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Golfer sparks 25-acre blaze in California with his swing

September 1, 2010 @ 12:19 am

Photo by Zach Bates Think you’ve had a rough day? Try being the yet-unnamed golfer who set off a 25-acre blaze in California after his golfball ricocheted off a rock and created sparks that eventually ignited the dry land around … Continue reading →

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Driving through a wildfire in Russia

August 2, 2010 @ 12:12 pm

Photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel Russia has been hit hard in the past week by wildfires due to extreme heat and very dry land. The wildfires have consumed towns and large forests and so far has been attributed to at … Continue reading →

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Grand Street fire was the largest fire in NYC in 2 years

April 13, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

Photo: Ángel Franco/The New York Times Some sad news coming out of Monday’s early morning fire: an elderly man has been pulled from the burnt building and fire officials call this the city’s largest fire in over 2 years. City … Continue reading →

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Man sets fire to Toronto Transit bus

September 3, 2009 @ 7:54 pm

Man Sets TTC Bus on Fire from Tim Shore on Vimeo. This video makes absolutely no sense to me. But I will say that it does goes well with the taxi cab that caught fire earlier today in Manhattan. Mmmm, … Continue reading →

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Thirsty koala gets a drink from a firefighter

February 10, 2009 @ 5:20 pm

Photo: AP Photo by Mark Pardew Pictured here is firefighter David Tree who has stopped to share his water bottle with an injured koala at Mirboo North after the recent wildfires that engulfed Southern Australia. The death toll in the … Continue reading →

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