According to reports from the Southern Area Coordination Center, the Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgia exploded from 1,000 acres to more than 20,000 acres in less than 24 hours between April 16 and 17, 2007. Strong winds whipped the blaze into 100-foot flames, while individual trees went up like torches. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Watch a number of videos from a fire that broke out earlier today in the Hollywood Hills near Griffith Park and the famed Hollywood sign. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

A fire truck responding to a house fire on Olive Street in Elyria early this morning lost its rear axle and gas tank on Broad Street near East Bridge .
The Firefighters on the truck were all able to escape without injury. picked by TraumaMamma 2 years ago

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 3 years ago

A dog was hailed as a hero on Sunday after it risked its life to save a litter of newborn kittens from a house fire, rescuers said. Fire fighters, who revived the dog, said he refused to leave the building and was found by them alongside the litter of kittens, despite thick smoke. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A Connecticut family was saved from a house fire by a newlywed who rushed inside through thick smoke while wearing her wedding gown. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

After an angry boyfriend doused a Pomeranian puppy with fuel and set it on fire Tuesday night, the frantic dog ran around the house, igniting spilled fuel, setting the house ablaze and burning the man and woman. picked by suebe 9 months ago

Police say she set the house on fire to cover up the theft of the family's credit card. picked by muppet 12 months ago

According to court documents, the woman told police that Hart held her against her will, threatened her with a knife, choked her, threw lighter fluid on her and lit her on fire. He then lit the couple’s bed on fire, destroying some of her personal belongings. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Jenny Marsey's size 18-20 cotton pants were a lifesaver when they were grabbed to cover a frying pan fire at her home in Meryl Gardens, Hartlepool, Teesside. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Three fire engines raced to the scene in Portsmouth, Hants, and found the man trying to put out the flames with a garden hose. picked by kakana 6 months ago

White men have been banned from fire brigade recruitment sessions because bosses want to hit their diversity targets. After all, better your house should burn down than not to have the an insufficient number of left-handed lesbian Lithuanians as firefighters. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

the California Department of Forestry will announce shortly that the massive Santiago Canyon Fire - which has caused an estimated $10 million in damage - is being officially declared an arson. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Or How to lose a lawsuit and the b---- still don't get da crib.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Authorities say six people are hospitalized after a "suspicious" fire burned down a multimillion-dollar Long Island home owned by Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

Dr. Ariel Shamir demonstrates at SIGGRAPH an application that resizes images in such a way that the content of the image is preserved intelligently. When you resize the image, it will keep the key elements of the photo in sensible places while filling in less important areas. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Wasabi, or Japanese Horseradish, has a particularly pungent taste and scent. Now researchers in Japan are using Wasabi's overpowering odor in a new type of smoke detector / fire alarm that wakes the deaf through scent instead of sound. picked by Mitzuzake 2 years ago

A family was able to escape a burning house, without any functioning smoke detectors, because their son woke up with his hair on fire. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Most of a downtown block in Toronto was gutted by fire last week. Early rumors suggested it might've been an explosion in a meth-lab. The Fire Chief extinguished that theory, but other reasons for the disaster may be weeks or months away. picked by jago 2 years ago

Fire officials in Clearwater, Fla., say a heroic cat that helped its owner escape a fire did not make it out of the burning mobile home alive. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

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See what it made of the Plime Logo! picked by TheStep 2 years ago