Colorado wildfires destroy more than 350 homes, force evacuations
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A monster wildfire in Colorado has reduced 360 homes to cinders, with fire officials facing continued challenges on Thursday as they sought to contain the blazes that forced thousands of people to flee.
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Massive wildfire rages in California, threatening 1,000 homes
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More than 2,000 firefighters battling the 25,000-acre Powerhouse blaze in California inched closer to gaining control over the monstrous inferno early Monday as temperatures cooled, according to officials.
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BREAKING: Four firefighters killed, five injured in 5-alarm hotel fire in Houston, police say
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Officials confirm that at least four firefighters were killed in the five-alarm fire at a southwest Houston hotel Friday afternoon, KPRC reported.
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Southern California wildfire prompts evacuation of 4,000 people
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Southern California’s wildfire season has flared up again, this time chasing 4,000 residents and campers out of the mountains of Santa Barbara County.
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8 die in clothing factory fire in Bangladesh as Rana Plaza toll passes 900
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900.
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Roadside ignition was source of Springs Fire: Officials
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An undetermined roadside ignition in grass and debris off the Ventura Freeway in Southern California sparked the Springs Fire, officials said on Sunday.
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California firefighters battle ‘huge monster’ fire north of LA
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A brush-fueled wildfire in California that sparked to life early Thursday grew to more than 8,000 acres — 12 square miles — in Ventura County by late afternoon, prompting hundreds evacuation and deep concern among homeowners, NBC Los Angeles reported.
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BREAKING: Injuries reported as huge gas explosion rips through upscale Kansas City business district
Several people were injured when a car struck a gas main Tuesday evening in an upscale business and shopping district of Kansas City, Mo., police told NBC News.
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Police: Brazil nightclub fire kills at least 245
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Local police told NBC News that at least 245 people were killed in a nightclub fire in southern Brazil on Sunday after a band’s pyrotechnics show set the establishment ablaze, and fleeing patrons were unable to find the emergency exits.
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The fire that lit up Chicago skies Tuesday night and consumed a third of the city’s fire department rekindled Thursday morning.
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A massive fire ripped through a warehouse in Chicago’s South Side Tuesday night, as firefighters were hampered by bone-chilling temperatures so low that water froze on their uniforms.
Photos taken at the scene showed flames towering above the abandoned warehouse as icicles formed on a fire hose. One photo showed a firefighter with his jacket, hat and gloves caked in chunks of ice.
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At least 100 people were killed as a fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, the chief of the fire brigade said Sunday.
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“Multiple houses engulfed in flames. Even the police officers that got to the scene before I did were not sure what happened. Kind of a surreal scene, even for police officers,” Marion County Sheriff John Layton told the station.
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More than 100 homes in Breezy Point lie in ruin following a blaze during Hurricane Sandy.
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Reuters reports — A bus struck a container truck near Beijing and burst into flames on Monday, killing five German tourists and a Chinese driver as motorists jammed roads at the start of a week-long holiday.
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