Electrical inspectors advising Islanders to properly maintain aluminum wiring (The Journal Pioneer)
Provincial electrical inspectors are advising Islanders that aluminum wiring can be safe but must be properly maintained.
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Electrical Fire Serves as a Safety Reminder (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks)
(Ozark, MO) -- Another reminder of how dangerous space heaters can be. At about 8:30 Friday morning, fire crews in Ozark were dispatched to an electrical fire at Riverside and Patriot. The family wasn't home, but a neighbor reported the blaze inside the screened-in porch in the back.
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ISU Extension lists fire safety precautions (The Globe Gazette)
MASON CITY — There have been four serious fires in Mason City in the past month, causing two deaths, injury and massive property damage.
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Chatham Twp. apartment fire sparked by water leak (Daily Record)
CHATHAM TWP. -- The Christmas night fire at the Chatham Hill Apartments that destroyed eight units and rendered another eight units uninhabitable apparently started when water leaked into an electrical outlet and triggered sparks, the township construction official said Monday.
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For Trapped Gazan Civilians, Few Options for Safety (Washington Post)
JERUSALEM, Jan. 4 -- As Israeli forces attacked Gaza by land, sea and air, residents living in the congested coastal strip faced a fateful question: Flee the shelling and shooting, or hole up inside their homes and hope for the best?
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