International Business News - Fire http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Chattanooga firefighters rescued several cats during a house fire that investigators say was probably caused by the cats themselves. Fire department spokesman Bruce Garner said firefighters responded to an alarm Thursday morning and found a fire in the kitchen. While no one was home, they found about 10 cats inside. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/123044-cats-start-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/cats-rescued-after-apparently-starting-house-fire.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/cats-rescued-after-apparently-starting-house-fire.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:06:51 EDT A man was freed on $20,000 bond after being accused of setting another man's pants on fire. Joseph Hornsey, 21, was charged with aggravated battery. Madison County Sheriff's Captain Brad Wells said the 20-year-old victim had been drinking alcohol and camping in Hornsey's backyard when Hornsey lit the frayed strings on the man's pants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/man-accused-of-igniting-sleeping-mans-pants.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:55:33 EDT The owner of the radio station that ran ads for a concert where a fire killed 100 people agreed to pay $22 million. A beer distributor that helped promote the show agreed to $16 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/ri-nightclub-owners-reach-settlement-in-fatal-fire.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:55:36 EDT A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld a $4.5 million jury verdict Tuesday against a truck manufacturer over an accident near Pittsburgh four years ago in which a six-pound fire hose nozzle became a fatal projectile. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/verdict-okd-in-case-of-pa-girls-fire-hose-death.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:37:02 EDT Members of the 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives, according to court papers filed Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/121198-nightclub-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/great-white-offers-1m-to-settle-club-fire-suits.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/great-white-offers-1m-to-settle-club-fire-suits.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:43:29 EDT It was one of the deadliest fires in the history of Paraguay--a supermarket blaze that killed 420 people. Prosecutors accused the store's owners and a security guard of blocking the exit during the fire to prevent looting. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/paraguay-court-frees-owners-in-deadly-store-fire.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:18:03 EDT Nevada's governor has criticized a U.S. Forest Service decision to let a wildfire burn unchecked for two weeks, allowing it to "get out of control." A lightening-caused fire that ignited Aug. 21 in northeast Nevada has grown from about 13 square miles to 76 square miles, officials said. It also has moved to within 4 miles of the small town of Jarbidge. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/nevada-governor-chides-forest-service-over-fire.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:23:13 EDT A fire broke out early Saturday at the Oregon state Capitol, leaving the building with smoke, water and fire damage, including to the governor's ceremonial office and the offices of some of his high-ranking staff members. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/fire-at-oregon-state-capitol-investigated-as-arson.htm Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:24:58 EDT A Clark County investigation has found that the exterior of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino contained an unapproved material that spurred the spread of a January rooftop fire. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/probe-unapproved-material-spread-vegas-hotel-fire.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:04:30 EDT A Dubai police official says that a fire in a building packed with foreign laborers has killed 11 people. India's consul in Dubai, Venu Rajamony, says 10 of the victims were Indian. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/police-official-11-laborers-die-in-dubai-fire.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:51:46 EDT Firefighters were right on top of this blaze. The De Queen fire station is closed on weekends, so when a call is received the firefighters go to the station to get their gear before heading out. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/returning-firefighters-find-own-station-ablaze.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:30:34 EDT Suspected Hindu hard-liners set fire Monday to an orphanage run by Christian missionaries in eastern India, killing one woman and seriously injuring a priest, police said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/suspected-hindu-hard-liners-set-fire-to-orphanage.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:41:34 EDT A train derailment in central Oklahoma on Friday sent fireballs into the sky but caused no injuries. Eight cars on the 110-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed, seven of which were carrying either crude oil or ethanol, company spokesman Joe Faust said. He said he didn't know how many of the derailed cars had caught on fire. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114237-train-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/train-catches-fire-after-derailment-in-oklahoma.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/train-catches-fire-after-derailment-in-oklahoma.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:03:41 EDT A fire that gutted the upper house of parliament this week has fueled Egyptians' scorn for their authoritarian government, with critics saying it is unable to protect its own buildings and maintain basic infrastructure. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114189-aptopix-mideast-egypt-parliament-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/egypt-parliament-fire-fuels-scorn-of-government.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/egypt-parliament-fire-fuels-scorn-of-government.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:30:12 EDT A train derailment in central Oklahoma on Friday sent fireballs into the sky but caused no injuries. Eight cars on the 110-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed, seven of which were carrying either crude oil or ethanol, company spokesman Joe Faust said. He said he didn't know how many of the derailed cars had caught on fire. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114205-train-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/train-burning-after-apparent-derailment-in-okla.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/train-burning-after-apparent-derailment-in-okla.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:29:15 EDT They had no water, hardly any air and no way out. In frantic, confused radio dispatches from inside a burning toxic skyscraper near ground zero last August, firefighters made a series of desperate pleas for help as they encountered boarded-up stairwells and a broken water pipe, got lost in the smoke and ran out of air. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113675-deutsche-bank-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/fdny-radio-training-needed-after-deadly-wtc-fire.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/fdny-radio-training-needed-after-deadly-wtc-fire.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:56:37 EDT A lawsuit filed against Valero Energy Corp. claims a Manchester family suffered eye problems, breathing ailments and skin troubles as a result of the release of a toxic chemical after an Aug. 4 blast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/valero-energy-sued-after-sulfur-tank-fire.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:31:58 EDT An Argentine nightclub owner, six rock musicians and three low-level public officials went on trial Tuesday for a 2004 discotheque blaze that killed 194 concertgoers in the country's deadliest fire. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/argentina-opens-trial-in-deadly-nightclub-fire.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:44:57 EDT A fire at major Libyan oil facility was sparked by an industrial accident, the nation's top oil official said Wednesday. The fire, which has now burned for two days, has been contained to one tank in the Ras Lanuf oil complex, said Shokri Ghanem, the chairman of Libya's National Oil Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/major-oil-facility-in-libya-continues-to-burn.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:29:10 EDT The medical examiner has ruled that the seven people killed in a Memphis house fire Saturday died from smoke inhalation and burns. The Shelby County Medical Examiner's office said Tuesday that the victims still haven't been positively identified. DNA analysis could take eight weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/coroner-tenn-fire-victims-died-of-smoke-burns.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:10:31 EDT