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NJ Man Sets House on Fire Trying to Kill Bedbugs

Jun 13, 2013 12:59 PM CDT

NJ Man Sets House on Fire Trying to Kill Bedbugs

Space heater + hair dryer + heat gun = not a good idea

(Newser) - Bedbugs are creepy and gross, but it may not be such a great idea to try and kill them using a space heater, a hair dryer, and a heat gun. That's a lesson one New Jersey homeowner learned the hard way—after his methods caused a house fire, reports...

Woman Sets Snake on Fire, Burns Down Her House

Mar 23, 2013 3:20 PM CDT

Woman Sets Snake on Fire, Burns Down Her House

Texas fire official: It's not all that uncommon

(Newser) - Put this on your "don't-do" list: A Texas woman set a snake on fire in her backyard—and then watched as her house burned to the ground, Yahoo! News reports. "While cleaning up, she saw a snake, threw gasoline on the snake, lit the snake on fire,...

Pet Chicken Saves
Couple From Fire

Dec 28, 2012 6:01 PM CST

Pet Chicken Saves Couple From Fire

'Cluck Cluck' repays a favor

(Newser) - Hero chicken: A Wisconsin couple says a pet chicken named Cluck Cluck saved them from a fire. Dennis Murawska, 59, said Cluck Cluck woke his wife with loud clucking from her cage in the basement two floors below about 6:15am yesterday. They got out in time, and firefighters later...

Son's Cig Ash Sparked Fire That Wiped Out Family

Son's Cigarette Ash Sparked Fire That Wiped Out Family

Jun 8, 2012 4:07 AM CDT

Son's Cigarette Ash Sparked Fire That Wiped Out Family

Ember ignited dry mulch, investigators say

(Newser) - A young man smoking on the front porch of his home caused a fire that wiped out his entire family, leaving him as the sole survivor, police say. Investigators now believe that the 20-year-old flicked cigarette ash into a mulch bed at the foot of the porch in April, sparking...

Newark Mayor
Feared He'd
Die in Fire
Rescue

Apr 13, 2012 1:43 PM CDT

Newark Mayor Feared He'd Die in Fire Rescue

Cory Booker felt 'terror'; woman in serious condition

(Newser) - When Corey Booker rushed in to rescue his neighbor from a burning building, he wasn't sure he'd make it back alive. "I did not feel bravery, I felt terror," the Newark mayor said during a press conference today. "I really didn't think we were...

Newark Mayor Rescues Woman From Fire

Apr 13, 2012 3:54 AM CDT

Newark Mayor Rescues Woman From Fire

Cory Booker hospitalized after saving neighbor from burning building

(Newser) - Talk about hands-on mayoring: Newark Mayor Cory Booker was treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns last night after rescuing a woman from a fire. After arriving home to find a neighbor's house on fire, the mayor, followed by two members of his security detail, rushed inside before the...

6 Kids, 2 Adults
Killed in House Fire

Mar 24, 2012 10:21 AM CDT

6 Kids, 2 Adults Killed in House Fire

West Virginia home didn't have any working smoke detectors

(Newser) - Horrible news in West Virginia today: A house fire killed six kids under the age of 8 along with two adults, reports the Charleston Gazette . A seventh child, an infant, is on life support and not expected to survive. Two adult sisters and their children lived in the home. One...

Green Beret Dies Trying
to Save Kids in Fire

Mar 7, 2012 2:00 AM CST

Green Beret Dies Trying to Save Kids in Fire

Dad, 2 daughters die in house blaze near Fort Bragg

(Newser) - A decorated Green Beret soldier who recently returned from Afghanistan died a hero's death at home in North Carolina. After Edward Cantrell and his wife jumped from the second floor of their burning home, he wrapped himself in a blanket and ran back inside in an attempt to save...

Fashion Exec's Charred House Torn Down

Dec 26, 2011 3:12 PM CST

Fashion Exec's Charred House Torn Down

Father who died had just landed job as Saks' Santa Claus

(Newser) - Survivors are trying to pick up the pieces after the furious blaze that engulfed a $1.7 million-dollar Connecticut home yesterday, killing the parents and children of fashion marketing executive Madonna Badger, the New York Post reports. Her father, Lomer Johnson, had just landed his dream holiday-season job—one befitting...

Ad Exec's
3 Daughters
Die in Savage
Conn. Blaze

Dec 26, 2011 4:13 AM CST

Ad Exec's 3 Daughters Die in Savage Conn. Blaze

'Help me! Help me!' pleaded Madonna Badger

(Newser) - The marketing brain behind Calvin Klein's Marky Mark underwear ads was one of only two survivors who made it out of yesterday's horrific Connecticut home blaze that killed her parents and three young daughters. Madonna Badger, 47, and a male friend escaped the roaring inferno that erupted before...

Conn. House Fire Kills 5

Dec 25, 2011 12:11 PM CST

Conn. House Fire Kills 5

'My whole life was in that house,' survivor says

(Newser) - A pre-dawn blaze tore through a million-dollar house in Stamford, Conn., this Christmas morning, killing three children and two adults in what the town's mayor called "a terrible, terrible day for the city of Stamford. There probably has not been a worse Christmas day in the city of...

Tenn. Home Burns...
as Firefighters Watch

THIS AGAIN

Dec 7, 2011 9:11 AM CST

Tenn. Home Burns... as Firefighters Watch

'Pay to spray' fee strikes again

(Newser) - Stop us if you've heard this one before: A home caught fire in Obion County, Tenn., recently, and firefighters showed up ... to watch it burn. The boys in red didn’t lift a hose to stop the fire because the homeowners hadn't paid their $75 yearly fee for...

7 Kids Dead
in Farmhouse Fire

Mar 9, 2011 10:08 AM CST

7 Kids Dead in Farmhouse Fire

Three-year-old the lone survivor

(Newser) - A fire roared through a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse last night, taking with it the lives of seven of the family's eight children, ages nine months to 11, reports the Patriot-News . As mother Janelle Clouse milked cows in the barn around 10pm and father Ted drove a milk truck, 3-year-old Leah...

Slumdog Star Loses All in Fire

Mar 5, 2011 8:54 AM CST

Slumdog Star Loses All in Fire

Rubina Ali homeless again after blaze in Mumbai slum

(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali is out on the street after a blaze ripped through her Mumbai slum today. "It's all gone. Even my best clothes, everything," Rubina tearfully told the AP via phone; the 12-year-old also lost her awards, clippings, and photos from the Oscar-winning flick....

Woman Doesn't
Blame Firefighters
for Letting House Burn

Oct 7, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Woman Doesn't Blame Firefighters for Letting House Burn

Cranick says Tennessee firefighters were just following orders

(Newser) - The Tennessee woman whose house fire sparked a national controversy says she's not holding a grudge against the firefighters who stood by as her home burned to the ground . "You can't blame them if they have to do what the boss says to do," said Paulette Cranick—whose...

Glenn Beck:
Firefighters
Right to Let
Home Burn

Oct 6, 2010 10:17 AM CDT

Glenn Beck: Firefighters Right to Let Home Burn

'We are going to have to have these kinds of things' in the future

(Newser) - Liberals and conservatives are in a standoff over the firefighters who let Gene Cranick’s home burn down because he hadn’t paid a $75 fee for fire services. Glenn Beck weighed in yesterday—mimicking, for a moment, Cranick’s Southern accent—and he’s on the firefighters’ side, ThinkProgress...

Firefighters Let Man's Home Burn Over Unpaid $75 Fee

Oct 5, 2010 8:51 AM CDT

Firefighters Let Man's Home Burn Over Unpaid $75 Fee

Gene Cranick lost his home, three dogs, and a cat in blaze

(Newser) - As his Tennessee home burned to the ground last week, Gene Cranick didn't have to watch the tragedy unfold alone: He was flanked by his local firefighters. The firefighters initially refused to come to the scene as the fire raged—because Cranick had failed to pay a $75 annual service...

Police Find More Santa Shooting Victims in Ashes

UPDATED

Dec 25, 2008 12:58 PM CST

Police Find More Santa Shooting Victims in Ashes

Charred bodies at suburban LA home where 3 already confirmed dead

(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...

Wade Gives
Displaced Family
New Home

Dec 25, 2008 12:48 PM CST

Wade Gives Displaced Family New Home

Florida family lost all in accidental fire

(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...

Santa Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide