No ID Yet In Union Fire Death

" May 12, 2007 North Carolina - Investigators are withholding the name of a Weddington woman, killed Thursday in a duplex house fire, until a medical examiner can positively identify her. The woman, in her 50s, was the only victim in the morning fire on Hemby Road, Union...

Duplex Is Destroyed In Explosion

" May 2, 2007 New Mexico - Albuquerque investigators were trying to determine what caused a duplex to explode Tuesday morning. No one was injured in the explosion, which destroyed the entire building. Albuquerque firefighters were called to the 600 block of San Pablo SE at...

Stockertown Fire Guts Two Sides Of Duplex

" April 23, 2007 Pennsylvania - A grease fire that broke out in a duplex in Stockertown late Saturday night displaced four families and taxed the borough's aging water system. The blaze began in 413 Main St. about 11 p.m. and spread to adjoining 415 Main St. The two families...

Fire Destroys Half Of North End Duplex

" April 15, 2007 Idaho - Half of a North End duplex was destroyed in a two-alarm fire Saturday morning. Deputy Chief Dave Hanneman of the Boise Fire Department said a fire began in a duplex on the 1700 block of Bella Street just after 10 a.m. Saturday. Five fire engines, two...

'Yahoo Betrayed My Husband'

"FAIRFAX, Virginia -- Early one Sunday morning in 2002, a phone rings in Yu Ling's Beijing duplex. She's cleaning upstairs; her son is asleep, while downstairs, her husband, Wang Xiaoning, is on the computer. Wang writes about politics, anonymously e-mailing his online...

Morning Fire Damages Red Bank Duplex

" February 26, 2007 Tennessee - Fire caused the first and second floors of a Red Bank duplex to collapse early this morning, though firefighters were able to control the blaze before the building was destroyed, officials said. Heavy smoke was reported at 2515 Briggs Ave. at...

Child Dies In Franklin House Fire

" February 3, 2007 Virginia - A child died Thursday afternoon in a house fire despite a neighbor's rescue attempt. Two other children and the mother escaped without serious injuries, although the woman was taken to a hospital, said Franklin Fire Capt. Tim Dunn. A neighbor...

Blaze Leaves Families Homeless

" January 8, 2007 Florida - A Southern Manatee Fire Rescue firefighter saved a baby boy overcome by smoke inhalation during a blaze Sunday night that left two families homeless. Just after 8:30 p.m., 20 firefighters arrived at a blaze on the 100 block of 59th Avenue East,...

'Strange Odor' Leads Police to 7 Bodies

"A 911 call reporting a "strange odor" from a duplex apartment in this northeast Missouri city led police to the bodies of seven people. The victims were all thought to be residents of Kirksville, about 165 miles northwest of St. Louis. Police Chief Jim Hughes did...

3 Survive, 3 Die In Duplex Blaze

" December 15, 2006 Tennessee - State bomb and arson investigators are to take statements today from three adults who survived a duplex fire here that left three small children dead, officials said. Officials are treating the duplex as a crime scene to preserve any evidence...

Thailand Travel Info: Samuis Library opens January

"Bo Phut beach front resort features duplex accommodation and a red pool with rates starting at Bt8,400. Bo Phut beachfront resort Samui Beach The Library, a new 26-duplex unit resort is opening in Samui in January The U-shape hotel sits on approximately four rai, or 6,400...

Arson Unit Probing House Explosion

" November 5, 2006 Edmonton - A man is dead and arson investigators are on the case after an explosion at a duplex yesterday. Fire crews were called to the duplex on reports of an explosion around 5:40 p.m., which was followed by a second blast. "It sounded like a car hit the...