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  2. Babbs Switch fire - Wikipedia

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    The Babbs Switch fire on December 24, 1924, killed thirty-six people in a one-room school house at Babbs Switch, Oklahoma. Whole families died, and more than half the dead were children. [1] According to the National Fire Protection Association, it is the sixth-deadliest school fire on record in the United States. [2]

  3. Centennial Light - Wikipedia

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    The bulb is cared for by the Centennial Light Bulb Committee, a partnership of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, Livermore Heritage Guild, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, and Sandia National Laboratories. The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department plans to house and maintain the bulb for the rest of its life, regardless of length.

  4. Henry Hall (lighthouse keeper) - Wikipedia

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    At around 2 a.m., Hall was on duty alone when he discovered that a spark from the lamp had set the roof alight. He attempted to put the fire out by throwing buckets of water "four yards higher than his head". [1] Hall was soon joined by the other two lighthouse keepers who also tried to extinguish the fire.

  5. With goodies for shoppers, Salvation Army’s Modesto thrift ...

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    The June 2 fire destroyed the attached warehouse and donations in it. The cause of the fire remains undetermined. With goodies for shoppers, Salvation Army’s Modesto thrift store reopens after fire

  6. California woman among those killed in devastating Maui fires

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  7. Electricity on Shabbat - Wikipedia

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    Of the 39 categories of creative activities prohibited on Shabbat, rabbinic authorities have associated at least three with incandescent lights. The overwhelming majority of Orthodox halakhic authorities maintain that turning on an incandescent light on Shabbat violates a Biblical prohibition on "igniting" a fire (Hebrew: הבערה, hav'arah), because the filament becomes glowing hot like a ...

  8. 1 dead, 1,400 structures lost in New Mexico wildfires that ...

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    Both fires were 0% contained Tuesday, officials said. Their cause is under investigation. Approximately 1,400 homes and other structures have been lost, the Forestry Division said in an update.

  9. William Booth Memorial Home fire - Wikipedia

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    A backdraft and flashover ensued, and fire and smoke engulfed the third and fourth floors. [2] Most of the 30 men who died were caged in their chain-link fencing-covered rooms and had no time to escape. [citation needed] The Salvation Army staff delayed their call to the Melbourne Fire Brigade in the mistaken belief they could control the fire ...