer Thomas Portz, 32, who served in the western district, went into cardiac arrest on the way to Shock Trauma and died shortly thereafter. "We lost a hero this...

Kelli Franklin, 4, Tysheen Terry, 4, and DeAndre Terry, who would have turned 4 Tuesday, died in the fire. HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Harrisburg Fire Department is investigating a row home fire that killed five people, including four young children. The blaze started shortly before 8 p.m. Monday...

GILFORD, N.H. -- It was a long cold day for 29 hikers lost on Mount Belknap in Gilford on Saturday. The members of the Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston called for help at about 4:45 p.m. from the Blue Trail. When rescuers with the Gilford Fire Department arrived, about 12 hikers from the...

PALM BAY -- A small brush fire has forced a Brevard County day care center to evacuate. The fire started Friday morning in the area of Emerson Drive and Jupiter Boulevard, only about 50 yards from the Learning Tree Day Care. Authorities said 15 to 20 children, along with staff, were...

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/10/08/dnt.ky.mom.dies.saving.kids.wdrb A Kentucky mother threw five children from the window of a burning home before succumbing to the fire. WDRB reports.

Canadian chopper down in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, A Canadian military helicopter with 20 people aboard caught fire Thursday after a "hard landing" near Kandahar City, Afghanistan, officials said. The CH-147 medium-lift Chinook helicopter landed west of the city in the dangerous...

Cargo plane crashes in Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska, A plane crashed in Alaska's Denali National Park Sunday, state and federal officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board and the state Department of Public Safety officials told KTVA-TV in Anchorage the plane apparently went down...

Calif.'s Crown fire 82% contained LOS ANGELES, The Crown fire in California was 82 percent contained Saturday yet fire officials expressed concern the Los Angeles County blaze could break out. Fire officials called the situation "very fluid," the Los Angeles Times reported. While mandatory...

Fire threatens So. Calif. neighborhood LOS ANGELES, Residents were racing to their cars and fleeing as a wildfire advanced toward a neighborhood in Palmdale, Calif., authorities said. The Crown fire, which started Thursday, has burned more than 13,000 acres and destroyed several structures...

2 Virginia firefighters die in crash ROCKY MOUNT, Va., Two Rocky Mount, Va., firefighters were killed Monday when their fire truck crashed and flipped en route to a fire in a neighboring community, officials said. The city's mayor, a county fire marshal and a witness told The Roanoke Times...

5 dead in fire, 3 had throats cut NEW YORK, Three of the five people found dead Thursday after a fire raced through their Staten Island, N.Y., apartment had their throats slashed, officials said. The five victims were identified as Leisa Jones and her two sons and two daughters, The New York...

Fire consumes 6,200 acres in Washington COWICHE, Wash., Homes along the edge of Yakima, Wash., were evacuated Monday ahead of an advancing wildfire that injured at least four firefighters, authorities said. MSNBC and NBC News reported the 6,200-acre Cowiche Canyon wildfire was licking the...