After the Fire

Workers' future unclear after plant destroyed

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

An uncertain future looms for 30 workers at a Saskatoon cement plant that was destroyed by fire on Saturday.

Free Fiction for 11/22/09

SF Signal (Free subscription) | yesterday

@Tor.com: The first of a series of free stories pulled from from Year's Best Fantasy 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer contains: "Dalthree" by Jeffrey Ford, "The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D." by Al Michaud, and "Reader's Guide" by Lisa Goldstein. " The Star and the Rockets " by Harry Turtledove. @Mercury Retrograde Press: Death, Inc....

Firefighters, DPW hit for safety

The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | yesterday

City employees will be receiving safety training after both the Fire Department and Department of Public Works received violation notices from the state Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau.

3-year-old leads toddler to safety in Ariz. fire

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

PHOENIX -- A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.

• 3-year-old leads toddler to safety in Ariz. fire - Kansas City Star

Out of the fire

The Times-Journal (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Greek mythology gave us the story of the Phoenix, the sacred firebird, which would rise from its ashes born again.

New UK paperbacks in February 2010

PETRONA (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Finally, just in time for this week's issue, I have caught up with my archive of Booksellers. From the 23 October issue comes news of the paperbacks that will be published in the UK in February 2010. Among the predicted "top sellers" are Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (Bantam, £7.99), which opens with Jack Reacher suspecting a woman on the New York subway of being a terrorist. For me, these...

StarShipSofa Aural Delights No 109 Aliette de Bodard

StarShipSofa Podcast: science ficti (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Editorial: by Tony C Smith Fact Article: Amy H Sturgis Main Fiction: After The Fire by Aliette de Bodard Fact: Science News by JJ Campanella Narrators: Kate Baker

Fight over Madonna's old home heads to court

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

A couple who own Madonna's former childhood home in Rochester Hills -- severely damaged in a fire last summer -- are to be in court Thursday for a hearing on bringing the home into compliance with city ordinances.

None injured in northport house fire

Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

By Brian Reynolds Staff Writer A house fire on Prewitt Loop Road in Northport destroyed one bedroom and caused smoke damage throughout the home Monday afternoon, but no one was injured.

Suspect in wine blaze may avoid trial with plea

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

On the eve of his long-awaited trial, a Sausalito wine enthusiast accused of torching more than $200 million worth of fine reds and whites to cover up an alleged embezzlement scheme may withdraw his not-guilty plea Monday in federal court, records show. The...

• Calif. man set for hearing in wine warehouse fire - kansascity.com
• Calif. man set for hearing in wine warehouse fire - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- A Nice Thing

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

Genea-Musings:- It's Saturday Night - time for lots of Genealogy Fun!

High Court building unfit for use: experts

Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

HYDERABAD: A technical team that inspected the heritage building housing the Andhra Pradesh High Court has expressed the opinion that it is not advisable to put the building to use. The team, which inspected the building after the fire that ...

2 dead, 43 alive in Russia military depot fire

Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

At least two firefighters have been killed and 43 servicemen who had been considered missing were found alive after a series of explosions ripped through a military ammunition depot in Russia's Ulyanovsk on Friday, local media reported.

Blasts at Russian mil. depot kill 2 firefighters, injure seven

Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Two firefighters died and seven soldiers were injured during blasts at a Russian military depot in the city of Ulyanovsk in the Volga Region, the Defense Ministry said Friday.

Shoreline fire was arson; person in custody

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

The Shoreline fire marshal says a three-alarm fire Friday that burned a vacant furniture store was arson.