Last week I reported on the horrible wildfire that swept through Boise. You can read that story here. Today I learned there actually is a positive outcome as a result of the fires; parts of the Oregon Trail...
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A true miracle for Kim, who survived from "Final Destination" in Madrid Plane."A stream miraculously saved the life of a British woman hurled, still strapped to her seat, from the exploding Spanair jet.Teacher Kim Tate, 30, was thrown into a stream from the MD-82 jet, in...
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"About 100 firefighters are working with the studio's own crew to fight the blaze and ensure it doesn't spread to nearby brush, he said. TV images show helicopters dropping water on the blaze."
The fire is gone for some months now but it will probably take years for people and nature to fully recover.
"The scorched Hill of Kronos at ancient Olympia stands as a symbol of the inferno that swept across...
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"Mel Gibson has become a granddad. The Oscar winner's daughter Hannah had a baby, believed to be a boy. Hannah is the only daughter of Gibson and his wife, Robyn. The joyous event reportedly happened on the 10th of October, but so far there's no official word on whether it's...
More coverage here.UPDATE: The fire seems to be under control, and the firefighters are managing a controlled burn of some of the ignited cylinders:"The fire burned for hours after it began but was contained Tuesday night. It engulfed a second building but did not spread to...
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" March 10, 2007 Massachusetts - Sixty-six years ago, Edward Sonny Burrell was a gung-ho 26- year-old who cheated death in a Brockton theater blaze that ranks second only to the Sept. 11 attacks as the single deadliest day for firefighters in American history. The 92-year-old...
" February 24, 2007 Massachusetts - A troubled tenant who was attempting to dry laundry in the stove of his North End apartment sparked a blazing six-alarm inferno that tore through three attached buildings and left 50 residents homeless, according to the owner of the...