Coroner: Accelerant used in Ohio fire
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Kerosene, gasoline or some other accelerant was used to set fire to a house where the bodies of a woman and her young son were found, a coroner said Sunday.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A suspected arson fire raced through an apartment complex in suburban Columbus on Sunday, killing 10 people who lived in the same apartment and forcing others to jump from third-story windows to escape.    At least 53 people were left homeless by the blaze in Prairie Township, which destroyed the building's roof and third floor, melted siding and left its wooden skeleton exposed...
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A top municipal official in Phoenix  died in a bizarre incident that saw him crawl out of his  fast-moving vehicle, stand atop its roof and extend his arms  outward before tumbling off, authorities said on Thursday.
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By Adam Lynn, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Dec. 17--A Spanaway man whose home was without power died Saturday when a candle he was using for light apparently ignited a fire, authorities said.
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By The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 15--A Beaumont man died from smoke inhalation Thursday after a fire started in his FEMA trailer, according to Beaumont Fire Department officials.
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HOLLIS, N.H. - Just call it good timing. Hollis Fire Chief Rick Towne was conducting a routine inspection of the Hollis Primary School on Friday when a fire broke out in the boiler room.
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By Gene Warner  A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.  Volunteer firefighters responded to a 2:46 a.m.
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Fire raced through a Toledo apartment building Sunday afternoon, killing at least five children and critically injuring at least two other people, the county coroner's office said.
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MADISON, Wis. - A fire alarm set off by smoke in the state Capitol caused an evacuation before firefighters located the source of the problem - a toaster and a singed muffin. "It was not too badly singed," said Justin Sargent, an aide to Sen.
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An 18-year-old firefighter was charged with setting a weekend blaze that damaged a one-room Amish schoolhouse &#151; a fire he claimed to have discovered by driving past in the dead of night.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 21--The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that a southern Stark County landfill where an underground fire is believed to be burning not get a required operating license.
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Three of the five miners killed in an explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine likely survived the initial blast but died of carbon monoxide poisoning, a coroner said Sunday based on preliminary autopsy results.
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By The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C.  Dec. 14--The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation  office of Occupational Safety and Health Act is investigating an industrial  accident that occurred at the Husqvarna Outdoor Products' facility outside  Orangeburg.
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By Gene Warner, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 2--A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Monroe County Coroner David Toumey was hospitalized with a leg wound after accidentally shooting himself while trying to demonstrate gun safety...
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By Erika Ray, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Dec. 10--When flames erupted from a barn stocked with bales of straw and hay east of Findlay in October, the Vanlue Volunteer Fire Department was notified of the emergency.   Six firefighters responded out of the 24 on its roster.
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By Cassondra Kirby, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 27--RICHMOND -- An Eastern Kentucky University chemistry professor who was transporting lab chemicals in his car was involved in an accident yesterday morning that resulted in the closing of a Richmond gas station and two roads.