Fires and Firefighters – Page 3

Jack Russell, Great White Singer and Survivor of Nightclub Fire, Dies at 63

At a show in 2003 with his “Jack Russell’s Great White,” a pyrotechnics display ignited a fire that killed 100 people, including the band’s guitarist.

By Alexandra E. Petri

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Samsung Recalls 1 Million Stoves That Started 250 Fires and Killed Pets

Thirty models of Samsung stoves were part of the recall over fires started by accidental contact.

By Hank Sanders

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Explosion Reported at Jose Cuervo Tequila Factory in Mexico

The explosion occurred on Tuesday in the city of Tequila, near Guadalajara. The scale of the damage was not immediately clear.

By Mike Ives

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Tech Outage Hits 911 Lines in Alaska and Arizona

Emergency call lines were operating in most major cities, but the authorities in Oregon, Alaska and Arizona said some of their systems had been hit by the outage.

By Isabella Kwai Jonathan Wolfe and Jill Cowan

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