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

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 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

A house burned down with plenty of marijuana in it and some fire fighters inhaled a little too much smoke. picked by shredtone 3 years ago

Chief! That one section...we can't save it!
Well dump some chemical on it to put it out!
Umm...couldn't we just...you know...let burn?
Hmmmm, it does smell kinda nice, doesn't it?

Seriously though, they inhaled so much smoke, they would have failed a drug test. picked by Moe 2 years ago

"Remove all penalties under California law for the cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, and use of marijuana, natural THC and paraphernalia by persons over the age of 21," "prohibit local and state law enforcement officials from enforcing federal marijuana laws (more on that later)" and establish a fee of $50 an ounce on marijuana on top of whatever pot will... read full post picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

For the second time in just over a month, fire is racing through the Malibu Canyon, and for the second time, residents were forced to flee. Forty-Nine homes were destroyed. Among the houses destroyed was that of Flea, bass player for the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. picked by a1a1l1o1a1a1m2 2 years ago

A wildfire in Santa Barbara, California last month helped forge some unlikely bonds. Rescued from the Jesusita Fire, a 3-week old bobcat kitten and 3 day old fawn became fast friends. The animal rescue in California brought predator and prey together. But these babies simply took comfort in each other’s company, snuggling under a desk at a dispatch office for hours. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Firefighters working through the night turned back flames that threatened Santa Catalina Island's main city and forced hundreds of people to evacuate amid falling ashes. picked by thephrog 3 years 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

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

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

A Fire Marshall report indicates that it was mice or rats that chewed through an electrical cable starting a fire at a Toronto animal shelter. picked by pocksucket 11 months 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 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

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

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

A group of demonstrators in Toronto rallied for the legalization of marijuana during the unofficial "4-20" holiday, as police looked on. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A large fire is burning at the world-famous Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. picked by topofall 1 year 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