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Lexington Fire Chief: Stockyard fire biggest in more than 30 years Lexington Fire Chief: Stockyard fire biggest in more than 30 years. A large fire began at Bluegrass Stockyards that spread rapidly and consumed multiple other buildings on Saturday, January 30, 2016 in Lexington, Kentucky. Flames engulfed the Bluegrass Stockyard at Lisle Industrial Avenue in what interim fire chief Harold Hoskins called the biggest fire in Lexington in his 33-year career. About 120 active and reserve Lexington firefighters were on the scene Saturday afternoon as the fire, which started at about 2 p.m., produced clouds of smoke visible from UK campus and beyond.
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2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history.
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Brodhead, Kentucky On 4/27/1971, a category F4 tornado 32.4 miles away from the city center killed 2 people and injured 72 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages. Brodhead-area historical earthquake activity is near Kentucky state average. It is 78% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
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Standard Gravure shooting Standard Gravure shooting. The Standard Gravure shooting occurred on September 14, 1989, in Louisville, Kentucky, when Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured twelve at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide. The shooting is the deadliest mass shooting in Kentucky's history, and one of the 30 most deadly mass shootings in US history. The murders resulted in a high-profile lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Company, manufacturers of the antidepressant drug Prozac, which Wesbecker had begun using during the month prior to his shooting rampage.
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Yacolt Burn, largest forest fire in recorded Washington history to that point, rages for three days beginning on September 11, 1902. From September 11 to 13, 1902, the Yacolt Burn, the largest forest fire in recorded Washington history to that point (and for more than a century thereafter), destroys 238,920 acres -- more than 370 square miles -- and kills 38 people in Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania counties.
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Cal Fire reaches 100 percent containment on Lilac Fire The Lilac Fire destroyed 157 structures -- many of them dwellings in the Rancho Monserate Country Club mobile home park in Fallbrook -- and damaged 64 more. No human deaths were reported, but at least 46 horses died, many of them stabled at the San Luis Rey Downs Training Center in Bonsall. The Santa Ana winds that fueled the massive blaze returned earlier this week, though weaker than they had been before.
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Fireball vs. Jack Fire: Which Cinnamon Whiskey is Best? A bit like French Toast Crunch or Incubus. Yet years later, cinnamon whiskey is more popular than ever, and Fireball controls an estimated 90% of US sales. Hence, war. Jack Daniels released 'Tennessee Fire' nationwide in March, following a limited 3-state release the previous fall. Already being referred to as 'Jack Fire', America's #1 whiskey distillery is betting big that they can steal a sizable chunk of the cinnamon whiskey business.
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California Statewide Fire Map Over 470 confirmed lighting strikes since Friday afternoon. ​The largest of these fires was located northwest of Woodlake on Ave 376 and Road 197 known as the “Mud Springs Gap” area. ​A second fire in the same area (Ave 376 / Road 212) was limited to 40 acres and was 100% contained by 8 a.m. Saturday morning.
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3 fires take place in D.C., 2 in Northwest, 1 in Southeast According to police, the first of two fires in northwest Washington happened at 5:05 a.m. in the 1700 block of Euclid Street NW. Police said there were no reports of injuries. At approximately 8:09 a.m four row houses were damaged in a second fire at 14th and Meridian Place NW. Police did not have information regarding injuries in this fire.
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Biggest fire in Washington state history destroys 300 homes At nearly 400 square miles, the Carlton Complex of fires is the largest recorded in state history, eclipsing the 1902 Yacolt Burn, which killed 38 people in southwest Washington. The Carlton Complex has been blamed for the death of a man who appeared to suffer a heart attack while trying to protect his property.
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Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 61st largest city in the United States. Known as the Horse Capital of the World, it is the heart of the state's Bluegrass region.
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3-Alarm Fire Damages Commercial Building in Millbury, Massachusetts Fire Damages Commercial Building in Millbury A multi-alarm fire broke out Saturday night at a commercial building on Railroad Avenue in Millbury, Massachusetts. (Published Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017) Firefighters are investigating what caused a 3-alarm fire at a commercial building in Millbury, Massachusetts. The flames broke out around 11 p.m. Saturday at 9 Railroad Avenue. The Millbury Fire Department was assisted on scene by Sutton, Grafton, Auburn, and Northbridge officials. Upton and Oxford covered the Millbury station.
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- A bit like French Toast Crunch or Incubus. Yet years later, cinnamon whiskey is more popular than ever, and Fireball controls an estimated 90% of US sales. Hence, war. Jack Daniels released 'Tennessee Fire' nationwide in March, following a limited 3-state release the previous fall.
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Yacolt Burn, largest forest fire in recorded Washington history to that point, rages for three days beginning on September 11, 1902. In 1910, the U.S. Forest Service began to organize a program of wildfire suppression on public lands. More than 111 years after the Yacolt Burn, the 2014 Carlton Complex fire in Okanogan County surpassed it as the largest wildfire, in acreage consumed, in Washington's recorded history.
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- March 11th, 2017 - In the morning approximately 0930 hours Tower 807 was alerted for a reported house fire in Company 28 (West Lanham Hills) first due as the third due special service. Arriving as second due special service Tower 807 assumed second due responsibilities as the search company per command.
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UPDATE: 4 major wildfires burning in Colorado Tuesday There were four major wildfires, and several smaller fires, burning in Colorado on Tuesday. Here is the latest information: -- Beaver Creek Fire --. The Beaver Creek Fire, burning north of Walden, grew to 19,464 acres on Tuesday morning.
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Wildfire at Linville Gorge closes trails Wildfire at Linville Gorge closes trails. Buy Photo. Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service are responding to a 10-acre wildfire burning near Shortoff Mountain at the south end of Linville Gorge, on the Grandfather Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest.(Photo: Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com)Buy Photo.
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- Firefighters battle a blaze at the Pumpkin Center in Cocoa Beach on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The fire destroyed the $5 million estate. Firefighters battle a blaze at the Pumpkin Center in Cocoa Beach on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The fire destroyed the $5 million estate.
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- The Lilac Fire destroyed 157 structures – many of them dwellings in the Rancho Monserate Country Club mobile home park in Fallbrook – and damaged 64 more. No human deaths were reported, but at least 46 horses died, many of them stabled at the San Luis Rey Downs Training Center in Bonsall.
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Two tornadoes touch down in Kentucky on Saturday (WKYT) - At least two tornadoes touched down in Kentucky on Saturday. The National Weather Service in Louisville confirms that one tornado touched down in Edmonson County and another in Adair County. The tornado in Edmonson County was an EF-2 with 111-115mph winds. Crews are working on surveying the damage.
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- Wednesday, 21 September 2011 16:17 | | |. FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 21, 2011) — The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) will dedicate a historical marker to commemorate the Hurricane Creek mine disaster at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at 1370 Hurricane Creek Road in Hyden. was living in clay county at that time the mining disaster happen. My dad was a coal miner back then and their was a stone with all of their names on it the court house for years untill they torn down the court house. Alot of my friends dad,s where killed their. I am glad that people will rememeber them.
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AROUND THE NATION; Busboy Must Stand Trial As Suspect in Nevada Fire Edition: U.S. / Global. LAS VEGAS, Nev., March 9— A judge ruled today that Philip Bruce Cline, a busboy at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel-Casino, must stand trial on charges of setting fire to the resort hotel last month in which eight people died.
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Rim Fire Near Yosemite Ranks Among Top 3 Largest Wildfires in California History As of September 20, 2013, the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park in California has burned over a quarter million acres. (PHOTOS: Rim Fire) In records dating back to 1932, the Rim Fire now ranks as the third largest in state history, according to California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Based on acres burned, the slideshow above shows the 15 largest wildfires in California's history.
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'Human caused' Tennessee wildfires kill seven near Dollywood park 'Human caused' Tennessee wildfires kill seven near Dollywood park. Fires in the Great Smoky Mountains have been tearing through the popular tourist town of Gatlinburg since Monday, forcing thousands to leave their homes. Thick smoke from area forest fires covers streets in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on Tuesday. Photograph: Brianna P/ddp/Barcroft Images.
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The Latest: Northern Nevada Fire Prompts Evacuation Advice Truckee Meadows Fire Chief Charles Moore said Wednesday the apparently human-caused fire grew to more than 2,000 acres (809 hectares) and threatened 58 homes and structures after firefighters arrived late Tuesday afternoon in the Palomino Valley near Nixon.