house fire
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This Is Us Finally Showed Us What Happened to Jack and the Episode Almost Took Me Out
SPOILER ALERT. ALL THE SPOILER ALERTS. If you’ve been watching This Is Us over the past two seasons, you know what the important question has always been: How exactly did Jack Pearson—world’s greatest father and most-of-the-time great husband—die? We found out early in season 2 that his death happened because of a house fire and…
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NC Teen Dubbed Hero by Firefighters After Running Into Burning Home to Rescue 7-Month-Old Cousin
Not all heroes wear capes. In fact, some heroes are only high school students wearing basketball shorts and sneakers. His attire didn’t stop 17-year-old L.J. Gray of Kinston, N.C., from running into a burning home to save his 7-month-old cousin. “As a firefighter, we’re trained with all of the protective equipment that we have—the bunker…
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Former Miami Dolphins Defensive End Killed in House Fire
Former Miami Dolphins defensive end Quentin Moses, 33, died after an intense fire engulfed a Monroe, Ga., house Sunday. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a 31-year-old woman, Andria Godard, and her 10-year-old daughter were also killed in the fire, which authorities believe started around 6 a.m. Sunday. Once firefighters arrived, they found the home engulfed…
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Fla. Family Finds Racial Slur and 'Trump 17' Painted on Burned Home
A Lake City, Fla., family say they’re shocked after finding racist graffiti painted on what was left of their home, which was lost in an unrelated fire on New Year’s Eve, Action News Jax reports. The family have a 6-year-old child who is battling leukemia and now cannot come home after having a bone marrow…
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African-American Chemist, Inventor Dies in Md. House Fire
A famed African-American chemist and inventor died Friday in a fire at his Oxon Hill, Md., home, the Washington Post reports. George Nauflett, 84, earned more than two dozen patents for his inventions while working in a U.S. Navy government laboratory for more than four decades. His son, Derrick Nauflett, told the Post in an interview…
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9 Dead, Including 5 Children, After Horrific Memphis House Fire
Nine people died in a Monday-morning house fire that fire officials are calling Memphis, Tenn.’s deadliest fire in almost a century, the (Memphis) Commercial Appeal reports. According to the report, Memphis Fire Director Gina Sweat said that one child pulled from the home is still struggling to survive. Fire officials said that 10 people were in…
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Mom Who Went Viral After Dragging Son Out of Baltimore Protests Seeks Help After Fire Destroys Home
Toya Graham, the Baltimore mother who went viral during the April 2015 Baltimore protests over the death of Freddie Gray when she was seen on video hitting her son and trying to pull him away from the unrest, says her family is homeless after an accidental fire over the weekend, WBFF reports. According to the report,…