Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: 2013 - SEP

2013-09-30 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits coastal Huntington Beach (California), 1 killed:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-underground-worker-dead-20130930,0,811829.story
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/09/30/2711248/oc-electric-vault-fire-leaves.html
http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/09/30/39577/worker-trapped-underground-after-huntington-beach/
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/09/vault_huntington_beach_1_dead.php
http://ktla.com/2013/09/30/hundreds-left-without-power-after-huntington-beach-explosion/

Quote: "A worker who was trapped underground when an electrical vault exploded in a Huntington Beach neighborhood Monday has died, authorities reported. Emergency crews had worked since shortly after noon to reach the worker, but their progress was hampered by a fire that burned for nearly an hour..."

2013-09-30 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits coastal Berkeley (California), emergency declared, 1 hospitalized:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/30/uc-berkeley-campus-evacuated-after-explosion-power-outage/
http://www.dailycal.org/2013/09/30/campus-wide-power-outage-disrupts-classes-early-monday-evening/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-berkeley-explosion-20130930,0,5961592.story

Quote: "An explosion on the UC Berkeley campus near California Hall has injured several people, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency and order an evacuation of the campus around 6:40 p.m. Monday evening. Three people were treated on scene for injuries and one was transported to a hospital with minor burn injuries..."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper. It's also a heavier-than-air gas and will seek out low-lying areas like underground electrical vaults, basements, ditches, ravines, canyons, valleys, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, etc. There have been many underground electrical fires and explosions and the number of such events is rising. Also, both of the above events occurred on the coast in California; any methane and/or hydrogen sulfide blowing in off the Pacific Ocean is going to hit California's coastline before blowing onward. It wasn't long ago that five women were incinerated in a limousine on the San Meteo Bridge over San Francisco Bay on the West Coast, as mentioned in the 2013-05-04 update. A number of homes have exploded along the West Coast too, and there have been a number of huge pallet fires, along with plenty of mysterious deaths of people. California is obviously beginning to get slammed hard by this extinction event...

2013-09-30 - Wildfire erupts in the Santa Clara River bottom in coastal Oxnard (California):

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/sep/30/fire-in-santa-clara-river-bottom/
http://autotransportationnewseditor.blogspot.com/2013/10/fire-burns-in-santa-clara-river-bottom.html

Quote: "The Ventura County Fire Department on Monday fought a fire in the Santa Clara River bottom near South Wagon Wheel and North Ventura roads in Oxnard, officials reported."

2013-09-29 - Chesapeake Bay Bridge hit by fire after generator bursts into flame, in Maryland:

http://www.wmdt.com/story/23567335/generator-starts-fire-under-bay-bridge-deck
http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=53925
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.md/39f8a037-www.foxbaltimore.com.shtml
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/bc1ad3f0ed454793bf053e85e5a658cb/MD--Bay-Bridge-Fire/
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Smoky-Fire-Disrupts-Bay-Bridge-225733351.html

Quote: "Authorities say a power generator under the deck of Chesapeake Bay Bridge's westbound span sparked a fire that closed the bridge, backing up traffic for miles."

Quote: "Green says a construction crew was working earlier in the day, but wasn't present when the fire started."

Note: So the generator wasn't running. That's very much like all the parked vehicles that are bursting into flame everywhere. It was probably the same reason too: hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper like battery cables and other wiring, and it's also reactive with rusty iron/steel. This event was similar to one that occurred in July, where a construction generator exploded and burned on the George Wade Bridge in Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), as mentioned in the 2013-07-13 update. A bridge over the Colorado River just burned recently in Parker (Arizona) too, as mentioned in the 2013-09-23 update...

2013-09-29 - Home explodes and burns before 7 AM in Birbeck (Illinois):
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/dewitt-county-couple-ok-after-house-explosion/article_fd5698d0-291b-11e3-a00e-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-09-30/couple-uninjured-after-explosion-clinton-home.html

Quote: "An apparent explosion rocked a Birkbeck couple out of bed Sunday morning and sent firefighters from six area departments scrambling to control a fire that heavily damaged the home near Clinton Lake."

Quote: "It was an explosion — I can guarantee you that. It just about blew us out of bed..."

2013-09-29 - Explosion and fire hits outbuilding and apartment in coastal Santa Cruz (California), 3 injured:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/disasters/three-severely-burned-santa-cruz-explosion-two-ala/nbBLS/
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/santacruz/ci_24202323/police-three-men-severely-injured-gas-fire-third

2013-09-29 - Fireworks explode in home in Bondowoso (Indonesia), 20 homes damaged, 2 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130929-41091-IDN

2013-09-29 - Pile of pallets bursts into flame at construction site in Andover, Hampshire (Britain):
http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/10706729.Pallet_fire/

Quote: "Emergency services arrived at 6pm on Sunday (29) after 10 sq m of pallets caught light at a construction site."

2013-09-29 - Mulch erupts in flame at recycling plant in Lakewood (New Jersey) in Ocean County:
http://www.oceancountysignal.com/2013/09/29/fire-reported-at-ocean-county-recycling-center/
http://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2013/09/photo-fire-department-battling-large-mulch-fire-at-recycling-plant.html

2013-09-29 - Mammoth inferno destroys condo building under construction in the wee hours, in Edmonton (Canada):
http://www.ctvnews.ca/photo-galleries/edmonton-condo-destroyed-by-fire-1.1475691
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Storify+Massive+Edmonton+condo+fire/8974292/story.html
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/09/29/massive-fire-destroys-condo-complex
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/30/all-i-heard-was-like-a-bomb-went-off-massive-propane-tank-fire-forces-200-people-from-edmonton-neighbourhood/

Quote: "Eighty fire fighters responded to the building, and the damage was estimated at $17 million."

Quote: "Although no one was injured, the development — which was in the framing stage and did not have siding that could have slowed the spread of flames — has been totally destroyed and neighbouring homes that had been occupied were damaged by the intense heat that demolished cars and melted vinyl siding."

Note: Buildings under construction are inherently more vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem than are completed, occupied, well-insulated buildings. This is especially true in the framing stage, when all that flammable absorbent wood and all those nails are fully exposed to the atmosphere. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any hydrogen sulfide or methane in the air above closer to the ground...

2013-09-29 - Wildfire erupts near Highland Springs Reservoir (California), 2 buildings destroyed:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130929/articles/130929485

2013-09-29 - Brushfire breaks out in Meadowfair Park in coastal San Jose (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/29/san-jose-firefighters-extinguish-blaze/

2013-09-29 - Six boats destroyed by fire before 6 AM while docked at Elm Hill Marina in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/23559049/firefighters-respond-to-boat-fire-at-elm-hill-marina
http://www.nashvilleherald.com/index.php?sid/217395596/scat/2ad232e9d3dc33e3/
http://www.wsmv.com/story/23559049/firefighters-respond-to-boat-fire-at-elm-hill-marina
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23561118/early-morning-fire-destroys-boats-at-elm-hill-marina
http://www.wkrn.com/story/23559004/marine-fire

Quote: "Officials say 6 boats caught fire, 2 of which have sunk and 4 which are damaged beyond repair."

2013-09-29 - Amphibious tour boat bursts into flame on the River Thames in coastal London (Britain), 30 people jump off ship:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20130929-41090-GBR
http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2013_09_29/tour-bus-fire-London/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24328708
http://news.sky.com/story/1147910/thames-duck-boat-fire-30-pulled-from-river
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/29/30-people-rescued-from-london-river-thames-after-duck-tour-boat-catches-fire/

Quote: "Passengers jumped overboard when the London Duck Tours vessel burst into flames on the river next to the Houses of Parliament."

Note: A yacht was just destroyed by fire the day prior too, in York (Britain), on the River Ouse...

2013-09-29 - Eight semis, 13 flatbed trailers and 200 tons of hay destroyed by fire at 1 AM near Tolleson (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Barn-fire-buring-in-Tolleson-225715411.html
http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/20130929firefighters-monitoring-massive-avondale-hay-fire.html

Quote: "Local fire authorities are continuing to monitor a massive fire burning near Tolleson that destroyed 200 tons of hay, eight semi-trucks and 13 flat-bed trailers early Sunday."

Quote: "The semi-trucks and flat-bed trailers inside the barn had been fully loaded with freshly cut hay that was going to be delivered Monday..."

2013-09-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame inside tunnel on the M2 in Epping suburb of coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/19173735/truck-fire-in-the-norfolk-road-tunnel/
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/09/30/16/37/m2-delays-after-sydney-tunnel-truck-fire
http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/m2-delays-for-commuters-after-truck-fire-20130930-2unyt.html
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/news/norfolk-tunnel-reopened-after-truck-fire-closes-all-lanes-of-m2-traffic-delays-continue/story-fngr8gwi-1226730016661

2013-09-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-24 in Monteagle (Tennessee):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23560726/tractor-trailer-on-fire-on-mt-eagle-mountain

2013-09-29 - Box truck bursts into flame on I-94 in Ypsilanti Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/09/truck_burns_into_shell_on_i-94.html

2013-09-29 - Food truck bursts into flame on highway en route to River Oaks Beauty Spa in Houston (Texas):
http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/09/food-truck-catches-fire/
http://ewallstreeter.com/lulu-blues-food-truck-catches-fire-3215/
http://houston.culturemap.com/news/food/09-30-13-foodie-nightmare-new-food-truck-catches-fire-on-its-first-day-of-service-a-dream-goes-up-in-smoke/

2013-09-29 - RV bursts into flame at 3:30 AM while parked at home in Walsall (Britain):
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/emergency-services/2013/09/30/caravan-set-on-fire-outside-walsall-home/

2013-09-29 - RV bursts into flame on Hyperion Way in Rossington, Doncaster (Britain):
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/caravan-and-garage-set-on-fire-in-doncaster-1-6099438

2013-09-29 - In separate incidents, van and car burst into flame in the wee hours in Dorcester (Britain):
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10705649.Busy_night_for_Dorchester_firefighters/

Quote: "Just before 3am crews from the county town were called to Princes Street in Dorchester where a van was alight."

Quote: "Then just after 4am the crews were called to a report of a car fire on Bridport Road."

2013-09-29 - Van bursts into flame on the A1 between Blyth and Ranby (Britain), near Worksop:
http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/blyth-firefighters-attend-van-fire-on-the-a1-1-6097663
http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/local/blyth-firefighters-attend-van-fire-on-the-a1-1-6097663
http://localuknews.co.uk/article/blyth-firefighters-attend-van-fire-on-the-a1

2013-09-29 - In separate incidents, two cars burst into flame in the wee hours in Westminster (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/19158952/police-probe-suspicious-fires/

Note: Also mentioned, a palm tree burning in a park...

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame at 2:02 AM in driveway at home in Johnsburg (Illinois):
http://www.nwherald.com/2013/09/29/neighbor-pulls-man-21-from-burning-car/a5w523q/

Quote: "A neighbor driving by the home noticed the fire and stopped to alert the residents, according to a department news release. While running past the 1994 Pontiac Grand AM, he noticed that a person who was not conscious was sitting in the driver’s seat. After trying to wake the driver by banging on the windows, the neighbor broke out a window and was able to rouse the driver and get him out of the car..."

Note: This man almost ended up being listed as 'charred corpse found in burning car'. This must be how the engaged young couple burned to death in their vehicle early this year in McFarland (Wisconsin), as mentioned in the 2013-01-01 update - they were unconscious and just laid there as the fire consumed them. Hydrogen sulfide can knock you unconscious or kill you with one breath, it is extremely flammable, and it is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper like vehicle wiring, and it is reactive with rusty iron/steel too. So a cloud blows over you, knocks you unconscious, ignites your vehicle, and you lay there and burn to death. This address is very close to Pistakee Lake, Nippersink Lake, Fox Lake and Grass Lake...

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame and explodes at 5:20 AM while parked at home, home damaged too, in Watauga (Tennessee):
http://www.goblueridge.net/news/21548-fire-explosion-destroy-car-damage-home

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame at 1:50 AM while parked at home on River Gardens in Stowmarket (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/stowmarket_fire_crews_stop_car_blaze_spreading_to_nearby_buildings_1_2823403

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in St. Clements (Canada):
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/a-suspicious-car-fire-leads-to-drug-bust-in-st-clements-1.1475843
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4131158-car-fire-leads-to-drug-arrest-near-st-clements/

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame outside Winthrop Hospital in Mineola (New York):
http://mineola.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/mineola-firefighters-respond-to-car-fire-on-first-street-sunday

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame on the H-1 Freeway in coastal Aiea on the Big Island (Hawaii):
http://www.khon2.com/2013/09/29/car-fire-on-h-1-freeway-west-bound-slows-traffic/
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130929_Car_catches_fire_on_westbound_shoulder_of_H1_freeway.html

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 near coastal Gulfport (Mississippi):
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/09/29/4990809/care-fire-delays-traffic-on-i.html
http://www.wlox.com/story/23560728/traffic-moving-following-i-10-vehicle-fire

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame in coastal Chatham (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130929/NEWS11/130929644
http://www.i4u.com/2013/09/fire-morning-problem-early-car-likely-mechanical-chatham

Note: Check out Chatham with Google Maps or whatever. Hard to get more coastal than that and not be an island...

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame on I-80 near New Lenox (Illinois):
http://newlenox.patch.com/groups/traffic-and-roads/p/car-fire-held-up-traffic-on-i80-outside-new-lenox
http://www.onenewspage.us/n/US/74w130z1b/Car-Fire-Held-Up-Traffic-on-I80-Outside.htm

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame at 4:30 AM while parked on street in coastal Tauranga (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11132176
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/54538-car-fire-caught-on-camera.html

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame in Leighterton (Britain):
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/10705659.Fire_brigade_battle_Leighterton_car_fire/

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame at 5:30 AM while parked in Peterborough (Britain):
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/car-set-on-fire-in-peterborough-1-5540512

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame on Pinn Lane, Pinhoe in Exeter (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26306&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame at Church Hill, Eggbuckland in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26307&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Firefighters-car-blaze-drama/story-19863709-detail/story.html

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame on Brentmead Place in Brent Cross (Britain):
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10706641.Driver_s_car_catches_fire/

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame on the M5 in Gloucestershire (Britain):
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/cotswolds/10705784.Fire_crews_called_to_car_fire_on_M5_in_Gloucestershire/
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/10705784.Fire_crews_called_to_car_fire_on_M5_in_Gloucestershire/
http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Lucky-escape-car-passengers-M5/story-19864142-detail/story.html

2013-09-29 - Car bursts into flame at 2:24 AM on East Shore Road in coastal Halesite (New York):
http://huntington.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/car-catches-fire-on-east-shore-road

2013-09-29 - Motorcycle bursts into flame near commercial garage near Burton (Britain):
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Motorcycle-catches-fire-at-garage-28092013.htm

2013-09-29 - Four vehicles and auto shop hit by fire at 12:56 AM in Malvern (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2013/09/29/main_line_suburban_life/news/doc5248ed5a1912c013839115.txt
http://malvern.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fire-at-local-auto-service-business
http://www.onenewspage.us/n/US/74w130zu4/Fire-at-Local-Auto-Service-Business.htm

Quote: "Flames ripped from the roof of Pete’s Auto Service early Sunday morning, leaving major damage to the building and destroying cars inside. Witnesses said an unmarked Willistown police cruiser and at least three other vehicles were inside the garage and were extensively damaged in the fire."

2013-09-29 - Tractor, bobcat and barn destroyed by fire in West Fallowfield Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20130929/fire-destroys-west-fallowfield-barn

2013-09-29 - Barn destroyed by fire in Turner (Maine):
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/258275/314/Fire-destroys-milking-barn-at-Turner-farm
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=258275
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/central/crews-battling-turner-barn-fire/-/8791976/22182734/-/sjy61yz/-/index.html

2013-09-29 - Barn destroyed by fire in Cochranville (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/900008_Fire-guts-Cochranville-barn.html

2013-09-29 - Two restaurants destroyed by fire at 1:20 AM in coastal Hollywood (Florida):
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-emerald-center-fires-2-20130929,0,895690.story

Note: This occurred in an Orthodox Jewish area, so the folks there think it's anti-Semitism. Could be, but then again, being Jewish in no way makes one immune to this extinction event, and this area is right on the coast, downwind of the Gulf of Mexico, and this fire did happen during the wee hours, so I suspect it was simply some hydrogen sulfide finding some electrified copper or some rust or a pilot light in one of those restaurants, just like many many similar fires that have hit all over the world, especially along coasts...

2013-09-29 - Electrical fire erupts at government building in Kenton County (Kentucky):
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20130929/NEWS0103/309290079/

2013-09-29 - Silo catches fire at business in Johnsonville (South Carolina):
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=952714

2013-09-29 - Couch bursts into flame inside elevator at the Montgomery Gardens Building in Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/09/officials_searching_for_cause_of_one-alarm_couch_fire_in_jersey_city_elevator.html

2013-09-29 - Garage bursts into flame in Bozeman (Montana), 1 injured:
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_79103a66-2977-11e3-ad8f-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "A contractor there had been spraying varnish on trim work inside the garage when a fire ignited, possibly due to static electricity..."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, and rusty iron/steel. So a little hydrogen sulfide blows into the garage, finds some electrified copper or rusty iron. Normally, maybe the air wouldn't be volatile enough for sparking or sizzling to occur, but because there were varnish vapors in the air too, a spark ignites, and the garage goes up in flames. This is what I call the 'ghostly match' and it is most likely to hit when there are flammable vapors in the air making the air volatile enough that even a tiny amount of hydrogen sulfide can cause ignition. You will never see this problem coming. It's most likely to hit during or right after refueling a vehicle, when making cannabis extract with butane, when applying flammable flooring chemicals, when using a gas stove, while siphoning gas, while making meth, or any other activity that fills the air with flammable vapors...

2013-09-29 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Easton (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2013/09/one_person_displaced_from_fire.html

2013-09-29 - Porch bursts into flame at 4:30 AM, fire speads, at vacant house in coastal Wilmington (North Carolina):
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130929/ARTICLES/130929626?Title=Fire-damages-vacant-13th-St-home

2013-09-29 - Garage bursts into flame at home in Desert Hot Springs (California):
http://www.kesq.com/kesq/firefighters-respond-to-garage-fire-in-desert-hot-springs/-/232254/22189672/-/odowp9z/-/index.html
http://www.kesq.com/kesq/the-cause-of-a-house-fire-in-desert-hot-springs-remains-under-investigation/-/232254/22189654/-/rgw36x/-/index.html

2013-09-29 - Two homes destroyed by fire on coastal Fire Island (New York):
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Fire-Island-Fire-New-York-Long-Island-225751791.html

Note: Seems like an aptly-named place...

2013-09-29 - Home damaged by fire at 6 AM in coastal Long Beach (California), firefighter injured:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/09/29/firefighter-burned-while-battling-blaze-in-long-beach/

2013-09-29 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/09/bayonne_firefighters_battling_fire_at_west_26th_street.html

Note: Bayonne is almost an island...

2013-09-29 - Vacant barn burns on Stony Run Valley Road in Albany Township (Pennsylvania):
http://readingeagle.com/mobile/article.aspx?id=515132

2013-09-29 - Vacant home burns in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130929/LOCAL/130929303/-1/LOCAL11

2013-09-29 - Vacant house damaged by fire and explosion in the wee hours, in Steubenville (Ohio):
http://www.wtov9.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/vacant-house-catches-fire-1751.shtml

2013-09-28 - Mysterious explosions and flashes of light alarm residents in Coal Valley (Illinois):

http://www.kwqc.com/story/23557461/update-no-source-found-for-reported-explosion

Quote: "And, although no trace of an explosion was actually found, officials say they do believe something happened. Area residents we talked to agree: 'I was sitting in my living room and I heard a big boom and a big flash of light and I jumped up and moved the curtain and to see if a trailer had blown up or something, what was going on, then I went outside and saw a second one go off and called 9-1-1,' recalled Carol Albert..."

Note: These mysterious explosions which have been reported all around the world are likely atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and/or methane plumes igniting. When they're smallish then they're described as 'popping sounds', which have been heard right before a great many fires in the last year or two. Those smallish explosions may be mistakenly identified as gunfire or fireworks, since explosions of that size sound like other explosions of that size. When these explosions are very large then they may shake buildings for miles around. Over time, as the atmospheric contamination proceeds, these explosions may rival the explosions generated by small thermonuclear bombs, like the one that destroyed Hiroshima, but minus any radiation (unless the explosion blows apart a nuclear plant, and since many nuclear plants are along coasts that's not unlikely).

2013-09-27 - Massive blaze destroys 4 barns and 20,000 tons of stored hay along I-505 near Winters (California):

http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/09/large-hay-fire-burning-along-i-505-near-winters.html
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/massive-hay-fire-burning-in-winters/
http://www.redding.com/news/2013/sep/27/hay-fire-burns-near-interstate-505-near-winters/
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-sacramento/massive-hay-fire-lights-up-sky-sends-smoke-over-i505/-/12969376/22150252/-/p7c6s8/-/index.html

Quote: "I've seen a lot of hay fires, but nothing of that magnitude..."

Quote: "Rogers said four large hay barns, valued at $250,000 each, were lost in the blaze. Also, a large, fairly new processor valued at $2 million, that compresses the hay into bales, was burned up."

Note: I bet this fire began with that hay processor machine, which surely had some electrified copper in it, and probably some rust too, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, and rusty iron/steel. A little hydrogen sulfide finds some electrified copper or rust, some sparking or sizzling occurs, a spark lands on some hay (or tire rubber, or wiring insulation, or anything flammable) and whoosh, fire breaks out. These fires probably start small but with no one around to notice them, they can grow out of control very quickly...

2013-09-27 - Huge explosion hits fireworks warehouse in Tenjo (Colombia):
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/83562753/

2013-09-27 - Explosion hits U-Haul facility in coastal Redwood City (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/redwood-city-propane-tank-explosion-shuts-down-el-camino-real/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Explosion-at-U-Haul-Facility-Closes-El-Camino-Real-in-Redwood-City-225536982.html
http://redwoodcity-woodside.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/propane-explosion-in-redwood-city-closes-el-camino-real
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/peninsula&id=9264924

2013-09-27 - Explosion rocks carpark at construction site in Paris (France), at least 3 killed:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/gbauidmhcwsn/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/paris-garage-explosion_n_4003943.html
http://www.france24.com/en/20130927-least-one-killed-paris-explosion-france
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/27/us-france-explosions-idUSBRE98Q0X920130927

Quote: "It's believed a fuel tank exploded in the underground basement of a building in the 10th arrondissement."

2013-09-27 - Explosion hits work site in Geneva (Switzerland), near Lake Geneva:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/27/c_132757312.htm

Quote: "Local residents earlier heard a loud explosion and saw black smog coming out of the building."

2013-09-27 - Underground fire burns for 9 months, sickens residents nearby, in Alleghan County (Michigan):
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/9-month-old-underground-fire-irks-mich-neighbors/
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x2139017879/9-month-old-underground-fire-irks-Watson-Township-neighbors
http://www.woodtv.com/news/local/allegan-county/dnr-investigates-smoldering-swamp-fire

Quote: "People living near the swampy farm field say the smoke is making them sick and sometimes forces them to leave their homes."

2013-09-27 - Wildfires hit beaches near coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/28/bushfires-new-south-wales-northern-beaches

Quote: "He said the fire 'was making its way further up the coast towards firegrounds at the Great Lakes and Taree'. On its website, the RFS said the immediate fire threat to properties in the area had eased. Other major fires continue to burn in the Taree and Great Lakes area on the mid north coast."

Quote: "An eye-witness to the Palm Beach fire, Scott Carpenter, said it looked like 'an inferno' was engulfing the headland. 'I'm watching in horror,' he told AAP via phone. 'The whole east side of the headland is in flames ... it's spreading very quickly.' He said helicopters were currently dropping water around historic buildings and the lighthouse."

Note: And here are more huge coastal fires, not dissimilar to the blaze that ravaged the waterfront in coastal Georgetown (South Carolina) or the huge fire that destroyed the boardwalk and 30+ businesses in coastal Seaside Park (New Jersey), or the fire that erupted at a scrap metal facility in coastal New Jersey, or the giant warehouse fire in coastal Dubai (UAE) and so on. Most of the flammable methane and hydrogen sulfide is coming from the oceans and seas, so coasts will obviously get hit the worst, then the fires will burn harder inland as the coasts are turned into charred wasteland...

2013-09-27 - Cargo ship bursts into flame near coastal London (Britain):
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/09/27/db/

Quote: "The very first rail freight service has run out of London Gateway – two months before the port is due to open. DB Schenker was drafted in to run an emergency service out of the new deep sea port after a cargo ship was forced to dock for maintenance after a blaze broke out on the vessel."

2013-09-27 - Supply ship bursts into flame while docked in coastal Lowestoft (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blaze_quickly_dealt_with_in_storeroom_of_ship_docked_in_lowestoft_1_2819150

2013-09-27 - Ship 'MV Kurobe' hit by explosion in the Arabian Sea, 2 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130928-41080-OTH
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/mumbai-sailor-injured-in-ship-explosion-rescued-424901
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1895058/report-sailor-injured-in-ship-explosion-off-the-coast-of-mumbai-rescued

2013-09-27 - Boat 'Treasure Hunter' bursts into flame at the Boat Haven in coastal Port Townsend (Washington):
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130927/NEWS/130929977/-fire-breaks-out-on-boat-in-port-townsend-boat-haven
http://www.ptleader.com/photos/boat-fire-at-port-townsend-boatyard-b/image_277b679a-279a-11e3-a578-0019bb30f31a.html

Quote: "The boat, the Treasure Hunter, was badly damaged and adjacent boats — the Alma A, Del Norte and Sea Gypsy — were damaged by the heat and flames..."

Note: Same as with ground vehicles: if you park your boat next to other boats then your boat may burn when they catch fire, or theirs may burn when yours catches fire. It's safest to park your vehicle(s) away from anything you don't want to see go up in flames. Unfortunately, most people are unaware of what's going on and they're not taking any precautions, so avoidable damage is occurring (and lives are being lost in some cases), and that will continue until people wake up and start taking the problem seriously...

2013-09-27 - Double-decker bus bursts into flame on the M6 near Stoke-On-Trent in Staffordshire (Britain):
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Ex-firefighter-Neil-tackles-bus-blaze/story-19858894-detail/story.html
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/09/27/bus-in-fireball-drama-amid-chaos-on-m6/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-24296030
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/M6-closed-Stoke-Trent-major-bus/story-19854266-detail/story.html
http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Double-decker-bus-gutted-in-M6-fire-27092013.htm

2013-09-27 - School bus bursts into flame on Sneed Road in Franklin (Tennessee):
http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_20383.shtml
http://www.newsfury.com/view.aspx?linkid=39383024

2013-09-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-70 in Ellis County (Kansas), other vehicle fires mentioned:
http://ksffa.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/northwest-kansas-fire-crews-douse-vehicle-fires-in-trego-ellis-counties/

Quote: "Eberle said at approximately midnight, another semi caught fire at mile marker 122 in the county..."

2013-09-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at oil head in Washington Township (Ohio):
http://www.19actionnews.com/story/23553847/carrollton
http://www.wtov9.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/tractor-trailer-fire-at-oil-head-1740.shtml
http://www.timesreporter.com/news/x511630093/Tanker-truck-fire-spreads-to-oil-well-site-near-Carrollton

2013-09-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame in the wee hours on road in El Paso (Texas):
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/semi-catches-fire-central-el-paso-early-friday-morning-causes-street-closures-1801.shtml

2013-09-27 - Tractor bursts into flame on road near Washbrook (Britain):
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/washbrook_fire_crews_attend_tractor_fire_1_2818777
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/washbrook_fire_crews_attend_tractor_fire_1_2818777
http://localuknews.co.uk/article/washbrook-fire-crews-attend-tractor-fire

2013-09-27 - Truck bursts into flame on the M40 near Banbury (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-09-27/travel-roads-oxfordshire-queues-after-lorry-fire-on-m40/

2013-09-27 - Truck bursts into flame at 2 AM while parked at business, fire spreads to business, gets huge, in Etobicoke (Canada):
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/09/27/fire_engulfs_industrial_building_in_etobicoke.html

Note: Etobicoke is located on the shore of Lake Ontario...

2013-09-27 - Ambulance explodes into flame at fire station, station burns too, in the Old City in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Firehouse-Fire-Old-City-225517712.html
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/Firehouse-Fire-Old-City-225517712.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2013/09/27/breaking-news-fire-station-on-fire.html

Quote: "The fire station itself appears to be extremely damaged as the windows have broken out and it appears to have heavy smoke damage."

2013-09-27 - RV bursts into flame on I-35 near Neosho Rapids (Kansas), east of Emporia:
http://www.emporiagazette.com/latest_news_and_features/image_8572c2d6-27a8-11e3-84c7-0019bb30f31a.html
http://www.kvoe.com/news/214-rv-fire-snarls-interstate-35-traffic-east-of-emporia

2013-09-27 - RV bursts into flame on Wild Oak Road in Lompoc (California):
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=121969

2013-09-27 - Camper-van bursts into flame near Orwell Bridge in Ipswich (Britain):
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_camper_van_fire_near_orwell_bridge_1_2819873
http://www.autoballa.com/2013/09/ipswich-camper-van-bridge-fire-orwell-near

2013-09-27 - Van bursts into flame on the M23 near Godstone (Britain):
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10703330.Fire_teams_tackle_van_fire_on_M23/

2013-09-27 - Police car bursts into flame at 4:38 AM in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/09/27/Toledo-police-cruiser-damaged-after-road-flare-causes-fire.html

Note: This fire began when a road flare in the trunk spontaneously combusted. Kinda like a small version of the ammo depots and fireworks factories that have been exploding...

2013-09-27 - In separate incidents, two parked cars burst into flame in the wee hours in West Pullman, Chicago (Illinois):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-west-pullman-fire-20130927,0,3683929.story

Quote: "Police and fire officials are investigating two overnight fires blocks and moments apart in the West Pullman neighborhood."

Note: That's a possible sign of a flammable atmospheric gas plume blowing through an area. These fires occurred just before 4 AM. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any hydrogen sulfide or methane floating in the air above closer to the ground. As the atmospheric contamination proceeds, multiple fires breaking out at the same time and in the same general area will become more common...

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame in Sapulpa (Oklahoma), fire truck crashes after brakes fail, 1 injured:
http://www.ktul.com/story/23551257/oakhurst-firefighter-injured-after-truck-mishap

Quote: "... it happened Friday afternoon while responding to a car on fire in Sapulpa. This was in the 4100 block of West 61st Street. Sapulpa Fire Department, Kellyville Fire Department and Oakhurst were called to the scene. While en route to the fire, Oakhurst's fire truck's brakes failed causing the truck to crash through a fence and onto I-44."

Note: Tires and brake pads are absorbing hydrogen sulfide. Then when brakes are applied, an unusual amount of heat is generated, since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot. Then bad things can happen: tires explode or ignite, brakes burn out or ignite, fluid lines rupture, the entire vehicle goes up in flames, or all of the above. This problem hits massive vehicles the worst - like fire trucks, buses, tanker trucks, etc - but no vehicle is immune...

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame on Duane Road in Malone (New York):
http://www.mymalonetelegram.com/news/local/article_3a4cffc1-250b-5d08-9fa0-36c2c658d2da.html

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame on I-691 in Meriden (Connecticut):
http://meriden.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/highway-car-fire-ties-up-morning-traffic-in-meriden

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame on the Sierra Highway near Golden Valley Road in Newhall (California):
http://www.signalscv.com/section/36/article/105730/

2013-09-27 - Car explodes and burns while parked at residence in Laval (Canada):
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/overnight-fire-in-laval-destroys-car-1.1473155

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame at 12:50 AM while parked near Carn Marth quarry in Redruth (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Redruth-car-suspected-arson-attack/story-19851767-detail/story.html
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/10702831.Arson_suspected_in_Redruth_car_fire/

Note: I bet it was downwind of the quarry...

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame near midnight in Iddesleigh, Winkleigh (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26292&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Crooked Lane in Halifax (Britain):
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/crime/car-fire-thought-to-be-deliberate-1-6095674

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame on the A5 near Wellington (Britain):
http://www.shropshirelive.com/2013/09/27/a5-car-fire-causes-long-delays-for-motorists/

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame at 6:38 AM at gas station in Inverness (Scotland), near Beauly Firth:
http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Fire-catches-fire-at-filling-station-27092013.htm

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 27 in Lake Wales (Florida):
http://dailyridge.com/lake-wales/2013/09/27/car-fire-on-hwy-27-in-lake-wales-slowing-traffic-at-530pm-friday/

2013-09-27 - Car bursts into flame in West Bend (Wisconsin), another car fire mentioned too, within 20 minutes:
http://www.wbkvam.com/9-27-Fire-Department-Responds-to-Two-Separate-Car-/17399922

2013-09-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked in parking garage in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://sfappeal.com/2013/09/fire-at-second-and-harrison-prompts-evacuation/

2013-09-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the Bay Bridge in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://sfappeal.com/2013/09/vehicle-fire-slows-bay-bridge-traffic/

Note: And here's yet another vehicle igniting on a bridge. Bridges go over depressions, and depressions are where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate, so you're probably at greatest risk of having your vehicle ignite when you drive near or on a bridge, especially along coasts, as in this case. Also, above two events, both on the coast in San Francisco...

2013-09-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-10 near Crowley (Louisiana):
http://www.katc.com/news/vehicle-fire-on-i-10-w-mp-72-west-of-crowley/

2013-09-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame, fire spreads to brush, on Heathcote Road near coastal Sandy Point (Australia):
http://www.theleader.com.au/story/1806199/vehicle-on-fire-near-sandy-point-traffic-delays/

2013-09-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-64 near tunnel in coastal Hampton Roads (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/09/27/vehicle-fire-blocks-wb-lanes-at-hrbt/
http://stateofdelmarva.com/story/comment/2013-09-27/vehicle_fire_blocks_wb_lanes_at_hrbt.html

2013-09-27 - Motorcycle bursts into flame near the Three Mile Bridge in coastal Pensacola (Florida):
http://www.pnj.com/article/20130927/NEWS01/130927023/Cycle-fire-Wayside-Park-Pensacola

Note: Nice view of the ocean in the background as the motorcycle burns...

2013-09-27 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at 3:15 AM at home in coastal Los Osos (California):
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/09/27/2705877/garage-car-destroyed-in-fire-early.html
http://www.ksby.com/news/garage-fire-in-los-osos-destroys-car/

2013-09-27 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at home in Kidder Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130928/NEWS/309280330/-1/rss01

2013-09-27 - Barn destroyed by fire in Margaretta Township (Ohio):
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/gallery/4699546

2013-09-27 - Office building erupts in flame at 3:30 AM in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/fire-burns-colorado-springs-office-building

2013-09-27 - Fire erupts at roll of steel at business in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/chattanooga-plant-fire-7222.shtml
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23546278/small-fire-breaks-out-at-aztec-industries

2013-09-27 - Transformer fire takes out power to football field in South Hunterdon (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2013/09/fire_reported_at_south_hunterd.html

2013-09-27 - Dryer bursts into flame, fire spreads, garage and home destroyed, in Rowan County (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/house-fire-burns-out-control-rowan-co/nZ8wr/

2013-09-27 - Roof bursts into flame on wooden cabin in Liskeard (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Wooden-cabin-catches-near-Liskeard/story-19855231-detail/story.html

2013-09-27 - Stairs burst into flame at boat dock in Rockford (Illinois), near the Rock River:
http://rockfordscanner.com/2013/09/27/boat-dock-on-fire-in-rockford/

2013-09-27 - Porch bursts into flame at 4:21 AM at home in Mount Airy (Maryland):
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/mount-airy-porch-fire-under-investigation/article_0d84701f-a113-5d0d-b52b-884267d44398.html

2013-09-27 - Deck or porch bursts into flame at home in Decatur (Illinois), near Lake Decatur:
http://www.wandtv.com/story/23549387/fire-damages-a-home-in-decatur

2013-09-27 - Garage apartment bursts into flame at 1:24 AM in Las Vegas (Nevada), 1 killed:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/sep/27/woman-dies-fire-converted-garage-apartment/

2013-09-27 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/09/27/three-displaced-after-fire-damages-beach-home/

2013-09-27 - House destroyed by fire at 7:13 AM in coastal Fort Walton Beach (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/holmes-blvd-shut-down-while-crews-fight-fire-1.209301

2013-09-27 - Three townhomes destroyed by fire at 6 AM in Marshalls Creek (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130927/NEWS/130929804/-1/rss01

2013-09-27 - Deadly fire rips through home at 1:30 AM in coastal San Francisco (California), 3 killed:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/third-family-member-dies-injuries-inner-parkside-h/nZ9NW/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/2-year-old-girl-father-killed-in-sf-house-fire/
http://www.contracostatimes.com/rss/ci_24188528
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/two-dead-two-injured-san-francisco-house-fire/nZ8qg/

Quote: "We have our fire investigation team on the scene...They are concentrating their investigation around the garage area..."

Note: Any vehicles in the garage? If so then a vehicle bursting into flame probably caused this fire. And this is why it's incredibly dangerous to have vehicles parked near residences now. Death can easily be the result...

2013-09-27 - Hotel hit by fire in Altamonte Springs (Florida):
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/seminole-county/fire-reported-at-remington-inn-in-altamonte-springs/-/17597106/22151884/-/adfq0lz/-/index.html

2013-09-27 - Vacant home burns at 3:30 AM in Pueblo (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Fire-Starts-In-Vacant-Home-225492722.html

2013-09-27 - Vacant apartment building destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM in Irvington (New Jersey):
http://newjersey.news12.com/news/fire-engulfs-vacant-apartment-building-on-20th-street-in-irvington-1.6150675

2013-09-26 - Explosion hits chemical plant in Thurrock (Britain), explosion shakes nearby homes, 2 injured:

http://news.sky.com/story/1146995/chemical-plant-explosion-rocks-west-thurrock
http://www.yourthurrock.com/2013/09/26/loud-explosion-heard-in-west-thurrock/
http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/10702167.Reports__Explosion_at_chemical_plant_in_West_Thurrock/

Quote: "A small tank of diluted caustic soda exploded and the contents drained away into an interception tank and was contained on site."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Likewise, chemical plants of all types will burn and/or explode, including biofuels plants, fertilizer plants, specialty chemical plants, petroleum-related facilities and more."

Caustic soda is another name for sodium hydroxide. Sodium hydroxide is exothermically reactive with hydrogen sulfide. If hydrogen sulfide gas meets sodium hydroxide, heat is generated, and that heat may then ignite any hydrogen sulfide that hasn't been reacted away (or any odorless methane that might be floating around too), and that can cause fires and/or explosions. There was a classroom explosion at a school in Australia last year that involved sodium hydroxide, which injured 13 people, as mentioned in the 2012-08-27 update. An electrical fire erupted at 1:30 AM in some insulation on a sodium hydroxide tank at Big Creek Water Reclamation Plant in Roswell (Georgia), as mentioned in the 2013-06-26 update...

2013-09-26 - Man bursts into flame at 2 AM in home in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.woai.com/articles/woai-local-news-119078/man-set-on-fire-11685909/

2013-09-26 - Home explodes and burns in Taymouth Township (Michigan):
http://www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=951865
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/09/multiple_fire_departments_on_s.html

2013-09-26 - Residential building explodes in Swindon (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10698220.Gas_explosion_at_Lindum_House_Care_Home/
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10698470.EXPLOSION_AT_OAPS____CARE_HOME/

2013-09-26 - Explosion occurs near koi pond at Hilton hotel on the island of Guam, 3 injured, 2 sickened:
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20130926/NEWS01/130926004/BREAKING-NEWS-FBI-Homeland-Security-scene-explosion-Tumon
http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38113
http://www.kuam.com/story/23535046/2013/09/26/at-least-two-injured-in-reported-explosion-at-hilton
http://www.enca.com/world/no-signs-guam-hilton-explosion-was-terror-related

Quote: "Just after midnight, GFD reported that a total of three people were transported to the hospital. Unofficial reports indicated that possibly two additional people were brought to the hospital after the explosion because they were feeling ill."

Quote: "Police later said there were two reported explosions. The second explosion reportedly occurred at an upper level of the hotel, but police couldn't find evidence to confirm the second explosion."

Quote: "Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense Spokeswoman Alyssa Benito said that K-9 Units from the military and GPD swept the hotel for any trace of explosives and they came up negative. No evidence of explosive residue was found..."

2013-09-26 - Explosion blows out walls at vacant business in Orlando (Florida):
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/23538791/police-firefighters-respond-to-explosion-in-downtown-orlando
http://www.news4jax.com/news/explosion-rocks-downtown-orlando/-/475880/22136174/-/154cdrbz/-/index.html
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/orange-county/possible-explosion-reported-in-downtown-orlando/-/12978032/22134254/-/udc1mcz/-/index.html

2013-09-26 - Humongous blaze engulfs large vacant factory building near I-94 in Detroit (Michigan):
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/crews-battle-large-blaze-vacant-detroit-factory-20388556
http://www.freep.com/article/20130926/NEWS01/309260178
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/detroit-police-fire-dept-respond-to-massive-fire-and-hazmat-situation-on-citys-west-side

Quote: "The large, vacant building once housed a trucking company and a bread factory. It was on fire for much of Thursday afternoon on the city's west side."

Note: And the day prior, a tanker truck burst into flame on I-94 in Detroit, as mentioned in the 2013-09-25 update...

2013-09-26 - Huge fire hits bus station under constuction in Denizli (Turkey):
http://www.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/a-fire-broke-out-in-denizli-bus-station-under/180225/

Note: Buildings under construction are inherently more vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem than are completed, occupied, well-insulated buildings...

2013-09-26 - Underground fire takes out power in Ardmore (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2013/09/27/main_line_times/news/doc52449979a1b5b442822732.txt

2013-09-26 - Massive tire fire erupts at tire business in Grand Gorge (New York):
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/features/top-story/stories/tire-fire-delaware-county-11165.shtml

2013-09-26 - Fishing boat bursts into flame at 2:16 AM near the Yangtze River (China):
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/09-27/82559.shtml

Quote: "Thirteen sailors have been rescued after being trapped on a blazing fishing boat in the early hours of Thursday..."

2013-09-26 - Transit bus bursts into flame at 6:27 AM on River Road in Bethesda (Maryland):
http://www.wusa9.com/news/photo-gallery.aspx?storyid=276347

2013-09-26 - Minibus bursts into flame while parked in Jimeta (Nigeria):
http://hookuptv.blogspot.com/2013/09/mysterious-fire-burns-commercial-bus-in.html

2013-09-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-71 in Boone County (Kentucky), fire reignites:
http://www.wcpo.com/news/region-northern-kentucky/semi-fire-shuts-down-part-of-i-71-near-walton
http://www.lex18.com/news/semi-carrying-fat-catches-fire-on-i-71
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20130926/NEWS0103/309260079/
http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/news-northern-kentucky/truck-fire-closes-i7175-near-split/-/13608792/22132316/-/x1nhm4z/-/index.html

2013-09-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-70 near Riley (Indiana):
http://mymixfm.com/news/articles/2013/sep/26/truck-fire-on-i-70/
http://www.originalcompany.com/pages/17388144.php
http://www.mywabashvalley.com/story/overnight-semi-fire-shuts-down-lanes-on-i-70/d/story/EMWNJxWisESei8GYYfkwmw
http://www.wishtv.com/news/local/semi-fire-affects-i-70-drivers

Quote: "The brand name of the sauerkraut that caught on fire was 'Krispy Kraut.'"

2013-09-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-24 near Smyrna (Tennessee):
http://wgnsradio.com/semi-truck-catches-fire-on-i-24---cause-not-known-cms-15204

2013-09-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A17 in Holbeach (Britain):
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/UPDATE-Lorry-A17-Holbeach/story-19850444-detail/story.html
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/video-update-6-40pm-lorry-fire-on-a17-at-holbeach-1-5533491

2013-09-26 - Tractor and backhoe burst into flame while parked at business on Woodhead Road in Holmfirth (Britain):
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/jcb-tractor-go-up-flames-6096856

Quote: "JCB and tractor go up in flames at Turner Bros garage in Holmfirth..."

Note: JCB is slang for any backhoe digger/excavator in Britain and Europe. Had to look that one up...

2013-09-26 - Tractor bursts into flame on Plank Road in Sycamore (Illinois):
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/09/26/tractor-bursts-into-flames-plank-road-closed/a73j7wz/
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/mobile/article.xml/articles/2013/09/26/786165b41add4b848a85a30e93dc853d/index.xml

2013-09-26 - Dump truck bursts into flame on Three Moors Lane in South Zeal (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26281&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-26 - Box truck bursts into flame on the New Jersey Turnpike near Deptford (New Jersey):
http://www.tacomafire.org/news/fullstory/newsid/195307

2013-09-26 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Santa Cruz (California):
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/santacruz/ci_24185505/rv-destroyed-house-damaged-thursday-afternoon-fire

Note: I think it was one of those luxury Mercedes Sprinter RVs. I always wanted one of those, but these days, not so much. And even if I were rich enough to afford one, I certainly wouldn't park it next to the house, since I'm one of those don't-wanna-burn-to-death kind of people...

2013-09-26 - Van bursts into flame at 12:33 AM while parked at business, fire spreads to business, in Shepton Mallet (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26270&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-26 - Van bursts into flame on Poundbury Road in Dorchester (Britain):
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10701440.Firefighters_alerted_to_van_fire_in_Dorchester/
http://www.thisisdorset.net/news/tidnews/10701440.Firefighters_alerted_to_van_fire_in_Dorchester/

2013-09-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-70 in Clark County (Ohio):
http://www.whiotv.com/photo/news/local/i-70-truck-fire-clark-county/py2GB/
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/i-70-traffic-slowed-accident-vehicle-fire/nZ8RF/

2013-09-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-77 in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/09/car_catches_fire_on_i-77_in_cl.html
http://videos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2013/09/truck_fire_on_i-77_south_in_cl.html

2013-09-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at garage in Edina (Missouri):
http://nemonews.net/2013/09/26/vehicle-fire-edina-video/

2013-09-26 - Cars burst into flame at auto shop near Florence (Kentucky), 2 injured:
http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/news-northern-kentucky/commercial-garage-fire-closes-dixie-highway-in-florence/-/13608792/22136470/-/d87c7kz/-/index.html

Quote: "A witness told WLWT News 5 that several cars in a garage behind the building had caught fire."

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame at 2:30 AM while parked on street in Agawam (Massachusetts), near the Connecticut River:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53113190/ns/local_news-springfield_ma/
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local/hampden/agawam-car-fire-being-investigated

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 101 near coastal Port Angeles (Washington):
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130926/NEWS/130929979/car-fire-briefly-closes-monroe-road-east-of-port-angeles
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130927/NEWS/309279986/vehicle-fire-briefly-closes-monroe-road-east-of-port-angeles

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame on Route 8 in Harwinton (Connecticut):
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/09/26/news/local/doc52442c9d8385a674426327.txt

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 316 in Oconee County (Georgia):
http://classiccitytoday.com/2013/09/vehicle-fire-causes-316-delays/
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-09-26/no-injuries-reported-oconee-county-early-morning-car-fire

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.kens5.com/news/PHOTOS-Vehicle-goes-up-in-flames-in-I-10-near-Fresno-Road-225340292.html

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame on I-91 in Windsor (Connecticut), near the Connecticut River:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/23535569/car-fire-briefly-closes-i-91-south-in-windsor
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Car-Fire-Closes-Lanes-of-I-91-South-in-Windsor-225332782.html
http://www.courant.com/community/windsor/hc-windsor-car-fire-0927-20130926,0,4709339.story

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame on M62 slip road near Bradford (Britain):
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/10701948.Car_destroyed_in_M62_fire/
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10702075.M62_car_fire_sparked_by_fault/

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame at 12:02 AM while parked in carpark near Woodcock Street in Castle Cary (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26268&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame at 4:41 AM at Heathfield Industrial Estate near Newton Abbot (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26271&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-26 - Car bursts into flame on Wordsworth Crescent in North Prospect in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26275&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked in garage at home in coastal Stuart (Florida):
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/sep/26/officials-investigating-after-vehicle-fire-stuart/

2013-09-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Wild Horse Creek Road in Wildwood (Missouri), starts brush fire:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Fire-crews-battle-brush-fire-involving-vehicle-in-Wildwood-225412452.html

2013-09-26 - Vintage Corvette and garage destroyed by fire, home damaged, in Fortville (Indiana):
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/local_story/No-injuries-but-fire-brings-ot_1380250555

2013-09-26 - Two vehicles and two auto shops destroyed by fire at 2 AM in Ludlow (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local/hampden/early-morning-fire-at-ludlow-auto-body-shop
http://www.wggb.com/2013/09/26/crews-battling-fire-at-ludlow-auto-garage/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/early_morning_fire_destroys_ea.html
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/ludlow_fire_department_fire_th.html

Quote: "Crowley said it’s possible that the exact cause may never be determined. Investigators with the Ludlow Fire Department and the state Fire Marshal’s office believe, however, that it started in the auto body shop, which fronted Amherst Street. At least two vehicles inside that shop were destroyed in the blaze."

2013-09-26 - Auto shop erupts in flame in the wee hours in Kelowna (Canada), near Okanagan Lake:
http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/225360672.html

2013-09-26 - Barn destroyed by raging fire in Pavilion (New York):
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_3ecb15f0-2716-11e3-8791-0019bb2963f4.html
http://thelcn.com/2013/09/26/barn-fire-in-york/
http://thebatavian.com/howard-owens/genesee-county-firefighters-responding-barn-fire-york/39609

2013-09-26 - Barn damaged by fire at fairgrounds in New Gloucester (Maine):
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/09/26/barn-burns-new-gloucester-fairgrounds/1428992
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/fire-damages-new-gloucester-barn/-/8792012/22146094/-/n48kjd/-/index.html
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Firefighters-save-barn-at-New-Gloucester-Fairgrounds.html

2013-09-26 - Trailer full of sawdust bursts into flame at casket company outside York (Pennsylvania):
http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_24174508/fire-reported-at-outside-york-casket-company

2013-09-26 - Metals business hit by fire in Foley (Alabama):
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/09/fire_put_out_at_vulcan_metal_m.html

2013-09-26 - Sign business devastated by fire on coastal John's Island (South Carolina):
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/23543480/dispatch-crews-responding-to-fire-at-savannah-highway-business

2013-09-26 - Major fire hits business district in downtown Woodbine (Iowa):
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Fire-Breaks-Out-in-Woodbine-Business-225405562.html

2013-09-26 - Roof bursts into flame at school in Hershey (Pennsylvania):
http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/update-crews-respond-fire-at-milton-hershey-school-3307.shtml

2013-09-26 - Dining hall destroyed by fire at bible camp in Bemidji (Minnesota):
http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130926/NEWS/130929701/1001/NEWS

Quote: "...no one was in the building when it caught fire."

2013-09-26 - Camcorder bursts into flame on passenger plane, plane returns to Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/26/small-fire-inside-cabin-forces-plane-back-to-ohare/
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/399797/3/Smoke-fills-cabin-of-plane-headed-to-St-Louis
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/22817439-418/camcorder-battery-catches-fire-aboard-flight-plane-returns-to-ohare.html

2013-09-26 - Corn field bursts into flame in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/09/26/corn-field-catches-fire-in-pungo-section-of-virginia-beach/

2013-09-26 - Porch bursts into flame at 12:30 AM at home in Dubuque (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Dubuque-Firefighters-Respond-to-Porch-Fire-225327402.html

Quote: "The fire was contained to the home's exterior and no one was hurt."

2013-09-26 - Home destroyed by fire in Knights Landing (California), near the Sacramento River, car burns too:
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_24182961/knights-landing-structure-fire-reduces-home-rubble

Quote: "Knights Landing resident Cliff Stark said he saw the black smoke from the Boatyard RV Park on the Sacramento River levee..."

2013-09-26 - Massive blaze tears through multi-million-dollar mansion in Beverly Hills (California), near the coast:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9263515
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Fire-Rips-Through-Beverly-Hills-Home-225455632.html
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/09/26/mansion-ablaze-in-beverly-hills/

Quote: "A mansion in Beverly Hills caught fire Thursday night, causing an estimated $4.2 million in damage."

2013-09-26 - Blaze tears through apartment building in coastal Lansdowne (Maryland), 27 people homeless:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/09/26/12-apartments-destroyed-in-lansdowne-blaze/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/arbutus-lansdowne/bs-md-co-lansdowne-fire-20130926,0,2641297.story
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/fire-damages-lansdowne-apartment-complex/-/10136486/22134738/-/p4qt6jz/-/index.html

2013-09-26 - Three-alarm fire damages apartment building in the French Quarter in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/09/three-alarm_fire_under_control.html
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/nofd-responds-to-onealarm-fire-in-the-french-quarter/-/9853400/22130336/-/tbs9i/-/index.html

Quote: "The fire department responded to a separate fire caused by an electrical problem on Sept. 19, on the first floor of the 1005 Decatur building. But Hardy said he believed it was 'just a coincidence' that it was the same building."

2013-09-26 - Apartment building hit by fire in Colorado Springs (Colorado), dozens homeless:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24180225/dozens-displaced-after-colorado-springs-fire

2013-09-26 - Vacant house destroyed by fire at midnight in Huntsville (Alabama):
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/09/fire_destroys_abandoned_house.html

2013-09-26 - Vacant home burns at 3:40 AM in Rocky Mount (North Carolina):
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/authorities-investigate-cause-fire-vacant-house-2173479

2013-09-26 - Vacant house burns in Kansas City (Kansas):
http://www.wyandottedailynews.com/news/fire-at-vacant-home-under-investigation_1/

2013-09-26 - Vacant house burns in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.ktnv.com/multimedia/videos/?bctid=2700056971001

2013-09-26 - Vacant building burns in coastal Santa Barbara (California):
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/fire_doused_at_abandoned_santa_barbara_building_20130926

2013-09-26 - Major blaze tears through vacant metal business in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/crews-battle-fire-on-citys-east-side
http://www.indystar.com/article/20130926/NEWS/309260079/1001/NEWS

Quote: "IFD said the building used to be the site of Continental Metal Products, and neighbors told IFD that the building has been unoccupied for 10 years."

2013-09-25 - Inferno destroys seven historic buildings at 5:23 AM on the waterfront in coastal Georgetown (South Carolina):

http://www.wbtw.com/story/23522844/georgetown-firefighters-battle-multiple-downtown-building-fires
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/23523276/several-buildings-on-fire-on-georgetowns-historic-front-street
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/09/25/3732944/city-councilman-saw-georgetown.html
http://www.wbtv.com/story/23523095/fire-crews-fighting-raging-flames-on-front-st-in-georgetown-county
http://www.coastalobserver.com/articles/2013/092613/1.html

Quote: "The US Coast Guard was requested to come in and assist with fighting the fire from the river."

Quote: "After hours of battling a fire along Georgetown's historic Front Street, firefighters have contained a fire that destroyed or damaged nearly a dozen businesses. Damage is estimated to be in the millions..."

Note: This fire was much like the raging 10-alarm blaze that wiped out the boardwalk and more than 30 businesses in coastal Seaside Park (New Jersey) less than two weeks prior, as mentioned in the 2013-09-12 update. As the atmospheric contamination problem intensifies there will be an increasing number of devastating blazes like this, particularly along coasts...

2013-09-24 - Huge fire rips through fertilizer plant in coastal São Francisco do Sul (Brazil), many people sicken, some flee:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/videos/news/brazil-blaze-sparks-panic/vCDMj6/
http://www.reuters.com/video/2013/09/26/brazil-blaze-sparks-panic?videoId=273917731
http://www.wsoctv.com/videos/news/brazil-blaze-sparks-panic/vCDMg6/

Quote: "This fire at a fertiliser plant in Brazilian municipality of Sao Francisco do Sul has been burning since Tuesday. More than 120 local residents have been treated in hospital for throat and nose irritation, nausea and vomiting. Hundreds of residents have been evacuated within a two kilometre radius of the blaze. Some have fled the town because of fears for their health despite authorities' assurances the smoke isn't toxic."

2013-09-24 - Chemical plant erupts in flame in Carson (California), near the coast:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9259689

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Likewise, chemical plants of all types will burn and/or explode, including biofuels plants, fertilizer plants, specialty chemical plants, petroleum-related facilities and more."

2013-09-23 - Underground electrical explosion blows off manhole in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/Power-Outage-Manhole-Cover-224872752.html

Quote: "A manhole cover blew off this morning as dozens of area buildings lost power and a school closed. The underground blast shock the 3100 block of Orthodox street in the Birdesburg section of Philadelphia around 10:45 a.m. sending smoke into the air."

2013-09-23 - Underground electrical fire breaks out near bank in Natick (Massachusetts):

http://natick.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/north-main-blocked-off-a-town-center

Note: The bank mentioned is about half a mile east (downwind) of Fisk Pond...

2013-09-23 - Transformer and electrical panel burst into flame at mall in coastal Jensen Beach (Florida):

http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/treasure-coast-news/electrical-fires-prompt-evacuation-of-treasure-coast-mall/-/8882916/22084568/-/frod70/-/index.html
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_martin_county/jensen_beach/treasure-coast-square-mall-electrical-fire-forces-evacuation-of-treasure-coast-square-mall

2013-09-23 - Home explodes in Conway (New Hampshire), near Conway Lake, 1 injured:
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/building-explosion-reported-in-conway/-/9857858/22082694/-/9vgc0o/-/index.html
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/257706/3/Man-seriously-injured-in-home-explosion-in-Conway

2013-09-23 - Home explodes in coastal Paphos on the island of Cyprus, 1 injured:
http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/09/23/pensioner-seriously-injured-in-gas-explosion/

2013-09-23 - Bridge over the Colorado River bursts into flame in the wee hours in Parker (Arizona):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130925-41047-USA
http://www.parkerliveonline.com/2013/09/23/bridge-on-fire/
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/23510271/fire-closes-parker-az-bridge
http://www.kvoa.com/news/fire-breaks-out-on-bridge-on-arizona-calif-border/

Note: Lots of vehicles have been burning and/or crashing on bridges too, especially in recent months. Bridges are built to go over depressions, e.g. low-lying areas, which are precisely the areas where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate when the wind isn't blowing it onward. Getting food and fuel distributed was already going to become a major problem with all the tractor trailers and tanker trucks burning. Bridges burning can only compound the problem...

2013-09-23 - Metal recycling business hit by fire near coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/19082397/fire-at-sydney-recycling-yard/
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/fire-at-sydney-recycling-yard/story-e6frfku9-1226725835065
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/fire-at-sydney-recycling-yard/story-fn3dxiwe-1226725835065

2013-09-23 - Fire erupts at auto recycling business in Duluth (Minnesota):
http://www.fox21online.com/news/articles/fire-breaks-out-recycling-facility

Quote: "Thick, black smoke billowed from Bayside Recycling in West Duluth and blew through traffic..."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."

2013-09-23 - Tire recycling plant hit by fire in Brantford (Canada), firefighter injured:
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2013/09/23/liberty-tire-fire-update
http://www.tirereview.com/Article/118550/firefighter_injured_at_liberty_tire_fire.aspx

2013-09-23 - Firecracker manufacturer explodes in Uttar Pradesh (India), 4 killed, 18 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130925-41050-IND
http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Explosion-in-UP-cracker-unit-three-killed/2013/09/23/article1799369.ece

Quote: "Officials say that the explosion was so strong that one body was found on a fifty-foot high rooftop."

Quote: "A similar incident took place in Unnao, near the state capital, last week in which eight people were killed."

2013-09-23 - Massive explosion rips through paint shop in Daegu (South Korea), 2 killed, 6 injured:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/09/24/0200000000AEN20130924000900315.html

2013-09-23 - Hydrogen tank explodes at industrial business in Manassas (Virginia), 1 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130924-41034-USA
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/275974/44/1-injured-in-tank-explosion-in-Manassas
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/one-injured-in-manassas-hydrogen-explosion-at-utron/2013/09/23/00054d36-2473-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_story.html

2013-09-23 - Man goes to burn some trash, explosion kills him, in Pope County (Arkansas):
http://www.couriernews.com/view/full_story/23676985/article-Scottsville-man-found-dead-after-fire-incident

2013-09-23 - Burning smell sends passenger plane to emergency landing in Wichita (Kansas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20130924-41026-USA

Quote: "The plane and its 175 passengers on board made the unplanned landing in Wichita after some passengers smelled what they described as burning plastic."

Note: Probably wiring insulation burning...

2013-09-23 - Boat bursts into flame at Wollaston Yacht Club in coastal Quincy (Massachusetts):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53087840/
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/south/10011766368530/boat-goes-up-in-flames-at-yacht-club-in-quincy/
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/cops_and_courts/x1803832076/Boat-a-total-loss-after-fire-at-Wollaston-Yacht-Club

Note: Quincy is where a 'rotten egg' smell is rolling in off the ocean, as mentioned in the 2013-05-09 update...

2013-09-23 - Boat destroyed by explosion and fire at 1:30 AM at boat workshop in Hamworthy, Dorset (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-24202491
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/poole/10691435.Boat_and_workshop_badly_damaged_after__huge_explosion__in_Hamworthy/

2013-09-23 - Four minibuses burst into flame at 3 AM while parked in Bangalore (India), man incinerated:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/358946/fire-039mishap039-kills-driver-4.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Driver-sleeping-in-bus-burned-alive/articleshow/22955872.cms

2013-09-23 - Transit bus bursts into flame on Highway 417 in Ottawa (Canada):
http://www.cfra.com/News/Ottawa-Regional-News/OC-Transpo-Bus-Fire-Causes-Temporary-Road-Closure

Quote: "All lanes of the 417 westbound are now open at Woodroffe, following a temporary closure due to an OC Transpo bus catching fire."

2013-09-23 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Titusville (Florida):
http://www.wesh.com/news/traffic/car-carrier-catches-fire-on-i95-near-titusville/-/11788448/22090046/-/pniudnz/-/index.html
http://www.onenewspage.us/n/US/74w12wfz0/Fire-on-semi-closes-95-In-Brevard.htm

Quote: "Part of I-95 was shut down late Monday night after a semi carrying cars caught fire along the highway."

2013-09-23 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at business in St. Cloud (Minnesota):
http://knsiradio.com/news/local/fire-damages-semi-st-cloud/

Quote: "The truck was parked at 3267 Roosevelt Road in St. Cloud, behind Vuke's Profuel store, when the blaze occured."

2013-09-23 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at farm in Madison (Wisconsin):
http://madisonet.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20476531&BRD=1302&PAG=461&dept_id=181987&rfi=6
http://www.amazingmadison.com/Madison-Fire-Department-responds-to-truck-fire/17368669

2013-09-23 - Box truck bursts into flame while parked at business in Frederick (Maryland):
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/locations/local/frederick_county/frederick/article_7b196806-2449-11e3-aff2-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=jqm
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/disasters_and_accidents/fires/article_1cdd29ab-e09e-587c-b6c5-f0a1cac837cc.html

Quote: "Firefighters arrived at 26 East 9th Street around 7:50 a.m. to find a parked box truck on fire."

2013-09-23 - Truck bursts into flame at gas station near the coast in southeast Queensland (Australia), 2 injured:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-23/two-injured-when-truck-catches-fire-at-petrol-station/4975686

Quote: "Meanwhile in the state's southern inland, a 20-year-old man suffered burns to 70 per cent of his body in an accident at a drilling site near Roma."

2013-09-23 - RV bursts into flame at 1:30 AM at RV park in Orange (California):
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-527489-park-destroyed.html

2013-09-23 - Minivan bursts into flame, starts brush fire, on Highway 154 in coastal Santa Barbara (California):
http://www.keyt.com/news/vehicle-fire-briefly-shuts-down-highway-154/-/17671600/22073626/-/nn6bi6z/-/index.html
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/highway_154_shut_down_after_van_fire_spreads_to_brush_20130923

2013-09-23 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-295 in Topsham (Maine), near the coast:
http://www.timesrecord.com/news/2013-09-23/Front_Page/Man_unharmed_after_truck_catches_fire_in_Topsham.html

2013-09-23 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 5 AM while being towed, in coastal League City (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/truck-catches-fire-while-being-towed-after-fatal-wreck/-/1735978/22076716/-/6wt1bkz/-/index.html

2013-09-23 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked in Minot (North Dakota):
http://www.kumv.com/story/23507570/parked-truck-goes-up-in-flames

2013-09-23 - Coffee car bursts into flame in coastal Invercargill (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/9202440/Coffee-car-fire-reported

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame on Conwell Street in coastal Provincetown (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130924/NEWS/309240327/-1/rss01

Note: Check Provincetown out with Google Maps or whatever. You don't get much more coastal than that without being an island...

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame at 4:39 AM at Bateman Close, West End, Crewe (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-crewe_23-09-2013_10-31-10

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame on road in Finasisu on the island of Saipan:
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=150400

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Gorelands Lane in Chalfont St Giles (Britain):
http://www.getbucks.co.uk/news/local-news/car-set-alight-chalfont-st-6080538

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame at 2:02 AM on Westhill Street in coastal Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight (Britain):
http://www.iwradio.co.uk/articles/2013-09-23-crews-tackle-car-fire
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/car-fire-tackled-51039.aspx

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame on Queens Promenade in Blackpool (Britain):
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/lucky-escape-for-pair-after-vehicle-fire-1-6077897

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame on Mains Road in Sunnybank (Australia), near the coast:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/car-on-fire-at-mains-rd-sunnybank-in-otherwise-incidentfree-afternoon-peak-hour/story-fnii5v70-1226726369070

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame on the Pacific Highway north of coastal Port Macquarie (Australia):
http://www.portnews.com.au/story/1798587/updated-car-on-fire-causes-heavy-highway-traffic/

2013-09-23 - Car bursts into flame near university in Yerevan (Armenia):
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/09/23/accident2/

2013-09-23 - Moped bursts into flame in Bramble Park in Taunton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26243&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-23 - RV, minivan and garage destroyed by fire at home in Saskatoon (Canada):
http://www.newstalk650.com/story/update-fire-destroys-garage-ave-p/134013
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Garage+fire+chars+threatens+houses/8949219/story.html
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/74w12w8ci/UPDATE-Fire-destroys-garage-on-Ave.htm

Quote: "Coffin said there is no common spark between the garage fire and two other fires last week in the city..."

Note: I wouldn't be too sure about that. Same area, same atmosphere...

2013-09-23 - Classic cars and barn destroyed by fire in Ridgefield (Washington):
http://www.koin.com/2013/09/23/barn-with-ammunition-catches-fire/
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/sep/23/shop-fire-reported-se-ridgefield/
http://portland.gotnewswire.com/news/classic-cars-destroyed-in-barn-fire

Quote: "Fire broke out at a pole barn in Clark County Monday afternoon, enveloping classic cars, equipment, guns and ammunition."

2013-09-23 - Barn destroyed by fire near West Concord (Minnesota):
http://www.kttc.com/story/23508712/2013/09/23/fire-destroys-barn-in-west-concord
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/fire-damages-dodge-county-barn/article_762909f2-0f52-577d-a732-9c83b94916f3.html

2013-09-23 - Barn destroyed by fire in Welland (Canada), near the Niagara River:
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/4120996-arson-suspected-after-fire-destroys-welland-barn/

Quote: "He said with no electrical, gas or water service to the building few possible causes are left."

Note: Any rusty iron/steel in that barn? Wood barn, built with nails? There's the probable cause right there. A little hydrogen sulfide finds a rusty nail or pipe or horseshoe or something, some sparking and sizzling ensues, dried wood ignites and whoosh, another barn destroyed by fire...

2013-09-23 - Barn destroyed by fire in Coward (South Carolina):
http://www.scnow.com/newsandpost/news/article_f5009644-2453-11e3-8294-001a4bcf6878.html

Note: Coward is located just east (downwind) of Open Bay...

2013-09-23 - Barn damaged by fire near Sky Valley (California):
http://www.metronewsday.com/news/20637-fire-burning-barn-near-sky-valley.html

2013-09-23 - E-cig explodes and ignites boy in car in Mount Pleasant (Utah):
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-burned-mom-charging-e-cigarette-explodes-article-1.1465767

Quote: "She claims a white-hot copper coil shot out of the fake White Rhino gasper, bounced off the ceiling and landed on his lap. Flames quickly spread across the seat and onto the tiny boy's body."

Quote: "Seeing your child on fire and hearing them scream 'Help me!' is pretty terrifying..."

Note: I guess I don't need to ask if there's any electrified copper in those things...

2013-09-23 - E-cig explodes and ignites car in Maesycwmmer (Britain):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2430393/E-cigarette-wrecked-car-EXPLODED-like-firework-charged-overnight-leaving-seats-destroyed-windows-blackened.html

2013-09-23 - Trash bin bursts into flame at home, fire spreads to car, garage, in New Castle (Pennsylvania):
http://www.ncnewsonline.com/update/x862165239/Garage-fire-destroys-car

2013-09-23 - Construction debris bursts into flame in dump truck in Fremont (Nebraska):
http://fremonttribune.com/news/local/fire-does-minor-damage-to-dump-truck/article_004c5f7b-c7d6-5dfb-ab29-52d2d9c3e868.html

2013-09-23 - Massive inferno engulfs restaurant in Rapid City (South Dakota):
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/massive-overnight-fire-in-rapid-city/?id=153560

2013-09-23 - Major fire destroys church in coastal Oakland (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-destroys-West-Oakland-church-4837401.php
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=9258930

Quote: "Tasha Williams was walking from a convenience store to her car just down the street when she saw a transformer on a power line outside the church blow up."

2013-09-23 - Huge blaze erupts at industrial estate in Acton area of coastal London (Britain):
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/bio_chemical_plant_badly_damaged_in_park_royal_fire_1_2796789
http://www.lbc.co.uk/look-huge-industrial-fire-in-ealing-78595/album/huge_fire_in_acton/2133
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/warning_issued_to_residents_in_harlesden_and_park_royal_as_fire_rips_through_industrial_unit_1_2796183

2013-09-23 - Three-story home damaged by blaze in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.turnto10.com/story/23512132/providence-house-catches-fire

2013-09-23 - Vacant trailer home destroyed by fire in Pierpoint Township (Ohio):
http://starbeacon.com/local/x862165641/Vacant-house-trailer-in-Pierpont-destroyed-by-fire

2013-09-23 - Vacant home burns in Hamilton (Ohio):
http://www.fox19.com/story/23500608/crews-investigate-a-sting-of-fires-in-the-hamilton-area

Quote: "Crews say that this was the fifth fire to break out in Hamilton over the past few days."

Note: And yet another city has begun going up in flames. Coming soon to...everywhere.

2013-09-23 - Vacant house burns in Hazleton (Pennsylvania):
http://www.myfoxnepa.com/story/23503032/fire-damages-vacant-home
http://www.pahomepage.com/story/house-vacant-for-years-catches-fire-in-hazleton/d/story/63PRQrjOXEaHGVf5MOqktw

2013-09-22 - Stack of 800 pallets bursts into flame at lumber business in Visalia (California):

http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/09/22/3512423/visalia-pallet-fire-deemed-suspicious.html
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20130923/NEWS01/309230012/Visalia-Industrial-Park-pallet-fire-leads-12-000-damages
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20130923/NEWS01/309230012/1002/NEWS01

Quote: "Investigators say the fire was suspicious because the business was closed at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire is not known."

Note: Investigators obviously haven't been paying attention to the planet around them. Pallets have been going up in flames for some time. Pallets are vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem for a few reasons: 1) they are held together with nails or screws, which rust, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with rusty iron/steel; 2) they're made of flammable absorbent materials, all of which are absorbing one or both gases and spontaneously combusting, including wood, paper, cardboard, generic trash, upholstery, cotton, clothing, straw, hay, compost, dried brush and grass, etc; 3) pallets are often stored outdoors, fully exposed to the atmosphere. Pallets and vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time...

2013-09-22 - Fire erupts at landfill in Bend (Oregon), near the Deschutes River:
http://www.ktvz.com/news/bend-firefree-collected-yard-debris-catching-fire/-/413192/22070932/-/duve3qz/-/index.html

Note: Bend's name derives from the term 'Farewell Bend', used by early pioneers for this location, one of the few fordable areas of the Deschutes River...

2013-09-22 - Major three-alarm fire hits recycling facility in Worcester (Massachusetts):
http://www.telegram.com/article/20130922/NEWS/309229795/1116
http://www.telegram.com/article/20130922/NEWS/130929969/-1/NEWS07

Quote: "The fire at 2 Kansas St., the location of Superior Waste & Recycling, was confined to a back storage area where trash such as paper, wood and mattresses, were housed..."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."

2013-09-22 - Explosion hits Dorset Environmental Science Centre in Dorset (Canada), 2 injured:
http://barrie.ctvnews.ca/two-injured-in-explosion-at-moe-building-east-of-huntsville-1.1467054
http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/news-story/4119743-two-injured-at-explosion-at-dorset-environmental-centre/

2013-09-22 - Oil refinery hit by fire in St. Louis Park (Minnesota), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kare11.com/rss/article/1039999/391/Fire-breaks-out-at-St-Paul-Park-refinery
http://www.twincities.com/washingtoncounty/ci_24154315/st-paul-park-no-one-injured-fire-at
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/09/22/crews-battle-fire-at-northern-tier-energy-refinery/

2013-09-22 - Huge blaze engulfs commercial building in Llwynypia (Britain), near the Rhondda River:
http://www.freenewspos.com/news/article/d/141168/%20uk/sixty-fire-fighters-tackle-factory-fire-in-llwynypia-near-tonypandy

Quote: "The fire is thought to involve a garage, a furniture business and four other businesses in a converted factory in Llwynypia near Tonypandy..."

2013-09-22 - Boat bursts into flame at marina in coastal Forked River (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/article/20130922/NJNEWS/309220077/1001/rss
http://www.topix.com/city/forked-river-nj/2013/09/130922KE1UKD
http://www.topix.com/county/ocean-nj/2013/09/1309224AS9SE

2013-09-22 - Boat bursts into flame on trailer at property in Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-09-22/boat-lost-fire

2013-09-22 - Boat bursts into flame in coastal Havre de Grace (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/abingdon/ph-ag-car-boat-fires-0925-20130923,0,6268140.story

Note: Also mentioned, separate incidents, a minivan, a car and a vehicle also burst into flame in the area...

2013-09-22 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on US 76 near Marion (South Carolina):
http://www.wistv.com/story/23498149/bus-catches-on-fire-on-us-76-near-marion

2013-09-22 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 6:42 AM on I-68 near Midlothian (Maryland):
http://times-news.com/local/x862164785/Truck-fire-briefly-closes-eastbound-Interstate-68
http://news.silobreaker.com/truck-fire-briefly-closes-eastbound-interstate-68-5_2267120644929880064

2013-09-22 - Two garbage trucks go up in flames while parked at facility in Chapel Hill (Texas):
http://www.kltv.com/story/23497903/garbage-truck-catches-fire-in-chapel-hill
http://www.cbs19.tv/story/23499354/garbage-truck-fire-fills-air-with-the-scent-of-trash
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/two-garbage-trucks-go-up-in-flames-in-smith-county
http://www.fox51.com/news/vehicle-catches-fire-chapel-hill
http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+Local/186497/two-sanitation-trucks-destroyed-in-fire

Quote: "Two garbage trucks were destroyed late Sunday afternoon after one of them burst into flames. Smith County Assistant Fire Marshall tell us one of the trucks spontaneously caught fire in the Garbage Pick-up Service parking lot, off of F-M 848 around 3:45 this afternoon. The fire consumed the front end of the truck before spreading to a second truck parked nearby."

Note: If they didn't park them next to each other then they'd probably only lose one truck at a time. But hey, as long as the residents there are willing to either go without garbage pickup or pay higher taxes to buy more new vehicles, then no big deal...

2013-09-22 - RV bursts into flame near Palm Beach Boulevard, fire destroys car too, in coastal Fort Myers (Florida):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53080381/
http://www.abc-7.com/story/23498039/rv-and-car-catches-fire-on-georgia-ave

2013-09-22 - RV bursts into flame on Route 32 in West Friendship (Maryland):
http://www.wfvfd.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=195

2013-09-22 - Camper-van bursts into flame on M4 slip road near Whitley Wood (Britain):
http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/09/22/93360-iconic-vw-camper-catches-fire-on-m4--just-moments-after-unlucky-couple-picked-up-the-keys/

2013-09-22 - Van bursts into flame on I-81 near coastal Alexandria Bay (New York):
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130922/NEWS09/709229760

2013-09-22 - SUV bursts into flame while parked on street in Missoula (Montana):
http://www.kbzk.com/news/abandoned-vehicle-in-missoula-catches-on-fire/

2013-09-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on street in Lawton (Oklahoma):
http://www.kswo.com/story/23499470/truck-ignites-after-backfiring

2013-09-22 - Limousine bursts into flame on road in Burlington (Iowa), 1 injured:
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=950031
http://www.whbf.com/story/23499143/man-injured-in-limo-fire

Quote: "The limo driver was injured from the fire and taken to Great River Medical Center."

2013-09-22 - Police car bursts into flame while parked in Washington Township (New Jersey):
http://jerseytribune.com/2013/09/23/washington-township-police-car-fire-quickly-extinguished/
http://www.northjersey.com/news/224874902_Washington_Township_police_car_fire_quickly_extinguished.html

Quote: "Shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 22, police discovered one of their patrol cars, which was not running or occupied at the time, was on fire..."

Note: As mentioned, vehicles of all kinds are going up in flames while parked and not running. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like battery cables and other wiring in vehicles and it's also reactive with rusty iron/steel, which all vehicles have unles they're fresh off the assembly line. If you park your vehicle near your home, you risk your home going up in flames when the vehicle bursts into flame, and that has happened a great many times...

2013-09-22 - Vintage Delorean bursts into flame on road in Hazle Township (Pennsylvania):
http://standardspeaker.com/news/fire-damages-vintage-auto-1.1556386

Note: He should've gone back in time to before the fire began!

2013-09-22 - Car bursts into flame at 3:30 AM while parked in basement carpark in Lancaster (Britain), building evacuated:
http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/community/cars-damaged-and-30-residents-evacuated-after-lancaster-fire-1-6075057
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/community/cars-damaged-and-30-residents-evacuated-after-lancaster-fire-1-6075057

Quote: "Thirty residents were told to leave a block of flats on Station Road after the blaze engulfed a car in a basement car park shortly after 3.30am."

2013-09-22 - Car explodes and burns at 1:15 AM while parked in coastal Cleethorpes (Britain), fire spreads to 2 more cars, flat:
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Car-explodes-family-home-middle-night/story-19837001-detail/story.html
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/BREAKING-NEWS-cars-flat-damaged-Cleethorpes/story-19830209-detail/story.html

Note: Basically the same as the tractor that exploded in the middle of the night on Avon Lake Road in Litchfield Township (Pennsylvania), as mentioned in the 2013-09-05 update. There've been other mysterious vehicle explosions too, especially in recent months, some of which have resulted in fatalities. Obviously, as the atmospheric contamination proceeds, more and more vehicles will be exploding and burning, and more people will die as a result...

2013-09-22 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Walmart in Shelbyville (Illinois):
http://shelbycountynews.net/car-fire-at-shelbyville-walmart-sunday-afternoon-p24839-1.htm

2013-09-22 - Car bursts into flame inside the Wilson Tunnel near coastal Honolulu on the Big Island (Hawaii):
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130922_Vehicle_fire_closes_townbound_lanes_of_Wilson_Tunnel.html
http://www.khon2.com/2013/09/22/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-likelike-highway-town-bound/

2013-09-22 - Car bursts into flame inside barn in Rogers City (Michigan):
http://www.watz.com/wire/localnews/01306_Camero_Burns_in_Barn_124953.php

Note: Rogers City is located on the shore of Lake Huron...

2013-09-22 - Car bursts into flame on road in Bradford (Vermont):
http://www.wcax.com/story/23496197/car-fire-in-bradford

2013-09-22 - Car bursts into flame on road in Mineral Wells (Texas):
http://mineralwellsindex.com/topstory/x862164937/Disaster-averted-in-car-fire

2013-09-22 - Car bursts into flame on Snydertown Road in Shamokin Township (Pennsylvania):
http://newsitem.com/news/three-sunbury-teens-bail-from-burning-car-1.1556418

2013-09-22 - Vehicle bursts into flame at 3:20 AM while parked on Denison Street in Rockhampton (Australia), near the coast:
http://www.centraltelegraph.com.au/news/vehicle-firea-vehicle-went-up-in-flames-in-denison/2028505/

2013-09-22 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked near building on Lakeview Avenue, fire spreads to building, in Dover (Delaware):
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130923/NEWS01/309230045/Vehicle-fire-near-Dover-spreads-church-building
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fire-in-vehicle-damages-nearby-del-church-no-injuries-reported/2013/09/23/e60ef82c-247d-11e3-9372-92606241ae9c_story.html

2013-09-22 - Riding mower bursts into flame inside garage at home in Norton Shores (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/09/no_injuries_reported_in_norton.html

2013-09-22 - Three cars and home destroyed by fire in Martinsburg (West Virginia):
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/599126/Berkeley-County-home-destroyed-by-fire-during-family-celebration.html

Note: That address is about 700 feet from a creek or stream named Harlan Run...

2013-09-22 - Several vehicles and barn destroyed by fire in Griswold (Iowa):
http://www.kjan.com/index.php/2013/09/breaking-news-barn-fire-in-griswold-sunday-morning/

Quote: "Law enforcement arriving on the scene reported heavy smoke and flames, and several vehicle near the barn on fire."

2013-09-22 - Barn destroyed by fire in Cross Plains (Tennessee):
http://www.smokeybarn.com/third-tobacco-barn-fire-in-a-week-is-a-total-loss-in-cross-plains/

Quote: "This is the 3rd tobacco barn fire in just over a week in Robertson County."

2013-09-22 - Barn and 250 tons of straw and feed destroyed by fire at 12:40 AM near Newcastle-under-Lyme (Britain):
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Firefighters-battling-blaze-barn-near-Newcastle/story-19830116-detail/story.html
http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/firefighters-extinguish-blaze-in-barn-near-newcastle-under-lyme-2070916.html

2013-09-22 - Hospital erupts in flame in coastal Limerick (Ireland), babies evacuated:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cweymhsnmhoj/rss2/

2013-09-22 - Huge blaze tears through large commercial building at 2:37 AM in Laconia (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130922/NEWS07/130929821
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/laconia-firefighters-battle-3alarm-fire-at-local-roller-skating-rink/-/9857858/22064646/-/37kvruz/-/index.html

Quote: "Witnesses said the fire moved fast, burning through an entire building and destroying at least seven businesses."

Note: Laconia is sandwiched between Lake Winnisquam and Lake Winnipesaukee...

2013-09-22 - Gas cooker explodes on yacht at Troon Marina in coastal South Ayrshire (Scotland), 1 injured:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/u/man-injured-by-gas-cooker-explosion-in-south-ayrshire.1379865973
http://www.irvineherald.co.uk/ayrshire-news/scottish-news/2013/09/22/man-injured-after-yacht-explosion-75485-33873681/

2013-09-22 - Grass fire erupts, spreads to vacant recycling center, in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/story/23499195/grass-fire-spread-to-old-recycling-center-building
http://www.topix.com/news/wildfire/2013/09/130922SGRM7H

2013-09-22 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Rochester (New York):
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S3168305.shtml
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53081656/

2013-09-22 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Hornell (New York):
http://www.canisteovalleynews.com/local/local-news/20320-porch-fire-in-hornell.html

2013-09-22 - Deck bursts into flame at home in Chestertown (Maryland):
http://www.myeasternshoremd.com/news/article_f761f9aa-ef55-53b5-b6f9-ca59016292c5.html

2013-09-22 - Garage bursts into flame at 2 AM, fire spreads to home, in Wilsonville (Oregon):
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Firefighters-battle-early-morning-Wilsonville-fire-224780162.html

2013-09-22 - Hotel catches fire in coastal Westhampton Beach (New York):
http://westhampton-hamptonbays.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fire-department-puts-out-flames-at-dune-deck

2013-09-22 - Fire rages through 3-story residential building in Woonsocket (Rhode Island), 2 injured, 14 homeless:
http://www.abc6.com/story/23497085/hero-emerges-in-3-alarm-house-fire-in-woonsocket
http://www.turnto10.com/story/23496773/3-alarm-fire-in-woonsocket

Note: The Blackstone River cuts right through Woonsocket and this building was less than a mile from the river...

2013-09-22 - Deadly blaze rips through home in Pendleton (Oregon), 5 killed:
http://www.oregonlive.com/pendleton/index.ssf/2013/09/five_dead_in_pendleton_house_f.html

2013-09-22 - Home destroyed by fire and explosions in Silver Lake (Kansas), 2 injured:
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/House-Fire-Injures-Two--224815742.html

2013-09-22 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/fire-rescue/morning-fire-north-las-vegas-causes-185000-damage

2013-09-22 - Vacant house destroyed by fire on River Road in Gladwyne (Pennsylvania), near the Schuylkill River:
http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2013/09/22/main_line_times/news/doc523f650569f0e936298633.txt

Quote: "...the fire was first reported by residents on the Philadelphia side of the Schuylkill River..."

Note: Pic in the story shows that this was a riverfront home; the river is right there, maybe 10-20 feet away...

2013-09-22 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Saginaw (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/09/vacant_home_destroyed_by_suspi.html

Quote: "According to the most recent assessment on file, the destroyed home has a $3,459 taxable value..."

Note: Wow, that's not much. What was it made out of, popsicle sticks?

2013-09-22 - Vacant commercial building under renovation burns at 12:25 AM in suburb of coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20130922/arson-investigators-called-to-bellflower-fire

2013-09-22 - Huge fire hits vacant warehouse near Mall of the Emirates in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/0e580c3b-f686-4947-b3b8-3ce5535d34d8.aspx
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/massive-fire-breaks-out-near-dubai-mall-519320.html
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/dubai-blaze-leaves-bosses-counting-the-cost-as-textile-factory-gutted-by-fire
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-dubai-industrial-zone_878408.html

2013-09-21 - Home explodes and burns in Bella Vista (Arkansas):
http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/northwest/possible-explosion-leads-to-house-fire-in-bella-vista/-/8897460/21797294/-/892j6gz/-/index.html

Quote: "Firefighters said a neighbor called 911 about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when they heard an explosion next door to their home."

2013-09-21 - Massive explosion rocks natural gas plant at 1:20 AM, fire erupts, in Marshall County (West Virginia):
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201309210014
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/09/21/many-feel-blast-from-explosion-at-w-va-gas-plant/
http://www.wtrf.com/story/23491798/residents-evacuated-after-explosion-and-fire-at-gas-plant
http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/4746185-74/fire-spokesman-company

Quote: "The station reports that residents in nearby Clarington, Ohio, could feel the shockwave from the blast."

Quote: "Hunt said residents on both sides of the river felt the blast. 'We had people call us three or four miles away because they felt it,' he said. 'They thought downtown (Clarington) had blown up.'"

Quote: "Dominion Transmission says the fire occurred around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at its Natrium Processing and Fractionation Facility along the Ohio River that went into service this summer."

2013-09-21 - Explosion and fire hit fertilizer storage warehouse at 4:30 AM, in Bangor Township (Iowa):
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/564022/Explosion-damages-fertilizer-facility.html
http://whotv.com/2013/09/21/morning-explosion-cause-under-investigation/
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/564051/Explosion-damages-Bangor-facility.html

2013-09-21 - Explosion followed by raging fire hits plastics plant near Belo Horizonte (Brazil), many injuries reported:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130922-41007-BRA

Quote: "The explosion in Contagem, followed by a raging fire, left 'many victims,' the municipal fire department said on Twitter. The blaze unleashed a huge column of smoke, as television channels showed in live broadcasts."

2013-09-21 - Natural gas pipeline explodes just outside Buna (Texas), evacuations ensue:
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/23494390/exclusive

2013-09-21 - Natural gas pipeline explodes in Nuevo Laredo (Mexico), 2 injured:
http://www.pro8news.com/news/Nuevo-Laredo--Two-Injured-In-Natural-Gas-Explosion-224675892.html

2013-09-21 - Transformer bursts into flame, takes out power to hospital, in Lebanon (New Hampshire):
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/upper-valley-wnne/small-fire-knocks-out-power-at-dartmouthhitchcock-medical-center/-/9277648/22057258/-/1123gnez/-/index.html

Note: This hospital is 300 feet northeast (downwind) of a pond fed by a creek...

2013-09-21 - School bus blows tire, bursts into flame, destroyed, near Fairfield (Alabama), football game cancelled:
http://www.wsfa.com/story/23494106/college-bus-fire
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/09/21/college-football-game-canceled-after-team-bus-catches-on-fire/2848105/
http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2013/09/21/no-concordia-players-injured-in-bus-fire/
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/23771777/photo-game-canceled-after-team-bus-catches-on-fire

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is being absorbed by tire rubber and brake pads. Then when brakes are applied, an unusual amount of heat is generated, since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot. Then bad things can happen: tires explode or ignite, brakes burn out or ignite, fluid lines rupture, the entire vehicle goes up in flames, or all of the above. This fire had likely already begun before the tire blew here and in fact the tire probably blew because it was on fire, or the brakes were, or both. This problem mainly affects massive vehicles - like buses - but no vehicle is immune...

2013-09-21 - Tour bus bursts into flame on I-64 near Morehead (Kentucky):
http://themoreheadnews.com/breakingnews/x134961493/Group-escapes-burning-tour-bus
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53072144/ns/local_news-lexington_ky/
https://www.lex18.com/videos/i-64-bus-fire/

2013-09-21 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the M5 near Sandygate (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26218&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 400 near Toronto (Canada):
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/09/20/southbound_lanes_on_hwy_400_closed_due_to_tractor_fire.html
http://barrie.ctvnews.ca/tractor-trailer-fire-causes-delays-on-hwy-400-1.1463208

2013-09-21 - Truck bursts into flame on the M11 near Bishop’s Stortford (Britain):
http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/News/Harlow-news/Lorry-fire-causes-severe-delays-on-M11-20130921151229.htm
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/Bishops-Stortford/Lorry-fire-causes-severe-delays-on-M11-20130921151358.htm

2013-09-21 - Volkswagon bus explodes and burns at home on Old House Creek Drive on coastal Hilton Head Island (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/09/21/2696926/fire-damages-vintage-vw-at-hilton.html

Quote: "Shortly after he turned on the car Saturday afternoon and went inside the home, he heard what he described as an explosion and found the vehicle engulfed in flames..."

Note: He's lucky he walked away first, else he might've ended up as 'man's burned corpse found in burning vehicle' in the corpses section of the update. There have been quite a few people burning to death in vehicles, especially in recent months...

2013-09-21 - Van bursts into flame at 6:21 AM on Ruskin Crescent in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26212&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-21 - Minivan bursts into flame while parked at supermarket in Banbury (Britain):
http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/car-explodes-in-morrisons-car-park-1-5516292
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2013-09-21/car-in-blaze-at-supermarket/
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-09-21/plume-of-smoke-from-car-fire/
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/10690745.People_carrier_destroyed_by_fire_at_supermarket/

2013-09-21 - SUV bursts into flame at intersection in Park Hills (Missouri):
http://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/suv-fire-shuts-down-road-friday-morning/image_67f8b9f2-2255-11e3-b00b-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-21 - SUV bursts into flame on Road G in Southampton (New York), on Long Island:
http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Southampton-Village-Surrounding-Areas/34807/Firefighters-Battle-Car-Blaze-On-Road-G-In-Southampton-On-Saturday

2013-09-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in coastal Chesapeake Beach (Maryland), 500 feet from the ocean:
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/80017

2013-09-21 - Four adjacent cars go up in flames while parked in carpark in Castle Hill (Australia), near the coast:
http://www.hillsnews.com.au/story/1795076/four-car-carpark-fire/?cs=1454

Note: The fire probably started in one of the cars then spread to the others. This is why it's unwise to park your vehicle next to other vehicles or next to your residence. Due to hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with copper, especially electrified copper (like battery cables and other vehicle wiring) and rusty iron/steel, vehicles can burst into flame at any time now and they don't need to be running...

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to garage, in Breckenridge (Minnesota):
http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2013/sep/21/fire-damages-breckenridge-house/

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame while being towed on trailer, in Haleyville (Alabama):
http://www.hbtv.us/news/?story_id=1738

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame on Newport Road, fire spreads to 2 vans, in Wavendon (Britain):
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/car-fire-damages-three-vehicles-1-5517213

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame on street in coastal Burnham-On-Sea (Britain):
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2013/fire-high-street-21-09-13.php

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame at 5:20 AM on Budshead Road coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26211&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame at 2:59 AM on Northern Lane in Hough Green, Widnes (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-well-alight-in-widnes

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame in carpark at Cadgwith Cove in coastal Ruan Minor (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Car-Ruan-Minor/story-19828545-detail/story.html

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame at 6 AM while parked in carpark in Bracknell (Britain):
http://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/09/21/93349-bracknell-car-fire-being-treated-as-arson/

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame at 3:12 AM at Hightown Flats in Hightown, Middlewich (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-destroyed-by-fire-in-middlewich

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame on M5 slip road near Tiverton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26219&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Vehicle-causes-delays-M5-slip-road/story-19828850-detail/story.html

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame on road in coastal Paget Parish (Bermuda):
http://bernews.com/2013/09/photos-passengers-escape-paget-car-fire/

2013-09-21 - Car bursts into flame on Ohio Street in Salina (Kansas):
http://salinapost.com/2013/09/21/photos-car-fire-on-ohio-in-salina/

2013-09-21 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Route 33 in Hamilton Township (New Jersey), near the Delaware River:
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130921/NEWS/130929972

2013-09-21 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-25 in Weld County (Colorado):
http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/8226187-113/fire-vehicle-colo-reports

2013-09-21 - Two cars and carport destroyed by explosion and fire at 5 AM in Padungan (Malaysia):
http://www.newsarawaktribune.com/news/11910/House-owner-loses-over-RM70000-in-morning-fire/

2013-09-21 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at home in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/23480985/22-crews-respond-to-house-fire

2013-09-21 - Auto shop destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM in Bega (Australia):
http://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/1792425/fire-guts-begas-momsen-motors/

2013-09-21 - Barn damaged by fire at ranch in Bozeman (Montana):
http://www.kbzk.com/news/broken-hart-ranch-damaged-in-fire/
http://www.kxlf.com/news/broken-hart-ranch-damaged-in-fire/

2013-09-21 - Barn damaged by fire at 12:33 AM in Tollesbury (Britain):
http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/localnews/10681318.Maldon__Man_suffers_smoke_inhalation_after_barn_fire_in_Tollesbury/
http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/news/localnews/10681318.Maldon__Man_suffers_smoke_inhalation_after_barn_fire_in_Tollesbury/

2013-09-21 - Barn damaged by fire at Wrantage, North Curry (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26222&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/10690644.Chicken_barn_blaze_in_Wrantage/

2013-09-21 - Fire rips through storage facility on coastal Padre Island (Texas), 6-10 units destroyed:
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/23494551/fire-breaks-out-at-a-self-storage-business-on-padre-island
http://www.kristv.com/news/fire-damages-several-units-at-storage-complex-fire-truck-finds-sinkhole/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53073806/ns/local_news-corpus_christi_tx/t/fire-damages-several-units-storage-complex-fire-truck-finds-sinkhole/

Quote: "The investigation isn't over but fire officials believe that it is not arson and that it started inside a unit with lawn equipment inside..."

Note: A lawn mower probably burst into flame in that unit...

2013-09-21 - Medical office building goes up in flame in Morrisville (Vermont):
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130921/NEWS02/130921001

2013-09-21 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Burlington (Iowa):
http://www.firerescue1.com/rescue/articles/1550434-Family-escapes-porch-fire/

2013-09-21 - Recently renovated 3-story home heavily damaged by blaze in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.turnto10.com/story/23495044/newly-renovated-providence-home-damaged-by-fire

2013-09-21 - Deadly fire tears through apartment building before 2 AM, in Dunmore (Pennsylvania), 3 killed:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/09/3_including_2_sisters_die_in_s.html
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130921/NEWS/130929967/-1/rss01

2013-09-21 - Luxury home under construction destroyed by fire in Bearspaw, Alberta (Canada):
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/luxury-home-in-bearspaw-destroyed-in-massive-fire-1.1463002

Quote: "Construction on the luxury home was almost complete and it was about two to three weeks from being finished."

2013-09-21 - Vacant house burns in coastal Providence (Rhode Island), 1 killed:
http://www.abc6.com/story/23493837/deadly-fire-in-providence
http://www.wpri.com/news/local/providence/fire-at-boarded-up-home-leaves-1-dead

2013-09-21 - Vacant home burns at 2:30 AM in Union Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/fire-marshal-investigating-suspicious-lawrence-co-/nZ4P5/

2013-09-21 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Klamath County (Oregon), near the coast:
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/police/article_ba605154-226f-11e3-83b0-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-09-21 - Vacant home burns in Salem (Virginia):
http://www.roanoke.com/news/2245120-12/fire-damages-vacant-house-in-salem.html

2013-09-21 - Vacant multi-family reidential building burns in North Fairmont, Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/cincinnati/fire-crews-responded-to-vacant-structure-fire-in-north-fairmont/-/13549970/22061594/-/10cmyml/-/index.html

2013-09-21 - Huge blaze engulfs vacant building at 1 AM, in Camborne (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Huge-destroys-derelict-building-near-Camborne/story-19827945-detail/story.html

2013-09-20 - Underground electrical explosion and fire rocks coastal Whitehaven (Britain), 177 properties go dark:

http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2013/09/20/underground-explosion-causes-whitehaven-power-cut/
http://www.in-cumbria.com/power-cut-in-cumbria-after-underground-explosion-1.1085878
http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/power-cut-in-cumbria-after-underground-explosion-1.1085878
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/power-cut-in-cumbria-after-underground-explosion-1.1085878

Quote: "Eye witnesses reported seeing flames climbing the walls of a pub, following an underground explosion."

2013-09-20 - Underground electrical transformer blows in coastal Manhattan Beach (California), parts of the city go dark:

http://manhattanbeach.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/transformer-blows-businesses-residents-without-power-in-manhattan-beach
http://www.topix.com/com/southern-california-edison/2013/09/130920VNMC45

Quote: "An underground transformer in the Manhattan Village shopping center blew, according to City Manager David Carmany, causing the power outage. The number of Southern California Edison customers without power is 2,289..."

2013-09-20 - Transformer explodes near business in Cranford (New Jersey), 5 miles from the coast:

http://www.elizabethinsideout.tv/transformer-blows-cranford-commercial-building-evacuated/

Quote: "A Cranford commercial building was evacuated after a transformer exploded around 2 o’clock this afternoon. 'We heard a loud noise and the power to the entire building went out, building employee Andy Massiel Reyes said."

Quote: "Ironically, PSE&G has an office in the building."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and will seek out low-lying areas like underground electrical vaults, sewers, basements, underground carparks, ditches, ravines, valleys, canyons, ponds, streams, creeks, lakes, seas, quays, etc. It is also reactive with copper, especially electrified copper. As a consequence, there have been a rising number of incidents just like these. Britain has experienced a more than 200% increase in underground electrical explosions and fires, between 2011 and 2012, as mentioned in the 2013-06-16 update and the pace is obviously accelerating. An EMP or massive solar flare is not necessary to take out 'the grid'. An atmospheric change can do the job quite well, and that process is well under way now. Note the locations of the above events too: on the coast, on the coast, and near the coast...

2013-09-20 - Apartment explodes in Mississauga (Canada), near Lake Aquitaine, 1 injured:
http://globalnews.ca/news/853208/mississauga-apartment-explosion-destroys-15th-floor-unit-window/
http://www.caledonenterprise.com/news-story/4116206-explosion-blows-out-windows-in-meadowvale/

Quote: "The force of the explosion blew an air conditioner out of a wall and completed shattered the glass in the windows of the unit."

Note: Sounds like they're trying to blame the explosion on a pot of dropped grease. Well, I'm from the Show-Me State. Show me a pot of hot grease blowing an air conditioner out a window, cuz I've dropped pots of grease before, and nothing ever BLEW UP. Could be that AC unit had sucked some flammable methane or hydrogen sulfide into the apartment and the hot grease served as the ignition source. THAT at least sounds believable...

2013-09-20 - Chemical storage building erupts in flame in Manajunk, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Crews-Battle-Blaze-Involving-Chemicals-in-Manayunk-224610781.html

2013-09-20 - Fishing boat 'Janice & Julie' bursts into flame at Co Op Wharf in coastal New Bedford (Massachusetts):
http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-boat-fire/

Quote: "No one was on board at time of the fire."

2013-09-20 - Fishing boat bursts into flame while docked in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/09/40-foot-fishing-boat-catches-fire-in-seattles-fishermens-terminal/
http://www.allvoices.com/news/15593203-40foot-fishing-boat-catches-fire-in-seattles-fishermens-terminal

2013-09-20 - Wildfire erupts in Santa Maria (California), firefighter injured:
http://www.kcoy.com/story/23478977/crews-responding-to-brush-fire-near

Note: Methane was detected in the ground around 19 homes in Santa Maria (California), as mentioned in the 2013-01-18 update...

2013-09-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-64 near South Charleston (West Virginia):
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130920_19226.shtml
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Tractor-Trailer-Bursts-into-Flames-on-I-64-224597411.html
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201309200057
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23488049/tractor-trailer-fire-causes-traffic-back-up-on-i-64-near-south-charleston-wv

2013-09-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 4:30 AM on I-81 in Winchester (Virginia):
http://www.tv3winchester.com/news/headlines/Tractor-Trailer-Fire-Closes-Part-of-I-81-224537291.html

2013-09-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-25 near Colorado City (Colorado):
http://www.chieftain.com/mobile/mhome/1860955-123/fire-chieftain-hall-hay

2013-09-20 - Box truck bursts into flame while parked at store in Spring Grove (Pennsylvania):
http://www.eveningsun.com/local/ci_24142638/truck-catches-fire-at-rutters-spring-grove

2013-09-20 - Truck bursts into flame on road in Dungannon (Ireland), 1 lightly injured:
http://ulsterherald.com/2013/09/20/gas-explosion-in-dungannon/
http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/local-news/road-closed-in-dungannon-due-to-lorry-fire-1-5515093
http://www.u.tv/News/Gas-cylinder-lorry-fire-in-Dungannon/04dca5b1-4794-4386-a805-4f2825775ec4

2013-09-20 - RV bursts into flame while parked in Tahlequah (Oklahoma):
http://tahlequahdailypress.com/local/x1836116350/Tahlequah-firefighters-put-down-RV-blaze

2013-09-20 - RV bursts into flame on I-80, near Blakeslee (Ohio) and Lake Erie:
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130920/NEWS/130929994/-1/rss01

Quote: "A motor home has caught on fire on Interstate 80 West at mile marker 285.6 just past Blakeslee."

2013-09-20 - Van bursts into flame at service station on Exeter Road in Braunton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26204&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-09-20 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at auto shop, fire spreads to building, in Wallingford (Connecticut):
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/wallingford/wallingfordnews/2431125-129/electrical-fire-destroys-car-damages-dealership.html

2013-09-20 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Pacific Motorway on the Gold Coast (Australia):
http://mygc.com.au/article/news/local-newsroom/39266-truck-fire-causing-delays-on-gold-coast-motorway.php

2013-09-20 - Two cars burst into flame in parking garage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/23490623/car-fire-damages-caesars-parking-garage
http://news.silobreaker.com/car-fire-damages-caesars-parking-garage-5_2267116125550542882
http://www.freenewspos.com/news/article/a/823038/today/car-fire-damages-caesars-parking-garage-fox5-vegas-kvvu

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame in parking garage in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130920-photo-car-fire-extinguished-in-downtown-providence-parking-garage.ece
http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2013/09/photo-car-fire-extinguished-in-downtown-providence-parking-garage.html

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame at 6:35 AM in carpark on Water Street in Lancaster (Britain):
http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/2013/09/car-fire-in-lancaster-at-0635/

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame while parked at business in Bridge City (Texas):
http://orangeleader.com/local/x703119358/Car-catches-fire-in-Bridge-City

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame at 2:41 AM while parked on Flaxfield Drive in Crewkerne (Britain):
http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Police-investigating-Crewkerne-car/story-19823892-detail/story.html
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26199&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame on the M42 near Tamworth (Britain):
http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Firefighters-battle-blazing-car-M42-near-Tamworth/story-19821429-detail/story.html

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame on Ocean View Boulevard in coastal Pacific Grove (California):
http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/23491499/photo-showing-massive-car-fire-in-pacific-grove
http://www.kcoy.com/story/23491499/photo-showing-massive-car-fire-in-pacific-grove

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame in the wee hours on I-95 in coastal Darien (Connecticut):
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/car-catches-fire-on-i-95-in-darien-near-exit-10-1.6108384

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 near Newport (Maine):
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/20/news/penobscot/traffic-backed-up-on-i-95-near-newport/

Note: Yep, above two events were separate incidents. Gettin' kinda burny there on I-95, near the East Coast...

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame in the Cajon Pass (California):
http://blog.pe.com/breaking-news/2013/09/20/cajon-pass-all-lanes-open-after-car-fire-snarls-traffic/

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame on Winsland Avenue in Totness (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26209&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame on Clarence Road in Long Eaton (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Firefighters-attend-Long-Eaton-car/story-19824172-detail/story.html

2013-09-20 - Car bursts into flame at airport in Austin (Texas):
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Car-fire-put-out-in-ABIA-parkign-garage-224608521.html

2013-09-20 - Multiple vehicles go up in flames at 5 AM while parked at towning company in Red Bluff (California):
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/business/ci_24139064/early-morning-vehicle-fire-reported-main-street-red

2013-09-20 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked in barn, fire spreads to barn, in Chesham (Britain):
http://www.getbucks.co.uk/news/local-news/video-chesham-road-re-opens-after-6069946

Quote: "Three fire crews from Chesham, Amersham, and Gerrards Cross were called to Chartridge Lane at about 10.10am this morning following a barn fire spreading from a vehicle inside the barn."

2013-09-20 - Golf cart bursts into flame, fire spreads to boat, on Knight Island Road in coastal Earleville (Maryland):
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130920/NEWS02/309200057/Boat-golf-cart-fire-Cecil-County-called-arson
http://www.cecildaily.com/news/local_news/article_cc6dd4b2-5d50-5e57-9169-2c2bfa43c2da.html

Quote: "Walter said the fire is believed connected to another golf cart blaze in the same area a week ago."

Note: That's probably true, though not because there was any arsonist. You can check out the evidence they present of an arsonist yourself. That should only take 1 second, because there isn't any...

2013-09-20 - Auto shop damaged by blaze in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://www.kvoa.com/news/fire-damages-midtown-automotive-repair-shop/

2013-09-20 - Huge pile of hay bursts into flame in Tracy (California):
http://www.tracypress.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Fire+destroys+110+tons+of+hay+at+Von+Sosten+Road+farm%20&id=23656995

2013-09-20 - Furniture shop destroyed by fire in Columbus (Georgia), less than 500 feet from Bull Creek:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/09/19/2699093/fire-destroys-furniture-shop-off.html

2013-09-20 - Strip mall damaged by basement fire in the wee hours, in Durham (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/23482204/fire-breaks-out-in-durham-strip-mall

2013-09-20 - Massive four-alarm fire breaks out at commercial building in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/09/20/crews-on-scene-of-4-alarm-fire-in-west-baltimore/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-frederick-ave-fire-20130920,0,7581337.story

2013-09-20 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in coastal Sliema on the island of Malta:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130920/local/skip-on-fire-in-sliema.487019

2013-09-20 - Roof bursts into flame at building in coastal Douglas on the Isle of Man (Britain):
http://www.fire.org.uk/news/2013/09/20/office-staff-evacuated-after-isle-of-man-fire.html

2013-09-20 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Fire-crews-work-small-house-fire-in-Lexington-224552111.html

2013-09-20 - Gazebo bursts into flame at home near Congress Lake, in Lake Township (Ohio):
http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1837088208/Rep-carrier-alerts-homeowner-to-early-a-m-fire

Quote: "The speculation is that some damaged electrical fixtures outside ignited flammable material."

Note: That is one of the ways that hydrogen sulfide is burning stuff up: some gas finds some electrified copper, some sparking and sizzling occurs, a spark lands on something flammable, like rubber or wood or plastic, and fire spreads from there. Many of these fires must start small, but if no one is around to notice then they grow until eventually someone does notice. Obviously electrical fixtures OUTSIDE are more vulnerable to this problem. This same problem is the cause of at least many of the parked vehicles going up in flames, although hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with rusty iron/steel has to be responsible for some of those fires too...

2013-09-20 - Home's exterior bursts into flame, home destroyed, 3 nearby homes damaged, in Loganville (Georgia):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/23482550/fire-destroys-1-home-and-damages-at-least-3-others

Note: There was probably some rusty iron/steel or electrified copper on the exterior somewhere. Rusty nail maybe, or some light fixture wiring, something like that. The problem with these exterior fires is that the people inside may not notice the fire when it's small and by the time the fire gets large enough to notice by the occupants, it's too late to do anything but flee...

2013-09-20 - Four row homes damaged by fire in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), at least 3 injured:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Heavy-Smoke-Pours-From-South-Philly-House-Fire-224644911.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/09/20/crews-responding-to-large-fire-in-south-philadelphia/

2013-09-20 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Waipahu, on the Big Island (Hawaii):
http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/waipahu-home-destroyed-by-fire/-/8905354/22033704/-/10vifch/-/index.html
http://www.khon2.com/2013/09/19/fire-destroys-waipahu-home/

2013-09-20 - Fire and explosions destroy home in Ware (Massachusetts), near Quabbin Reservoir:
http://www.cbs3springfield.com/story/23490844/explosions-rock-ware-neighborhood-during-house-fire

2013-09-20 - Huge fire rips through apartment building after 3:30 AM, 24 units destroyed, in
Watervliet (New York), 6 injured:
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/features/featured/stories/massive-fire-at-watervliet-apartment-complex-1951.shtml
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/features/top-story/stories/residents-lucky-alive-after-watervliet-fire-destroys-apartment-building-11015.shtml

Quote: "The fire started just after 3:30 Friday morning. six people had to be hospitalized for smoke inhalation, one woman we're told suffered burns. According to fire officials, residents were hanging out windows yelling to be rescued."

2013-09-20 - Three-story apartment building hit by fire at 12:10 AM in Fall River (Massachusetts), 8 people homeless:
http://www.turnto10.com/story/23482802/eight-people-displaced-in-fall-river-fire

2013-09-20 - Vacant house burns in Flint (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/09/vacant_home_on_oklahoma_avenue.html

Note: And in the day prior to this one, two vacant structures burned in Flint, as mentioned in the 2013-09-19 update, so this makes at least three in 2 days...

2013-09-20 - Vacant church burns in the wee hours in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/no-injuries-fire-vacant-westside-church/nZ3Wn/

2013-09-19 - Six fire trucks and fire station destroyed by fire and explosions in the Town of Gordon (Wisconsin):

http://www.okcfox.com/story/23480651/danlin-chemical-plant-explosion-thomas
http://www.spooneradvocate.com/news/community/article_fd1587c6-219d-11e3-adf0-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/278374/publisher_ID/36/
http://mobile.duluthnewstribune.com/page/article/id/278391
http://www.kare11.com/rss/article/1039718/14/Fire-destroys-fire-hall-in-northwestern-Wisconsin

Quote: "The first report said the fire and explosions were the result of lighting from a storm front that had moved into the area, but Chief Chmielecki said the fire started right before the storm had arrived."

Quote: "George Booth, Town of Gordon constable, said the building is a total loss as are at least six trucks inside, including pumpers and tankers, a snowmobile and other emergency vehicles."

Quote: "'Basically we lost everything in the fire hall,' said the chief. 'We had six trucks – two engines, two tenders, and two brush trucks.'"

Note: The storm may have been pushing methane and hydrogen sulfide ahead of it. Kinda like Burnicane Sandy; right as the arms of the storm started hitting, fires and explosions started breaking out all along the East Coast north of the eye. Gordon is also less than a mile east (downwind) of the St. Croix Flowage...

2013-09-19 - Explosions and raging fire destroy chemical plant and vehicles in Thomas (Oklahoma):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130920-40989-USA
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/19/oklahoma-industrial-facility-fire/2835243/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/oklahoma-plant-fire_n_3952312.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=9253938
http://www.newson6.com/story/23471823/fire-explosions-at-danlin-chemical-plant-near-thomas
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57603603/evacuations-ordered-after-blasts-blaze-at-okla-plant/
http://www.wlns.com/story/23479719/chemical-plant-explodes-sends-fire-ball-80-feet-into-the-air
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/19/20573828-firefighters-battle-blaze-after-explosions-rock-oklahoma-chemical-plant
http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/around-oklahoma/firefighters-respond-to-danlin-industries-balze/-/12530084/22013448/-/htsg6fz/-/index.html

Quote: "The fire appears to have destroyed the facility and at least a dozen vehicles at the plant."

Quote: "Buck Jones, chief of the Thomas Police Department, said no employees were working at the site at the time but about a dozen residents were evacuated from the area."

Quote: "A chemical plant explosion in the Town of Thomas prompts evacuations and sends fireballs hundreds of feet into the air."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Likewise, chemical plants of all types will burn and/or explode, including biofuels plants, fertilizer plants, specialty chemical plants, petroleum-related facilities and more."

2013-09-19 - Home explodes and burns in West Fork (Arkansas):
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/multiple-crews-respond-to-west-fork-house-fire/d/story/yb0B5qp59ESWcL7BmN10Cw
http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/northwest/fire-crews-respond-to-house-fire-after-neighbors-heard-explosion/-/8897460/22022656/-/xqpec9/-/index.html

Quote: "Neighbors said they heard an explosion before the house started burning."

Note: This town sits on the west fork of the White River, which runs right through town...

2013-09-19 - Carpet factory destroyed by huge fire in coastal Melbourne (Australia), residents warned to stay indoors:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/factory-fire-still-a-smoke-hazard-cfa/story-fnihsfrf-1226723274427
http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1788975/health-warnings-after-fierce-factory-fire/

Quote: "The factory involved is completely destroyed."

2013-09-19 - Smoke in the cockpit sends passenger plane to emergency landing on San Andres Island (Colombia):
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/20/c_132734898.htm

Quote: "An airplane belonging to U.S. carrier American Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday at the airport of Colombia's San Andres Island after reporting smoke in the cockpit."

2013-09-19 - Boat explodes and burns after refueling at the Gibraltar Boat Dock in Gibraltar (Michigan), 1 lightly injured:
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2013/09/20/news/doc523c6aba446a4476938576.txt

2013-09-19 - In separate incidents, boat and car burst into flame in the wee hours near Stainforth (Britain):
http://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/doncaster-canal-boat-set-alight-1-6063240
http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/doncaster-canal-boat-set-alight-1-6063240

2013-09-19 - School bus bursts into flame on Falcon Drive in River Falls (Wisconsin):
http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/content/update-children-escape-bus-fire
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2013/sep/19/no-injuries-from-school-bus-fire/
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_24135354/wisconsin-fire-destroys-river-falls-school-bus-no
http://www.wqow.com/story/23480393/fire-destroys-school-bus-in-western-wisconsin
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/09/19/school-bus-destroyed-by-fire-in-western-wis/
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1039805/396/School-bus-fire-investigation-continues-in-River-Falls

2013-09-19 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on I-75 in Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/09/19/2831816/fire-involving-baynes-hauler-causes.html

2013-09-19 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at 3:30 AM on road in Honoka'a on the Big Island (Hawaii), near the coast:
http://bigislandnow.com/2013/09/19/truck-hauling-diesel-burns-fire-restricted-to-cab/
http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/driver-escapes-semitrailer-truck-fire-in-honokaa/-/8905354/22026480/-/gjd9y2z/-/index.html
http://www.khon2.com/2013/09/19/big-island-firefighters-put-out-fuel-truck-fire/
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/09/19/semi-truck-tanker-fire-closes-highway-19-in-hamakua/
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/truck-fire-closes-highway-19-near-ookala.html

Note: First link shows map with location of the truck fire...

2013-09-19 - Tanker truck bursts into flame near Long Lake Road near Roseville (Minnesota):
http://roseville.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/more-on-that-tanker-truck-fire-in-roseville
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/23473263/semi-driver-escapes-before-cab-bursts-into-flames
http://www.albertleatribune.com/2013/09/19/no-injuries-in-ethanol-truck-fire-near-roseville/

2013-09-19 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at business in San Angelo (Texas):
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2013/sep/19/disaster-averted-in-downtown-san-angelo-fire/

2013-09-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-8 in Lakeside (California):
http://lakesidefiredist.blogspot.com/2013/09/semi-truck-fire-closes-off-ramp.html

Quote: "On arrival of Engine 3 (Lake Jennings Fire Station) crews discovered a flat-bed semi truck with the rear wheels on fire."

2013-09-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 12:11 AM on I-94 in Kalamazoo County (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/09/semi_hauling_frozen_mozzarella.html
http://muckrack.com/link/2r2s/semi-truck-hauling-mozzarella-cheese-catches-fire-on-i-94
http://www.wwmt.com//news/features/featured/stories/burned-semitruck-cleared-i94-after-fire-2583.shtml
http://grandrapidscity.com/news/articles/burned-semitruck-cleared-from-i94-after-fire

Quote: "Right now, investigators say it looks like the fire started in the truck's rear brakes. The cargo in that truck was cheese."

2013-09-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near Lake Pleasant Road in Attica Township (Michigan):
http://www.tricitytimes-online.com/Articles-News-i-2013-09-18-216728.112113-Semitruck-up-in-flames.html

Quote: "It is believed the fire started in the vehicle's brake system, possibly igniting the tires and cargo inside the truck."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Massive vehicles such as big RVs, buses, tanker trucks, tractor trailers, dump trucks, and car-haulers will be destroyed by fire in escalating numbers after tires or brakes ignite."

2013-09-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the M180 near Scunthorpe (Britain):
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Video-Lorry-M180-closes-road/story-19819939-detail/story.html
http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/UPDATE-M180-closed-near-Scunthorpe/story-19819966-detail/story.html

2013-09-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near Beach Boulevard in coastal Aberdeen (Scotland):
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/3400380

2013-09-19 - Tractor bursts into flame on Butchers Lane in Aughton, Ormskirk (Britain):
http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/2013/09/tractor-fire-in-ormskirk-at-1023-hrs/
http://qnews.co.uk/north-west/ormskirk/tractor-fire-in-ormskirk

2013-09-19 - Van bursts into flame while parked near business in coastal New Bern (North Carolina):
http://www.wcti12.com/news/van-engulfed-in-flames-near-new-bern-business/-/13530444/22029046/-/a5locez/-/index.html
http://www.wnct.com/story/23481219/van-catches-fire-in-downtown-new-bern

Quote: "New Bern Police and Fire Department responded to the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. However, people who saw the fire say it appears the fire started on it's own."

2013-09-19 - Minivan bursts into flame while parked at restaurant in Marysville (Ohio):
http://www.marysvillejt.com/web/index.php?sid=50&id=19321

2013-09-19 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Dudley Street in Long Branch (New Jersey):
http://special.app.com/article/20130919/NJNEWS/309190108/Driver-escapes-injury-in-Long-Branch-truck-fire
http://www.app.com/article/20130919/NJNEWS/309190108/1004/NEWS01

2013-09-19 - Pickup truck explodes while parked on street in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), 1 injured, homes evacuated:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/09/19/4-homes-evacuated-after-pickup-truck-explosion-in-east-baltimore/

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame at 4:30 AM while parked at apartments, fire spreads to pickup, in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Vehicle-Fire-Gets-Scarily-Close-To-Apartment-Building-224385981.html

Quote: "Our reporter on scene says the car is 'completely melted.' Damage to the truck is also extensive."

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame at 1:19 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Racine (Wisconsin):
http://www.jsonline.com/news/fire-in-racine-destroys-car-spreads-to-nearby-house-b99101784z1-224383911.html

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame, fire spreads to garage, both destroyed, in Wellsburg (West Virginia):
http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/590509/Car--garage-destroyed-by-fire.html

Note: Wellsburg is located along the eastern (downwind) banks of the Ohio River...

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 403 in Ancaster, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.airingnews.com/articles/465497/Car-fire-snarls-403-at-Wilson-St-in-Ancaster
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/car-fire-snarls-403-at-wilson-st-in-ancaster-1.1860488

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on the A11 Besthorpe slip road near Attleborough (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/slip_road_blocked_following_car_fire_near_attleborough_1_2719583
http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/car-fire-on-a11-at-attleborough-causes-lane-closure-1-5509574

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame at 1:30 AM at layby along the Normanton bypass in Normanton (Britain):
http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/firefighters-tackle-car-fire-in-normanton-1-6063778

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on the A361 North Devon Link Road near Stoodleigh (Britain):
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-car-A361-North-Devon-Link/story-19819739-detail/story.html

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on the M62 between junctions 22 and 23 (Britain):
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/updated-car-on-fire-on-m62-1-6067484

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on the Merritt Parkway, near the coast, in Fairfield County (Connecticut):
http://blog.ctnews.com/traffic/2013/09/19/car-fire-on-merritt-crash-on-i-95/

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on I-395 in Bangor (Maine):
http://www.foxbangor.com/news/local-news/3034-2-car-fires-in-3-days-on-i-395-in-bangor.html

Quote: "For the second time this week, a car bursts into flames on I-395 in Bangor."

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on street in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.popville.com/2013/09/huge-car-fire-at-3rd-and-m-st-se/

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame at 6:27 AM on the Taconic State Parkway (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130919/NEWS02/309190047/Traffic-Westchester-Ave-crash-Taconic-car-fire

2013-09-19 - Car bursts into flame on US 50 in Parkersburg (West Virginia):
http://www.thenewscenter.tv/home/headlines/Car-Fire-On-US-50-Westbound-224511001.html

2013-09-19 - Commercial wood chipper bursts into flame at resort in Tannersville (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130920/NEWS/309200332/-1/rss01

2013-09-19 - Tractor, golf cart and garage destroyed by fire at 1 AM at golf center in Bethel Park (Pennsylvania):
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-south/bethel-parks-cool-springs-golf-center-burns-704020/
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/2-alarm-fire-reported-bethel-park-golf-course/nZ2kp/
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/fire-reported-at-cool-springs-golf-center-in-bethel-park/-/10927008/22015934/-/r1bqbgz/-/index.html

2013-09-19 - Vehicle, farm machinery and barn destroyed by fire shortly after 3 AM in Deckerville (Michigan):
http://www.sanilacbroadcasting.com/about-us/item/3679-three-alarm-fire-destroys-barn-in-deckerville

2013-09-19 - Large commercial garage destroyed by fire in Barboursville (West Virginia), near the Ohio River:
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23478099/barboursville-wv-business-catches-fire-thursday
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Several-Crews-Battling-Fire-in-Barboursville-224436971.html
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x786299890/Fire-destroys-Guyan-International-headquarters

Quote: "Dispatchers say firefighters from Barboursville, Green Valley and Ohio River Road fire departments all responded."

2013-09-19 - Large pile of tires bursts into flame at 12:58 AM outside boxing gym in coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/tyre-fire-in-ellesmere-port_19-09-2013_8-48-49

2013-09-19 - Large skip full of wood and rubbish bursts into flame at 3:05 AM on Mill Lane in coastal Ellesmere Port Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/skip-fire-in-ellesmere-port_19-09-2013_8-44-09

2013-09-19 - Cellphone sizzles and burns in man's pocket in Woodburn (Oregon):
http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/Local-mans-cellphone-catches-fire-in-his-pocket-explodes-224523571.html
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Ore-mans-cellphone-catches-fire-in-his-pocket-explodes-224587301.html

Note: Any electrified copper in that cellphone? Rhetorical question. I wonder where his jacket was before this event. If it absorbed a little hydrogen sulfide while sitting on a floor or hanging near a window, an exploding cellphone might be the result. Not really that different from the underground electrical fires and explosions or the Boeing Dreamliner fires or the parked vehicles going up in flames, just a smaller-scale event...

2013-09-19 - Floor stripper bursts into flame, home destroyed, in Northern Boone County (Missouri), 1 injured:
http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=948842

Quote: "Unfortunately, a spark came from somewhere. We’re not sure where that spark came from."

Note: Like I just explained in the 2013-09-15 update, the 'ghostly match' will tend to ignite at the worst possible time, and it doesn't matter what precautions one takes. You'll never see it coming until it ignites, and then it's too late. I even mentioned flooring vapors specifically. Here's a quote from that update: "The same problem with the 'ghostly match' will hit people siphoning gas, people making cannabis extract with butane, people making meth with flammable vapors, people applying flooring chemicals which are flammable, gas stoves if there's even the slightest leak, etc."

2013-09-19 - Conveyor belt bursts into flame, fire spreads, at canning business in Van Buren (Arkansas):
http://5newsonline.com/2013/09/19/allen-canning-plant-catches-on-fire/

2013-09-19 - Semi-sized microwave bursts into flame at bacon plant in Cornwall (Canada):
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Fire+damages+Cornwall+bacon+plant/8934754/story.html

2013-09-19 - Huge fire tears through storage facility in Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia), near Cloud Springs Road:
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23480039/multiple-agencies-battle
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23489268/fort-oglethorpe-storage-facility-renters-cleaning-up-after-fire

Quote: "A restless night for Jerry Nelson. He lost his small electricity business in Thursday's fire. 'My truck was in there, all my tools, business materials, everything,' said Nelson."

Note: The problem with storage facilities is that if even ONE unit contains some rusty iron/steel or electrified copper (including vehicles of all kinds), then EVERY unit at the facility may end up going up in flames...

2013-09-19 - Massive toxic fire tears through warehouse in North Huntsville (Alabama):
http://whnt.com/2013/09/19/warehouse-on-fire-in-north-huntsville/

2013-09-19 - Major fire devastates five businesses before 1:30 AM, in the Old Port area of coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/businesses-hit-hard-by-old-port-blaze/-/8792672/22021844/-/5xnfq0/-/index.html
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/portland/crews-battle-3alarm-fire-in-portland/-/8865266/22013580/-/14lebbv/-/index.html
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/19/news/portland/report-firefighters-respond-to-blaze-in-portlands-old-port/

Quote: "The three-alarm fire started just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday in the sub-basement of Dancing Elephant II, an Indian restaurant at 29 Wharf St."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and will tend to accumulate in low-lying areas, like underground electrical facilities, sewers, basements, ditches, ravines, canyons, valleys, ponds, lakes, streams, creeks, rivers, quays, seas, etc. It is also reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, and electrical panels are frquently located in basements. Rust is more apt to be present in damp basements too, and hydrogen sulfide is also reactive with rusty iron/steel...

2013-09-19 - Sawmill damaged by fire in coastal Nairn (Scotland):
http://www.highland-news.co.uk/News/Firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-Nairn-sawmill-20092013.htm

2013-09-19 - Business damaged by blaze just before midnight in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/fire-damages-new-south-side-business-4237.shtml

2013-09-19 - Garage bursts into flame at home in coastal Hubert (North Carolina):
http://www.jdnews.com/news/local/fire-erupts-in-hubert-garage-spares-house-1.205314

2013-09-19 - Garage bursts into flame at 1 AM at home in Waterloo (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Fire-Damages-Waterloo-Garage-224383901.html

2013-09-19 - Porch bursts into flame at 1:45 AM, fire spreads to duplex, in Shreveport (Louisiana), 1 killed:
http://www.wlox.com/story/23474596/man-killed-in-shreveport-house-fire
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130919/APN/1309190711

2013-09-19 - Home erupts in flame just before 3 AM in coastal Bayonne (New Jersey), 1 injured:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/09/man_burns_hands_while_trying_to_save_pets_in_early_morning_bayonne_blaze.html

2013-09-19 - Four-alarm fire rages through apartment building at 5 AM in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), 3 injured:
http://www.okcfox.com/story/23473081/three-injured-as-4-alarm-fire-burns-nw-oklahoma-city-apartment-complex
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-apartment-fire-injures-three/article/3884431

2013-09-19 - Unoccupied home damaged by fire in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/no-one-injured-in-west-palm-house-fire/nZ3Dg/

2013-09-19 - Vacant commercial building destroyed by fire in Flint (Michigan):
http://www.abc12.com/story/23468141/flint-firefighters-spend-hours-at-vacant-commerical-building-fire

Quote: "It is the second, suspicious, daytime fire in Flint in less than 24 hours."

2013-09-19 - UPDATE: Auto parts store that burned in Olney (Illinois) on Sep 6 2013 caused by pallets:
http://www.olneydailymail.com/article/20130919/NEWS/130919179/1001/NEWS

Quote: "...at this point investigators believe the fire was accidental and began in a pile of pallets behind the NAPA building."

Note: That fire, which was reported at 4:09 AM, was mentioned in the 2013-09-06 update...

2013-09-18 - Passenger bus slams train in Ottawa (Canada), at least 6 killed, 30 injured:

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20130918-40976-CAN
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/6-killed-dozens-injured-in-collision-involving-ottawa-bus-via-rail-train-1.1459791
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/18/train-bus-collide-in-canada-fire-official-tells-tv-multiple-fatalities/
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/world/article/6-killed-as-Canada-passenger-train-bus-collide-4823931.php
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/6-killed-dozens-injured-in-collision-involving-ottawa-bus-via-rail-train-1.1459799#ixzz2fFfz5erw

Quote: "Gregory Mech, who was on the bus, told CBC News that the safety barrier was down and people on board were screaming for the bus to stop. 'There were bodies on the train tracks,' he said about the aftermath of the crash. 'It was horrible. There's just no other way to explain it.'"

Quote: "I don't know if the bus driver like blacked out, I don't know what happened, but he didn't slow down and it just impacted with the train."

2013-09-18 - Explosion rocks business on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/849321/explosion-shatters-portage-ave-window/

2013-09-18 - Brush fire erupts at 1:30 AM along Highway 101 in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/suspicious-fire-halts-early-morning-traffic-highwa/nZzyH/

2013-09-18 - An acre of wood chips bursts into flame at wood business near Chico (California):
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_24128539/fire-at-old-durham-wood-co-chars-piles

2013-09-18 - A dozen vehicles burn at auto yard in coastal Long Beach (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Wilmington-South-Bay-Auto-Yard-Car-Fire-Smoke-224328121.html

2013-09-18 - Amphibious assault vehicle bursts into flame in Twentynine Palms (California), 1 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/18/assault-vehicle-fire-kills-marine-in-california/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Assault-vehicle-fire-kills-Marine-in-California-4824554.php
http://www.kimt.com/2013/09/18/assault-vehicle-fire-kills-marine-in-california/
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_194de1ef-6af3-5347-b552-cd0c0859ba15.html
http://www.kesq.com/news/marine-dies-after-vehicle-catches-fire-during-training-exercise/-/233092/22000540/-/afqsd/-/index.html

Note: This is the first one of these 30-ton beasts I've seen catch fire. Also, since this vehicle is intended to convey people across water, I'm counting this as a boat, of a sort...

2013-09-18 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on Cedar Street in Demopolis (Alabama):
http://www.demopolistimes.com/2013/09/18/truck-fire-closes-cedar-street/

2013-09-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 2:15 AM while parked in coastal Channel-Port aux Basques (Canada):
http://www.gulfnews.ca/News/Local/2013-09-18/article-3394307/Truck-catches-fire-at-Marine-Atlantic-terminal/1

2013-09-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-26 in Unicoi County (Tennessee):
http://www.wjhl.com/story/23469436/2013/09/18/traffic-backed-up-on-i-26-e-due-to-tractor-trailer-fire

2013-09-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 1 AM on the Pacific Highway in coastal Urunga (Australia):
http://www.mydailynews.com.au/news/truck-fire-brings-hwy-crawl-urunga/2025594/
http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/truck-fire-brings-hwy-crawl-urunga/2025594/

2013-09-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 71 near Waldron (Arkansas):
http://5newsonline.com/2013/09/18/load-of-hay-catches-fire-on-highway-71/

2013-09-18 - Tractor bursts into flame at farm near West Knighton (Britain), 5 miles from the coast:
http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/Tractor-destroyed-near-Dorchester/story-19812980-detail/story.html
http://dorsetlocalnews.co.uk/2013/09/18/tractor-destroyed-by-fire-near-dorchester/

2013-09-18 - Concrete truck bursts into flame while parked at business in Georgetown City (South Carolina):
http://www.gtowntimes.com/local/Firefighters-extinguish-concrete-truck-fire

Quote: "It appears the fire started in the truck's battery..."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like battery cables. So a little gas finds the battery cables, some sparking and sizzling occurs and some plastic insulation starts burning, drips around as it burns, and what do you get? A truck fire, with the fire originating at the battery. The Boeing Dreamliners were grounded because their batteries kept catching fire. They fixed them (probably protected them better from the surrounding atmosphere) and then the battery to the emergency beacon caught fire. It's not batteries themselves that are the problem, but the electrified copper near them, in conjunction with hydrogen sulfide contaminating the atmosphere. It's the same problem causing the escalating number of underground electrical explosions and fires, transformers exploding and burning, porch lights catching fire, lights and heating lamps in barns catching fire, many of the parked vehicles bursting into flame (hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with rust has to be causing some of these too), and so on...

2013-09-18 - Truck bursts into flame in the wee hours, on I-20 in Haralson County (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/306763/40/I-20-east-reopens-after-truck-fire
http://www.11alive.com/rss/article/306763/3/Truck-fire-blocks-part-of-I-20-east

2013-09-18 - Truck bursts into flame at Chesford Grange in Woolston, Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/fire-in-brakedrum-of-lorry-in-woolston-warrington

Note: Brakes burning again, but they caught it early this time...

2013-09-18 - Truck bursts into flame on toll road near Bristol (Indiana):
http://www.abc57.com/home/top-stories/1-Dead-after-semi-crash--224216291.html

Quote: "A man was killed in an accident on the toll road. Officials say a the man's Corvette slammed into a semi. The victim has been identified as 44 year-old Shawn Young of Nebraska. It happened Monday night around mile-marker 100 in Bristol. Police say the semi driver was stopped in traffic because of a truck fire a few miles down the toll road. The Corvette then smashed into the back of the semi and wedged itself underneath the vehicle. The semi driver has minor injuries. He's recovering at Elkhart General Hospital."

Note: This story is actually about an accident. A truck caught fire, and traffic stopped, then a man in a Corvette slammed into the back of a tractor trailer that was stopped because of the truck fire ahead, and the Corvette driver died...

2013-09-18 - RV bursts into flame at farm in coastal Axmouth (Britain):
http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/caravan_fire_at_an_axmouth_farm_1_2670500
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/destroys-caravan-farm-near-Seaton/story-19810580-detail/story.html

2013-09-18 - SUV bursts into flame on road in Boise (Idaho):
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Boise-HS-student-pulls-over-before-car-catches-on-fire-224258571.html

2013-09-18 - Pickup truck and car explode and burn at 4:30 AM while parked at home in Bardstown (Kentucky):
http://www.kystandard.com/content/arson-suspected-vehicle-fires

Note: That address is about 800 feet from Town Creek...

2013-09-18 - In separate incidents, but near each other, car and dumpster burst into flame at 1 AM in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/springfield_firefighters_arson.html

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage, fire spreads to home, in Oak Brook (Illinois):
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2013/09/19/car-catches-on-fire-in-oak-brook-garage-no-reported-injuries/at2q57i/

Note: That home is about half a mile east (downwind) of Salt Creek...

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame at 4:30 AM while parked in garage at home in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wbtw.com/story/23461460/crews-respond-to
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/09/18/3716673/myrtle-beach-area-house-fire-under.html

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame inside garage at home in Monaghan Township (Pennsylvania), home destroyed too:
http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_24117939/911-2-alarm-fire-reported-monaghan-township
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_24121050/monaghan-twp-house-fire-caused-by-idling-car
http://fox43.com/2013/09/18/house-fire-started-by-warming-car-in-monaghan-twp/
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/09/crews_responding_to_garage_fir_1.html

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame on street in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.wvec.com/video/raw/Video-Extra-Fire-destroys-car-in-Va-Beach-224403431.html

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame on I-20 in Bossier Parish (Louisiana), car fire starts grass fire:
http://www.ksla.com/story/23469789/car-fire-sparks-brush-fire-on-i20-in-bossier-parish

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame on Lousiana 182 in St. Martin Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.katc.com/news/no-one-injured-in-cade-car-fire/

Quote: "St. Martin Parish sheriff's deputies say the vehicle spontaneously burst into flames."

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame on road in Kahramanmaras (Turkey):
http://www.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/car-fire-were-operated-sewage-truck/176531/

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame on Green Street in Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-warrington_18-09-2013_9-41-24

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame on Tan Y Bryn in Caia Park, Wrexham (Britain):
http://www.wrexham.com/news/car-fire-caia-park-36493.html

2013-09-18 - Car bursts into flame at 6 AM while parked in Nessel Township (Michigan):
http://hometownsource.com/2013/09/19/arson-fires-getting-serious-near-rush-city/

2013-09-18 - ATV bursts into flame inside barn, fire spreads to equipment and hay, in Scott Township (Kansas):
http://www.fstribune.com/story/2005682.html

Quote: "...the loss was thought be two skid loaders, 100 large bales of hay, one truck, multiple ATVs and horse tack..."

2013-09-18 - Van and row of garages hit by fire in Lawrence (Massachusetts):
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/fire-damages-garages-in-lawrence/-/11984708/22011798/-/152idrc/-/index.html

2013-09-18 - Auto parts shop erupts in flame in Whitehall (New York), near South Bay:
http://poststar.com/news/local/street-in-whitehall-closed-due-to-business-fire/article_82b35d50-20b7-11e3-988b-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-18 - Blaze erupts at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd’s engine facility in Manesar, Haryana, New Delhi (India):
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/pfI9ruf7ktEwG80lX8rCCL/Fire-reported-at-Marutis-engine-plant.html

2013-09-18 - Massive blaze destroys barn, 15,000 bales of hay, 700 bales of straw, in Athens (Canada):
http://www.recorder.ca/2013/09/19/fire-destroys-barn-in-athens
http://www.923jackfm.com/2013/09/19/athens-barn-fire/

2013-09-18 - Barn destroyed by fire on Roanoke Road in Stafford (New York), 4 pigs, 16 chickens and 2 dogs killed:
http://thebatavian.com/billie-owens/working-barn-fire-reported-roanoke-road-stafford/39480
http://thebatavian.com/howard-owens/photos-roanoke-road-barn-fire/39481
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_af4a3456-212f-11e3-a99e-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-18 - Barn destroyed by fire in Van Wert (Ohio):
http://www.thevwindependent.com/news/2013/09/mendon-road-barn-fire/

2013-09-18 - Transformer bursts into flame in Alice (Texas), high school evacuated:
http://www.alicetx.com/news/article_5205c69e-f488-5884-9e80-94030cfe04e0.html

2013-09-18 - Electrical main bursts into flame, fire spreads to building at business in Grand Forks (North Dakota):
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2013/09/fire-in-grand-forks-business-park.html

2013-09-18 - Dumpster bursts into flame, fire spreads to second dumpster and pallets, in Fairfield (New Jersey):
http://thealternativepress.com/towns/west-essex/categories/news/articles/dumpster-fire-extinguished-by-fairfield-fire-depa

Quote: "...the fire originally started in the dumpster and then spread to another one and also to some outside pallets."

2013-09-18 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck, in Springfield (New Jersey):
http://springfield.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/garbage-truck-fire-on-caldwell-place-extinguished

2013-09-18 - Clubhouse bursts into flame at Medway Bridge Marina near Rochester (Britain):
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/medway_marina_fire_drama_as_clubhouse_goes_up_in_smoke_1_2668253

2013-09-18 - Restaurant undergoing renovations destroyed by fire in coastal West Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.wtnh.com/news/new-haven-cty/huge-restaurant-fire-in-west-haven

2013-09-18 - Two storage units burst into flame at 1 AM in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.ktul.com/story/23461934/storage-units-charred-in-early-morning-blaze
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Fire-at-west-Tulsa-storage-building/cjIo1akDT0CYPJIAtC1ePg.cspx

2013-09-18 - Garage bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Salem (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130918/NEWS07/130919277

2013-09-18 - Porch bursts into flame at residential building in coastal Somerville (Massachusetts):
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/another-fire-hits-somerville-1.2835840
http://www.manewsfeed.com/somerville/2-alarm-fire-shuts-medford-street-in-somerville-2/

Note: They've had a lot of fires in this city. Look up Somerville, MA with Google Maps or whatever. This place is surrounded by bodies of water on every side, and this address is about half a mile from the Mystic River...

2013-09-18 - In separate incidents, three homes destroyed by fire in upstate South Carolina:
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/23461737/three-upstate-homes-destroyed-in-separate-fires

2013-09-18 - Home damaged by blaze in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-virginia-beach-house-fire-displaces-at-least-one-20130918,0,3295925.story

2013-09-18 - Home burns for second time in a week in Salem (Oregon):
http://www.koin.com/2013/09/19/salem-home-catches-fire-again/

2013-09-18 - House destroyed by fire at 4:16 AM in coastal Point Pleasant Beach (New Jersey), man rescued:
http://www.app.com/article/20130918/NJNEWS/309180045/1001/rss

2013-09-18 - House and two vehicles destroyed by fire at 2:15 AM in Lynnwood (Washington), near the coast:
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130918/NEWS01/709189884
http://q13fox.com/2013/09/18/fire-torches-lynnwood-home-and-two-cars/

2013-09-18 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Fort Myers (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130918/NEWS0110/130918005/1002/RSS01
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/23465114/house-on-fire-in-fort-myers

2013-09-18 - Two vacant homes go up in flames before 2:30 AM in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/398360/3/Vacant-building-gutted-by-fire-on-Arlington-Avenue

2013-09-18 - Vacant house burns at 6:30 AM, third fire this week at this house, in Kansas City (Kansas):
http://www.theolathenews.com/2013/09/18/2113998/kansas-city-kan-house-catches.html

2013-09-18 - Vacant home burns at 4:45 AM in Port Vue (Pennsylvania):
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmckeesport/yourmckeesportmore/4720782-74/fire-port-vue

2013-09-18 - Vacant building destroyed by fire in Chico (California):
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_24137348/blaze-breaks-out-at-abandoned-building-north-chico

2013-09-18 - Historic vacant church damaged by fire at 4:30 AM in Palm Springs (California):
http://www.kesq.com/kesq/fire-breaks-out-at-palm-springs-church/-/232254/21998238/-/buir5v/-/index.html

2013-09-17 - Massive explosion and fire levels large home in coastal Stamford (Connecticut), 1 injured:
http://bedford.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/home-explosion-reported-in-stamford
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-stamford-explosion-0918-20130918,0,7625181.story
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Fire-crews-respond-to-explosion-at-Stamford-house-4821450.php

Quote: "It was like a scene out of hell..."

2013-09-17 - Fourplex home explodes in Minneapolis (Minnesota), dog killed:
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_24126153/minneapolis-fire-officials-say-cause-house-explosion-undetermined
http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/224133591.html
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20130918/NEWS02/309180028/4-unit-apartment-building-damaged-by-explosion
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1039435/391/Crews-respond-to-house-explosion-fire-in-Uptown
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/23457854/fire-engulfs-home-on-grand-avenue-in-south-minneapolis
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3162884.shtml

Quote: "It sounded like a bomb. That's what it sounded like, a big bomb..."

2013-09-17 - Home destroyed by explosion at 5 AM in Troy Township (Ohio), 2 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/23467793/victims-of-troy-township-home-explosion-identified
http://www.ctpost.com/news/us/article/1-dead-1-missing-in-northwest-Ohio-home-explosion-4820861.php
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/09/18/2-killed-3-hurt-by-explosion-in-Stony-Ridge.html

2013-09-17 - Home destroyed by explosion in Beulah, Cardiganshire, South Wales (Britain):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2423320/My-house-exploded-I-homeless-College-lecturers-Facebook-update-bungalow-smashed-smithereens-gas-explosion-holiday.html

2013-09-17 - Home explodes and burns at 2:15 AM in Candor (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/police_80-year-old_killed_after_explosion_fire_at_candor_home.html

2013-09-17 - Huge inferno rips through three multi-family apartment buildings at 2 AM in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.wtnh.com/news/fairfield-cty/dozens-evacuated-in-massive-apartment-fire
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/more-than-25-left-homeless-after-fire-ravages-3-multi-family-apartments-in-bridgeport-1.6087492
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Massive-fire-rips-through-three-multi-family-homes-in-Bridgeport-224042321.html

2013-09-17 - Fuel station bursts into flame at Logan Airport in coastal Boston (Massachusetts), flights diverted:
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/23457728/crews-battle-fire-at-logan-airport
http://www.kgw.com/news/business/224146271.html

2013-09-17 - Small plane bursts into flame in the air then crashes, in Kolomyya (Ukraine), 2 killed:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/two-killed-in-ukraine-plane-crash-113091900083_1.html
http://en.apa.az/xeber_light_plane_crash_kills_two_in_ukraine_199725.html
http://www.siasat.com/english/news/two-killed-ukraine-plane-crash

Quote: "The Zodiac plane caught fire in the air Tuesday evening before plunging into a residential area in Kolomyya town..."

2013-09-17 - Large fish-processing ship bursts into flame at 3 AM at Pier 91 in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Fish-processing-boat-burns-on-waterfront-4820885.php
http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/fire-damages-kodiak-alaska-ship-at-seattle-pier/-/101246/21977282/-/w8uteez/-/index.html
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/fire-damages-kodiak-ship-at-seattle-pier/article_9e5cd25c-1fcc-11e3-96d5-0019bb30f31a.html

Quote: "Kyle Moore with Seattle Fire says crews were called to the 167 foot vessel around 3:00 a.m."

2013-09-17 - Fishing boat 'Spring in the 12th Association' bursts into flame off the coast near Hualien (Taiwan):
http://www.newshome.us/news-5455138-A-fishing-boat-off-the-coast-of-Hualien-fire-two-crew-members-were-rescued-continent.html

2013-09-17 - Eight parked cars burn in Utah Valley University parking lot in Orem (Utah):
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56885389-78/taylor-car-fire-lot.html.csp
http://fox13now.com/2013/09/17/video-multiple-cars-on-fire-at-utah-valley-university/
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865586606/8-cars-burned-in-UVU-parking-lot.html

Quote: "One car ignited about 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot west of the library, said UVU spokesman Chris Taylor. The fire spread to seven other vehicles."

Note: I mentioned a while back that as the atmospheric contamination problem intensifies, we would see parking lots of vehicles going up in flames. Well, here we go. (This isn't the first such incident though.) Park your vehicle next to other vehicles - or next to your residence - at your own risk...

2013-09-17 - Transit bus bursts into flame on road in coastal Saint Andrew Parish on the island of Jamaica:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Another-JUTC-bus-catches-fire
http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=48045
http://redzoneradiojm.blogspot.com/2013/09/second-jutc-bus-catches-fire-in-less.html
http://caribdaily.com/a/2471099/second-jutc-bus-catches-fire-in-less-than-2-weeks

Quote: "Two weeks after a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus was totally burnt out along Hope Road in St Andrew, another bus has caught fire."

Note: At that rate, they'll be out of buses before long...

2013-09-17 - School bus bursts into flame on road in coastal Beaufort County (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/09/17/2689762/beaufort-high-athletes-unhurt.html
http://www.live5news.com/story/23459102/accident-highway-17
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/23459583/no-one-injured-in-beaufort-high-volleyball-bus-fire

2013-09-17 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Ohio 31 near Marysville (Ohio):
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/09/17/marysville-fed-ex-truck-fire.html
http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZWVkGIDghxQM/2013/09/17/breaking-sr-31-closed-north-of-marysville-beca

Quote: "Fire officials said the back tires of the trailer caught fire and spread into the trailer."

Quote: "Firefighters said they were concerned that the fire would spread because the trailer was hauling containers of lighters."

2013-09-17 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A92 near Lochgelly (Scotland):
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/lorry-catches-fire-on-a92-near-lochgelly-1.131852

2013-09-17 - Mail delivery truck bursts into flame at 6:30 AM in Nathrop (Colorado):
http://www.themountainmail.com/free_content/article_f2d73c22-1faf-11e3-b415-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-09-17 - Truck bursts into flame at layby along the A10 in Southery (Britain):
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/lorry-fire-at-southery-1-5497342

2013-09-17 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home in Michigan City (Indiana):
http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2013/09/18/news/local/doc523922167b162605022486.txt

Quote: "A large Fleetwood Discovery recreational vehicle was destroyed in a fire in the 100 block of Julianna Drive at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday."

2013-09-17 - RV bursts into flame at Riverside RV Park in Duncan (Canada), 500 feet from the Cowichan River:
http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/news/224143251.html

2013-09-17 - RV bursts into flame near Osoyos (Canada):
http://osoyoosdailynews.com/2013/09/16/motorhome-catches-on-fire-north-of-husky-near-osoyoos-about-930-pm/

2013-09-17 - RV bursts into flame as man works on it, in Lafayette (Louisiana), 1 injured:
http://www.katc.com/news/one-injured-in-rv-fire/

2013-09-17 - Camper-van bursts into flame on Oban Close in Stamford (Britain):
http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/local/firefighters-called-to-camper-van-blaze-in-stamford-1-5499590

2013-09-17 - Van bursts into flame at 1:57 AM on the A376 near Lympstone (Britain), just east of the River Exe:
http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/fire_outside_marine_camp_1_2628138
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Crews-tackle-van-outside-Lympstone-Marine-Camp/story-19806050-detail/story.html

2013-09-17 - SUV bursts into flame on road in coastal Plandome (New York):
http://greatneck.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/firefighters-put-out-car-blaze

2013-09-17 - SUV bursts into flame on the 605 Freeway in Pico Rivera (California), near the coast:
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20130917/car-fire-leaves-605-freeway-in-pico-rivera-partially-closed

2013-09-17 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on road near Mill Spring (Missouri), near the Black River:
http://www.waynecojournalbanner.com/gallery/video_38866a7c-1fc9-11e3-bd91-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-09-17 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Robinwood Drive in coastal Clearwater (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/photo-gallery-truck-fire-1.203853

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame while parked in underground carpark in Croydon (Britain):
http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/10680217.Firefighters_called_to_car_fire_in_Whitgift_Centre_car_park/

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame while parked at auto dealer, fire spreads to dealership, in North Smithfield (Rhode Island):
http://www.wpri.com/news/local/blackstone/north-smithfield-fire-breaks-out-at-auto-dealership

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame near nursing home in Ferryhill (Britain):
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10680704.Fire_fighters_called_to_Ferryhill_car_blaze/

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame on Route 48 in coastal Cutchogue (New York):
http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2013/09/42135/no-injuries-reported-in-monday-car-fire/

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame on I-89 in Georgia (Vermont):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53037680/
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/burlington/car-fire-shuts-down-interstate-89/-/8869880/21989222/-/7662j9z/-/index.html
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/burlington/car-fire-holds-up-traffic-on-evening-commute/-/8869880/21989398/-/smlcvv/-/index.html

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame on I-90 in Shoshone County (Idaho):
http://www.shoshonenewspress.com/news/article_43c944b8-1fd3-11e3-ad50-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame on I-395 in Bangor (Maine):
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/17/news/bangor/car-fire-hinders-traffic-on-i-395/

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame near Chandler Avenue in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.ahwatukee.com/image_a844edac-1fbf-11e3-8708-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-17 - Car bursts into flame on road in South Hill (Virginia):
http://www.southhillenterprise.com/news/article_2e941aa8-1fcb-11e3-8602-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-17 - Vehicle bursts into flame at the I-10 Basin Bridge near Baton Rouge (Lousiana):
http://www.wbrz.com/news/fire-closes-lanes-on-i-10-basin-bridge-tuesday-evening/

2013-09-17 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-75 near coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/sep/17/vehicle-fire-blocking-traffic-i-75/

2013-09-17 - Lawn tractor bursts into flame, fire spreads, garage destroyed too, in Litchfield (Connecticut):
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/09/18/news/local/doc52399d8d47c82834374275.txt
http://www.wfsb.com/story/23455809/garage-in-litchfield-destoryed-by-fire

2013-09-17 - Car and garage destroyed by fire after 3 AM at home in Elk Grove (California):
http://fox40.com/2013/09/17/car-catches-fire-after-flames-shoot-out-of-garage/

2013-09-17 - Auto shop damaged by fire in Peoria (Illinois), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Arson-the-possible-cause-of-auto-shop-fire-224172771.html

2013-09-17 - Barn damaged by fire in Union Township (Pennsylvania):
http://thedailyreview.com/news/canton-responds-to-barn-fire-1.1553031

2013-09-17 - Building erupts in flame at boatyard in coastal Islip (New York), on Long Island:
http://longisland.news12.com/news/fire-breaks-out-at-islip-boatyard-1.6094394

2013-09-17 - Transformer bursts into flame, 500 buildings go dark, in Albany (New York):
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Small-fire-knocks-out-power-in-Albany-4821204.php
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Small-fire-forces-closure-of-Broadway-4821204.php

2013-09-17 - Major fire hits business warehouse in Cheswick (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/cheswick-business-damaged-by-fire/-/10927008/21991682/-/m1jgonz/-/index.html
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourallekiskivalley/yourallekiskivalleymore/4723164-74/cheswick-flames-firefighters
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-north/firefighter-injured-in-cheswick-blaze-703742/

Note: Cheswick is right on the banks of the Allegheny River, and this warehouse is one block - 500 feet - from the river...

2013-09-17 - Deck bursts into flame at 3 AM, fire spreads to home, in coastal Weymouth (Massachusetts):
http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x1281955549/Fire-damages-Weymouth-home

2013-09-17 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Newport (Kentucky):
http://www.fox19.com/story/23459294/fire-causes-extensive-damage-to-newport-home
http://campbellcounty.fox19.com/news/news/175361-fire-causes-extensive-damage-newport-home
http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/news-northern-kentucky/fouralarm-fire-breaks-out-in-newport/-/13608792/21988216/-/9qs0sa/-/index.html

2013-09-17 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads, home and car destroyed, on Fish Lake Road in Kountze (Texas):
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/23457431/fire-on-fish-lake-road-in-hardin-county

Note: Wood porches and decks have the same vulnerabilities to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane contamination problem as pallets do, especially if the wood is not treated with a waterproofing agent and/or painted. Got a wood porch or deck? There's never been a better time to spruce it up. Might save your house, or your life, or both...

2013-09-17 - Three homes damaged by fire at 3:27 AM in coastal Oakland (California):
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24112670/three-west-oakland-homes-damaged-by-early-morning

2013-09-17 - Home damaged by fire in Marshfield (Wisconsin):
http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/article/20130917/MNH01/309170310

2013-09-17 - Massive fire destroys unoccupied 10,000-square-foot mansion at 3:30 AM in Harris County (Texas):
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9249757

Note: The owner was staying with his parents while he recovered from surgery...

2013-09-17 - Vacant home destroyed by fire on Marsh Road in Yarmouth (Canada):
http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/Local/2013-09-17/article-3393929/Vacant-Marsh-Road-house-gutted-by-fire/1

2013-09-17 - Vacant house burns twice in 5 hours in Kansas City (Kansas):
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/arson-suspected-after-kck-firefighters-battle-same-fire-twice/-/11664182/21974422/-/n806oiz/-/index.html

2013-09-17 - Vacant home burns before midnight in Saginaw (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/09/vacant_saginaw_house_on_randol.html

2013-09-17 - Vacant duplex burns in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://fox59.com/2013/09/17/crews-investigating-after-vacant-duplex-catches-fire/
http://indianapolis.cityandpress.com/node/6806379

2013-09-17 - Vacant apartment complex burns in Flint (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/09/firefighters_respond_to_blaze.html

2013-09-17 - Vacant fire station burns at 6:30 AM in Amboy (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/former_fire_station_in_west_amboy_on_fire_again.html

2013-09-17 - Vacant home bursts into flame, fire spreads to 4-story apartment building, in coastal Yonkers (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130917/news02/309170033/1018

2013-09-16 - Man and his 2 children burn to death in burning RV at Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona):

http://woodbury.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/woodbury-man-two-children-die-in-rv-fire-in-grand-can834f341203

2013-09-16 - Mother and 2 children burn to death in burning van, 7 more injured, in Qureshi Chowk (Pakistan):

http://www.aaj.tv/2013/09/muzaffargarh-three-burnt-to-death-seven-scorched-in-van-fire/
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/south-asia/pakistan-three-burnt-to-death-as-passenger-van-catches-fire/
http://news247.com.pk/1803/pakistan/Van-catches-fire,-killed-three-passengers.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\09\17\story_17-9-2013_pg7_2

2013-09-16 - Man burns to death in burning RV at 3:40 AM in coastal San Jose (California):

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Police-Body-Found-in-SJ-Downtown-Camper-Suspicous-223919591.html
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/16/san-jose-police-say-mans-body-found-in-parked-rv-is-suspicious/

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Vehicles of all kinds will continue to burn, as they have been, and the number of vehicular fires will continue to escalate, inevitably resulting in a corresponding increase in the number of people being incinerated in their vehicles."

2013-09-16 - Home explodes at 12:45 AM in Littlehampton (Britain):
http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/top-stories/latest/explosion-rips-through-littlehampton-street-1-5495151

2013-09-16 - Wood pellet silo explodes and burns at wood products business in Louisville (Kentucky), 1 injured:
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/At-least-one-injured-in--223902971.html
http://www.wdrb.com/story/23442223/one-person-hospitalized-after-explosion-fire-at-southwest-louisville
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130916/NEWS01/309160065/1001/rsslink

Quote: "It happened at 9:15 a.m. at Anderson Hardwood Pellets near the 1300 block of Beech Street. When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting from the top of a couple of silos, which are part of a hopper system."

2013-09-16 - Explosion and fire hits oil well site near Waynesboro (Mississippi), 5 injured:
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/09/oil_well_explosion_near_waynes.html
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130916/NEWS01/130916039/Explosion-Wayne-County-oil-well-injures-five-workers-

2013-09-16 - Explosion hits wastewater treatment plant in Canastota (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/bernhards_bay_man_dies_after_suffering_burns_in_explosion_at_canastota_wastewate.html

2013-09-16 - Propane grill explodes at home in Fillmore (California), 1 killed:
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/sep/16/woman-injured-in-fillmore-explosion-dies-at/

2013-09-16 - Oxygen tank explodes at high school in Frisco (Texas), 6 injured:
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/09/16/six-injured-in-explosion-at-high-school-in-frisco/
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/6-injured-after-explosion-at-Frisco-high-school-223946861.html

2013-09-16 - Underground electrical explosion and fire erupts in Easton (Pennsylvania), manhole blown off:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2013/09/power_cable_burns_under_south.html

2013-09-16 - Transformer explodes and burns in Cottonwood (Californoa):
http://www.redding.com/news/2013/sep/16/transformer-explosion-cottonwood/

2013-09-16 - Transformer bursts into flame before 6 AM in Lenexa (Kansas), 1600 lose power:
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/transformer-fire-knocks-out-power-in-lenexa/-/11664182/21954854/-/1f9271/-/index.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53022082/ns/local_news-kansas_city_mo/

2013-09-16 - Chemical reaction and fire sends foul odor over Canton (Ohio), blamed on sulfur dioxide, evacuations ensue:
http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1803292515/Fire-crews-HAZMAT-monitoring-chemical-reaction-in-Canton

Quote: "As winds carried the stench of sulfur, emergency officials widened the evacuation area to the southern city limits. Decontamination stations were setup for firefighters outside of the old factory and a command station was established at the Stark County Sheriff’s Office to coordinate emergency response efforts."

2013-09-16 - Chemical fire erupts at business in coastal Hollywood (Florida), 1 injured, dozens evacuated:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/davie/fl-hollywood-chemical-fire-20130916,0,3288330.story

2013-09-16 - Wildfire erupts near Lolo (Montana), Upper Miller Creek area evacuated:
http://www.khq.com/story/23441971/evacuations-ordered-due-to-fire-near-lolo

2013-09-16 - Wildfire breaks out off Lakeshore Drive near Clear Lake (California), homes evacuated:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130916/articles/130919660

2013-09-16 - Smoking passenger plane evacuated on runway at airport in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/sep/16/smoke-forces-evacuation-allegiant-jet-las-vegas/
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/23446906/breaking-news-flight-at-mccarran-airport-being-evacuated
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/traffic-transportation/smoke-cockpit-causes-allegiant-passengers-use-emergency-slides

2013-09-16 - Fishing boat bursts into flame off the coast of Yantai (China), 4 seriously injured:
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0916/628848.html

2013-09-16 - Luxury yacht destroyed by fire at Bay Point Marina in coastal Panama City Beach (Florida):
http://www.wmbb.com/story/23448543/fire-destroys-boat-at-bay-point-marina
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Fire-Destroys-Luxury-Yacht-224083871.html

2013-09-16 - Boat bursts into flame near Kampung Losong Panglima Perang (Malaysia), 1 injured:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/three-in-family-escape-fiery-end-when-boat-catches-fire
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/three-escape-fiery-death-1.357514

2013-09-16 - School bus bursts into flame while parked at Cesar Chavez Academy in Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kztv10.com/news/cesar-chavez-academy-bus-fire/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53027308/
http://www.kristv.com/news/school-bus-catches-fire/

Quote: "A school bus mysteriously started on fire today just outside Cesar Chavez Academy on Mueller Street. Witnesses said they didn't see anyone inside the bus, but added the front and outside of the unit was engulfed in flames at one point."

2013-09-16 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 3:40 AM on the Florida Turnpike in Groveland (Florida):
http://www.wesh.com/news/traffic/tractortrailer-fire-closes-turnpike-southbound/-/11788448/21953392/-/kgdnwu/-/index.html
http://mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/9/16/semi_truck_crashes_o.html

Quote: "Officials said the fire is believed to have started with the truck's brakes and then spread to the trailer."

2013-09-16 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 5 AM on the Florida Turnpike in Leesburg (Florida):
http://www.clickorlando.com/semi-fire-snarls-traffic-on-florida-turnpike-southbound/-/1637238/21955150/-/77lt24/-/index.html

Quote: "According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a semi's tire caught fire and the flames spread, forcing the driver to pull off onto the shoulder."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Massive vehicles such as big RVs, buses, tanker trucks, tractor trailers, dump trucks, and car-haulers will be destroyed by fire in escalating numbers after tires or brakes ignite." Also, above two events, two semis burning within 80 minutes on the Florida Turnpike, both in Lake County (and that county has that name for a reason), 15 miles from each other, in the wee hours, one fire caused by burning brakes, one fire caused by burning tire(s)...

2013-09-16 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Route 287 in Bridgewater (New Jersey), 1 injured:
http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2013/09/tractor-trailer_driver_splashed_in_face_with_hot_brake_fluid.html
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130917/NJNEWS/309170020/Tractor-trailer-driver-suffers-burns-his-hands-face-while-putting-out-fire-Route-287-Bridgewater

Quote: "Clarence Hall, 65, of Morrisonville, N.Y., pulled his tractor-trailer over near mile-marker 13.7 at 10:38 p.m. when he saw a small fire from the side rear tires on the trailer..."

2013-09-16 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A55 in Flintshire (Britain):
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/a55-a494-delays-after-hgv-6026462
http://www.newsnorthwales.co.uk/news/126482/lorry-blaze-near-ewloe-brings-traffic-to-a-standstill.aspx
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-24110219

Quote: "Traffic between junction 34 and 35 on the north Wales coast road and the Chester bypass has been affected by the incident."

2013-09-16 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-65 in southern Bartholomew County (Indiana):
http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/Truck-fire-on-I-65-in-southern_1379339766
https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicNews

Quote: "A semitrailer that caught fire on Interstate 65 in southern Bartholomew County backed up traffic for more than an hour Monday morning."

Note: The non-Facebook link just says 'truck', but the info on their Facebook page shows it was a tractor trailer...

2013-09-16 - Garbage truck bursts into flame before 6 AM in Winnipeg (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/842831/fire-crews-battle-garbage-truck-blaze/

2013-09-16 - Hay truck bursts into flame at 5:50 AM on the A606 Burton Road in Melton (Britain):
http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/community/community-news/lorry-catches-on-fire-in-burton-road-1-5494458
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Lorry-closes-road-Melton/story-19802351-detail/story.html
http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/local/road-closed-after-lorry-fire-1-5499596

2013-09-16 - RV bursts into flame while parked at storage facility, second RV damaged too, in Grande Prairie (Canada):
http://www.albertapolicereport.ca/2013/09/17/fire-at-storage-compound-in-grande-prairie-destroys-recreational-vehicles/

2013-09-16 - Van bursts into flame while parked at dry cleaning business in coastal Campbell River (Canada):
http://www.courierislander.com/news/fire-guts-van-1.626423
http://www.canada.com/gutted+fire/8925368/story.html

Quote: "Fire once again hit White Hat Cleaners dry cleaning shop Monday at noon. A white van, belonging to workers engage in rebuilding White Hat Cleaners after a spectacular June 22 fire totally gutted the shop, itself was totally gutted by fire."

Note: Almost the same exact scenario just happened in coastal Naples (Florida), with a YMCA and a box truck. First, the YMCA was hit by fire. Then some people were working on the YMCA a few days later, repairing the fire damage, and their box truck burst into flame, as mentioned in the 2013-09-12 update...

2013-09-16 - Van bursts into flame at 2:10 AM while parked on street in Peterborough (Britain):
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/arsonists-torch-van-in-peterborough-street-1-5494220

Note: They assume arson, but mention no witnesses, no surveillance footage, no motive, no nothin'. Clearly they can't imagine how a vehicle could simply catch fire by itself, but that just shows that they aren't paying attention to the world around them, where non-running vehicles are bursting into flame all over the place. Also, the wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any flammable hydrogen sulfide or methane in the air above closer to the ground. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like vehicle wiring, and it's also reactive with rusty steel/iron, which all vehicles have unless they're right off the assembly line...

2013-09-16 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Route 13 in Ithaca (New York):
http://www.ithacajournal.com/article/20130916/NEWS01/309140040/2-fires-in-the-City-of-Ithaca-spread-emergency-crews-thin

2013-09-16 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in parking lot in Santa Ana (California):
http://www.eldonnews.org/news/2013/09/16/truck-erupts-into-flames/

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame at 5:40 AM while parked at apartments in Fairfield (California):
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fairfield/fairfield-firefighters-put-out-car-fire/

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame at 1:55 AM while parked in carpark in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26162&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked at pub on Greenhill Lane in Riddings (Britain):
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Car-outside-pub/story-19803078-detail/story.html

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Station Street in Groombridge (Britain):
http://www.courier.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-car-Groombridge-morning/story-19802181-detail/story.html

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame at the Dartford Crossing toll booths, at the River Thames (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford_messenger/news/engine-fault-causes-fire-at-6047

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked at residence in Sofia (Bulgaria):
http://www.novinite.com/articles/153704/Bulgarian+Top+TV+Journalist%E2%80%99s+Car+Set+on+Fire,+Arson+Suspected

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked in garage at home in Hutchinson (Kansas):
http://hutchnews.com/Localregional/A2-car-fire--1
http://www.hutchnews.com/mobile/news/localregional/A2-car-fire--1

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame at car wash in Verona (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/verona-cedargrove/223929021_Fire_department_quickly_puts_out_car_fire_in_Verona.html

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame at layby in Coates (Britain):
http://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/car_on_fire_in_layby_at_coates_1_2585627
http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/car_on_fire_in_layby_at_coates_1_2585627

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame on the M5 near Cullumpton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26175&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame on Foreland Road in Turlin Moor (Britain):
http://www.dorsetfire.gov.uk/live-incident-feed/car-fire-turlin-moor/

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame on the M4 in coastal Newport (Britain):
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10678358.Rush_hour_blaze_on_M4_in_Newport/

2013-09-16 - Car bursts into flame in Lexington (Nebraska):
http://lexch.com/car-fire/image_0bcc9cd2-1f0a-11e3-bf17-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-16 - Minivan and garage destroyed by fire in Bensalem (Pennsylvania):
http://statter911.com/2013/09/16/early-video-garage-van-fire-in-bensalem-pa/

2013-09-16 - Pickup and home destroyed by fire in Onslow County (North Carolina):
http://www.wcti12.com/news/onslow-county-home-becomes-engulfed-in-flames/-/13530444/21962434/-/1300i40z/-/index.html

Note: Nobody home at the time...

2013-09-16 - Two vehicles and Quonset hut destroyed by fire in Haiku (Hawaii) on the island of Maui:
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/576700.html

2013-09-16 - In separate incidents, barn and shed destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Martinsburg (West Virginia):
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/598897/Weekend-fires-being-investigated-as-arsons.html

2013-09-16 - Barn damaged by fire on Lodge Road in eastern Guernsey County (Ohio):
http://staging.daily-jeff.com/local%20news/2013/09/17/fire-heavily-damages-big-barn-in-eastern-part-of-county

2013-09-16 - Massive hay fire erupts at farm in East Hanover Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/09/more_than_100_first_responders.html

2013-09-16 - Compost bursts into flame, fire spreads to hay bales, in Dixon (California):
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/16/hay-fire-burns-at-dairy-in-dixon/

Quote: "Firefighters think the fire was started when a nearby compost pile spontaneously caught fire and spread to the hay."

2013-09-16 - House fire, brush fire and vehicle rollover strain responders in Lake Havasu City (Arizona):
http://www.havasunews.com/news/string-of-incidents-exhausts-emergency-response-personnel/article_f4656854-1e86-11e3-bb83-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-09-16 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Nebo (North Carolina):
http://www.morganton.com/news/article_589fa5b6-1f2f-11e3-9bf0-0019bb30f31a.html

Note: Nobody home at the time...

2013-09-16 - Porch bursts into flame at 2:30 AM at home in South St. Louis County (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/397970/3/Mehlville-home-damaged-in-overnight-fire

2013-09-16 - Garage bursts into flame at midnight in Murray (Utah), fire spreads to home, in the Salt Lake Valley:
http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/overnight-fire-displaces-residents-murray-6814.shtml

2013-09-16 - Three homes ravaged by fire in York City (Pennsylvania):
http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/twoalarm-fire-york-city-involves-three-homes-3013.shtml
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/09/fire_involving_three_homes_bre.html

2013-09-16 - Home erupts in flame in Richmond (Kentucky), two monkeys saved:
http://www.lex18.com/news/two-monkeys-okay-after-fire-breaks-out-in-richmond-home/

Note: That's right, I said monkeys...

2013-09-16 - Vacant home burns at 1:30 AM in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/vacant-home-catches-fire

2013-09-16 - Vacant house burns before 5 AM in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/story/23439723/sfd-fights-fire-at-vacant-house-in-allendale-neighborhood

2013-09-16 - Vacant home and shed burn at 4:45 AM in Washington City (Indiana):
http://washtimesherald.com/local/x1612843374/No-injures-in-early-morning-fire

2013-09-16 - Vacant bridal shop burns in Cutlerville (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/09/firefighters_extinguish_fire_a.html

2013-09-16 - Huge blaze devours vacant 4-story warehouse in Warren (Pennsylvania):
http://www.goerie.com/article/20130917/NEWS02/309179910/Warehouse-gutted-in-Warren-fire

2013-09-15 - Home explodes in coastal Kuching (Malaysia), 1 injured:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/15/elderly-woman-sustains-second-degree-burns-in-gas-explosion/

2013-09-15 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blows manhole off in Ridgewood (New Jersey):
http://theridgewoodblog.net/manhole-cover-blows-askew-in-ridgewood-business-district/

2013-09-15 - Landfill erupts in flame in Bend (Oregon):
http://www.ktvz.com/news/mulch-pile-ignites-at-se-bends-knott-landfill/-/413192/21950760/-/gr1gfvz/-/index.html

2013-09-15 - Giant mulch pile bursts into flame at fertilizer plant in Medway (Maine):
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/15/news/penobscot/medway-firefighters-battle-fire-at-fertilizer-plant/
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11151017/medway-firefighters-battle-massive-mulch-fire

2013-09-15 - Transformer bursts into flame in Dadeldhura district (Nepal), 24 homes burn, 1 killed:
http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/09/15/nation/fire-destroys-24-houses-one-dead/253654.html

2013-09-15 - Explosion hits business in Box Elder County (Utah), 1 injured:
http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/man-burned-after-small-explosion-at-autoliv-building-6807.shtml
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/worker-injured-in-flash-fire-at-autoliv-plant/article_81a6d6f4-1eea-11e3-be95-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-09-15 - Bag full of explosives explodes inside car in Kolkata (India), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-15/kolkata/42080234_1_auto-driver-three-youths-auto-kills

2013-09-15 - Explosion occurs while people shoot guns near Sloan (Nevada), 3 injured:
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/23436165/metro-on-scene-of-explosion-near-sloan
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/police-respond-explosion-vegas-valley
http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/story/Three-injured-in-gunpowder-explosion-near-Sloan/YSTkjgU8hkaE6p-RDcZHVg.cspx

2013-09-15 - Shed full of ammunition and gunpowder bursts into flame in coastal Palm Beach County (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/firefighters-battle-trailer-fire-in-the-acreage/nZxmy/

Note: I think I'll just stick to old-fashioned bow and arrows. Explodey gunpowder doesn't seem too safe these days. Just another way to die...

2013-09-15 - Huge inferno rips through flea market, 30 shops destroyed, in the wee hours in Liberty County (Texas):
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9249755
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Massive-fire-consumes-Liberty-County-flea-market-223902661.html

2013-09-15 - Electrical box bursts into flame at water treatment plant in Warrensburg (Illinois):
http://www.wandtv.com/story/23446146/water-plant-fire-comes-before-new-plant-is-completed

Quote: "When firefighters arrived a metal electrical panel box on the outside of the building had flames shooting out of it. 'It started really popping and exploding and it got a lot of fireworks,' water plant operator Danny Hadley told WAND News."

2013-09-15 - Russian nuclear submarine bursts into flame while docked in coastal Bolshoi Kamen (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130916-40946-RUS
http://www.northjersey.com/news/international/223867261_Russian_nuke_sub_catches_fire__no_injuries_or_leak.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/16/fire-russian-nuclear-submarine-tomsk
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/16/russian-nuclear-submarine-catches-fire-while-under-repair-no-injuries-or-leak/

2013-09-15 - Ship 'Rübezahl' bursts into flame on the Dortmund-Ems-Canal in Lüdinghausen (Germany):
http://www.sailors-club.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26685:ship-in-flames-in-luedinghausen&catid=7:news&Itemid=131

2013-09-15 - Boat explodes at Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri), 1 injured:
http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-man-injured-after-boat-explosion-at-lake-of-the-ozarks-20130915,0,4672350.story
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20130915/NEWS/130919194/1001/NEWS

Quote: "A 2003 Regal Cruiser driven by David Thompson, 45, had just refueled at the 17 mile marker in Pogue Hollow Cove when Thompson attempted to do maintenance in the engine compartment. An unknown spark ignited the compartment causing injuries and damage."

Note: Unknown spark sounds like a 'ghostly match' igniting. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, and rusty iron/steel. But for sparking or sizzling to spontaneously happen, the air mix has to be volatile, and most of the volatility can come from ANY flammable vapor source, like gasoline. Then if there's just a bit of hydrogen sulfide in the air mix, a spark occurs near some electrified copper or rusty iron, and then the air itself explodes into flame. You won't see it coming. It's as if there's am invisible ghost wandering around flicking a match here and there. This is most likely to happen during or right after refueling a vehicle, the exact time when you really don't want there to be a spark. The same problem with the 'ghostly match' will hit people siphoning gas, people making cannabis extract with butane, people making meth with flammable vapors, people applying flooring chemicals which are flammable, gas stoves if there's even the slightest leak, etc. People can take all the precautions they want - no flames in the house, burners off, whatever - and it won't matter if the 'ghostly match' ignites on them...

2013-09-15 - Boat bursts into flame in the sea near Leonardo State Marina in Middletown (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/09/boat_catches_fire_in_middletown.html
http://www.onenewspage.us/n/US/74w12px7u/Boat-catches-fire-at-Leonardo-State-Marina-in.htm

2013-09-15 - Boat bursts into flame in Moreton Bay (Australia):
http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/boat-fire-destroys-mans-home/x3bqkxg

2013-09-15 - Yacht bursts into flame in coastal Miami Beach (Florida), 2 lightly injured:
http://worldnewsviews.com/2013/09/15/two-people-hurt-in-miami-beach-yacht-fire/
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/09/15/two-people-hurt-in-miami-beach-yacht-fire/
http://www.celebrityballa.com/2013/09/miami-beach/beach-two-people-hurt-fire-miami-yacht

2013-09-15 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on road in coastal Saigon (Vietnam):
http://news.dbv.vn/passenger-bus-on-fire-30-passengers-crashed-229866.html

2013-09-15 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on the M20 near Ashford (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentish_express/news/a-lorry-fire-led-to-6011/

2013-09-15 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame in Khabam Lamkhai (India):
http://manipurtimes.com/news-article/the-peoples-chronicle-news/item/3167-running-truck-catches-fire

2013-09-15 - RV bursts into flame at 2:30 AM while parked at home in Orcutt (California):
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/orcutt_rv_fire_20130915
http://www.ksby.com/news/rv-in-orcutt-burned-in-fire/
http://www.allvoices.com/news/15546119-rv-in-orcutt-burned-in-fire

Quote: "Firefighters and two engine trucks arrived almost immediately and found the large RV engulfed in flames, Sechler said. Witnesses reported that the vehicle was unoccupied, he said."

2013-09-15 - SUV bursts into flame at 6 AM while parked in coastal Queens (New York):
http://sunnysidepost.com/2013/09/15/video-firefighters-extinguish-sunnyside-car-fire/

Quote: "A parked car erupted into flames on 40th Street this morning at around 6:00 am. Residents were woken by loud popping sounds and exploding glass when a parked SUV at 43-28 40th Street was in flames."

2013-09-15 - SUV bursts into flame near Kinchafoonee Creek (Georgia):
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?id=946944

2013-09-15 - Minivan bursts into flame on highway in Eugene (Oregon):
http://www.kval.com/news/local/Mini-van-catches-fire-on-Kilcullen-Memorial-Highway-223832131.html

2013-09-15 - Car bursts into flame on 5th Avenue in Eugene (Oregon):
http://www.kezi.com/police-investigate-vehicle-fire/
http://www.kezi.com/tag/car-fire/

2013-09-15 - Car bursts into flame at 3:20 AM while parked in Clayton (Britain):
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10676250.Car_fire_spreads_to_second_vehicle/

2013-09-15 - Car bursts into flame at 6 AM while parked at picnic area in Theale (Britain):
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/car-destroyed-fire-picnic-area-6024150

2013-09-15 - Car bursts into flame at 6:50 AM on Common Lane in Beccles (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/ipswich_police_believe_climbing_frame_fire_was_deliberate_1_2557273

Quote: "Crews were also called out to a car fire in Beccles earlier today. The call was received just after 6.50am to Common Lane."

Note: The main story is about some playground equipment catching fire...

2013-09-15 - Car bursts into flame as man works on it at home in Fresno (California), 1 injured:
http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/09/15/3500238/southeast-fresno-man-burned-when.html

2013-09-15 - Car bursts into flame on I-75 in Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://www.wcpo.com/web/wcpo/traffic/car-fire-limits-traffic-on-northbound-i-75-near-hopple-street-exit

2013-09-15 - Two cars and garage destroyed by fire at home in San Dimas (California):
http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20130915/fire-scorches-cars-garage-in-san-dimas

2013-09-15 - RV and barn destroyed by fire near Sandoval (Illinois):
http://www.wjbdradio.com/LocalNews/Barn-Fire-North-of-Sandoval-Causes--120-000-Damage

2013-09-15 - Boat and two tool sheds destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Glenorchy (New Zealand), near Lake Wakatipu:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/9168392/Early-morning-fire-in-Glenorchy-suspicious

Quote: " Mr Watson said he was unsure how the fire started and believed it was suspicious. An investigation into the cause was likely, he said. 'Things don't just go on fire at that time of the night. It seems funny it would go on fire like that,' he said."

Note: Indeed, things do go on fire at that time of the night, especially vehicles, and especially vehicles that have electrified copper in them. Where's this guy been, living in a cave?

2013-09-15 - Motorcycle shop damaged by fire in coastal Kuching (Malaysia):
http://www.newsarawaktribune.com/news/11467/Motorcycle-shop-partly-destroyed-by-fire/

2013-09-15 - Barn destroyed by fire at 3:54 AM in Riley Township (Ohio), in Putnam County:
http://www.thecourier.com/Issues/2013/Sep/16/ar_news_091613_story4.asp?d=091613_story4,2013,Sep,16&c=n
http://putnamsentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=16471
http://www.limaohio.com/news/local_news/article_4b6fba1e-1e55-11e3-bfdf-0019bb30f31a.html

2013-09-15 - Barn heavily damaged by fire near Topeka (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Several-Fire-Departments-Responded-To-Barn-Fire-223916991.html

2013-09-15 - Major blaze tears through strip mall at 4:30 AM in Pasadena (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/09/15/greater-alarm-fire-at-pasadena-strip-mall-causes-1m-in-damage/
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9249095

Quote: "Reporting for CBS2, Greg Mills said it’s believed the fire started at a furniture store. In all, three businesses, including the furniture store, are considered total losses."

Note: A store full of flammable absorbent materials goes up in flames in the wee hours near the coast? Not at all surprising...

2013-09-15 - Clothing factory erupts in flame in Dhaka (Bangladesh):
http://www.northjersey.com/news/international/223812471_Fire_put_out_in_Bangladesh_factory__no_casualties.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/15/fire-breaks-out-in-bangladesh-garment-factory-but-is-contained-and-put-out-no/

Quote: "The fire broke out on the top floor of a six-story building in Dhaka where bundles of clothes were kept..."

2013-09-15 - Dumpster bursts into flame at 3:47 AM on West Street in Congleton (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/commercial-refuse-bin-fire-in-congleton

2013-09-15 - Building under construction damaged by fire on Sandy Lane in Chester (Britain), near coastal Ellesmere Port:
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/fire-in-a-new-build-semi-detached-property-in-chester

2013-09-15 - Building damaged by fire before 6 AM in the South of Market area of coastal San Francisco (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/firefighters-control-early-morning-fire-south-mark/nZxkn/

2013-09-15 - Garage bursts into flame at home in coastal Delray Beach (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/fire-tears-through-delray-beach-garage-10102.shtml

2013-09-15 - Condo erupts in flame at 5:30 AM, fire damages second condo, in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia), 6 homeless:
http://wtkr.com/2013/09/15/six-people-displaced-after-virginia-beach-condo-fire/

2013-09-15 - Apartment building damaged by fire after midnight, in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Fire-Damages-Apartment-Complex-223818761.html

2013-09-15 - Deadly fire ravages mobile home in Tiffin (Ohio), man and five children killed:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130916/NATION/309160041/1361/rss
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_mobile-home-fire-kills-man-five-kids-15982.shtml
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/15/police-say-5-children-man-killed-in-mobile-home-fire-in-northwest-ohio/
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=9249117

Note: The mother was at work. Hard to imagine getting news like that...

2013-09-15 - Deadly fire tears through home at 12:30 AM on the East Bay, in coastal Pittsburg (California), 3 women killed:
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/pittsburg-three-dead-in-fatal-east-bay-fire/vCCWKw/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/15/pittsburg-house-fire/
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/three-women-killed-two-alarm-blaze-pittsburg-home/nZxkb/

2013-09-15 - House heavily damaged by fire in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River, firefighter injured:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/397946/3/Firefighter-injured-in-north-St-Louis-house-fire
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-firefighter-hurt-after-falling-through-floor-while-battling/article_680671e0-520f-5d9c-a936-a3eb846cd35f.html

2013-09-15 - Home bursts into flame at 3:28 AM in Saginaw (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/09/saginaw_firefighters_douse_sus.html

2013-09-15 - Two vacant houses burn in one week in Chesapeake (Ohio):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23433013/second-suspicious-fire-in-one-week-under-investigation-chesapeake-ohio-fire-marshal-arson

Quote: "It had no working utilities or appliances inside, except for a battery-powered smoke detector."

Note: In other words, this house contained some electrified copper...

2013-09-15 - Vacant mobile home destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Riverview (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/335326/8/Mobile-home-fire-in-Riverview-no-one-injured-

2013-09-15 - Vacant home destroyed by fire before 6 AM in Wayne (West Virginia):
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=Early-Morning-Fire-Under-Investigation11808

2013-09-15 - Vacant house burns on the East Bank in Charleston (West Virginia):
http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201309160041

2013-09-15 - Vacant home destroyed by fire on Mesquite Street in Ranger (Texas):
http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/story/vacant-house-burns-to-the-ground-in-suspicious-fire/d/story/BgdA9l494E69VJQD8LwD-g

2013-09-14 - Home explodes and burns in Coldwater (Kentucky), in Calloway County, 1 killed, 4 injured:

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/House-explosion-injurs-those-inside-closes-roads-223783731.html
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/09/15/2824144/house-explosion-kills-1-injures.html
http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/House-Explosion-Kills-1-Injures-4-Others-223844491.html

2013-09-14 - Home destroyed by explosion in coastal Ceredigion (Britain):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-24102477

Quote: "It is not thought anybody was in the house at the time of the explosion at around 21:00 BST on Saturday."

2013-09-14 - In separate events, home explodes and explosion hits fireworks factory, in Muzaffargarh (Pakistan), 6 killed, 4 injured:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/604554/three-children-dead-in-an-explosion-in-a-firework-factory/

Quote: "Three children died in an explosion in a fireworks factory near Muzaffargarh, Express News reported on Sunday. Four people were also injured in the explosion. One of the injured was identified as Younus."

Quote: "Earlier, an explosion in a nearby house owned by Jawad – the brother of a victim of this explosion – left three brothers dead, according to reports."

Note: So, same area, same day, two explosions. The casualty count is the total for both explosions. Multiple fires/explosions hitting the same area within a constrained timeframe is a sign of a flammable gas plume blowing through an area...

2013-09-14 - Car explodes and burns on Harbor Lane in coastal Destin (Florida), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2421674/Man-35-killed-car-explosion-vacation-home-Florida.html
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/a-freak-and-tragic-accident-car-explosion-kills-illinois-man-injures-another-1.203213
http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/a-freak-and-tragic-accident-explosion-that-killed-one-under-investigation-1.203096
http://www.wsiltv.com/news/local/Florida-Explosion-Kills-Southern-Illinois-Man-Injures-Another-223843281.html

2013-09-14 - Massive explosion rocks gas station on the island of Saint Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, 1 injured:
http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2013/09/14/explosion-flames-engulf-gasworks-station-bovoni
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fuel-tanks-explode-virgin-islands-gas-station-20262129
http://www.tfponline.com/news/2013/sep/15/fuel-tanks-explode-virgin-islands-gas-station/

Quote: "It looks like an atomic bomb, just a huge plume of black smoke."

2013-09-14 - Chemical plant explodes and burns in Fushun (China), 5 killed:
http://www.ubalert.com/dZ6b

2013-09-14 - Fire pit explodes at home in Fayetteville (North Carolina), 1 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2013/09/15/1282970
http://www.bradenton.com/2013/09/14/4718478/man-dies-after-explosion-in-fayetteville.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-dies-explosion-fayetteville-yard-20259968

Quote: "Jay Kefauver said he and his neighbors have bon fires often."

Note: Might wanna rethink outdoor fires. The ground and wood and other absorbent materials may absorb hydrogen sulfide and/or methane, or gas may blow by, and if there's a fire already there to serve as an ignition source...BOOM! There've been numerous bonfire explosions, especially in the past year. As the atmospheric contamination problem proceeds, events like this will obviously become more frequent and more devastating...

2013-09-14 - Gas can explodes in Parkersburg (West Virginia), 1 seriously burned:
http://newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/578111/Area-man-critical-after-gas-explosion.html

2013-09-14 - Wildfire erupts in the San Diego River bed near Qualcomm Stadium in coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/14/brush-fire-qualcomm-stadium/

2013-09-14 - Cardboard boxes burst into flame at recycling facility in Ellwood City (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/09/14/recycling-plant-catches-fire/
http://www.timesonline.com/news/police_fire_courts/spontaneous-combustion-fire-at-battery-recycling-plant/article_9814d20b-2c78-5157-9d49-503f0c5c3eac.html

2013-09-14 - Waste pit bursts into flame at recycling center in Rib Mountain (Wisconsin):
http://www.waow.com/story/23434113/2013/09/14/rib-mountain-fd-fights-fire-for-9-hours

Quote: "Deputy Chief Andy Schlagel tells Newsline 9 a granite pit that holds some bio mass caught on fire."

Note: That area is very close to the Wisconsin River...

2013-09-14 - Dumpster bursts into flame just before 5 AM, fire spreads to vacant home, in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/springfield_trash_bin_fire_spr.html

2013-09-14 - Huge blaze rips through transformer repair facility in Zedcherla (India):
http://www.degaview.com/play/huge-fire-accident-in-zedcherla-transformers-repair-centre-etv2india

2013-09-14 - Plastics company erupts in flame near Victoria (Texas), 5 injured:
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/23431663/southeast-texas-plant-fire-injures-5-workers

2013-09-14 - Fall fire season gets early start in Wisconsin:
http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/article/20130915/MNH0101/309150236

Note: In other words, fire season doesn't actually end anymore...

2013-09-14 - Boat 'Wild Goose' bursts into flame while docked at South Park Marina in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2013/09/14/news/boat-fire-south-park-was-contained-single-craft-n
http://westseattleblog.com/2013/09/west-seattle-crews-assisting-with-south-park-boat-fire/
http://thesouthparknews.com/boat-on-fire/

2013-09-14 - Boat bursts into flame while docked in coastal Yorktown (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-fire-engulfs-20foot-boat-in-york-20130914,0,2829481.story

2013-09-14 - Boat bursts into flame in Kaneohe Bay (Hawaii):
http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/kbmc-boat-engulfed-in-flames-at-kaneohe-bay/-/8905354/21943374/-/74x4jwz/-/index.html

Quote: "Black smoke could be seen from miles away in Kaneohe Bay Saturday afternoon after a boat erupted in flames. Honolulu Fire officials said the boat belonged to the Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps. Fire crews got the call at 3:30 Saturday afternoon, for a boat on fire near Ahu O Laka, also known as the Kaneohe Sandbar. They said five people were on board. Those five were able to get to safety, and no one was injured."

2013-09-14 - Around 20 cars destroyed by fire at 1:20 AM at car yard in coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/suspicious-fires-at-broadmeadows-car-dealership-20130915-2tsfo.html
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1777196/suspicious-fires-at-broadmeadows-car-dealership/

Note: A big pile of scrap metal burst into flame at a metal recycling business in Melbourne a few days prior too, as mentioned in the 2013-09-10 update. Basically the same thing. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like vehicle wiring, and it's also reactive with rusty iron/steel, and it doesn't matter if the rust is on a working vehicle or a scrap vehicle or if it's rust on a nail in a pallet or if it's rust in a pile of scrap metal; rust is rust. (Although scrap cars are apt to have more rust than working vehicles, but then again, they're also apt to have less electrified copper, if any.)

2013-09-14 - Tour bus bursts into flame on US 25 near Greenville (South Carolina):
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130914/NEWS/309140036
http://www.wopular.com/tour-bus-evacuated-after-fire-us-25
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130914/NEWS/309140036/Tour-bus-evacuated-after-fire-on-U-S-25

2013-09-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 17 near Wawa, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.wawa-news.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18864:tractor-trailer-on-fire&catid=41:news&Itemid=201

2013-09-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 101 near Raymond (Washington):
http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/semi-truck-burns-near-raymond.html

2013-09-14 - Box truck bursts into flame at 2 AM while parked on street, explodes, in Worcester (Massachusetts):
http://www.telegram.com/article/20130914/NEWS/309149948/1116

2013-09-14 - Food truck explodes at high school football game in Fresno (California), 3 injured:
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Food-Truck-Explosion/7RAM-Alft06muYc-WAOytA.cspx
http://kvpr.org/post/propane-tank-explosion-injures-3-fresno-christian-high-school

2013-09-14 - RV bursts into flame at 2 AM on Severalls Park Avenue in Crewkerne (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26148&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35
http://somerset-news.co.uk/2013/09/15/caravan-fire-17/

2013-09-14 - Volkswagon bus bursts into flame on the 101 Freeway near Calabasas (California), starts brush fire:
http://www.kfiam640.com/articles/local-news-465708/car-fire-becomes-brush-fire-11653891/
http://calabasas.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/volkswagon-bus-catches-fire-on-101-freeway
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/74w12pgoq/Volkswagon-Bus-Catches-Fire-on-101-Freeway.htm

Quote: "On Aug. 18, another antique VW caught fire on the 101 freeway two miles west of today's incident. That fire spread to adjacent hillsides and consumed several acres of parklands before it was contained."

2013-09-14 - Van bursts into flame before 5:50 AM, fire spreads, garage destroyed too, in Virginia (Minnesota):
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/277875/group/News/
http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/s3159832.shtml
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/home/Vehicle-and-Garage-Fully-Engulfed-in-Virginia-223759511.html

2013-09-14 - SUV bursts into flame on I-565 in Madison (Alabama):
http://www.waff.com/story/23431568/car-catches-fire-on-i-565-saturday-morning
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/09/motorists_advised_to_avoid_int.html

2013-09-14 - Car bursts into flame inside garage at home in Walkerville, Windsor, Ontario (Canada):
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/09/14/garage-fire-in-south-walkerville/

2013-09-14 - Car bursts into flame at 2:30 AM on I-94 in Racine County (Wisconsin):
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/no-injuries-in-early-morning-car-fire-on-interstate/article_12d0e600-1d52-11e3-a488-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/racine-kenosha/vehicle-catches-fire-along-i94-in-racine-county/-/10151828/21936120/-/n7dbq1/-/index.html

2013-09-14 - Car bursts into flame on Summerfield Avenue in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2013/09/tonights-car-fire-32/

2013-09-14 - Car bursts into flame on highway in Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/23432685/car-fire-along-spid-slows-traffic

2013-09-14 - Car bursts into flame while parked between buildings in coastal Saint John (Canada):
http://country94news.blogspot.com/2013/09/car-fire-in-uptown.html

2013-09-14 - Front-end loader and barn destroyed by fire at 5 AM near Greenville (Ohio):
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/animals-killed-darke-county-barn-fire/nZxKZ/

2013-09-14 - Barn destroyed by fire in Woodland Township (Minnesota):
http://www.delanoheraldjournal.com/news/fire-destroys-woodland-twp-barn/

2013-09-14 - Barn damaged by fire in Greenville (North Carolina):
http://www.wcti12.com/news/hot-tobacco-sparks-barn-fire/-/13530444/21939052/-/kv65tyz/-/index.html

2013-09-14 - Large garage destroyed by fire at farm in Providence Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/894851_Large-garage-totaled-by-blaze-on-Providence-Township-farm.html

2013-09-14 - Storage unit bursts into flame at storage facility in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/335288/8/Fire-damages-storage-facility
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_tampa/north_tampa/2nd-alarm-fire-burning-at-tampa-storage-facility

2013-09-14 - Four schools burn in one week in Kitui Central (Kenya):
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-135770/kitui-central-school-dorm-catches-fire

Quote: "A dormitory at Kisasi Boys Seconday School caught fire on Thursday. It is the fourth school in Kitui Central to have a fire in the past week."

2013-09-14 - Sugar mill catches fire in South Bay (Florida), near Lake Okeechobee:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/workers-at-okeelanta-sugar-mill-put-out-fire-at-pl/nZxXr/

2013-09-14 - Apartment building hit by fire at 5:30 AM in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/firefighters-battle-pittsburgh-blaze/-/10927008/21936864/-/rbrvh7z/-/index.html

2013-09-14 - Deadly blaze rips through three homes in Wilmington (Delaware), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130915/NEWS/309150029

Note: Wilmington is near the Christina River, Brandyine Creek and the Delaware River...

2013-09-14 - Deadly fire hits home at 4:20 AM on Valley Street in Duncannon (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/deadly-fire-duncannon-2932.shtml

Note: Duncannon sits on the banks of the Susquehanna River where it meets the Juniata River and this house was about 1000 feet from the Susquehanna River...

2013-09-14 - Home destroyed by fire in Bridgeport (West Virginia):
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=Familys-Home-Destroyed-in-Fire11803

2013-09-14 - Home damaged by fire on Jim Creek Road in Arlington (Washington):
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130914/BLOG41/709149881

2013-09-14 - Vacant paper mill destroyed by huge blaze in Parchment (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/09/parchment_mill_fire_was_bigges.html

Quote: "An overnight blaze in Parchment that destroyed a vacant paper mill building and required aid from eight additional fire departments was the biggest fire the chief has been on, he said Saturday morning. 'I've been on 23 years and this is the biggest fire I've been on,' said Parchment Fire Chief Joe Bonhomme..."

2013-09-14 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Sissonville (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23430499/firefighters-investigating-overnight-structure-fire-in-sissonville
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Abandoned-House-in-Sissonville-Catches-on-Fire-223743201.html
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23430499/firefighters-on-scene-of-an-overnight-structure-fire

2013-09-14 - Two vacant buildings burst into flame within an hour in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130914/NEWS01/309140027/Fire-crews-battle-two-blazes-under-an-hour

2013-09-14 - Vacant building destroyed by fire in Mitchellville (Iowa):
http://whotv.com/2013/09/14/suspicious-fire-abandoned-building-catches-fire/
http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/suspicious-fire-destroys-home/-/9357080/21936312/-/6au1pg/-/index.html

2013-09-14 - Vacant home burns on River Shore Parkway in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.wishtv.com/news/local/firefighters-investigate-vacant-house-blaze

2013-09-13 - Huge fire destroys recycling center in South St. Louis County (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Firefighters-on-scene-of-large-south-county-fire-223650291.html
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/397710/3/Four-alarm-fire-at-Southside-Recycling
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2013/09/13/friday-fire-is-third-this-summer-for.html
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/09/13/four-alarm-blaze-burning-at-south-county-recycling-plant/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/firefighters-battling-fire-at-st-louis-county-recycling-center/article_db19de0a-60c5-591b-a0f1-d64cc2b5a2f6.html

Quote: "A 4-alarm blaze destroyed a recycling facility located along Interstate 55 in south St. Louis County Friday afternoon."

2013-09-13 - Recycling center hit by fire in Southerham (Britain):

http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2013/09/13/fire-at-recycling-plant-causes-rush-hour-tailbacks-on-brighton-bypass/23967
http://esfrsnews.blogspot.com/2013/09/firefighters-called-out-to-recycling.html

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."

2013-09-13 - Hundreds of pallets burst into flame at 4 AM at business in Springfield (Missouri):
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/hundreds-of-pallets-catch-fire-in-downtown-springfield/d/story/lXfIc9lUnE-_-BWSl3nihQ

Quote: "Flames lit up the pre-dawn sky in downtown Springfield this morning as Springfield firefighters battled a fire in a large pile of wooden pallets. Firefighters were called around 4:00 am to the 300 block of N. Main south of Chestnut Expressway. They found hundreds of pallets on fire."

2013-09-13 - Pallet company hit by fire in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.kens5.com/news/SAFD-responds-to-fire-at-pallet-company-on-citys-east-side-223652221.html

Quote: "At least nine units are responding to a structure fire at a pallet company in the 5200 block of Tacco, according to the SAFD active calls page."

2013-09-13 - Explosion hits electrical substation near coastal Auckland (New Zealand), hundreds lose power:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/national-news/9163149/Explosion-cuts-power-in-Auckland

2013-09-13 - Fishing boat bursts into flame near Ketchikan (Alaska):
http://www.adn.com/2013/09/14/3074525/gillnet-boat-damaged-in-fire-taken.html
http://www.ktuu.com/news/gillnet-boat-damaged-in-fire-taken-to-ketchikan-ktuu-20130914,0,2707595.story
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/gillnet-boat-damaged-in-fire-taken-to-ketchikan/article_d241b2be-1d7d-11e3-958e-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-09-13 - Boat bursts into flame at resort on Creekside Road in Branson (Missouri):
http://www.krzk.com/16896/boat_fire_reported_at_falls_village_resort.html

2013-09-13 - Railroad box car bursts into flame in Elkhart (Indiana):
http://www.elkharttruth.com/article/20130913/NEWS05/709139978

2013-09-13 - Transit bus bursts into flame on highway in coastal Puerto del Carmen in the Canary Islands (Spain):
http://www.lanzaroteinformation.com/content/bus-fire-puerto-del-carmen

Quote: "It’s the second Intercity bus to catch fire this year, the first incident was in June when an unoccupied bus caught fire whilst travelling on the Circunvalación ring road in Arrecife."

Note: Only two buses have burned there? Then they're doing way better than Malta, Cyprus, Australia, San Francisco, Britain, Ireland, etc. But then, this is a small island, so maybe they simply don't have many buses...

2013-09-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-87 near Plattsburgh (New York):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53002393/
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/plattsburgh/stretch-of-i87-closed-after-tractor-trailer-fire/-/9277622/21920806/-/fq6qw2/-/index.html

2013-09-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 12:37 AM on I-84 near La Grande (Oregon):
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Trailer-fire-leaves-Interstate-84-closed

2013-09-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-78 in Williams Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2013/09/tractor-trailer_fire_contained.html

2013-09-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-95 near Rocky Mount (North Carolina):
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Tractor-Trailer-Fire-Closes-Southbound-I-95-223622981.html
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/driver-escapes-burning-tractor-trailer-2161381
http://www.wral.com/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-i-95-lanes-near-rocky-mount/12882858/
http://www.firehouse.com/photostory/11150841/tractor-trailer-burns-drivers-escapes-in-nash-county

2013-09-13 - Tractor bursts into flame on road near Bragg City (Missouri):
http://www.dddnews.com/story/2003403.html
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2003885.html

2013-09-13 - Landscaping truck bursts into flame on I-75 in Broward County (Florida):
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21011680335644/lanes-blocked-after-truck-fire-on-i-75/

Note: And the day prior, a tanker truck burst into flame on I-75 near coastal Bonita Springs (Florida), as mentioned in the 2013-09-12 update...

2013-09-13 - Dump truck bursts into flame on Costello Road in Austin (Pennsylvania):
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2013/09/dump-truck-fire-on-costello-road-in.html

2013-09-13 - Truck bursts into flame while parked near pond on Twin River Road in Lincoln (Rhode Island):
http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2013/09/truck-catches-fire-on-twin-river-road.html

Quote: "The truck was in a parking lot near a pond and hiking trail. Dupont said the truck was destroyed."

2013-09-13 - Truck bursts into flame on I-40 near London (Arkansas):
http://www.rivervalleyleader.com/news/article_80a51860-1cb5-11e3-bd0d-001a4bcf6878.html

Note: London is on the north bank of the Arkansas River. That stretch of I-40 runs right along the river for quite a ways...

2013-09-13 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home in coastal Fareham (Britain):
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10675766.Arsonists_torch_caravan/

2013-09-13 - In separate incidents, van and car burst into flame in Fishermead (Britain), near the Grand Union Canal:
http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Community/Two-suspected-arson-attacks-in-Fishermead-occur-hours-apart-20130913151740.htm

2013-09-13 - Van bursts into flame in San Antonio (Texas), many other fires mentioned:
http://www.kens5.com/home/SAFD-Firefighters-respond--to-eight-fires-in-12-hour-period--223689911.html

Quote: "A spokesperson with SAFD said the high volume of fires was unusual. However, none of the blazes appeared to be related."

Note: Appearances can be deceiving...

2013-09-13 - Van bursts into flame on Coulon Road in coastal Thibodaux (Louisiana):
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130913/HURBLOG/130919753/1026/news01?Title=Van-on-fire
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20130913/HURBLOG/130919753/1223?Title=Van-on-fire

2013-09-13 - Van bursts into flame on Nanhai Road in Haikou City (China):
http://www.best-news.us/news-5427699-Haikou-horror-scene:-Spontaneous-Burst-van-driver-jumping-out-Figure.html

2013-09-13 - In separate incidents, SUV and pickup truck burst into flame in Lamesa (Texas):
http://www.pressreporter.com/news_article.php?id=9456

2013-09-13 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-40 in East Madison County (Tennessee):
http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Car-Fire-Back-Up-Traffic--223681371.html

2013-09-13 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on road near coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wbtw.com/story/23428102/pickup-truck-catches-fire-at-holmestown-road-and-us-17-bypass

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame while parked in carport in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/23429276/tfd-keeps-carport-fire-from-spreading-to-nearby-home
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/Tucson-Fire-responding-to-carport-fire-223687031.html

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame at 3:10 AM while parked on Cumberland Avenue in Southend (Britain):
http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/10673514.Neighbours_help_put_out_car_fire/

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Kohl's in Rochester (New York):
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130914/GJNEWS_01/130919523
http://www.menafn.com/3a640011-fd28-4121-9acd-1afc44441ffa/BRIEF-Woman-shopping-comes-out-to-find-her-car-on-fire

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame at 6:32 AM while parked in St. Cloud (Minnesota):
http://wjon.com/st-cloud-fire-marshal-investigating-suspicious-car-fire/
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20130913/NEWS01/309130020/Arson-suspected-south-side-car-fire

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame on road near Long Valley (New Jersey):
http://longvalley.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/car-fire-snarls-schooleys-mountain-morning-traffic

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame on Old Falmouth Road in Truro (Britain):
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/10673907.Firefighters_called_to_car_fire_in_Truro/

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame on road in Newbury (Britain), near the River Kennet:
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-09-13/car-fire-in-newbury/

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame in the Sepulveda Boulevard Tunnel near airport in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Sepulveda-Boulevard-Tunnel-LAX-Traffic-Jam-Congested-Street-Alert-Airport-223702931.html
http://manhattanbeach.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/vehicle-catches-fire-near-lax

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame on the M5 near Staunton (Britain):
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/10675675.Car_fire_on_M5_motorway_at_Taunton/
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=26133&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame on Bristol Road in Brent Knoll, near coastal Burnham-On-Sea (Britain):
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2013/car-fire-13-09-13.php

2013-09-13 - Car bursts into flame at 1:30 AM in Moraine (Ohio):
http://www.wdtn.com/news/police-investigate-car-fire
http://www.wdtn.com/web/wdtn/news/police-investigate-car-fire

2013-09-13 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-70 near Boonville (Missouri):
http://www.kmzu.com/cooper-county-vehicle-fire-on-i-70/

2013-09-13 - Motorcycle bursts into flame at 1:25 AM while parked on street in Toronto (Canada):
http://theeyeopener.com/2013/09/vehicle-fire-at-church-and-gould-streets/

Quote: "The report came in at 1:25 a.m. In a phone call with The Eyeopener Friday, Constable Wendy Drummond confirmed that the motorcycle was parked between two cars and was fully engulfed in flames."

2013-09-13 - Three tractors, truck and barn destroyed by fire on Hoosier Creek Road in Burlington (Wisconsin):
http://racineuncovered.org/2013/09/multiple-units-on-scene-for-large-barn-fire-in-burlington/
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/firefighters-respond-to-machinery-shed-fire/article_845f8c10-1c9c-11e3-9e9d-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "When they arrived they found a 7,500-square-foot metal machinery shed on fire. About a quarter of the shed was filled with hay; the rest was being used to store farm equipment, including three tractors and a truck."

Note: That address is about half a mile northeast (downwind) of the Fox River...

2013-09-13 - Tractor, SUV and barn destroyed by fire in Greenwich (Ohio), near reservoir in Reservoir Park:
http://www.norwalkreflector.com/article/3532986

2013-09-13 - Corvette and barn destroyed by fire in Scipio (New York), very near Owasco Lake:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/barn_fire_destroys_home_business_62_corvette_of_cayuga_county_taxidermist.html
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/barn_fire_in_scipio_draws_firefighters_from_multiple_cayuga_county_departments.html
http://auburnpub.com/news/local/update-crews-working-to-put-out-fire-engulfing-scipio-taxidermy/article_566c0983-4c6d-5a95-9148-82b9b5e5be35.html

2013-09-13 - Barn and 400 tons of hay and straw destroyed by fire before 1 AM near Craven Arms (Britain):
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/09/13/crews-tackle-huge-fire-in-barn-near-craven-arms/

2013-09-13 - Barn destroyed by fire in Robertson County (Tennessee):
http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20130913/ROBERTSON01/130913010/Fire-crews-scene-barn-fire

2013-09-13 - Two barns and some straw damaged by fire in Kings Cliffe (Britain), near Willow Brook:
http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/top-stories/fire-crews-tackle-straw-bale-blaze-1-5492495

2013-09-13 - Silo full of soybeans bursts into flame in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9247991

2013-09-13 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Fort Bragg (North Carolina):
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/5287/1904417/

2013-09-13 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Olney (Illinois):
http://www.olneydailymail.com/article/20130913/NEWS/130919603/1005/NEWS

2013-09-13 - Fire rips through Columbia Square complex under renovation in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9248154

Quote: "The complex is now undergoing a nearly $1 billion renovation. Thanks to the quick work of firefighters, it didn't all go up in flames."

Note: Buildings that are vacant or under construction or under renovation are more vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem than are completed and well-insulated occupied buildings...

2013-09-13 - Massive inferno devours at least three buildings in downtown Winona (Minnesota):
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/09/13/winona-residents-react-to-downtown-fire/
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/23423006/downtown-winona-fire-affected-businesses
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/downtown-winona-fire-extinguished-clean-up-work-begins/article_29005a7a-9af4-5b68-87b7-fe7b88a16c6c.html

Quote: "The Winona Daily News is calling it 'the most significant fire in downtown Winona in modern memory.'"

2013-09-13 - Home destroyed by fire at Morse Reservoir, on Forest Bay Lane in Cicero (Indiana):
http://www.wthr.com/story/23432150/2013/09/14/fire-destroys-morse-reservoir-home

Quote: "Investigators aren't sure what started this fire, but believe it started in the garage."

Note: Say, that's where people park vehicles...

2013-09-13 - House damaged by fire in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-newport-news-couple-displaced-after-house-fire-20130913,0,7337413.story

2013-09-13 - Blaze rips through duplex just before 5 AM in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), 14 people homeless:
http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Duplex-fire-displaces-14-people-223611191.html
http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/early-morning-milwaukee-house-fire-displaced-14/-/10148890/21920020/-/duigvbz/-/index.html

2013-09-13 - Vacant home burns in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.kens5.com/news/local/PHOTOS-Kitchen-catches-fire-on-citys-east-side-223616341.html

2013-09-13 - Vacant house burns at 5:10 AM in Waco (Texas), adjacent occupied home damaged too:
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/223607391.html

2013-09-12 - Massive 10-alarm inferno devours boardwalk, destroys 32 businesses, at coastal Seaside Park (New Jersey):

http://www.startribune.com/nation/223521461.html
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/massive_blaze_rips_through_jer.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/09/12/breaking-firefighters-battling-boardwalk-blaze-in-seaside-park-nj/
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/23417427/multi-alarm-fire-burning-on-seaside-boardwalk
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Daylight-Revealing-Extent-of-Damage-From-NJ-Boardwalk-Fire-223611801.html
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130912/NEWS01/130912020/Fire-rages-N-J-boardwalk
http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_fire-destroys-new-jersey-boardwalk-13181.shtml
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/fire_along_jersey_shore_boardwalk_races_out_of_control_at_least_32_businesses_de.html

Quote: "'This is obviously just an unthinkable situation for us to be standing here and watching this, what’s going on behind all of you, is just unthinkable,' said Governor Chris Christie."

Note: Well, I wouldn't use the word 'unthinkable'. After 575 straight days of warning about fires just like this one? Tragic, absolutely, but entirely 'thinkable', and predictable. This fire wasn't really all that different from the gigantic scrap metal fire that hit a facility on the coast in New Jersey not long ago, as mentioned in the 2013-08-20 update. Scrap metal, absorbent materials, on the coast, huge fires...

2013-09-12 - Underground electrical explosion rocks UC Berkeley in coastal Berkeley (California):
http://www.dailycal.org/2013/09/12/electrical-explosion-causes-dip-in-power-ongoing-outage-across-campus/

Quote: "An early-morning explosion in an underground high-voltage vault caused power to go out in buildings across campus Thursday. Power returned to most buildings briefly after the outage around 8:15 a.m., with the exception of several buildings concentrated mainly in the northeastern section of campus, according Shaff."

2013-09-12 - Underground electrical explosion and fire closes Chase office tower in El Paso (Texas):
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_24079925/firefighters-evacuate-chase-bank-building-downtown-el-paso
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/hundreds-evacuated-chase-bank-building-downtown-1441.shtml
http://www.kvia.com/news/transformer-explosion-closes-chase-tower-building-expected-to-reopen-at-7-am-friday/-/391068/21910984/-/6ip1ma/-/index.html

Quote: "There was a flash of light, then an explosion and smoke, and suddenly people began pouring out of the Chase Tower building on Thursday in Downtown El Paso."

Quote: "El Paso Electric officials tell ABC-7 Chase Building had a fire in an underground electrical vault next to Chase Building that serves the building."

2013-09-12 - Large pile of scrap metal and crushed cars bursts into flame at metal recycling facility in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.hobnoborlando.com/orange-county-firefighters-fight-large-scrap-metal-fire/

Quote: "The first firefighters arrived in four minutes and found a large pile of scrap metal and crushed cars on fire. That crew quickly began deploying hoselines to contain the fire while a head count was conducted of recycling employees to ensure everyone was accounted for."

2013-09-12 - Boat and pickup burst into flame at salvage yard in Washington Township (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/washington-township-times/index.ssf/2013/09/washington_township_fire_depar_3.html
http://jerseytribune.com/2013/09/12/washington-township-fire-department-puts-out-burning-truck-boat-at-junkyard/

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."

2013-09-12 - Explosion and huge fire destroys pine shaving animal bedding warehouse in Fitzgerald (Georgia):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23414889/explosion-leads-to-fire-at-south-georgia-factory
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23413501/explosion-rocks-fitzgerald-bedding-factory
http://www.walb.com/story/23413501/explosion-rocks-fitzgerald-bedding-factory
http://www.fox19.com/story/23413501/explosion-rocks-fitzgerald-bedding-factory

Quote: "According to its website, the plant produces pine shavings to make animal bedding."

Note: More flammable absorbent materials going up in flames...

2013-09-12 - Oil storage facility hit by explosion and fire in coastal Calabria (Italy), 3 killed:
http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upiUPI-20130913-135222-9281
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/09/13/3-dead-in-explosion-at-Italian-oil-storage-facility/UPI-92811379095723/

2013-09-12 - Power plant damaged by blaze at Kent State University, 2 buildings evacuated, in Kent (Ohio):
http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/2-buildings-at-kent-state-evacuated-after-fire-at-power-plant-1.428429

2013-09-12 - Two River Theatre damaged by fire in coastal Red Bank (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/article/20130912/NJNEWS/309120112/1004/NEWS01

Note: This theater is about 500 feet from confluence of the Swimming River and the Navesink River, and near the coast. New Jersey, coast, fire. Sounds *cough* unthinkably familiar...

2013-09-12 - Deadly fire rages through psychiatric hospital at 3 AM in Novgorod (Russia), at least 37 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130913-40906-RUS
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9246697
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57602781/russia-psychiatric-hospital-fire-kills-37/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/world/europe/fire-in-russian-hospital.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24076193

2013-09-12 - Fishing boat 'Bad Obsession' bursts into flame just outside the Portland Harbour entrance (Britain):
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10673479.COASTGUARD_ROUND_UP__Coastguards_alerted_to_fishing_boat_fire/

2013-09-12 - Boat bursts into flame off the coast of Barbados:
http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2013/09/13/boat-ablaze/
http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/man-rescued-from-burning-boat/

2013-09-12 - Three fire trucks and station hit by fire at 6:30 AM at volunteer fire department in Blaine (Kentucky):
http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-attack/articles/1525563-fire-destroys-ky-volunteer-dept-trucks-equipment/
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Fire-Reported-at-Blaine-Volunteer-Fire-Department-223439341.html
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23411574/volunteer-fire-department-in-lawernce-county-ky-fire

2013-09-12 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on I-75 near coastal Bonita Springs (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130912/NEWS0108/130912005/Tanker-truck-fire-closes-southbound-75-Estero
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/23413050/traffic-moving-slowly-on-i-75-after-oil-truck-fire
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/sep/12/southbound-i75-lanes-shut-due-fuel-truck-fire/
http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/536523/Tanker-truck-fire-closes-southbound-lanes-of-I-75.html

2013-09-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame before 6:55 AM near Illinois River bridge in Tazewell County (Illinois):
http://www.1470wmbd.com/Truck-Catches-Fire-On-474/17278576
http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Semi-fire-halts-traffic-on-Interstate-474-223479931.html

2013-09-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-94 in Moorhead (Minnesota):
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/411984/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52995126/ns/local_news-fargo_nd/
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/273022/group/homepage/

2013-09-12 - Garbage truck bursts into flame at 5:30 AM in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island):
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130912-warwick-garbage-truck-catches-fire----again.ece
http://www.necn.com/09/12/13/Fire-in-garbage-truck-4-days-after-earli/landing.html?&apID=a988bdbaaeac402db4b53943ba321a66
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/a988bdbaaeac402db4b53943ba321a66/RI--Public-Works-Explosions
http://www.turnto10.com/story/23413370/fire-damages-same-dpw-truck-that-caught-fire

Quote: "On Thursday Warwick police affirmed that finding, stating in a press release that evidence collected from the truck shows that 'an electrical problem was the cause of both fires.'"

Note: If this sounds familiar, it's because several garbage trucks went up in flames in Warwick a few days prior, as mentioned in the 2013-09-07 update. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, and such fires will look exactly like an 'electrical problem'. This is the same reason for all the underground electrical explosions and fires that are occurring too, especially in recent months...

2013-09-12 - Box truck bursts into flame at YMCA in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/sep/12/truck-catches-fire-outside-greater-naples-ymca/
http://www.allvoices.com/news/15522983-truck-catches-fire-outside-greater-naples-ymca
http://www.abc-7.com/story/23427544/truck-used-in-naples-ymca-cleanup-catches-fire

Note: The truck was there to do some work at the YMCA. What happened to the YMCA? It caught fire a few days ago. Naples is on the Gulf Coast in Florida, downwind of the Gulf of Mexico. Along with fires, there've been lots of people mysteriously dying along that stretch of Florida too. Hydrogen sulfide is not only extremely flammable, it's also a deadly poison...

2013-09-12 - Truck bursts into flame on Auburn Road near Topeka (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Two-County-Fire-Departments-Respond-To-A-Truck-Fire--223544911.html

2013-09-12 - RV bursts into flame at caravan park in coastal Silloth (Britain):
http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2013/09/13/caravan-distroyed-in-silloth-blaze/

2013-09-12 - In separate incidents, RV bursts into flame and scrap metal burns, in Griffith (Australia):
http://www.areanews.com.au/story/1773308/firefighters-tackle-blazes-across-griffith/

Quote: "Just before 2pm on Wednesday, FRNSW crews were called to a caravan engulfed in flames at a residence in Sidlow Road."

Quote: "A second pile of scrap metal was also on fire."

2013-09-12 - RV bursts into flame at home in coastal Wynard on the island of Tasmania (Australia):
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/1774524/wynyard-blaze-destroys-caravan/

2013-09-12 - Two SUVs and pickup burst into flame at 4:15 AM while parked in London, Ontario (Canada):
http://london.ctvnews.ca/suspicious-vehicle-fires-probed-by-london-police-1.1451603
http://www.am980.ca/2013/09/12/car-fires-boullee/
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/09/12/london-police-investigate-after-three-car-set-ablaze-on-boullee-street

Note: That area is about 1 mile east (downwind) of the Thames River...

2013-09-12 - SUV bursts into flame on Dent Bridge Road in Clearwater County (Idaho):
http://lcvalley.kxly.com/news/news/107261-vehicle-fire-destroys-suv

2013-09-12 - SUV bursts into flame on I-190 near Sterling (Massachusetts):
http://www.telegram.com/article/20130913/COULTER01/309139926/1189/coulter

2013-09-12 - Pickup truck bursts into flame before 6:45 AM on I-95 near Richmond (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2013/09/12/interstate-95-vehicle-fire/

2013-09-12 - Car bursts into flame on Fulton Street in Wausau (Wisconsin):
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20130912/WDH01/309120258/Firefighters-extinguish-morning-car-fire

Note: That address is about 1200 feet east (downwind) of the Wisconsin River...

2013-09-12 - Car bursts into flame on the M25 between junctions 4 and 5 (Britain):
http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/Car-M25-causing-delays/story-19786516-detail/story.html

2013-09-12 - Car bursts into flame at 12:46 AM at intersection in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2013/09/tonights-car-fire-31/

2013-09-12 - Car bursts into flame while parked in lot at Triq il-Karmnu, Luqa on the island of Malta:
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-09-13/news/fire-engulfs-luxurious-car-2577563648/
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130913/local/luxurious-car-destroyed-by-fire.486000

2013-09-12 - Car bursts into flame at 1:30 AM on South Street in Norwalk (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2013/09/norwalk-car-fire/

2013-09-12 - Car bursts into flame along highway, fire spreads to second car, in Dallas (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/09/13/2-cars-catch-on-fire-along-dallas-highway/

Note: First car had probs, pulled over. Second car stopped to help. First car burst into flame, both cars burned...

2013-09-12 - Motorcycle bursts into flame while parked on Brookvale Avenue North in Runcorn (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/motorbike-on-fire-in-runcorn_13-09-2013_8-32-20

2013-09-12 - Auto shop damaged by fire before 4 AM in Converse (Texas):
http://www.ksat.com/news/fire-damages-converse-auto-repair-shop/-/478452/21900232/-/7nuw2tz/-/index.html
http://www.wblxlocal.com/news/48838-fire-damages-converse-auto-repair-shop.html

2013-09-12 - Auto-related storage unit bursts into flame at warehouse in Pinson (Alabama):
http://www.alabamas13.com/story/23419181/fire-in-pinson-thursday-damages-motorsports-productions-storage-unit

2013-09-12 - Four-car garage destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Fowler (Indiana):
http://www.wlfi.com/news/local/fire-destroys-4-car-garage-in-fowler

2013-09-12 - Two barns and 200 tons of hay destroyed by fire in Summit County (Utah):
http://fox13now.com/2013/09/12/summit-county-fire-destroys-2-barns-200-tons-of-hay/

2013-09-12 - Barn and 1000 bales of hay destroyed by fire in Cherokee County (Kansas):
http://www.koamtv.com/story/23420049/hay-bale-fire-could-burn-for-a-few-days-in-cherokee-county
http://www.fox14tv.com/story/23420049/hay-bale-fire-could-burn-for-a-few-days-in-cherokee-county

2013-09-12 - Barn damaged by fire in Middle Township (New Jersey):
http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/fires/court+house/94938-barn+fire+no+match+first+responders

2013-09-12 - Cardboard boxes burst into flame outside convenience store in Bradford (Britain):
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10670444.Fire_crews_tackle_blaze_outside_shop/

2013-09-12 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Dothan (Alabama):
http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/dothan-garbage-truck-on-fire-45591

2013-09-12 - Three laundry bins burst into flame at linen supply business in Billings (Montana):
http://www.ktvq.com/news/spontaneous-combustion-blamed-in-laundry-fire/

2013-09-12 - Chemical plant hit by fire in Piper City (Illinois):
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/quick-action-praised-in-piper-city-chemical-incident/article_d2ae90e2-1bb0-11e3-bf48-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-12 - Petroleum lab hit by fire and explosion on the island of Trinidad, 2 injured:
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Two-injured-in--Cariri-explosion-223706221.html

2013-09-12 - Explosion hits firecracker factory in West Midnapore (India), 2 killed:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/wb-explosion-in-cracker-factory-kills-two/421345-3-231.html

2013-09-12 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/man-escapes-cr-house-fire-22198.shtml

Quote: "Wagner found smoke coming in around the woodwork near the front door. He opened the door and found smoke and flames on the front porch."

2013-09-12 - Garage bursts into flame at 2 AM, fire spreads to two homes, in Farley (Missouri):
http://www.kctv5.com/story/23412425/garage-fire-damages-neighboring-homes-in-farley

2013-09-12 - Three condos destroyed by fire, 2 damaged, in the wee hours, in Avon (Connecticut), near Nepaug Reservoir:
http://www.wtnh.com/news/hartford-cty/fire-at-avon-condo-complex
http://www.wfsb.com/story/23410562/large-fire-breaks-out-at-avon-condo-complex

2013-09-12 - Exterior of triplex bursts into flame in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/23412388/early-morning-house-fire-near-euclid-injures-one

2013-09-12 - Log cabin home destroyed by fire at 5:52 AM on Catawissa Creek Road in North Union Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-schuylkill-log-cabin-0912-20130912,0,7061705.story

2013-09-12 - Massive blaze destroys home before 6 AM in Glen Carbon (Illinois), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Massive-blaze-sweeps-through-Metro-East-house-223441761.html

2013-09-12 - House damaged by fire at 2:30 AM in coastal Portsmouth (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/09/12/overnight-house-fire-in-portsmouth/

2013-09-12 - Home destroyed by fire on Lake Street in Warners Bay (Australia), near Lake Macquarie:
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1773297/warners-bay-home-destroyed-photos-video/

2013-09-12 - House destroyed by fire in coastal Lake Worth (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/suspected-arson-lake-worth-leaves-family-without-home-10054.shtml

2013-09-12 - Vacant home burns in Modesto (California):
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/09/12/3218945/fire-strikes-abandoned-west-modesto.html

2013-09-12 - Vacant high school burns in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/23411751/fire-in-former-spingarn-high-school-building-quickly-extinguished
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Crews-Called-to-Fire-at-Closed-Spingarn-High-School--223438011.html

2013-09-11 - Around 30 semi trailers go up in flames while parked at business in East Point (Georgia):

http://www.gadailynews.com/news/atlanta/174684-tractor-trailers-catch-fire-at-east-point-warehouse.html
http://www.allnews1067.com/common/page.php?pt=Tractor+Trailers+Catch+Fire+at+East+Point+Warehouse&id=15283
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/23404587/fire-at-east-point-warehouse
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/investigators-continue-look-cause-massive-warehous/nZt9Y/

Quote: "Firefighters had not yet gotten to the scene where about a half dozen trailers were on fire. Firefighters arrived shortly after, but not before the fire ripped through about two dozen more trailers."

Note: They shouldn't be parking them next to each other like that. That's an insane risk. Well, I guess they've paid the price for that mistake, as many other people have when their vehicles burst into flame and burn down their homes. Learn or burn, and the Earth doesn't care which choice people make. And hmm, they don't say how many semi tractors burned there. I use the T:XXX in the daily montage image for the number of tractor trailer fires for the day. Do I count this as 30 or 0? Seems like too big of an event to go with 0, so 30 it is, but I have no idea how many semi tractors burned, if any. In any case, that was one big-ass fire there...

2013-09-11 - White House evacuated due to smoking transformer in coastal Washington DC:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/11/18193001-white-house-briefly-evacuated-due-to-smoking-transformer
http://www.pennsnews.com/national-news/white-house-briefly-evacuated-due-to-smoking-transformer
http://dailyme.com/story/2013091100003243/white-house-briefly-evacuated-due-to-smoking-transformer

Quote: "The evacuation came after smoke was seen in a mechanical room, the Secret Service said. Multiple fire trucks raced to the building at about 7:15 a.m. Secret Service officers blocked off the entrances to the West Wing."

Note: The same thing happened back in May, as mentioned in the 2013-05-11 update. The White House is an old building and it would be very difficult - probably impossible - to retrofit a structure like that to make it completely safe from the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem. They use electrified copper in the White House, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper. That's the likely reason for all the parked vehicles bursting into flame, the transformer fires, the escalating number of underground electrical fires and explosions, etc.

2013-09-11 - Huge fire tears through warehouse full of pallets in Brighton Park, Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/12/extra-alarm-fire-reignites-at-brighton-park-warehouse/
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/chicago_news&id=9245200
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/22513048-418/four-alarm-fire-extinguished-in-brighton-park-warehouse.html
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/22513048-418/four-alarm-fire-burning-in-brighton-park-warehouse.html

Quote: "The fire started at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in the warehouse, which was full of pallets..."

Quote: "The fire was too dangerous to go in, so firefighters fought the fire from outside the giant warehouse, which houses a truck facility and pallet company."

Note: And yet another major pallet fire. There've been a lot of these, especially lately. As the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem worsens, there are gonna be more and more of these pallet-related fires, to go along with more people sickening and/or dropping dead (especially in, near or downwind of low-lying areas), more vehicular fires, more homes and businesses exploding, yada yada. This area is about 1 mile east (downwind) of the Chicago Sanitation and Ship Canal, and about 3 miles from Lake Michigan...

2013-09-11 - Around 30 scrap cars bursts into flame at metal recycling and auto business in Terre Haute (Indiana):
http://www.wthitv.com/news/local/fire-at-mikes-auto-wrecking
http://wibqfm.com/news/articles/2013/sep/12/fire-at-mikes-auto-wrecking/
http://tribstar.com/news/x72685420/Firefighters-battle-scrap-yard-fire

Note: From their website: "Mike's Auto Wrecking provides towing, junk car, metal recycling, and used car parts to customers to Terre Haute, IN."

2013-09-11 - Recycling firm pushed into administration after multiple fires in Kidderminster (Britain):
http://www.prw.com/subscriber/newscat2.html?cat=1&channel=320&id=3486

2013-09-11 - Landfill erupts in flame in Pigeon Forge (Tennessee):
http://www.themountainpress.com/news/x915048795/Pigeon-Forge-landfill-fire-extinguished

2013-09-11 - Cargo ship bursts into flame at Jeddah Seaport (Saudi Arabia), on the Red Sea:
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20130912/NEWS09/130919936
http://www.arabnews.com/news/464286
http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/ship-catches-fire-jeddah-port-000000805.html
http://seashipnews.com/news_content.php?fid=3w3c1356

Quote: "A fire erupted in a Thai cargo vessel at the Jeddah Islamic Port Wednesday, but no injuries were reported. The blaze continued late into the night as Civil Defense firefighters attempted to douse the flames using carbon dioxide to cut off oxygen to the hull."

2013-09-11 - Car-hauler truck hauling six race cars bursts into flame on I-5 near Bakersfield (California):
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/big-rig-hauling-race-car-catches-fire-on-i-5-in-kern-county-091113

Quote: "Some cars suffered direct fire damage. The remaining cars had smoke and water damage."

2013-09-11 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-435 in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kctv5.com/story/23405620/i-435-nb-to-stadium-drive-closed-after-semi-catches-on-fire
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/images-i435-truck-fire/-/11664182/21887418/-/e2617k/-/index.html

Note: Kansas City is located at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River...

2013-09-11 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road near I-30 in Dallas (Texas):
http://dfwscanner.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/pic-semi-fire/

2013-09-11 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road near Brent Pelham (Britain):
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/News/Hay-lorry-goes-up-in-a-blaze-near-Brent-Pelham-20130911121834.htm#

2013-09-11 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-81 in Frederick County (Virginia):
http://www.tv3winchester.com/home/headlines/Tractor-Trailer-Fire-Shuts-Down-Part-of-I-81-in-Frederick-County-223267121.html

2013-09-11 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at truck stop in Denham Springs (Louisiana), dog killed:
http://livingstonparishnews.com/news/image_6196cd26-1b69-11e3-be14-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-11 - Tractor bursts into flame in Brant Broughton (Britain):
http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/firefighters-extinguish-tractor-fire-in-brant-broughton-2059966.html
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Firefighters-extinguish-tractor-Brant-Broughton/story-19781646-detail/story.html
http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/news/local/tractor-on-fire-at-brant-broughton-1-5484085

2013-09-11 - Truck bursts into flame on coastal road on the island of Borneo, van hits it, 5 killed, 7 injured:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/12/5-killed-7-injured-after-van-crashes-into-lorry/
http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnist/five-dead-nine-injured-in-van-lorry-crash-1.354406

Quote: "It was reported that the engine of the lorry had caught fire earlier forcing the driver to abandon it."

Quote: "Five workers from the Samalaju Industrial Park died when the van ferrying them home from work crashed into the back of a lorry parked at the side of Bintulu-Miri coastal road about 42km from here at 7.45 last night."

2013-09-11 - RV bursts into flame on I-5 in coastal Chula Vista (California):
http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/09/11/fire-engulfs-rv-on-freeway/
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/11/motorhome-fire-interstate-5/

2013-09-11 - Van bursts into flame on the A491 Bromsgrove to Stourbridge Road near Stourbridge (Britain):
http://www.bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/2013/09/11/news-Van-destroyed-by-fire-on-road-between-Bromsgrove-and-Stourbridge-83638.html

2013-09-11 - Van bursts into flame on Clodgey Lane in Helston (Britain):
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/10667364.Clodgey_Lane_in_Helston_closed_by_van_fire/
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/helstonandporthleven/10667364.Clodgey_Lane_in_Helston_closed_by_van_fire/

2013-09-11 - Minivan bursts into flame on School Street in Salem (Massachusetts):
http://salem.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/family-member-describes-how-van-caught-fire

2013-09-11 - Pickup bursts into flame at 4:45 AM while parked in lot, fire spreads to 3 more vehicles, in Two Rivers (Wisconsin):
http://www.htrnews.com/article/20130911/MAN0101/309110267/TR-fire-damages-four-vehicles

2013-09-11 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Northway near Clifton Park (New York):
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Video-Vehicle-fire-closes-Northway-lanes-4806936.php

2013-09-11 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Craighead County (Arkansas):
http://craigheadcounty.kait8.com/news/news/282913-vehicle-fire-leaps-nearby-home

2013-09-11 - Car bursts into flame while parked at apartment building, fire spreads to 2 more vehicles, in Huntsville (Alabama):
http://www.waff.com/story/23400228/firefighters-put-out-car-fires-at-huntsville-apt-complex

2013-09-11 - Car bursts into flame on Route 2 in Belmont suburb of coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/belmont/2013/09/car_fire_holds_up_traffic_on_route_2.html

2013-09-11 - Car bursts into flame on the Schuylkill Expressway near Narberth (Pennsylvania):
http://balacynwyd.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/car-fire-on-76-near-city-avenue

2013-09-11 - Car bursts into flame on Mayhill Road in Denton (Texas):
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130912-blotter-driver-escapes-injury-after-vehicle-catches-fire.ece

2013-09-11 - Car bursts into flame on road near Abuja (Nigeria):
http://dailytrust.info/index.php/city-news/5247-2-security-men-escape-as-car-catches-fire-on-kubwa-road

2013-09-11 - Car bursts into flame at 1:40 AM while parked on street in Frankford, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://news.yahoo.com/video/police-investigate-suspicious-car-fire-100855292.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9243886

2013-09-11 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 near Crowley (Louisiana):
http://www.katc.com/news/traffic-talk-congestion-on-i-10-due-to-car-fire/

2013-09-11 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-55 in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/397334/3/Vehicle-fire-causes-brief-traffic-backup-on-NB-I-55
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/397334/3/Vehicle-fire-causes-brief-traffic-backup-on-NB-I-55

Note: I don't like the generic 'vehicle' term, but sometimes that's all the news provides. It looks like that might be a tractor trailer burning, but hard to be sure...

2013-09-11 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Howard Street in Wellsville (New York), 800 feet from a river:
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2013/09/vehicle-fire-in-wellsville.html

2013-09-11 - Vehicle bursts into flame, fire threatens apartment complex, in Pharr (Texas):
http://www.foxrio2.com/87344/vehicle-fire-endangers-pharr-apartment/

2013-09-11 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-275 in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_south_pinellas/st_petersburg/vehicle-catches-fire-on-i-275-in-pinellas-county

2013-09-11 - Vehicle and garage destroyed by fire at 1 AM in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/397261/3/Garage-vehicle-destroyed-in-south-city-blaze

2013-09-11 - Car and garage destroyed by fire, home damaged, on River Road in Morehead (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Overnight-fire-destroys-home-and-car-in-Rowan-County-223437121.html
http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Overnight-fire-destroys-home-and-car-in-Rowan-County-223437121.html

2013-09-11 - Auto shop damaged by fire in Rockwood (Pennsylvania), near the Casselman River:
http://www.dailyamerican.com/rockwood-auto-repair-shop-fire/image_20da3850-1ae6-11e3-882a-0019bb30f31a.html

2013-09-11 - Barn heavily damaged by fire east of Prescott (Wisconsin), near River Falls:
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/content/barn-fire-east-prescott-brings-out-multiple-units
http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/content/five-departments-battle-wind-flames-dairy-barn-blaze

Quote: "Fire Departments from Ellsworth, Prescott, River Falls arrived at N6568 County Highway QQ, around 2:15 p.m. for a barn fire that became engulfed upon their arrival."

Quote: "While en route to the QQ blaze, River Falls firefighters were diverted to a machinery fire at W10604 CTH FF, where a chopper was reported on fire."

Note: Second link mentions a second fire nearby involving a burning chopper. I think that's probably some kind of farm machinery, not a helicopter, but the story isn't very clear...

2013-09-11 - Grass fire erupts, fire burns multiple structures in Stewart Lenox neighborhood in Klamath Falls (Oregon):
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/article_90752dd2-1b4f-11e3-a1b6-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/article_bb628498-1b74-11e3-b0f0-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-11 - Lab building erupts in flame at 6:45 AM in La Crosse (Wisconsin):
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/fire-at-trane-lab-no-injuries-reported/article_a7ff5f18-1b54-11e3-be16-001a4bcf887a.html
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/trane-fire-prompts-precautions-at-nearby-spence-elementary/article_fd6e0968-1b54-11e3-810f-001a4bcf887a.html
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/trane-lab-evacuated-as-firefighters-battle-blaze/article_6b25a218-1aec-11e3-8099-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-09-11 - Hopper bursts into flame on roof at food packing business in Mooresville (Indiana):
http://www.wishtv.com/news/local/fire-starts-at-food-packaging-company

2013-09-11 - Observation tower destroyed by fire in park in coastal Palm Harbor (Florida):
http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/observation-tower-on-fire-at-palm-harbor-park-20130911/
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_north_pinellas/palm_harbor/fire-at-wall-springs-park-in-palm-harbor

2013-09-11 - Dumpster bursts into flame at midnight, fire spreads to apartment building, in Portland (Oregon):
http://www.koin.com/2013/09/12/dumpster-fire-damages-sw-portland-apartments/

Quote: "One person was treated at the scene for an unrelated medical condition."

Note: What was the medical condition? Maybe it wasn't all that unrelated...

2013-09-11 - Deck bursts into flame at residential building in St. Paul (Minnesota):
http://twincitiesfirewire.com/2013/09/12/wood-deck-damaged-in-st-paul-fire/

2013-09-11 - Balcony bursts into flame at 3:53 AM, fire spreads to apartment, in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/overnight-fire-spreads-from-balcony-to-apartment-at-cobblestone-apartments

2013-09-11 - Huge blaze tears through high-rise condo building at 12:30 AM in Glenview (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/22496180-418/2-rescued-from-glenview-high-rise-fire.html
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/11/firefighters-rescue-two-from-high-rise-fire-in-glenview/

2013-09-11 - Outdoor water heater bursts into flame, fire spreads to vacant house, in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/police-beat/house-fire-on-tucson-s-south-side-impedes-rush-hour/article_63673dcc-1a36-11e3-a412-001a4bcf887a.html

Note: I bet there was some rust on that water heater...

2013-09-11 - Vacant mobile home destroyed by fire in Orange County (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/orange-county-mobile-home-destroyed-in-large-fire/-/1637132/21895798/-/hkxglw/-/index.html

2013-09-11 - Vacant home burns at 6:30 AM in Rochester (New York):
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130911/NEWS01/309110023/fire

2013-09-11 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in coastal Gulfport (Mississippi):
http://www.wlox.com/story/23400613/morning-fire-rips-through-gulfport-building

2013-09-11 - Vacant factory hit by major fire in Sellersville (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-f-sellersville-fire-20130912,0,6104152.story
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-southeasternpa/vacant-building-fire-goes-to-3alarms-fire-may-be-suspicious/-/121434/21895942/-/ppm8n9z/-/index.html

2013-09-10 - Two underground electrical vaults explode at 4:30 AM near school in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130910-40871-USA
http://www.turnto10.com/story/23388451/transformer-mishap-causes-evacuationa-at-jw-campus
http://www.abc6.com/story/23393810/transformer-explosion-leaves-jwu-campus-evacuated
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130910-more-than-1000-students-evacuated-from-johnson-and-wales-dorms-after-underground-electrical-explosion.ece

Quote: "Fifteen hundred students at Johnson & Wales University were evacuated from their dormitories early Tuesday morning after two large underground electrical vaults exploded nearby..."

Quote: "The sidewalk and concrete above the vaults was ripped and damaged by the explosion, which happened at Pine and Page streets."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and it will tend to accumulate in low-lying areas like underground electrical vaults, basements, parking garages, ponds, lakes, streams, creeks, rivers, ditches, canyons, valleys, etc. It is also explosively flammable and it is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper. There have been a rising number of incidents involving underground electrical infrastructure burning and/or exploding, especially in the past few months, and this problem is going to get much worse...

2013-09-10 - Big pile of scrap metal bursts into flame at metal recycling business in coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Steel_recycling_plant_fire_spreads_smoke_through_Melbourne_suburbs/324623.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-10/dangerous-steel-recycling-fire-spreads-smoke-through-melbourne/4947276

2013-09-10 - Trailer of scrap cars explodes and burns at metal recycling business in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.wane.com/web/wane/traffic/incidents/w-coliseum-closed-as-crews-fight-car-fire
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/home/Car-Fire-On-Coliseum-Closes-Down-Road-223146871.html

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."

2013-09-10 - Three massive explosions rip through warehouse in coastal Guangzhou (China), 4 killed, 36 injured:
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/four-dead-in-second-china-explosion-29567518.html
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1307634/explosion-strikes-central-guangzhou-building
http://beijingcream.com/2013/09/guangzhou-storehouse-explosion-kills-at-least-4/
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/news/2013-09/11/content_15087616.html

Quote: "Grisly pictures put online show what appear to be a scorched limb and a body cut in half. The blogger who uploaded the photos said the power of the explosions sent the body parts on to a pedestrian walkway across the street from the damaged building."

2013-09-10 - Explosion hits coal plant in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/energy/article/CPS-closes-Deely-unit-after-explosion-4802334.php
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/10/worker-injured-in-explosion-at-texas-power-plant/
http://www.woai.com/articles/woai-local-news-119078/explosion-at-southwest-side-cps-energy-11641527/

2013-09-10 - Chemical plant damaged by fire and explosion at 1:25 AM in St. Bernard (Ohio):
http://www.local12.com//news/features/local-12/stories/fire-at-st-bernard-chemical-plant-2485.shtml

2013-09-10 - Recycling plant hit by fire at 2 AM in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/sep/10/tulsa-recycling-plant-catches-fire-no-injuries/
http://www.newson6.com/story/23389641/tulsa-recycling-plant-catches-fire-no-injuries
http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Tulsa_firefighters_put_out_recycling_plant_fire/20130910_11_0_Tulsaf478619?subj=298
http://www.swoknews.com/news-top/area/item/10056-fire-extinguished-at-tulsa-recycling-plant

2013-09-10 - Transformer explodes in Transfer (Pennsylvania), 100 homes go dark:
http://www.wfmj.com/story/23398531/power-outage-follows-explosion-in-transfer-pennsylvania

Quote: "Power was cut to fewer than 100 people Tuesday night when an electrical transformer failed near the Covered Bridge Mobile Home Park on Kids Mill Road."

2013-09-10 - Transformer bursts into flame near home in Salisbury (Maryland):
http://www.wmdt.com/story/23393502/transformer-catches-fire-at-salisbury-home
http://wnow.worldnow.com/story/23393502/transformer-catches-fire-at-salisbury-home
http://www.salisburyfd.com/gallery.cfm?id=219&ss=1

2013-09-10 - Wildfire erupts, gets huge, destroys 30 homes, around Happy Valley in Shasta County (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20130910-40877-USA
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/10/wildfire-destroys-30-structures-threatens-another-350-in-california/
http://www.nbc29.com/story/23390625/northern-calif-wildfire-destroys-30-structures
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23390625/northern-calif-wildfire-destroys-30-structures

Quote: "About 600 people have been evacuated. Witesman says the fire spread by about 500 acres an hour during its early stages, but crews have since made progress battling it. Containment increased from 5 to 40 percent overnight."

2013-09-10 - Nearly 60 wildfires erupt west of coastal Sydney (Australia), two homes destroyed, evacuations ensue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20130910-40878-AUS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24028790
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/10/bushfire-emergency-sydney-west-live
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/bushfire-threatens-sydneys-far-west/story-e6frg6nf-1226716102131
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australian-firefighters-struggle-to-cope-as-60-bushfires-blaze-across-new-south-wales-8806923.html

2013-09-10 - Smoke in the cockpit sends cargo plane to emergency landing in coastal Cape Town (South Africa):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20130911-40885-ZAF

2013-09-10 - Amphibious assault ship bursts into flame off the coast near Gunsan (South Korea), 1 injured:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/09/10/75/0301000000AEN20130910007500315F.html
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/09/11/0200000000AEN20130911004400315.html
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/130910/navy-ships-engine-room-catches-fire-at-sea-restoration-under

Quote: "The South Korean Navy said Wednesday it will tow a 14,000-ton amphibious assault ship whose engines were disabled by a fire to a main base in the southeastern region for repair while continuing efforts to restore the vessel."

2013-09-10 - Fishing boat bursts into flame while docked in coastal Paralimni on the island of Cyprus:
http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/09/10/boat-fire-in-paralimni/
http://www.incyprus.eu/cyprus-news/boat-fire-in-paralimni/

2013-09-10 - Boat bursts into flame while docked at marina in Erie (Pennsylvania):
http://www.goerie.com/article/20130910/NEWS02/309109892/Erie-firefighters-douse-boat-fire

2013-09-10 - Transit bus bursts into flame in coastal Singapore:
http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story/bus-fire-video-draws-ire

2013-09-10 - Passenger bus bursts into flame in Guntur (India):
http://www.andhrawatch.com/index.php/tv-shows-and-new/61963-sudden-fire-in-travel-bus-at-guntur

2013-09-10 - Minibus bursts into flame at Sainsbury's in coastal Newport (Britain):
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10665381.Firecrews_tackle_bus_fire_at_Newport_Sainsbury_s/

2013-09-10 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame twice near Miamitown (Ohio):
http://www.wxix.com/story/23391302/lanes-re-opened-on-westbound-i-74-near-miamitown
http://www.fox19.com/story/23391302/lanes-re-opened-on-westbound-i-74-near-miamitown
http://wxix.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/23391302/truck-fire-closes-2-lanes-on-i-74

2013-09-10 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-94 near Portage (Michigan):
http://wwmt.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wwmt_semi-fire-i94-ramp-13565.shtml
http://www.cw7michigan.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wmmt_semi-fire-i94-ramp-13565.shtml

2013-09-10 - Dump truck bursts into flame on Route 6 in coastal Sandwich (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130911/NEWS/309110349/-1/rss01
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130910/NEWS11/130919986

2013-09-10 - Box truck bursts into flame at business in Cape Coral (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130911/NEWS0101/130910030/1002/RSS01
http://www.fox4now.com/news/local/Cape-firefighters-attack-vehicle-fire-save-commercial-business-223235551.html
http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/536469/Cape-firefighters-attack-vehicle-fire--save-business.html
http://www.fort-myers-beach-observer.com/page/content.detail/id/523762/Cape-firefighters-attack-vehicle-fire--save-business.html

2013-09-10 - Truck bursts into flame at auto shop in Dearborn (Michigan):
http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2013/09/11/news/doc523098633799f908027103.txt

2013-09-10 - RV bursts into flame at home in Marion (North Carolina):
http://www.mcdowellnews.com/news/article_f529899e-1a5f-11e3-bd14-0019bb30f31a.html

2013-09-10 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on road near Aurora (Missouri), driver jumps out, 1 injured:
http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-galena-man-injured-after-jumping-from-vehicle-that-caught-fire-20130911,0,3683261.story

2013-09-10 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on road near Tarkio (Montana):
http://www.kpax.com/news/truck-catches-on-fire-near-tarkio/
http://www.kxlh.com/videos/raw-video-truck-fire-near-tarkio/

2013-09-10 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home in Collie (Australia), near the Collie River:
http://www.colliemail.com.au/story/1770253/suspicious-car-fire/?cs=1443

2013-09-10 - Car bursts into flame at 6:30 AM while parked in garage at home, home burns too, in Spring Hill (Tennessee):
http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_20004.shtml
http://columbiadailyherald.com/sections/news/local-news/fire-damages-family-garage.html
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23390372/car-catches-fire-inside-garage-at-spring-hill-home

Quote: "Police closed the street in the Reserves of Port Royal subdivision while they fight the fire."

Note: Parking a car in an attached garage these days is pretty insane...

2013-09-10 - Car bursts into flame while parked at the Animals’ Refuge, near Wetheral (Britain):
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/car-blaze-drama-at-cumbrian-animal-refuge-centre-1.1083762

2013-09-10 - Car bursts into flame while parked at storage area, fire spreads to 3 rare cars, in Devizes (Britain):
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10670286.Devizes_mechanic_devastated_as_fire_destroys_rare_cars/

Quote: "Three industrial units were destroyed in the fire at Hillview Farm, which took six fire crews several hours to put out and forced the closure of the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath for the third time in as many weeks. The cause is still being investigated, but it is believed to have started in a parked car next to the workshop. It is not being treated as suspicious."

Note: Don't look at the story unless you can handle the sight of a really terribly depressed-looking man...

2013-09-10 - Car bursts into flame on road in Hyderabad (India):
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/node/69975

Quote: "This is one of several incidents of vehicles catching fire in the city over the last few days. The most common cause has been a short-circuit in the engine."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like wiring in vehicles. This is likely the cause of a great many of the parked vehicles that have been going up in flames all over, but this problem will affect vehicles in motion too. It's the same problem with the underground electrical fires and explosions, the Boeing Dreamliner fires, and so on...

2013-09-10 - Car bursts into flame at 3 AM while parked in coastal Chelsea (Massachusetts), fire spreads to apartments:
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/09/10/fire-spreads-from-car-apartment-building-chelsea/ILASnIf7w3syPJx1ViRTRI/story.html

2013-09-10 - Car bursts into flame on the Eastern Freeway at Kew (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/18875250/car-fire-sparks-traffic-pain/
http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/car-fire-clogs-eastern-fwy/20130911-2tiwh.html

Quote: "A brand new car has gone up in flames in a spectacular fire on the Eastern Freeway, causing traffic delays during this morning's peak-hour."

2013-09-10 - Car bursts into flame at home, fire spreads to second vehicle and home, in Chesterfield County (Virginia):
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/194394

2013-09-10 - Classic cars and barn destroyed by fire at 12:30 AM in Allen County (Indiana):
http://www.wane.com/news/local/fire-destroys-barns-classic-cars

2013-09-10 - Tractor, pickup and barn destroyed by fire near Mt. Blanchard (Ohio):
http://wfin.com/barn-fire-reported-near-mt-blanchard/

2013-09-10 - Tractor, car and barn destroyed by fire in Moody (Texas):
http://www.kwtx.com/ourtown/home/headlines/Moody--Fire-Destroys-Two-Story-Barn-223193691.html

2013-09-10 - Tractor and barn destroyed by fire near Cullompton (Britain):
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Barn-tractor-destroyed-near-Cullompton/story-19775953-detail/story.html
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/devon_news/10665850.print/
http://www.middevonstar.co.uk/news/10665850.Cullompton_barn_gutted_by_large_fire/

2013-09-10 - Barn destroyed by fire in coastal Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/fire-destroys-barn-in-christchurch-video-5580034

2013-09-10 - Bleachers catch fire at 3 AM in the Marina District in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/sports&id=9242612

2013-09-10 - Two adjacent garages catch fire in Brookside, Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_news/garage-fire-in-brookside-neighborhood

Note: Kansas City is located at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River...

2013-09-10 - Deadly fire tears through apartment building in coastal Berkeley (California), teacher killed:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/man-dies-early-morning-berkeley-apartment-house-fi/nZrqw/

2013-09-10 - Massive fire devastates apartment building in coastal Newport News (Virginia), 90 people homeless:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Crews-battle-apartment-fire-in-Newport-News-223012281.html
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=274381

Note: Another fire ripped through an apartment building in Newport News the previous week, as mentioned in the 2013-09-02 update...

2013-09-10 - Vacant trailer home burns in Hansford (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Fire-Rips-Through-Trailer-in-Eastern-Kanawha-County-223130811.html

2013-09-10 - Vacant snack stand destroyed by fire in Caledon (Canada):
http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/4072676-vacant-snack-stand-goes-up-in-flames-on-airport-road/

2013-09-10 - Vacant home bursts into flame at 2:58 AM, fire spreads to motel, in Chesapeake (Ohio):
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1986655963/Blaze-destroys-abandoned-building-before-spreading-to-adjacent-motel
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130910_18929.shtml
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23387302/update-people-escape-motel-fire-in-chesapeake-oh

2013-09-10 - Vacant building destroyed by fire at 6:53 AM in Ecorse (Michigan), near the Ecorse River:
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2013/09/10/news/doc522df164e3a27705630196.txt

2013-09-10 - Vacant nightclub destroyed by fire in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/09/11/Fire-destroys-former-night-club-in-East-Toledo.html
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/09/10/Fire-crews-fight-blaze-at-former-night-club-in-East-Toledo.html

2013-09-09 - Three garbage trucks burst into flame while parked at business in Oroville (California):

http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20130910/NEWS06/130919996/fire-causes-1-million-in-damage-to-three-recology-garbage-trucks
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_24057746/oroville-fire-causes-1-million-damage-three-recology

Quote: "The fire reportedly started in the mid-portion of one of the trucks, possibly in an area that houses the battery compartment, hydraulics and other equipment..."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like battery cables and other vehicle wiring. This is likely the cause of a large percentage of the parked vehicles bursting into flame all over the place these days. A very similar fire just occurred in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island), where 2 garbage trucks were destroyed by fire and three other trucks damaged, as mentioned in the 2013-09-07 update. Parking vehicles next to other vehicles means that when one vehicle bursts into flame, it may burn others near it too, so obviously it's not wise to park vehicles next to other vehicles anymore, or next to anything you don't want to burn, like houses or businesses...

2013-09-09 - Home explodes and burns, completely destroyed, nearby homes burned, in Lowell (Indiana), 1 killed:
http://www.kttc.com/story/23389042/1-found-dead-after-nw-indiana-house-explosion
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-1-dead-in-lowell-ind-home-explosion-20130910,0,5886474.story
http://fox59.com/2013/09/09/explosion-levels-home-in-northwest-indiana/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Person-Missing-After-House-Explosion-lowell-223073281.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57602127/explosion-levels-home-in-lowell-ind/

2013-09-09 - Boat bursts into flame at 3:30 AM while docked in coastal Seward (Alaska), 1 injured:
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/former-fairbanks-resident-recovers-from-boat-fire-in-seward/article_36502268-0f12-5c22-8455-45001c5d292c.html

2013-09-09 - Boat bursts into flame at marina on Lake Martin (Alabama):
http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/2013/09/10/wooden-boat-catches-fire-near-ridge-marina-citizens-lend-hand/

2013-09-09 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on the M23 near Gatwick (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10662916.M23_lane_closed_after_car_fire/
http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/m23-delays-around-gatwick-after-bus-fire-1-5470841

2013-09-09 - Minibus bursts into flame on road in Hitchin (Britain), 7 lightly injured:
http://www.thecomet.net/news/emergency_services_battle_minibus_fire_in_hitchin_this_morning_1_2372314
http://www.theadvertisergroup.co.uk/Daily-News/Hitchin/Seven-in-hospital-after-Hitchin-bus-fire-20130909103018.htm

2013-09-09 - Three tractor trailers and two semi-trailers destroyed by fire after midnight in Waltham Abbey (Britain):
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/your_local_areas/10662401.Fire_destroys_HGV_containers_used_as_offices/
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/10662401.Fire_destroys_HGV_containers_used_as_offices/

Quote: "A fire ripped through three HGVs and two HGV containers used as offices last night. "

Note: HGV = Heavy Goods Vehicle, the non-American terminology for tractor trailer...

2013-09-09 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-81 in Ryan Township (Pennsylvania):
http://skooknews.blogspot.com/2013/09/tractor-trailer-fire-shuts-down-81-south.html
http://www.tnonline.com/2013/sep/10/truck-burns-along-i-81

2013-09-09 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 2:30 AM on freeway near Durkee (Oregon):
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Biscuits-lost-in-freeway-truck-fire

Quote: "When he got out of the truck, he saw that the left rear tire was burning. The tractor trailer and the load of biscuits quickly became fully engulfed and were destroyed in the fire. Only the frame and engine block remained this morning."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Massive vehicles such as big RVs, buses, tanker trucks, tractor trailers, dump trucks, and car-haulers will be destroyed by fire in escalating numbers after tires or brakes ignite."

2013-09-09 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-40 in Albuquerque (New Mexico):
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3154180.shtml
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52966299/
http://www.abqjournal.com/260191/abqnewsseeker/semi-fire-closes-i-40-between-carlisle-and-university.html
http://www.koat.com/semi-truck-bursts-into-flames-on-i40-in-new-mexico/-/9154444/21866542/-/1678pmz/-/index.html

2013-09-09 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-581 in Camp Hill (Pennsylvania):
http://cumberlink.com/truck-fire/image_de0e32d0-1953-11e3-b4ef-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/09/tractor_trailer_cleared_from_e.html
http://cumberlink.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tractor-trailer-fire-blocks-ramp-off-route-in-camp-hill/article_e7520b06-1952-11e3-a878-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-09 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A303 near Salisbury (Britain):
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/10663427.Lorry_fire_on_A303/
http://www.newsuk24.com/news/lorry-fire-on-a303

2013-09-10 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 12:40 AM on highway in Carmila (Australia):
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/parcels-destroyed-in-post-truck-fire-20130911-2tjc5.html
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/australia-post-semitrailer-damaged-by-fire-in-carmila-all-parcels-onboard-destroyed/story-fnihsrf2-1226716559364

2013-09-09 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 11 in Playfair Township (Canada):
http://www.northernnews.ca/2013/09/10/fire-destroys-tractor-trailer-on-highway-11
http://www.moosefm.com/cfbk/news/13744-this-just-in-car-fire-slowing-traffic-in-hwy-11nb-lanes-just-north-of-taylor-road

2013-09-09 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on street in Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://kniakrls.com/2013/09/no-injuries-after-garbage-truck-fire/

2013-09-09 - Tow truck bursts into flame while parked near Lakeshore Drive in Parsippany (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/09/parsippany_police_deem_truck_fire_suspicious.html

2013-09-09 - Truck bursts into flame on road in Montgomery County (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/9286386-truck-fire-in-montgomery-county/
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/23377743/truck-catches-fire-on-county-line-road

2013-09-09 - Truck bursts into flame, fire spreads to hay, in Bakersfield (California), 1 injured:
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/second-hay-fire-in-kern-county-injures-truck-driver-burns-1400-tons-of-hay-090913

Quote: "The oil field truck driver pulled off the roadway after noticing a brake fire and attempted to extinguish it. The driver was burned in the incident and transported to a local hospital by private vehicle before firefighter arrival with an unknown extent of injuries. The brake fire eventually spread to the rest of the truck to the hay stacks."

Note: People still use brakes?! Heh, just kidding...sorta.

2013-09-09 - Truck bursts into flame on the Princes Freeway near Yarragon (Australia):
http://www.warragulcitizen.com/local/truck-fire-closes-freeway-between-yarragon-and-darnum701

2013-09-09 - RV bursts into flame while parked at storage facility near airport in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.onenewspage.us/video/20130909/1405725/Truck-caught-fire.htm

Note: Title says truck, but the video says they found a kitchenette in the charred remains and they think it was an RV...

2013-09-09 - Two vans and five cars burst into flame in the wee hours in Dudley (Britain):
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2013/09/09/four-vehicles-hit-by-dudley-arson-attacks/

Quote: "The fires took place in Wall Heath between midnight and 3am today. A Volkswagen Golf, a Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Corsa were set alight while parked in Beachcroft Road. A BMW on grassland off Wolverhampton Road was also targeted along with a Vauxhall Nova, a Ford Transit van and an Audi A1 in nearby Holbeache Croft."

Note: Sounds like they're assuming arson, but they don't mention anyone seeing any people involved here. Until they produce some of that - what do they call it - oh right, EVIDENCE, then I'll just take their assumption as an indication that they're as completely oblivious to what's going on in the real world as they appear to be...

2013-09-09 - Camper-van bursts into flame in parking lot near Branson (Missouri):
http://www.krzk.com/16815/rv_catches_fire_after_having_mechanical_issues_.html
http://hometowndailynews.com/16815/rv_catches_fire_after_having_mechanical_issues_.html

2013-09-09 - Van bursts into flame in parking lot at Union Landing in coastal Union City (California):
http://unioncity.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/car-fire-at-union-landing

2013-09-09 - SUV bursts into flame on Littlebourne Street in Kelso (Australia):
http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/1764599/lucky-escape-after-dramatic-car-blaze/?cs=114

2013-09-09 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Highway 41 near Evansville (Indiana):
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/pick-up-truck-catches-fire-on-highway-41/d/story/JgnnCyLo_0K2WDAihIQd4g

2013-09-09 - Car bursts into flame on the Richardson Bay Bridge in coastal Mill Valley (California):
http://www.marinij.com/millvalley/ci_24051759/car-fire-lights-up-highway-101-mill-valley

Note: And yet another vehicle catching fire on a bridge over a body of water...

2013-09-09 - Car bursts into flame on Redcar Avenue in coastal Fleetwood (Britain):
http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/2013/09/car-fire-in-fleetwood-at-0839/

2013-09-09 - Car bursts into flame on I-540 near Alma (Arkansas):
http://5newsonline.com/2013/09/09/driver-uninjured-after-car-catches-fire/

2013-09-09 - Car bursts into flame along Townhouse Road in Milton (New Hampshire):
http://thelebanonvoice.com/police-probe-townhouse-road-car-fire-cms-706

Quote: "The fire occurred across the street from Pineland Park Beach and was called into Milton Fire and Rescue around midnight."

2013-09-09 - Car bursts into flame on Lighthouse Road in Ludington State Park (Michigan):
http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news/72940-car-destroyed-by-fire-at-ludington-state-park

Note: This park is right on the shore of Lake Michigan...

2013-09-09 - Car bursts into flame near I-96 in Brighton (Michigan):
http://www.jrn.com/fox47news/galleries/215499841.html

2013-09-09 - Car bursts into flame in garage at home in Roanoke (Virginia):
http://www.roanoke.com/news/2214309-12/newly-serviced-car-catches-fire-at-home-roanoke.html
http://www.roanoke.com/news/2216212-12/fire-officials-are-uncertain-what-caused-roanoke-car.html

2013-09-09 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-4 in Seminole County (Florida):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-traffic-orlando-20130909,0,6620450.story

2013-09-09 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Gilbert Lane in Bradford Township (Pennsylvania):
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2013/09/vehicle-fire-in-bradford-township.html

2013-09-09 - RV trailer bursts into flame in Industry (Maine):
http://rvdailyreport.com/News/ctl/ArticleView/mid/427/articleId/30143/Family-escapes-after-camper-furnace-catches-fire-in-Maine.aspx

2013-09-09 - Car and carport destroyed by fire at home in Chesterfield County (Virginia), 3 firefighters injured:
http://www.wric.com/story/23385994/3-firefighter-injured-in-house-fire-in-chesterfield

2013-09-09 - Tractor, mowers and garage destroyed by fire in Slippery Rock Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.ncnewsonline.com/update/x31543794/Fire-destroys-Slippery-Rock-Township-garage

2013-09-09 - Auto shop devastated by deadly fire at 2 AM in Compton in coastal Los Angeles (California), 2 killed:
http://ktla.com/2013/09/09/2-alarm-fire-extinguished-in-compton/
http://on.aol.com/video/bodies-of-mom--child-found-after-fire-consumes-auto-shop--loft-517927425
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Firefighter-Injured-Compton-Los-Angeles-County-Fire-222949011.html

Quote: "Officials have not identified the bodies found at about noon near the rear of the building, but they were believed to be those of the 42-year-old mother and her 11-year-old daughter."

2013-09-09 - Auto shop damaged by fire in Ardmore (Oklahoma), 1 injured:
http://www.kten.com/story/23396761/overnight-fire-injures-one-torches-auto-shop

2013-09-09 - Barn and 40 tons of straw destroyed by fire near the A500 near Barthomley (Britain):
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-barn-smoke-affects-A500-M6/story-19771941-detail/story.html
https://www.cheshirepolicealert.co.uk/da/51809/Barn_fire_in_Barthomley.html
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/barn-fire-in-barthomley

2013-09-09 - Barn full of hay destroyed by fire in Valencia County (New Mexico):
http://www.krqe.com/news/local/spontaneous-combustion-sparks-hay-fire
http://www.krqe.com/news/local/hay-fire-keeps-crew-busy-overnight

2013-09-09 - Barn damaged by fire in Delaware Township (Ohio):
http://www.thecourier.com/Issues/2013/Sep/10/ar_news_091013_story6.asp?d=091013_story6,2013,Sep,10&c=n

2013-09-09 - Flash fire erupts in bathroom at home in De Soto (Kansas), man seriously burned:
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/flash-fire-in-bathroom-burns-man-baffles-investigators/-/11664182/21857098/-/113d1es/-/index.html

2013-09-09 - Electrical fire erupts at Chase high-rise in Wilmington (Delaware):
http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=53456

Note: Wilmington is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina River flows into the Delaware River...

2013-09-09 - Blaze rips through strip mall in coastal Long Beach (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/09/09/firefighters-battle-2nd-alarm-blaze-at-long-beach-commercial-building/

2013-09-09 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Sioux Falls (South Dakota):
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20130909/ARGUS911/309090041/Garbage-truck-dumps-load-street-after-driver-notices-fire

2013-09-09 - Trees burst into flame at 2 AM, fire spreads to apartment building, in Sacramento (California):
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/09/tree-fire-spreads-to-nearby-apartment-building/

2013-09-09 - Hay storage yard bursts into flame in Quakertown (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Hay-Fire-222938661.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9241143

2013-09-09 - Garage bursts into flame on Creekwood Drive in Bridgeport Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/09/bridgeport_township_fire.html

2013-09-09 - Multiple garages erupt in flame after 1 AM in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/garage-units-catch-fire-overnight/-/9674510/21845170/-/r9ww3t/-/index.html
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Garages-Damaged-By-Apartment-Fire-222942891.html

2013-09-09 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Moscow (Idaho):
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/Moscow-fire-investigation-underway-223136021.html

2013-09-09 - Building damaged by fire at 6 AM at Bear Creek Apartments in Asheville (North Carolina):
http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_bear-creek-apartments-fire-13115.shtml

2013-09-09 - Blaze rips through six homes in the Middle Village in coastal Queens (New York):
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9242193

Quote: "He says they were all able to get out safely after he ran and screamed, banging on the doors after spotting what he described as a giant fireball, almost as if a bomb went off."

2013-09-09 - Deadly fire breaks out before 1 AM at townhouse in Sandy Springs (Georgia), 2 killed:
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23375715/two-seriously-injured-in-sandy
http://www.11alive.com/rss/article/305681/3/Sandy-Springs-fire-leaves-two-in-cardiac-arrest-firefighters-hurt

Quote: "The unit is located in a small cluster of townhouses known as River Rill, located on North River Parkway."

2013-09-09 - Deadly fire tears through mobile home in Waterloo (Iowa), 2 killed:
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/deadly-mobile-home-fire-21979.shtml

Quote: "When they arrived, they faced wall to wall flames, one female victim trapped inside, and a male burning alive on the front porch."

2013-09-09 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in coastal Fremont (California), at least 4 injured:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/three-residents-firefighter-injured-fremont-house/nZq23/
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24049792/four-people-including-firefighter-injured-fremont-blaze

2013-09-09 - In separate incidents, vacant and occupied apartment buildings catch fire in Monroe (Louisiana), 10 homeless:
http://www.knoe.com/story/23385343/fires-in-monroe-displace-more-than-10-people

2013-09-09 - Vacant duplex burns at 4:10 AM in Millville (New Jersey), one mile east (downwind) of Union Lake:
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/millville-authorities-investigate-two-fires-at-vacant-duplexes-in-two/article_111df416-1969-11e3-a38f-0019bb2963f4.html

Quote: "Authorities are investigating the cause of a second fire at vacant duplexes in less than two weeks."

Note: So, Millville is having a problem with vacant structures burning. Say, that sounds a lot like all the other cities and towns having the same exact problem. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any hydrogen sulfide or methane floating in the air above closer to the ground...

2013-09-09 - Vacant house burns at 6:45 AM in Stockton (California):
http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?bctid=2659895090001
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130909/A_NEWS/130909905/-1/A_NEWS07

Quote: "The cause of the fire is considered to be suspicious since the house had no electrical or gas service hooked up."

Note: I bet it had some rust on some nails or pipes in there though, so not too suspicious. A little hydrogen sulfide blows over some rust, some sparking and sizzling occurs, a spark lands on something flammable, and whoosh, you have a fire. These fires probably start small but nobody is there to notice the fire until it gets big...

2013-09-09 - Vacant home burns in Huntington (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Fire-Damages-Vacant-House-in-Huntington-223068101.html

2013-09-09 - Vacant house burns in Troy (New York):
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Fire-damages-Troy-home-4799125.php

2013-09-09 - Vacant home burns in West Medford suburb of coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.kobi5.com/component/zoo/item/fire-breaks-out-in-suspected-vacant-home.html

2013-09-09 - Vacant house burns in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://fox2now.com/2013/09/09/abandoned-home-on-fire-in-north-st-louis/

2013-09-08 - Home hit by explosion and fire in Beacon Falls (Connecticut), 3 injured:
http://www.wtnh.com/news/new-haven-cty/3-injured-in-beacon-falls-house-fire
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Three-injured-in-house-fire-4797973.php

Quote: "I heard a very loud explosion go off. I saw a little bit of smoke and then a few minutes after, a lot of smoke this time..."

2013-09-08 - Explosion rocks property on Beaver Creek Road in Paradise Township (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://www.eveningsun.com/news/ci_24044590/burn-victim-explosion-mount-pleasant-township
http://www.abc27.com/story/23378240/paradise-township-man-injured-in-explosion

2013-09-08 - Possible explosion occurs near Fort Wainwright (Alaska), near the Chena River:
http://beforeitsnews.com/international/2013/09/report-large-explosion-at-us-armys-fort-wainwright-in-alaska-possible-related-cyberattack-2467718.html

2013-09-08 - Transformer bursts into flame in Pittsfield Township (Michigan), 5000 customers lose power:
http://ann-arbor.icito.com/more-than-5000-dte-customers-without-power-after-transformer-fire/
http://www.annarbor.com/news/more-than-5000-dte-customers-without-power-after-transformer-fire/

2013-09-08 - Pile of pallets bursts into flame in coastal Sydney (Canada), on Cape Breton Island:
http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2013-09-08/article-3379912/Firefighters-extinguish-wood-pallet-fire/1

2013-09-08 - Major pallet fire erupts in pallet yard in Hortolândia (Brazil), school catches fire too:
http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-51160762/fire-fighters-tackle-blaze-at-wooden-pallet
http://www.demotix.com/node/2612446

Note: And the day prior, a huge pile of pallets - 800,000 cubic feet - burst into flame in Chippewa Falls (Wisconsin), and another huge pallet fire erupted in Richmond (Illinois), and yet another huge pallet fire hit coastal San Jose (California), as mentioned in the 2013-09-07 update. Pallets are highly vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem...

2013-09-08 - Brush fire erupts, fire spreads, propane tank explodes, pallet company burns, near Sonoma (California):
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130908/articles/130909592
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/north_bay&id=9240744
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/gallery/gallery/20130909.909009996.html
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/sonoma-co-pallet-factory-fire-halted-crews-remain-/nZq3L/

Quote: "The blaze spread to nearby Sonoma Pacific Co., igniting 40-foot stacks of wooden pallets, numerous outbuildings and detonating a 1,000-gallon propane tank in a loud explosion, Mulas said."

2013-09-08 - Wildfire erupts in the San Francisco Bay Area, races toward Clayton (California), evacuations ensue:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/09/about-100-homes-evacuated-as-wildfire-surges-in-sf-bay-area-state-park/
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/08/20393594-california-orders-evacuations-as-new-wildfire-races-toward-bay-area-town
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/08/5718532/dozens-of-homes-evacuated-in-sf.html
http://www.whiotv.com/gallery/news/national/photos-mt-diablo-wildfire-viewers/gCDQs/

Quote: "A wildfire that ignited Sunday afternoon and grew to 800 acres within just a few hours was threatening the San Francisco bedroom community of Clayton, where state authorities ordered the evacuations of dozens of homes on Sunday night."

2013-09-08 - Wildfire breaks out along the Russian River in Healdsburg (California):
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130908/articles/130909588

Quote: "The fire began sometime before the first caller reported smoke at 3:43 p.m. in the grove near the gravel pits, just north of the popular Veterans Memorial Beach and the River’s Edge kayak and canoe rental company."

2013-09-08 - Lobster boat bursts into flame in coastal Marshfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x2139010340/Lobster-boat-a-total-loss-after-fire-off-of-Damons-Point
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/23376333/lobster-boat-on-fire-found-floating-in-water
http://www.today.com/id/52959877/
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-south/lobster-boat-destroyed-in-fire/-/9848842/21852272/-/ublcbez/-/index.html

2013-09-08 - Crane, tractor trailer and hundreds of tires go up in flames at 3:30 AM at business in Wigan (Britain):
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/tyres-and-hgv-destroyed-in-yard-inferno-1-6028930
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/large-fire-wigan-industrial-site-5852732

Quote: "A fire raged at an industrial site - destroying hundreds of tyres, a lorry and a crane."

Quote: "It was a large compound with hundreds maybe thousands of tyres as well as lots of other things like vehicles and trailers, containers, it was all on fire."

2013-09-08 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on I-164 near Evansville (Indiana):
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/sep/08/semi-fire-closes-section-i164/
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/interstate-reopens-after-semi-fire/d/story/x6sdNs-toEuguR3Qv2z_Hw
http://www.14news.com/story/23375795/semi-fire-shuts-down-interstate-in-vanderburgh-county

Quote: "It happened around 11 Sunday night near Millersburg Road when an ethanol truck caught fire. Firefighters tell Eyewitness news the truck was heading to Nashville, TN when the fire broke out. Luckily the fire did not lead to an explosion."

2013-09-08 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on I-20 in Aiken County (South Carolina):
http://www.wistv.com/story/23372548/tanker-fire-closes-i-20-in-aiken-county

2013-09-08 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on US 281 near Falfurrias (Texas):
http://www.krgv.com/news/us-281-closed-due-to-tractor-trailer-fire/
http://findmyaccident.com/texas/2013/09/09/semi-catches-fire-on-u-s-281-south-of-falfurrias-near-checkpoint/

2013-09-08 - Tractor bursts into flame on Lyatt Lane in Chilcote (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=25733&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35
http://somerset-news.co.uk/2013/09/08/tractor-fire-21/

2013-09-08 - Three-wheeled truck explodes and burns near school in Guilin (China), near the Li River, 2 killed, 18 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130909-40858-CHN
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/08/blast-outside-school-in-china-kills-at-least-2/
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/08/world/asia/china-school-explosion/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/at-least-two-killed-after-threewheeled-truck-catches-fire-in-china-29563718.html

2013-09-08 - Box truck, antique truck an two construction trailers burn in Stony Point (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130909/NEWS02/309090016/Stony-Point-firefighter-taken-hospital-after-truck-fire

Quote: "Robinson said the fire involved four vehicles — two construction trailers and a box truck that had been holding an antique truck."

Note: That address is about half a mile from the Hudson River...

2013-09-08 - Bucket truck bursts into flame in Massillon (Ohio):
http://www.indeonline.com/news/x574267082/Tree-trimming-truck-destroyed-in-Saturday-fire

2013-09-08 - RV bursts into flame on I-20 in West Monroe (Lousiana):
http://www.knoe.com/story/23373174/rv-fire-on-i-20-stops-traffic-between-thomas-and-stellamill
http://www.myarklamiss.com/story/rv-fire-blazes-in-west-monroe-on-interstate-20/d/story/CHaj2Z-HmEmibW5-JAb8Hw
http://www.myarklamiss.com/story/new-video-rv-fire-blazes-in-west-monroe-on-interstate-20/d/story/CHaj2Z-HmEmibW5-JAb8Hw

2013-09-08 - RV bursts into flame on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicacgo (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9240721

2013-09-08 - RV bursts into flame at fishing lake in Tirphil, New Tredegar (Britain):
http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/912739/investigation-after-caravan-fire-in-tirphil/
http://www.campaignseries.co.uk/news/letters/10663654.Appeal_for_information_after_caravan_fire_in_New_Tredegar/

2013-09-08 - Van bursts into flame while parked at warehouse, fire spreads to warehouse, in Calexico (California):
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/local/valley-police-beat-vehicle-fire-causes-structure-fire-in-calexico/article_57b8ce14-1919-11e3-aa99-0019bb30f31a.html

2013-09-08 - Van bursts into flame, fire threatens structure, in Denton (Texas):
http://dfwscanner.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/structure-firevan-fire-denton/

2013-09-08 - Van bursts into flame on road in Burbank (California):
http://myburbank.com/09/sections/policefire/fire/classic-van-meets-its-end-as-fire-consumes-longtime-companion/

2013-09-08 - SUV bursts into flame on Route 58 in Abington (Massachusetts):
http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x1343096805/SUV-catches-fire-in-Abington

2013-09-08 - SUV bursts into flame while parked near Lakeshore Avenue in Toronto (Canada):
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/09/08/firefighters-douse-car-fire

2013-09-08 - SUV bursts into flame while parked in carpark at Hebburn Marina in South Tyneside (Britain):
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/crime/car-blaze-probed-by-police-1-6028967

2013-09-08 - Taxi bursts into flame just after 5 AM while parked in Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/09/cause_of_one-alarm_jersey_city_taxi_cab_fire_still_under_investigation_officials_say.html

2013-09-08 - Two cars burst into flame at 12:20 AM while parked at home in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/springfield_arson_squad_invest_1.html

Quote: "The cars were parked a distance from each other at 20 Aberdeen Road, so the fire couldn't have spread from one to the other..."

Note: But a small cloud of hydrogen sulfide could easily blow by and ignite both of them, no humans required. Also, the wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any hydrogen sulfide and/or methane floating in the air above closer to the ground...

2013-09-08 - Car bursts into flame at 4:06 AM while parked at home, fire heavily damages home too, in Frisco (Texas):
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Car-fire-spreads-to-Frisco-house-222872721.html
http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news?fId=222872721&fPath=/news/local/&fDomain=10247

2013-09-08 - Car bursts into flame in field off the B1113 Norwich Road at Wreningham (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/picture_firefighters_tackle_car_fire_in_field_at_wreningham_1_2372059
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/picture_firefighters_tackle_car_fire_in_field_at_wreningham_1_2372059

2013-09-08 - Car bursts into flame at home in Rogers (Arkansas):
http://www.nwahomepage.com/fulltext-news/car-catches-fire-in-rogers/d/fulltext-news/UzWQVaNe9kq9E-2qoCmlTg

2013-09-08 - Car bursts into flame on Fishmoor Drive in Blackburn (Britain):
http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/2013/09/car-fire-in-blackburn-at-0940/

2013-09-08 - Car bursts into flame at 3:30 AM while parked on Launceston Road in Bodmin (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Car-Bodmin-early-hours-suspected-arson-attack/story-19768775-detail/story.html

2013-09-08 - Car bursts into flame on road in Nalgonda (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Close-shave-for-minister-as-car-catches-fire/articleshow/22425316.cms
http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Ministers-car-catches-fire-at-Bhongir/2013/09/09/article1775289.ece

2013-09-08 - Car bursts into flame while parked in South Bend (Indiana), near the St. Joseph River:
http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/South-Bend-car-fire-investigated-as-arson-222883891.html

2013-09-08 - RV trailer blows tire and bursts into flame on road in Piscataway (New Jersey), near the coast:
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130908/NJNEWS/309080028/Camper-being-towed-gets-flat-tire-catches-fire-Piscataway

2013-09-08 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked at home in Abbotsford (Canada):
http://www.abbynews.com/news/223010661.html
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/223010661.html
http://www.country1071.com/2013/09/09/rv-destroyed-in-suspicious-fire/

2013-09-08 - Six cars and auto shop hit by fire in Florence (Tennessee):
http://www.timesdaily.com/news/local/article_992d8ed8-19c9-11e3-936e-001a4bcf6878.html

Quote: "Simbeck said six cars were inside the business and firefighters were there all night to maintain control of the fire."

2013-09-08 - RV and barn destroyed by fire on Fincham Road in Fincham (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/firefighters_tackle_barn_fire_in_north_west_norfolk_1_2372065

2013-09-08 - Tractor, semi-trailer and barn destroyed by fire before 3 AM in the Town of Milford (Wisconsin):
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/article_a1b661cc-1971-11e3-bc24-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-08 - Auto shop damaged by fire in coastal Sarasota (Florida):
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/auto-repair-shop-damaged-in-sarasota-fire/article_16af81dc-182f-11e3-8c5d-0019bb30f31a.html
http://news.silobreaker.com/auto-repair-shop-damaged-in-sarasota-fire-5_2267090556536488077

2013-09-08 - Barn destroyed by fire in Crawford County (Ohio), 5 horses killed:
http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/article/20130909/NEWS01/309090007/Barn-fire-claims-six-horses
http://crawfordcountynow.com/local/half-dozen-horses-killed-in-barn-fire/

Note: The story also mentions a vacant home burning in a separate incident...

2013-09-08 - Barn destroyed by fire in Orleans (Indiana), thousands of young turkeys killed:
http://www.wbiw.com/local/archive/2013/09/thousands-of-turkeys-die-in-barn-fire.php

2013-09-08 - Barn destroyed by huge blaze on Perth Line 16 near Motherwell (Canada):
http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2013/09/08/barn-fire-near-motherwell

2013-09-08 - Barn destroyed by fire on Segebrecht Road in Mazomanie (Wisconsin):
http://www.wkow.com/story/23372329/2013/09/08/barn-completely-down-after-fire-in-mazomanie

2013-09-08 - Barn destroyed by fire on Bristol Road near Avon (Britain):
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/road_closure_after_barn_fire_photos_1_2371396
http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/road_closure_after_barn_fire_photos_1_2371396

2013-09-08 - Barn destroyed by fire near Rising Sun (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/ph-ag-rising-sun-fire-0911-20130909,0,7875624.story
http://www.menafn.com/5ae45dcd-0277-4c68-97be-d4e08d50739a/Harford-companies-assist-with-fighting-Rising-Sun-barn-fire

2013-09-08 - Two recycling bins burst into flame at 4:19 AM, fire scorches apartment building, in Madison (Wisconsin):
https://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=4027
http://www.channel3000.com/news/fire-outside-apartment-building-causes-15k-in-damage/-/1648/21838334/-/nuoja5z/-/index.html

2013-09-08 - Trashcan bursts into flame, fire spreads to apartment building, in Secaucus (New Jersey), 3 families homeless:
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/09/secaucus_fire_started_in_a_gar.html

2013-09-08 - Grain bin bursts into flame in Gilbert (Iowa):
http://whotv.com/2013/09/08/gilbert-blaze-grain-elevator-catches-fire/

2013-09-08 - Chicken coop bursts into flame in Fairfield (California):
http://fox40.com/2013/09/08/no-chickens-hurt-after-fire-at-fairfield-chicken-coop/

2013-09-08 - Historic Town Hall building damaged by fire at 5 AM in Eagan (Minnesota):
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/23371090/early-morning-fire-at-historic-old-city-hall-in-eagan

2013-09-08 - Deadly fire tears through home at 4 AM on Lakeway Drive near Lake Conroe (Texas), 1 killed, firefighter injured:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9240568
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Body-found-as-firefighters-battled-house-fire-near-Lake-Conroe-222886971.html
http://www.khou.com/news/neighborhood-news/Body-found-as-firefighters-battled-house-fire-near-Lake-Conroe-222886971.html

Quote: "An initial investigation revealed that the fire started on the home's porch and spread quickly."

Note: If porches (or fences or decks) are made of wood and they're not treated with sealant or painted or both then they have the same vulnerabilities as pallets. Even if they're treated/painted, if there is outdoor electrical wiring (doorbells, lights, etc) on the porck then hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with copper, especially electrified copper, can still start a fire...

2013-09-08 - Huge 12,000-square-foot home completely destroyed by fire at 2:10 AM in Great Falls (Virginia):
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=274102

Quote: "According to fire officials, the $1.13 million [home] was a complete loss but firefighters were able to save the pool house and guest home."

2013-09-08 - Deadly fire sweeps through townhouses on Pebble Beach Drive in Garland (Texas), 1 killed:
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Woman-missing-after-fire-sweeps-Garland-townhouses-222891011.html

2013-09-08 - Two neighboring houses damaged by fire at 3:25 AM in Champaign (Illinois), 2 pets killed:
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-09-08/fire-hits-neighboring-homes-champaign.html
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-09-08/two-champaign-homes-heavily-damaged-fire.html

2013-09-08 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/326996/3/House-fire-destroys-Jacksonville-home-injuries-1
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/326990/3/Sunday-morning-fire-destroys-home-leaves-1-injured

2013-09-08 - Unoccupied home destroyed by inferno in Deltona (Florida), near Lake Monroe:
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130908/news/130909508

Note: By 'unoccupied' I mean the home/business has occupants, but they weren't home at the time. If nobody is ever there then I use the term 'vacant'. The couple who lived at this home weren't there at the time. A lot of the fires that hydrogen sulfide starts are probably initially quite small, started by some sparking or sizzling near some rusty iron/steel or electrified copper. But if nobody is there to notice the fire when it's small, then it may get huge before anybody even knows there is a fire...

2013-09-08 - Vacant house damaged by fire in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/TFD-battles-fire-at-abandoned-home-222875281.html
http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/police-beat/fire-damages-abandoned-house-on-tucson-s-west-side/article_00c1ee60-18ba-11e3-89da-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-08 - Vacant home damaged by fire at 6:46 AM at Millbrook Gables in coastal Riverhead (New York):
http://www.riverheadlocal.com/breaking-news/firefighters-knock-down-suspicious-fire-in-millbrook-gables

2013-09-08 - Vacant house burns in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.newson6.com/story/23376366/fire-damages-vacant-tulsa-home

2013-09-08 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Jamesville (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/update_firefighters_put_out_blaze_at_vacant_house_in_jamesville.html

2013-09-08 - Vacant restaurant destroyed by fire in coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/fire-engulfs-former-smorgy8217s-restaurant-in-bundoora/story-fni0fit3-1226714682510

2013-09-08 - Massive blaze engulfs vacant warehouse in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130909652
http://www.wishtv.com/news/local/crews-battle-two-alarm-fire-on-se-side
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/ifd-fighting-fire-at-intersection-of-state-and-van-buren-streets

Quote: "The fire burned Sunday night through the roof of the two-story brick building that covered about the size of a city block a couple miles southeast of the city's downtown."

2013-09-07 - Hundreds of pallets burst into flame, fire spreads to warehouse, gets huge, in coastal San Jose (California):

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/firefighters-investigate-four-alarm-blaze-san-jose/nZqBs/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/07/dog-hurt-in-4-alarm-fire-at-san-jose-warehouse/
http://sanfrancisco.gotnewswire.com/news/pallet-fire-outside-sj-warehouse-ignites-propane-tanks-injures-dog

Quote: "It broke out among several hundred pallets stacked outside between the two buildings, King said. The fire sent flames 20 to 30 feet above the rooftops of the building and caused several propane tanks stored nearby to explode, King said."

2013-09-07 - Huge fire rips through pallet company in Richmond (Illinois):

http://www.nwherald.com/2013/09/08/crews-clear-scene-of-richmond-pallet-fire/aaerup0/

Quote: "Crews worked for about 17 hours before clearing the scene of a large pallet fire. Firefighters responded at 9:03 p.m. Saturday to American Pallet Industries at 9821 Route 12, and did not clear the scene until about 4 p.m. Sunday."

2013-09-07 - Mammoth blaze erupts in giant 800,000 cubic-foot pile of pallets in Chippewa Falls (Wisconsin):

http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_69bfd84e-18d5-11e3-be0a-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "Firefighters found the south end of a pallet debris pile approximately 200 feet long, 200 feet wide and 20 feet high on fire with the blaze rapidly spreading to the west."

Quote: "About 280,000 gallons of water was used to extinguish the fire."

Note: There have been many pallet-related fires, especially in the last year. Pallets are vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem for a few reasons: 1) they're made of a flammable absorbent material and all such materials are absorbing one or both gases and spontaneously combusting, including wood, cardboard, sawdust, paper, cloth, cotton, wool, dried brush, mulch, generic trash, rubber, hay, straw, etc; 2) pallets are held together with nails or screws, which rust, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with rusty iron/steel; 3) pallets are often stored outdoors (like these were), fully exposed to the atmosphere. Even when the wood isn't contaminated, hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with rusty iron/steel can cause sparking or sizzling and ignite the wood. If the wood is contaminated then it will ignite that much easier, and may simply spontaneously combust too...

2013-09-07 - Vietnamese government to discuss all the vehicles bursting into flame and/or exploding there:
http://vietnambreakingnews.com/2013/09/vietnam-parliament-to-discuss-vehicle-fires/

Quote: "The spate of vehicle fires and explosions over the last two years that has left both authorities and the Vietnamese public baffled and anxious will be taken up for discussion at the National Assembly session scheduled this May."

Note: It was actually the vehicular fires in Vietnam that made me realize that this problem was going to hit vehicles all over the planet. About three months after Vietnam began experiencing an abnormal number of vehicular fires, the same thing began in the United States...

2013-09-07 - Recycling facility erupts in flame in American Canyon (California), in Napa County:
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/square-feet-of-refuse-on-fire-at-county-transfer-station/article_e2e0792c-176d-11e3-9532-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-09-07 - Two firefighters sicken while fighting fire in Centreville (Illinois), just east (downwind) of the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/396751/3/Two-firefighters-collapse-while-fighting-fire-in-Centreville-

Quote: "Afterwards, a Prairie Du Pont firefighter started feeling ill. She was taken to the hospital. A short time later, a Camp Jackson firefighter also became ill and was rushed to St. Louis University Hospital."

2013-09-07 - Horsehoe Island bursts into flame on Mittry Lake, near Yuma (Arizona):
http://www.yumasun.com/articles/lake-89529-fire-mittry.html

Quote: "According to Lori Cook, of the Yuma Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, the fire was reported at about 6 p.m. on Horseshoe Island, which is located directly north of the lake's boat ramp. 'Basically the entire island is burning,' Cook said. 'In all, it is about 25 acres.' Cook said the exact cause is not known yet but Horseshoe Island is uninhabited and there are no structures on it."

2013-09-07 - Wildfire erupts on coastal Robinson Island (Alabama):
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/09/orange_beach_fire_officials_in.html
http://www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com/gulf_visitor_guide/article_e9366efe-17fd-11e3-8b24-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-07 - Propane tank explodes at festival in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania), 3 injured:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Bethlehem-Food-Festival-Explosion-222807721.html
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-bethlehem-propane-festival-20130907,0,7245912.story

2013-09-07 - Boat bursts into flame at 3 AM while parked at home in Longview (Washington), car and home scorched too:
http://tdn.com/news/boat-catches-fire-on-ohio-street-no-injuries/article_dfed83c2-1853-11e3-b3da-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-09-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at business in Barton-upon-Humber (Britain), near the Humber Estuary:
http://lincolnshirelocalnews.co.uk/2013/09/07/crews-tackle-trailer-and-tractor-fire-in-barton/
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Crews-tackle-trailer-tractor-Barton/story-19767108-detail/story.html
http://www.newsyorkshire.co.uk/news/crews-tackle-trailer-and-tractor-fire-in-barton

2013-09-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road near Snowtown (Australia):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/fiery-meat-truck-and-hot-car-on-fire-keep-emergency-crews-busy/story-fnii5yv7-1226714591134
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/fiery-meat-truck-and-hot-car-on-fire-keep-emergency-crews-busy/story-fni6uo1m-1226714591134

2013-09-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Ohio Turnpike near Milan (Ohio):
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2013/09/08/Injuries-avoided-in-truck-fire-on-turnpike.html

Quote: "An Ohio Highway Patrol dispatcher said the truck’s wheels caught fire and it spread to the trailer’s body."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Massive vehicles such as big RVs, buses, tanker trucks, tractor trailers, dump trucks, and car-haulers will be destroyed by fire in escalating numbers after tires or brakes ignite."

2013-09-07 - Two garbage trucks destroyed by fire, 3 other trucks damaged, while parked in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island):
http://www.wpri.com/news/local/west-bay/fire-damages-5-dpw-trucks
http://www.turnto10.com/story/23370441/city-trucks-damaged-in-fire-at-warwick-dpw-facility
http://www.abc6.com/story/23371301/explosion-destroys-3-warwick-garbage-trucks
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130908-explosion-at-warwick-public-works-department-under-investigation-photos.ece

2013-09-07 - Box truck bursts into flame on Eighth Avenue in Emporia (Kansas):
http://www.emporiagazette.com/image_8c808480-1841-11e3-b5ae-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-09-07 - Camper-van bursts into flame on Pines Way in Bath (Britain):
http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Camper-van-near-Homebase-Pines-Way/story-19767406-detail/story.html

2013-09-07 - Van bursts into flame on street in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Carpet-cleaning-van-catches-alight-petrol/story-19766315-detail/story.html

2013-09-07 - Four cars destroyed by fire, two damaged, while parked at shopping center in Livermore (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24041069/livermore-six-vehicles-charred-fire-at-livermore-premium
http://www.autoballa.com/2013/09/nissan-altima/charred-vehicles-six-premium-outlets-livermore-livermore-fire

2013-09-07 - Police cruiser bursts into flame on Blanding Boulevard in Middleburg (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/326929/483/Clay-County-deputys-car-catches-on-fire
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/326929/3/Clay-County-deputies-car-catches-on-fire

2013-09-07 - In separate incidents, two cars burst into flame while parked on Ferry Street in Easton (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-easton-suspicious-vehicle-fires-20130908,0,3053814.story

Note: That's less than half a mile from the Lehigh River, half a mile from Bushkill Creek, and one mile from the confluence of the Lehigh River and the Delaware River...

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame at 3:30 AM in underground carpark in downtown Englewood (New Jersey), 1 injured:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/1_injured_50_evacuated_after_a_car_fire_started_in_a_parking_garage_in_downtown_Englewood.html
http://www.roonte.com/www/1-injured-50-evacuated-after-a-car-fire-started-in-a-parking-garage-in-downtown-englewood
http://www.northjersey.com/englewood/1_injured_50_evacuated_after_a_car_fire_started_in_a_parking_garage_in_downtown_Englewood.html

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame in underground carpark at apartment complex in Fraser Town, Bangalore (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/fire-in-fraser-town-apartment-complex-creates-panic/article5104752.ece

Quote: "A car caught fire in the basement of an apartment complex in Fraser Town on Saturday evening creating panic among the residents of 39 flats in the complex. Within no time, smoke engulfed the whole apartment resulting in a chaotic situation. Amid screams of panic, residents scrambled to hurriedly help family members and neighbours out of the building."

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 4 near Concord (California):
http://claycord.com/2013/09/07/vehicle-destroyed-during-fire-on-highway-4/

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame at RV park, fire spreads to RV, in coastal Geelong (Australia):
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2013/09/09/372412_news.html

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame on road in Levittown (Pennsylvania):
http://levittownnow.com/2013/09/07/car-engulfed-by-flames-on-bristol-oxford-valley-rd/

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame on road in Palatine (Illinois), 1 injured:
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2013/09/car-fire-with-report-of-person-injured-at-northwest-highway-and-rohlwing-rd-palatine/

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame at 2:17 AM while parked on street in South Shields (Britain):
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/car-fire-in-south-shields-1-6027349

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame in Werrington, Peterborough (Britain):
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/car-catches-fire-1-5468437

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame at 12:50 AM while parked at home, garage damaged too, in Houghton Regis (Britain):
http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/news/local-news/car-and-garage-burned-in-suspicious-driveway-fire-1-5467146

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame on road in Bugle (Britain), near St Austell:
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Car-near-St-Austell-prompts-road-damage/story-19768799-detail/story.html

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame at midnight in neighborhood in Apple Valley (California):
http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/valley-42166-apple-car.html

2013-09-07 - Car bursts into flame on Lord Eldon Drive in Chepstow (Britain):
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10661404.Car_catches_fire_in_Chepstow/

2013-09-07 - Horse trailer bursts into flame while being towed on the M62 near Cleckheaton (Britain), horse saved:
http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/horse-rescued-after-m62-fire-drama-1-6027542

2013-09-07 - RV trailer bursts into flame at 4 AM near Houston (Mississippi), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.wmctv.com/story/23369021/teen-killed-2-injured-in-north-miss-camper-fire

2013-09-07 - RV trailer bursts into flame on Skegness Road in Ingoldmells (Britain):
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/crews-called-caravan-blaze-Ingoldmells/story-19767159-detail/story.html
http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/fire-crews-called-to-caravan-blaze-in-ingoldmells-2054226.html
http://lincolnshirelocalnews.co.uk/2013/09/07/fire-crews-called-to-caravan-blaze-in-ingoldmells/

2013-09-07 - Auto shop destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in Brook Road Industrial Estate in Rayleigh (Britain):
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/10661401.Car_repairs_centre_gutted_by_early_morning_fire/
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/10661401.Car_parts_firm_in_Rayleigh_gutted_by_early_morning_fire/

2013-09-07 - Massive fire rips through auto shop at 3 AM in Hosur (India):
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-08/coimbatore/41873361_1_fire-officer-fire-department-fire-service

2013-09-07 - Barn and 1200 bales of hay destroyed by fire in Mirabel (Canada):
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mirabel-barn-fire-leaves-up-to-300-000-in-damages-1.1445099

2013-09-07 - Barn destroyed by fire in Conowingo (Maryland):
http://www.cecildaily.com/news/local_news/article_f74e4ea4-7a80-5c1d-a0a2-bee9c6d62fc8.html

2013-09-07 - Barn destroyed by fire at 1:06 AM on Hollins Lane in Winwick, Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/barn-well-alight-in-winwick

2013-09-07 - Barn destroyed by fire at farm in Calthorpe (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/picture_update_dramatic_aftermath_of_barn_fire_on_calthorpe_farm_1_2371373

2013-09-07 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Spokane Valley (Washington):
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/07/firefighters-douse-burning-garbage-truck-load/

2013-09-07 - Several couches, a trash can, some rubbish and a home burst into flame in Chico (California):
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_24039095/chico-man-driven-from-home-by-fire

Quote: "Firefighters also responded to several couch fires south of Chico State University, a trash container fire on Main Street and rubbish that was on fire near Bruce Road and Highway 32..."

2013-09-07 - Iconic Sea Gypsy Hotel erupts in flame at 2:48 AM in coastal Lincoln City (Oregon):
http://www.koin.com/2013/09/07/fire-damages-units-at-iconic-lincoln-city-landmark/

2013-09-07 - High-end clothing store bursts into flame in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130908/NEWS0119/130908006/1002/rss01

2013-09-07 - Garage goes up in flames in Kensington, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 1 critically burned:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20130908_Woman_in_critical_condition_after_Kensington_garage_fire.html

2013-09-07 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads, at least two homes heavily damaged, in Abington Township (Pennsylvania):
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9239767
http://philadelphia.gotnewswire.com/news/fire-rips-through-two-homes-in-willow-grove

2013-09-07 - Porch bursts into flame just before 1 AM at triplex in Wauseon (Ohio):
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/09/07/Wauseon-triplex-fire-causes-50-000-in-damage.html

2013-09-07 - In separate incidents, home burns, wildfire erupts and landfill catches fire, in Durant (Oklahoma):
http://durantdemocrat.com/news/news/2509880/Large-fires-erupt-in-Bokchito-Bennington

2013-09-07 - Massive blaze destroys large home at 1:45 AM in Lewisville (Texas), near Lewisville Lake:
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Three-alarm-fire-destroys-Lewisville-home-222798751.html
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/09/07/4-alarm-fire-burns-lewisville-home/

Quote: "Firemen received the call at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. When they arrived, the home was engulfed in flames. The house was under renovation and not occupied when the fire broke out."

Quote: "A big two-story home overlooking The Lakes at Castle Hills golf course in Lewisville went up in flames early Saturday morning."

Note: And in Lewisville Lake, two people went missing recently and were found dead, and another person was found dead in a home near Lewisville Lake, as mentioned in the 2013-09-01 update. This home was under renovation, which means it was unoccupied and probably more exposed to atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane than a well-sealed occupied home...

2013-09-07 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130907/NEWS0119/130907009/1002/RSS01

2013-09-07 - Home destroyed by fire on Ferry Road in Brooksville (Maine):
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/07/news/hancock/brooksville-building-engulfed-by-fire/

Quote: "The owners of the house, who were not identified, were not at home at the time..."

2013-09-07 - House damaged by fire on Kilgore Creek Road in Milton (West Virginia):
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1986655325/Fire-damages-home-on-Kilgore-Creek-Road

Note: Nobody was home at the time. This house is just east (downwind) of Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area...

2013-09-07 - Four condo homes destroyed by blaze in coastal Fort Myers (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130907/NEWS0110/309070019/1002/RSS01

2013-09-07 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in La Porte (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Fire-Destroys-Abandoned-La-Porte-City-House-222836921.html

2013-09-07 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Bennington (Oklahoma):
http://www.kten.com/story/23370042/fire-destroys-vacant-house-in-bennington-considered-suspicious

2013-09-07 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Gainesville (Georgia):
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=265330

2013-09-07 - Vacant house destroyed by fire at 12:45 AM in Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Fire-Destroys-Vacant-Northeast-Wichita-Home-222799561.html
http://www.kansas.com/2013/09/07/2986860/fire-destroys-vacant-house-on.html

2013-09-07 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Killeen (Texas):
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Fire-Destroys-Vacant-House-222841691.html

2013-09-07 - Vacant house destroyed by fire at 1 AM in Canton (Ohio):
http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1837082478/Fire-destroys-house-in-NW-Canton

Note: Another vacant home recently burned in Canton, at 2:15 AM, mentioned in the 2013-09-05 update...

2013-09-07 - Huge inferno destroyed vacant apartment building and another building in Big Stone Gap (Virginia):
http://www.wjhl.com/story/23366495/firefighters-battle-what-they-call-biggest-fire-in-towns-history
http://www.wjhl.com/story/23369027/fire-that-destroyed-two-buildings-in-big-stone-gap-torn-down

Quote: "Firefighters tell us it initially began as smoke reports, but quickly escalated into one of the largest fires in the town's history."

2013-09-06 - Three chemical transport trucks burst into flame at midnight, neighborhood evacuated, in Laveen (Arizona), another truck burns on US 60 near Phoenix:

http://www.azfamily.com/news/Haz-mat-fire-sparks-evacuation-of-Lavee-neighborhood-222671181.html

Quote: "Three trucks owned by CTI, a company specializing in transporting chemicals, caught fire. Those trucks were loaded with copper concentrate, which is highly flammable. Copper concentrate, the raw material for copper smelters, is made up of copper, iron and sulfide."

Quote: "According to the Department of Public Safety, the fire in Laveen was related to a similar situation that forced the closure of A seven-mile stretch of U.S. 60 northwest of Phoenix. DPS said a truck was hauling copper concentrate that began to smolder and emit a toxic gas, hydrogen sulfide. The driver felt woozy and pulled over. He was treated at a hospital and released. Firefighters cooled off the load with water."

Note: So, four trucks burned in that general area, in two separate incidents, and hydrogen sulfide was involved with at least one of the truck fires and possibly all of them. Maybe the trucks got hit by some hydrogen sulfide blowing through the atmosphere and the reactivity with copper and rusty iron is what started these fires...

2013-09-06 - Home explodes and burns at 4:18 AM in Riverside (California):
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/state&id=9238564
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/home-explosion-riverside_n_3880753.html
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Riverside-House-Explosion-Fire-222664531.html
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-riverside-house-exposion-20130906,0,516391.story
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021768127_apushomeexplosion.html

Quote: "The Gas Co. said a preliminary investigation has determined that the gas main pipeline and the service line up to the gas meter were in safe operating condition, and that no leaking was detected."

2013-09-06 - Massive explosion and fire destroys terrace home, ignites car, in West Molesey, Surrey (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414073/West-Molesey-house-gutted-massive-fireball-caused-leaking-gas-rips-terrace.html

Note: The River Thames winds right through that area and there are numerous reservoirs in that area too...

2013-09-06 - Explosion and fire damage home in Bella Vista (Arkansas):
http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/northwest/possible-explosion-leads-to-house-fire-in-bella-vista/-/8897460/21797294/-/892j6gz/-/index.html?absolute=true

Quote: "Firefighters said a neighbor called 911 about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when they heard an explosion next door to their home."

2013-09-06 - Home explodes and burns in Flora (Mississippi):
http://www.wjtv.com/story/23364778/explosion-levels-house-in-flora

2013-09-06 - Electrical substation catches fire in Detroit (Michigan), thousands lose power:
http://www.freep.com/article/20130906/NEWS01/309060153/Detroit-power-plant-explosion-DTE-Energy

Note: And a week prior, an underground electrical explosion hit downtown Detroit and blew manholes off, as mentioned in the 2013-08-31 update...

2013-09-06 - Underground electrical fire hits Edinboro (Pennsylvania), near Edinboro Lake, 2000 lose power:
http://www.goerie.com/article/20130906/NEWS02/309069870/Underground-utility-fire-cuts-power-to-Edinboro-area
http://inagist.com/all/375986279466287104/
http://www.wopular.com/underground-utility-fire-cuts-power-edinboro-area

2013-09-06 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits Birmingham (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23972761
http://www.fire.org.uk/news/2013/09/06/underground-explosion-in-birmingham-closes-road.html
http://birminghamupdates.com/post/60363275506/an-underground-explosion-on-corporation-street

2013-09-06 - Explosion of unknown origin locks down Yokota Air Base in coastal Tokyo (Japan):
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/small-explosion-forces-lockdown-at-yokota-no-injuries-1.239767

Quote: "August said the explosion was of 'unknown origin.' Two Japanese police cars remained parked on Route 16 outside the Supply gate, where the explosion was reported to have occurred and which is normally closed on weekends."

2013-09-06 - Metal recycling business hit by fire in Funkstown (Maryland):
http://www.herald-mail.com/news/local/hm-fire-in-metalshredding-unit-at-conservit-inc-being-investigated-20130906,0,1622287.story

Quote: "A large plume of smoke could be seen from about five miles away in downtown Hagerstown."

2013-09-06 - Two 55-gallon drums explode at business near Wharf Street on President's Island (Tennessee), 2 injured:
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/story/23365151/2-taken-to-hospital-after-presidents-island-hazmat-incident
http://www.wmctv.com/story/23365027/traffic-blocked-off-after-hazardous-materials-call-at-industrial-area
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/sep/06/two-hospitalized-after-explosion-presidents-island/

2013-09-06 - Massive fire hits tire recycling center at 5 AM in Grimethorpe (Britain):
http://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/breaking-news-massive-tyre-blaze-at-grimethorpe-1-6021864

2013-09-06 - Recycling center hit by blaze at 12:15 AM in Stockton (California):
http://www.news10.net/news/article/256470/2/Crews-battle-2-alarm-fire-at-Stockton-recycling-center
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/06/crews-mopping-up-after-extinguishing-2-alarm-fire-at-stockton-recycling-center/
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-stockton/photos-stockton-recycling-plant-fire/-/12969936/21811696/-/oh2b90z/-/index.html
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11145933/stockton-calif-firefighters-battle-9-hour-recycling-plant-fire

Quote: "Ray said firefighters arrived to find burning recyclables around the center putting out heavy smoke and shooting flames 15 feet into the air."

2013-09-06 - Recycling center erupts in flame in coastal Dayuan (Taiwan):
http://www.best-news.us/news-5364929-Recycling-plant-fire-floor-plant-was-engulfed-in-Taoyuan-500.html

2013-09-06 - Carpet warehouse bursts into flame in Dickinson (North Dakota):
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/71799/

Quote: "The fire is thought to have been caused by spontaneous combustion at the House of Color warehouse."

2013-09-06 - Paper factory hit by fire in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/23362342/building-fire

2013-09-06 - Massive fire engulfs air conditioning unit factory on Leeds Road in Rawdon (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-23988681

2013-09-06 - Rim Fire now the third largest in California history:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/06/rim-fire-is-the-seventh-largest-wildfire-in-california-history/

Quote: "As of 8:00 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, the Rim Fire was the third-largest wildfire in California’s recorded history."

Note: They list California's largest 10 fires here, with a few stats for each. Six of the top 10 have occurred in the last 6 years...

2013-09-06 - Pump boat bursts into flame, burns and sinks, while docked on the island of Borneo:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/08/fishing-vessels-saved-from-pump-boat-fire/
http://www.tvballa.com/2013/09/pump-vessels-saved-fire-boat-fishing

2013-09-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-580 near Dublin (California), near San Francisco Bay:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24036594/police-big-rig-fire-interstate-580-dublin-closes
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/big-rig-fire-i-580-snarls-evening-commute/nZpx3/

Quote: "For a second time in the past day Friday afternoon, a big rig caught fire on a Tri-Valley freeway, police said."

Quote: "On Thursday night, a trucker was airlifted to a hospital with significant burns to his hands, face and legs after the cab of his big rig caught fire on I-680 in Sunol, authorities said."

Note: That big rig fire was mentioned in the 2013-09-05 update...

2013-09-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-35 near Sheffield (Iowa):
http://globegazette.com/news/local/no-injuries-in-i--semi-fire/article_5170c808-1712-11e3-b3ab-0019bb2963f4.html
http://globegazette.com/news/local/semi-fire-slows-traffic-on-i/article_5170c808-1712-11e3-b3ab-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.kimt.com/2013/09/06/truck-fire-in-north-iowa/

2013-09-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 38 in Dillon County (South Carolina):
http://sconfire.com/2013/09/06/dillon-county-sc-tractor-trailer-fire/

2013-09-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the M1 between junctions 10 and 11 (Britain), near Luton:
http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/local/lorry-on-fire-on-m1-1-5465809
http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/news/local-news/lorry-on-fire-on-m1-1-5465809

2013-09-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame vefore 6:15 AM on the M25 between Potters Bar and Enfield (Britain):
http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/10658984.Fruit_and_veg_truck_fire_causes_severe_M25_delays/
http://www.parikiaki.com/2013/09/truck-fire-causes-delay-on-m25-between-enfield-and-potters-bar/
http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/10658984.Fruit_and_veg_truck_fire_causes_severe_M25_delays/

2013-09-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on US 2 near Gladstone (Michigan):
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=943354
http://www.yourdailyglobe.com/story/2013/09/07/news/logging-truck-fire/1278.html

2013-09-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-71/75 in Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/kenton-county/crescent-springs/semi-truck-fire-blocks-i-7175-lanes-in-fort-mitchell

2013-09-06 - Tractor bursts into flame on Dearing Road near Glasgow (Kentucky):
http://glasgowdailytimes.com/local/x789522870/9-48-MORNING-UPDATE-South-Barren-VFD-responds-to-tractor-fire

2013-09-06 - Truck bursts into flame on the M4 near Avon (Britain):
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Lorry-crash-bring-M4-halt/story-19764561-detail/story.html

Note: An earlier accident involving two trucks and a car is mentioned too, at about the same place as this truck fire...

2013-09-06 - Food van bursts into flame in coastal Burghead (Scotland):
http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Blaze-drama-at-Moray-food-van-06092013.htm

Wiki: "The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, meaning that most of the town has sea on 3 sides."

2013-09-06 - Van and two cars burst into flame at 12:09 AM while parked at auto shop on Camsley Lane in Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/vehicle-fires-in-warrington_06-09-2013_8-33-00

Quote: "When they arrived crews found that there was a van and two cars on fire."

2013-09-06 - Van bursts into flame at 6:45 AM on Beard Road in Clyde Township (Michigan):
http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2013/09/06/van-fire-in-clyde-township/
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20130906/NEWS05/130906004/Father-son-escape-van-after-catches-fire-

2013-09-06 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Route 80 in Roxbury (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/09/all_lanes_open_on_route_80_in_roxbury_after_truck_fire_dot_says.html
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/09/truck_fire_shuts_down_lanes_on_route_80_in_roxbury_state_police_say.html

2013-09-06 - Lamborghini Murcielago bursts into flame on the M6 near Coleshill (Britain):
http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/06/lamborghini-on-fire-closes-m6-near-coleshill-warwickshire-3952966/

Note: Cha-ching!

2013-09-06 - Car bursts into flame at 3:30 AM while parked in driveway at home in Hamilton (New Zealand):
http://www.chch.com/car-catches-fire-driveway/

2013-09-06 - Car bursts into flame inside storage facility in Green Valley (Arizona):
http://www.gvnews.com/sahuarita_sun/news/fire-in-storage-unit-limited-to-car-copy/article_122c8a7e-170d-11e3-9b61-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-09-06 - Car bursts into flame while parked in Putford (Britain):
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/Holsworthy-car-started-deliberately/story-19767167-detail/story.html

2013-09-06 - Car bursts into flame on Hawkins Road in coastal Newquay (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Firefighters-scrambled-Newquay-fires-today/story-19764137-detail/story.html

2013-09-06 - Car bursts into flame on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/car-catches-fire-on-yamuna-expressway-none-injured_874872.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/car-catches-fire-on-yamuna-expressway-none-injured-113090700301_1.html

2013-09-06 - Car bursts into flame on US 131 near Wayland (Michigan):
http://www.woodtv.com/news/local/allegan-county/car-catches-fire-on-us-131-near-wayland

Quote: ""I was driving down and I decelerated a little bit -- someone cut me off. So I started to get back up to speed limit and shifted funny, so I pulled over to the side of the road and saw smoke and flames..."

Note: So he decelerated - e.g. he hit the brakes - and shortly after that the car went up in flames. Looks like it started from the underside in the front, so very possibly his front brakes or tires ignited when he applied the brakes...

2013-09-06 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-70 near Glenwood Springs (Colorado):
http://www.postindependent.com/news/8019671-113/highway-alternate-closed-due

2013-09-06 - Vehicle bursts into flame, fire spreads, 40 acres burn, in coastal Barefoot Bay (Florida):
http://spacecoastdaily.com/2013/09/multiple-angencies-respond-to-brush-fire-in-barefoot-bay/
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/brush-fire-ignites-in-brevard-county/-/1637132/21819802/-/ls11csz/-/index.html

Quote: "Brevard County authorities are fighting a 40-acre brush fire in Barefoot Bay on Friday, ignited by vehicle fire. Lieutenant Don Slayman said the fire was reported at 4:30 p.m. in the area of Honeysuckle Drive in Barefoot Bay and grew from 500 feet to at least 40 acres."

2013-09-06 - Several vehicles and auto detailing shop damaged by fire at 3:13 AM in Enid (Oklahoma):
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x1253339489/Fire-causes-estimated-250-000-damage-at-Jacksons

2013-09-06 - Auto shop hit by fire in coastal Northport (New York):
http://northport.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fire-ignites-at-e-northport-auto-body-shop
http://commack.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fire-ignites-at-auto-body-shop

2013-09-06 - Auto shop and restaurant damaged by fire at 4:09 AM in Olney (Illinois):
http://www.disclosurenewsonline.com/2013/09/06/fire-at-major-businesses-highway-130-olney/
http://www.mywabashvalley.com/story/early-morning-fire-damages-two-businesses/d/story/MpFL230pTUa04Ku4wHn1pg

2013-09-06 - Barn destroyed by fire on Lees Road in Campton Township (Illinois):
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130906/news/709069726/
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2013/09/06/no-injuries-but-barn-destroyed-in-campton-township-fire/a8s3qd9/

2013-09-06 - Barn destroyed by fire south of Oregon (Illinois):
http://www.saukvalley.com/2013/09/05/blaze-destroys-barn-southwest-of-oregon/alrp8jl/

2013-09-06 - Vacant house destroyed by fire at 1:41 AM in Bridgewater (New Jersey):
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130906/NJNEWS10/309060124/1001/RSS09
http://bridgewater.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fire-destroys-vacant-bradley-gardens-home

Note: This address is about half a mile from the Raritan River...

2013-09-06 - Vacant home burns in Pittston (Maine), firefighter injured:
http://www.kjonline.com/news/Report-Firefighters-on-scene-of-house-fire-in-Pittson.html

2013-09-06 - Vacant house burns in Spring Hill, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/09/06/fire-engulfs-spring-hill-abandoned-home/

2013-09-06 - Vacant home burns at 1:30 AM in coastal Vero Beach (Florida), second fire at this home in a week:
http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/treasure-coast-news/cause-of-fire-at-vacant-home-in-vero-beach-under-investigation/-/8882916/21811046/-/via8ul/-/index.html

2013-09-06 - Vacant house destroyed by fire near Salem (Illinois):
http://www.mywithersradio.com/centralia/?p=7655
http://mvnnews.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/fire-destroys-vacant-selmaville-road-home/

2013-09-06 - Vacant business burns in the wee hours in Charleston (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/23356881/fire-reported-at-an-old-charleston-wv-business

2013-09-06 - Huge inferno destroys vacant Newcomb Hotel in Quincy (Illinois), 3 blocks from the Mississippi River:
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=943526
http://www.whig.com/story/23365368/2013/09/06/quincy-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-newcomb-hotel
http://www.wgem.com/story/23365466/2013/09/06/newcomb-hotel-up-in-flames-in-downtown-quincy

2013-09-05 - Metal recycling facility hit by raging inferno in Taft (Florida):

http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/recycling-yard-fire-sends-acrid-smoke-over-so-oran/nZndX/
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/fire-sends-large-smoke-plume-near-oia/nZnYB/
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/fire-breaks-out-at-orlando-recycling-plant/-/1637132/21791814/-/yjc28az/-/index.html
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-trademark-metals-recycling-fire-20130905,0,7355949.photogallery
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-fire-scrap-metal-plant-20130905,0,403582.story

Quote: "According to the company's website, Trademark Metals Recycling is Florida's largest scrap-metal recycler..."

Note: And here's yet another metal-related facility going up in flames. From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers." A fire just like this one hit a metal-recycling facility near coastal Bell Bay on the island of Tasmania (Australia) the day prior, as mentioned in the 2013-09-04 update, and there have been many others before that, and especially in recent months. This problem is going to get much worse...

2013-09-05 - Fire damages building at metals company in Cecil Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/washington/metals-company-catches-fire-in-cecil-township/-/10932154/21798984/-/yoyf8p/-/index.html?absolute=true

2013-09-05 - Underground electrical explosion knocks off manhole in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/9/5/crews_working_explos.html

Quote: "St. Petersburg Police have left the scene of some kind of explosion in downtown St. Petersburg. Officials said the call came in around 4:20 p.m. regarding an explosion at 420 1st Street N. where a manhole was dislodged. St. Petersburg Police spokesman Mike Puetz said the explosion turned out to be nothing 'serious.' According to Duke Energy, a piece of underground equipment malfunctioned, causing a power surge that blew the manhole cover off on 1st Street."

Note: This event was not, in itself, serious. But that's like looking at one tree burning in the Rim Fire and saying, 'eh, no big deal, not a big fire'. What is serious is that these underground explosions and fires are clearly escalating, and if you extrapolate out, the world ends up sitting in the dark with no electricity. Some people may actually find that to be a rather serious problem...

2013-09-05 - Three transformers burst into flame, take out power to hospital, in Cheverly (Maryland):
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/23355137/transformer-fire-at-power-plant-at-pg-hospital
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/09/p-g-hospital-center-fire-leaves-residents-without-power-93665.html
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Mini-Disaster-Unfolds-at-Prince-Georges-Co-Hospital-222611441.html
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/279513-maryland-prince-georges-hospital-a-mini-disaster-after-power-plant-fire/

Quote: "The hospital had to go to emergency generator power and 'mini-disaster' status. Patients transported in ambulances or helicopters were sent to other hospitals."

Note: This hospital is less than one mile east (downwind) of the Anacostia River...

2013-09-05 - Transformer explodes and burns, fire spreads to restaurant, in coastal Phuket (Thailand):
http://www.thephuketnews.com/tourists-left-shocked-as-transformer-explodes-ignites-phuket-restaurant-41762.php

Note: Lots of people mysteriously dying in and near Phuket too. Well, hydrogen sulfide isn't just extremely flammable (and reactive with copper, especially electrified copper), it's also deadly...

2013-09-05 - Smoke smell sends passenger plane to emergency landing in Spokane (Washington):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20130906-40826-USA

Quote: "A chartered passenger jet made an emergency landing Thursday in Spokane after the flight crew smelled smoke."

2013-09-05 - Two SUVs and two cars burst into flame at 3:55 AM while parked in parking lot in Lawndale, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9236865
http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/news/local/2013/09/05/four-vehicles-burn-in-lawndale-arson-possible/

2013-09-05 - Transit bus bursts into flame on road near coastal Kingston on the island of Jamaica:
http://www.og.nr/rbt/17334-photos-jutc-bus-catches-fire-on-mona-road.html
http://www.jamaicanmateyangroupie.com/bus-that-caught-on-fire-in-mona-today/
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/JUTC-bus-catches-fire-on-Mona-Road

Note: Earlier this year, 'noxious fumes' sickened dozens on the island, knocked some people unconscious, as mentioned in the 2013-02-28 update...

2013-09-05 - School bus bursts into flame on US 95 in Clark County (Nevada):
http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/222591891.html
http://lasvegas.greatlocalnews.info/?p=19268
http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/School-bus-catches-fire-near-Jones--US-Highway-95-222591891.html

Note: The school year has barely begun and this is already the second school bus to burn. The first was mentioned in the 2013-09-03 update. So once all the school buses are burned up, then how do we get kids to school? Maybe we could try really big slingshots, and inflatable landing zones on the other end. No rusty iron/steel, no electrified copper, no flammable fuels, just kids occasionally flying overhead and screaming from time to time. Gotta think outside the box!

2013-09-05 - Charter school bus bursts into flame on US 26 just outside Portland (Oregon):
http://www.koin.com/2013/09/05/tour-bus-burns-on-hwy-26/
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Bus-full-of-high-school-football-players-catches-fire-222617341.html
http://www.kptv.com/story/23354576/tour-bus-catches-fire-leads-to-highway-26-closure
http://www.kgw.com/news/Bus-on-fire-on-Highway-26-near-Jefferson-on-ramp-222606101.html

Quote: "A Blue Star charter bus carrying about 30 members of the Central Catholic JV football team exploded in flames along U.S. 26 just outside of downtown Portland around 5 p.m. Thursday."

Note: This bus was carrying students for a school activity, so I'd call this a school bus, albeit a chartered bus, not the standard yellow, which means here's the third school bus to burn in three days, that I know of...

2013-09-05 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on I-24 near Clarksville (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/23346087/i-24-cargo-fire
http://www.wsmv.com/story/23346000/truck-causes-officials-to-close-i-24-west-near-clarksville
http://wsmv.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/23346000/truck-causes-officials-to-close-i-24-west-near-clarksville

Quote: "Authorities said the truck, which was hauling cars, caught fire, and also some of the grass in the median has caught fire."

Note: Clarksville again. Interesting...

2013-09-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-680 in Sunol (California), near San Francisco Bay, 1 injured:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24028828/sunol-driver-suffers-severe-burns-after-big-rig
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/9277549-big-rig-fire-on-i-680-near-fremont-severely-burns-driver/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/06/big-rig-fire-on-i-680-near-fremont-severely-burns-driver/

2013-09-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-65 in Bowling Green (Kentucky):
http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/Truck-Fire-Causes-Gridlock-On-I-65-Thursday-Afternoon-222613681.html
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/local/truck-fire-snarls-i--traffic/collection_d553e46e-166a-11e3-aa44-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the M11 motorway near Stansted Airport (Britain):
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10659010.Truck_fire_on_M11/
http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/News/Harlow-news/Lorry-fire-closes-southbound-carriageway-of-M11-near-Stansted-Airport-20130905133504.htm
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Saffron-Walden/Lorry-fire-closes-southbound-carriageway-of-M11-near-Stansted-Airport-20130905135505.htm

2013-09-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-20 in Bossier Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.ktbs.com/story/23345270/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-20

2013-09-05 - Tractor explodes and burns at 4:30 AM, fire destroys barn too, on Avon Lake Road in Litchfield Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.thepostnewspapers.com/southern_medina/local_news/article_991b2d75-0bee-5ec2-a2e1-1c9603cfaba2.html

Quote: "An early morning fire, believed to be the result of an explosion of a 1950s International 400 farm tractor, caused the destruction of an 80- by 120-foot barn belonging to Paul Kruggel on Avon Lake Road."

Note: Parked tractors exploding in the middle of the night is totally normal, move along, nothing to see here...

2013-09-05 - Tractor bursts into flame in field along Lime Valley Road in Strasburg Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/891695_Fire-destroys-combine-in-Strasburg-Twp--field.html

Note: Around half a mile east (downwind) of a stream...

2013-09-05 - Tractor bursts into flame at farm in Dunsford, Exeter (Britain):
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Tractor-destroyed-farm-near-Exeter/story-19756594-detail/story.html

2013-09-05 - Garbage truck bursts into flame at facility in Wallington (Britain):
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/engine-fire-in-a-lorry-1-5462957

2013-09-05 - Box truck bursts into flame on Route 422 in Mahoning Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmj.com/story/23350203/witnesses-report-explosions-and-fire-in-mahoning-townshp

2013-09-05 - Truck bursts into flame near Clackline (Australia):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/burning-truck-closes-toodyay-road-at-clackline-east-of-perth/story-fnii5thm-1226711607407

2013-09-05 - RV bursts into flame at 1:30 AM while parked on Moraga Drive in Santa Rosa (California):
http://m.pressdemocrat.com/articles/130905-e451ca9c14.html
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130905/articles/130909798

2013-09-05 - Van bursts into flame on road in Alvaston (Britain):
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/British-Gas-van-catches-Raynesway/story-19757581-detail/story.html

2013-09-05 - Van bursts into flame in the wee hours while parked at New Row, Gonerby Hill Foot (Britain):
http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/transit-van-on-fire-in-gonerby-hill-foot-1-5456992
http://localuknews.co.uk/article/transit-van-on-fire-in-gonerby-hill-foot

2013-09-05 - Van bursts into flame at McDonald's in Leitchfield (Kentucky):
http://www.gcnewsgazette.com/view/full_story/23550724/article-LFD-responds-to-McDonalds-car-fire

2013-09-05 - Minivan bursts into flame on Minnesota 22 near Litchfield (Minnesota):
http://klfd1410.com/news/local-news/car-fire-2-2013/
http://www.independentreview.net/news/public_record/brownton-woman-unharmed-after-car-fire/article_dca91eba-8ac9-58da-8730-cd666f420bf1.html

2013-09-05 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home in Council Bluffs (Iowa):
http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-damages-council-bluffs-garage/article_e287ba60-1643-11e3-81c6-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "...they discovered a black Ford pickup burning inside an attached garage under the second story of the house."

2013-09-05 - 4x4 vehicle bursts into flame on the A54 Buxton Road in Wildboarclough (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-wildboarclough

2013-09-05 - Two cars burst into flame while parked inside garage at home in Harrison (Australia):
http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/cars-and-home-damaged-by-blaze-20130906-2t9j6.html

Note: What, people still park vehicles in attached garages?!

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame on Route 313 in Doylestown Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.theintell.com/news/communities/doylestown/afternoon-car-fire-reported-in-doylestown-twp/article_52b6c870-9ea4-582b-9908-d4768934e2be.html
http://www.phillyburbs.com/00redesign/news/communities/doylestown/afternoon-car-fire-reported-in-doylestown-twp/article_9a479fa7-f028-5bf8-a3dc-38a8d5538338.html

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame on the A56 Warrington Road in Hoole (Britain):
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/car-fire-brings-traffic-chaos-5844100
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-chester_05-09-2013_16-54-58

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame on Wroot Road in Finningley, Doncaster (Britain):
http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/doncaster-car-fire-incident-1-6021798
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/doncaster-car-fire-incident-1-6021798
http://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/doncaster-car-fire-incident-1-6021798

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame near East Palouse River Drive, near Moscow (Idaho):
http://dnews.com/local/article_de8a74d7-b65a-5f45-8933-840ba00230b9.html

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame at 1:30 AM while parked on street in Pudsey (Britain):
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10658358.Car_fire_in_Pudsey_cracks_house_window/

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame on London Road in Macclesfield (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-macclesfield_06-09-2013_8-48-02

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame on Tower Road, Sliema, on the island of Malta:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130906/local/arriva-bus-driver.485059

Note: This road runs right along the coast. Google: Tower Road, Sliema. Also, Malta's had a lot of transit buses bursting into flame lately too...

2013-09-05 - Car bursts into flame on the M56 near Runcorn (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-on-m56-near-runcorn

2013-09-05 - Scrap car bursts into flame on trailer on Hellevoetsluis Way in coastal Torquay (Britain):
http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Car-Hellevoetsluis-Way-Torquay/story-19756813-detail/story.html
http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Car-Hellevoetsluis-Way-Torquay/story-19756772-detail/story.html

Quote: "The incident, at 9.40am, involved a scrap vehicle being carried on a trailer."

Note: Kinda like a small and mobile version of the huge fires hitting scrap metal facilities lately. Much like all the parked and non-running vehicles bursting into flame too...

2013-09-05 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Old Post Road, starts brush fire, in Russellville (Arkansas):
http://www.rivervalleyleader.com/news/local/article_660d6f40-1682-11e3-bbc1-0019bb30f31a.html

Note: This road is about one mile east (downwind) of the Arkansas River...

2013-09-05 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the 210 Freeway in La Crescenta (California):
http://montrose.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/westbound-210-freeway-lanes-closed-due-to-vehicle-fire

2013-09-05 - Boat, car and garage destroyed by fire at home in Columbia (Missouri):
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/165246/residential-garage-fire-causes-50000-in-damage/

2013-09-05 - Car and garage destroyed by fire just before 5:30 AM in Smyrna (Tennessee), 1 lightly injured:
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23345867/homeowner-suffers-minor-burns-in-smyrna-house-fire

2013-09-05 - Auto shop hit by raging fire, fire takes out power to hundreds, in Charleston (Arkansas):
http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/river-valley/fire-in-downtown-charleston-knocks-out-power-to-hundreds/-/14498626/21805698/-/l2lsfv/-/index.html

2013-09-05 - Fire breaks out at semi repair business at 2 AM in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Small-fire-reported-in-north-Houston-truck-repair-business-222512131.html

2013-09-05 - Barn destroyed by fire in Spring Run (Pennsylvania):
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/news/ci_24032168/update-740-cows-saved-from-barn-fire-trip

2013-09-05 - Barn damaged by fire in Pinckney (New York):
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130906/NEWS07/709059735
http://www.ogd.com/article/20130906/NEWS07/709059735/1023
http://www.themoose.net/blizzard-news/blizzard-news/item/fire-damages-barn-in-pinckney

2013-09-05 - Barn damaged by fire on Hammond Road in Fannett Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.therecordherald.com/article/20130906/NEWS/130909932/1001/NEWS
http://www.abc27.com/story/23356638/another-barn-fire-erupts-in-franklin-county

Quote: "There have been several barn fires in Franklin County in the last few weeks."

2013-09-05 - Barn damaged by fire in Landkey (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/hay_bales_damaged_in_landkey_barn_fire_1_2369263

2013-09-05 - Brush fire breaks out by train tracks near Carter Lake Drive in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Brush-Fire-222499981.html

Note: Right next to Carter Lake, as the map/image in the story shows...

2013-09-05 - Recycling bin bursts into flame at 12:27 AM on road in Ormskirk (Britain):
http://qnews.co.uk/north-west/ormskirk/fire-in-recycling-bin-at-ormskirk-at-0027-hrs

2013-09-05 - Dumpster bursts into flame at auto dealer in coastal Riverhead (New York):
http://www.riverheadlocal.com/breaking-news/firefighters-douse-dumpster-fire-at-auto-dealership

Quote: "First Assistant Chief Kevin Brooks said he had 'no idea' how the fire might have started in the 'cardboard only' recycling container."

2013-09-05 - Fire breaks out at lumber mill on New Dam Road in Sanford (Maine):
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Firefighters-on-scene-of-fire-at-Sanford-lumber-yard.html

2013-09-05 - Raging 5-alarm fire damages multiple buildings after 1 AM in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/nofd-battles-5alarm-blaze/-/9853400/21787116/-/yuhk8jz/-/index.html

2013-09-05 - Shed bursts into flame before 5:30 AM, fire spreads to vacant home, in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/local/story/north-las-vegas-fire-hollywood-lake-mead/-GMHTVLcZUmJdaxrFwL7Nw.cspx

2013-09-05 - Porch bursts into flame at 5 AM at vacant home in Binghamton (New York):
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20130905/NEWS01/309050013/Fire-heavily-damages-unoccupied-Binghamton-home

2013-09-05 - Home damaged by fire on Birchmont Beach Road in Bemidji (Minnesota):
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/small-fire-birchmont-beach-drive-home

Quote: "The call came just before 11:30 a.m. Faint, white smoke could be seen coming from a building on the lake side of the home."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and will tend to accumulate in low-lying areas, like lakes, ponds, streams, creeks, rivers, ravines, canyons, valleys, etc. Then the wind picks it up eventually and blows it onward and when that happens the sides of buildings that face that low-lying area are most apt to burst into flame...

2013-09-05 - Deadly fire rips through home in Fort Mill (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/09/06/4291185/man-dies-in-fort-mill-house-fire.html

Note: This home is about 2 miles northeast (downwind) of the Catawba River...

2013-09-05 - Three-story building heavily damaged by fire in coastal Port Richmond (New York), on Staten Island:
http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2013/09/narrow_escape_for_2_families_f.html

2013-09-05 - Vacant mobile home burns on Dolly Drive in Piney View (West Virginia):
http://www.wvva.com/story/23355500/2013/09/05/vacant-mobile-home-goes-up-in-flames-in-raleigh-co

2013-09-05 - Vacant house burns east of Richmond near Waco (Texas):
http://richmondregister.com/localnews/x250208005/Firefighters-put-out-suspicious-blaze-in-home-near-Waco

Quote: "One neighbor said he had smelled suspicious chemicals in the area of the house two nights ago."

Quote: "Madison County Fire Chief Jim Cox said no evidence of meth manufacturing had been found in the home..."

2013-09-05 - Vacant home burns at 2:15 AM in Canton (Ohio):
http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1837081465/Vacant-SW-Canton-house-hit-by-suspicious-fire

2013-09-05 - Massive blaze tears through vacant oil company building in DeLand (Florida):
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/vacant-building-catches-fire-deland/nZnKB/
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/volusia-county/fire-damages-vacant-deland-building/-/12983450/21788332/-/94h7ckz/-/index.html

2013-09-04 - Chip fabrication plant ravaged by explosion and fire in coastal Wuxi (China):
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/06/china-fire-memory-chip-prices
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/32698/hynix-dram-plant-erupts-in-flames-entire-industry-affected/index.html
http://www.kitguru.net/components/memory/faith/hynix-fabs-on-fire-after-chemical-explosion/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/04/dont_panic_says_hynix_china_fab_explosion_is_no_big_deal/

Quote: "Two Hynix DRAM production facilities in Wuxi, China destroyed in massive chemical explosion and resulting fires..."

Quote: "This is one of the main factories for nVidia GDDR5 we are told, so expect a major issue for the green team with production and pricing. That said, As nVidia begin to switch to other sources, so AMD’s price for Radeon RAM will also jump up."

Quote: "China factory fire sends memory chip prices to three-year high..."

2013-09-04 - Auto scrapyard hit by fire near coastal Bell Bay on the island of Tasmania (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/newshome/18790031/tyre-fire-toxic-smoke-threatens-bell-bay-port-operations/

2013-09-04 - Oil tanker explodes and burns in Bristow, in Creek County (Oklahoma), 1 killed:
http://kfor.com/2013/09/04/fire-crews-rush-to-possible-explosion-in-bristow/
http://www.newson6.com/story/23339000/report-of-oil-field-worker-killed-in-explosion-fire-in-creek-county

Quote: "The explosion was described as incredibly loud and could be heard several miles away."

2013-09-04 - Smoke causes passenger plane to abort flight, in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9235933

2013-09-04 - Fishing boat 'El Nene' bursts into flame off the coast near Almería (Spain), 1 killed:
http://spanishvida.com/2013/09/04/fishing-boat-fire-results-in-fatality/
http://www.theleader.info/article/40490/spain/costa-de-almeria/fishing-boat-fire-results-in-fatality/

2013-09-04 - Ferry boat bursts into flame while docked in harbor in coastal Jayapura (Indonesia):
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/04/ferry-gutted-fire-papua.html

2013-09-04 - Boat explodes and burns at dock in coastal Naples (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/sep/04/man-injured-boat-explosion-near-naples-city-dock/
http://www.wfla.com/story/23344866/man-hospitalized-after-boat-explosion
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/23344866/man-hospitalized-after-boat-explosion

2013-09-04 - Boat bursts into flame while moored in Bayshore Village (Canada), near Ramara:
http://www.orilliapacket.com/2013/09/05/boat-burns-in-bayshore-village

2013-09-04 - In separate incidents, two vehicles and two homes burst into flame in the wee hours in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130904/NEWS/130909455/1016

Note: The fires began at 1:30 AM and all four occurred over the next three hours. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any flammable methane or hydrogen sulfide floating in the air above closer to the ground...

2013-09-04 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on Fleming Way in Swindon (Britain):
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10654319.Bus_on_fire_in_Fleming_Way/
http://www.flicwiltshire.com/index.php/news/993/breaking-news-bus-fire-in-swindon-town-centre
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10654703.Lucky_escape_after_bus_bursts_into_flames_in_Swindon_town_centre/

2013-09-04 - Chemical tanker truck bursts into flame on highway near Naraharipeta (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/chemical-lorry-tanker-catches-fire/article5094936.ece

2013-09-04 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 101 near coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Big-Rig-Fire-101-freeway-closures-222314161.html
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20130904/all-hollywood-101-freeway-northbound-lanes-reopen-after-truck-fire
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/04/5706491/truck-fire-blocks-section-of-la.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_24012694/truck-fire-blocks-section-la-freeway

2013-09-04 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-35 in Bruceville-Eddy (Texas):
http://www.kcentv.com/story/23337983/truck-fire-on-i-35

Note: A tour bus burst into flame on I-35 recently too, not far from this area, as mentioned in the 2013-08-31 update...

2013-09-04 - Tractor trailer veers off road and bursts into flame, at I-95 and I-20 in Florence County (South Carolina):
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/23335633/semi-truck-fire-affecting-traffic-on-i-95-and-i-20
http://www.wistv.com/story/23335633/semi-truck-fire-affecting-traffic-on-i-95-and-i-20

Note: Normally I'd call this a crash and put it in that section, but it doesn't look like the truck was damaged by going off the road. It was damaged because it burst into flame. Also, this area is near the coast...

2013-09-04 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Bruce Highway near Brisbane (Australia):
http://www.noosanews.com.au/news/semi-driver-jumps-from-blazing-rig/2010341/
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/long-delays-expected-semi-trailer-blaze-bruce-hwy/2009601/

2013-09-04 - Semi bursts into flame before 6:30 AM while parked at business in Abilene (Texas):
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2013/sep/04/smoke-from-tractor-trailer-cabs-fire-in-abilene/
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2013/sep/04/tractor-unit-catches-fire-smoke-visible-miles-away/

2013-09-04 - Tractor bursts into flame near coastal Dartmouth (Britain):
http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Farm-vehicle-near-Dartmouth/story-19757620-detail/story.html

2013-09-04 - RV explodes and burns, fire spreads to cars, in San Marcos (California), near the coast:
http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/09/04/rv-fire-fills-air-with-thick-black-smoke/
http://news.yahoo.com/video/rv-catches-fire-004054834.html

Quote: "Neighbors reported hearing an explosion on the 500 block of Las Flores Driver around 4 p.m. Wednesday and soon after saw black smoke billowing from a residential property. A motorhome was on fire and it spread to an outhouse and other cars on the property, fire officials said."

2013-09-04 - RV bursts into flame in Cropthorne (Britain), fire spreads to sheds, trees, brush, gas cylinders:
http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/10652489.Fire_in_Cropthorne_caravan/

2013-09-04 - SUV bursts into flame on Route 18 in Marlboro (New Jersey):
http://special.app.com/article/20130904/NJNEWS/309040118/Car-fire-briefly-closed-part-of-Route-18-in-Marlboro

2013-09-04 - SUV bursts into flame on Whispering Creek Street in Victoria (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2013/sep/04/car_fire_ft_090513_218937/
http://www.crossroadstoday.com/content/news/local/story/Woman-Severely-Burned-After-Car-Catches-Fire/tZ5yU5v-gkCn6A9Wiomszg.cspx

2013-09-04 - Police cruiser bursts into flame on Route 3 in Westford (Massachusetts):
http://www.lowellsun.com/rss/ci_24029203

2013-09-04 - Four cars burst into flame in the wee hours in Lidget Green (Britain):
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/10655773.Car_fire_destroys_one_vehicle_and_melts_two_others/
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10655773.Police_investigate_after_four_cars_seriously_damaged_by_fire/

Quote: "Police are investigating after four cars were severely damaged by fire in Lidget Green."

2013-09-04 - In two separate incidents, three cars burn in the wee hours on the Big Island (Hawaii):
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/222383161.html?id=222383161
http://www.khon2.com/2013/09/04/police-investigating-whether-early-morning-fires-connected-to-palolo-arson/

Note: First fire involved two cars and occurred at 2 AM. Second fire involved one car and occurred at 2:16 AM. Other recent previous vehicle fires mentioned...

2013-09-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home in Park Ridge (Illinois), garage destroyed too:
http://parkridge.suntimes.com/news/garagefire2-PRA-09122013:article

2013-09-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked at restaurant, fire spreads to pickup, in coastal Kenai (Alaska):
http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-09-04

Note: Guy with the truck pulled in, parked, went inside, placed his order. Then the car next to his burst into flame, and the fire got big enough fast enough that it got his truck too...

2013-09-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home on 11th Avenue in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/car-fire-endangers-south-side-home/article_d7000e45-701b-5c2a-b887-5e58b4b03a60.html
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/Crews-stop-car-fire-from-spreading-to-home-222423041.html

Note: And one day prior, a pickup and carport were destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Tuscon, as mentioned in the 2013-09-03 update...

2013-09-04 - Car bursts into flame on East Main Street in Chicopee (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local/hampden/car-catches-fire-in-chicopee

2013-09-04 - Car bursts into flame near Maryland Avenue in Beltsville (Maryland):
http://www.beltsvillevfd.com/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=670

2013-09-04 - Car bursts into flame on the Sterling Highway in coastal Clam Gulch (Alaska):
http://radiokenai.net/vehicle-fire-in-clam-gulch/

2013-09-04 - Car bursts into flame in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.lex18.com/news/investigators-looking-into-cause-of-car-fire/
http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Investigators-looking-into-suspicious-car-fire-222316891.html

2013-09-04 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Route 22 in South Whitehall Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/traffic/alerts/mc-traffic-alerts-0904-20130904,0,7398605.story
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2013/09/route_22_east_shut_by_vehicle.html

2013-09-04 - Auto shop hit by fire in Elk County (Pennsylvania):
http://www.bradfordtoday.com/local-regional-news/fire-damages-auto-body-repair-shop.html
http://1490newsblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/fire-damages-auto-body-repair-shop.html

2013-09-04 - Two barns and tons of hay destroyed by huge fire at 4:20 AM in Snape (Britain), 101 cattle killed:
http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/12021
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-23971401
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10656513.100_cattle_die_in_North_Yorkshire_barn_fire/

2013-09-04 - Barn destroyed by fire in Velma (Oklahoma), 75 acres of land burns too:
http://www.kswo.com/story/23344195/fire-in-velma-burns-barn-and-75-acres-of-land

2013-09-04 - Barn destroyed by fire at 1:15 AM on Cold Smith Road in St. Thomas Township (Pennsylvania):
http://cumberlink.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fire-marshal-investigating-franklin-county-barn-blaze/article_a4b29c4e-154b-11e3-bd93-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-04 - Barn destroyed by fire at 1 AM in St. Thomas Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.herald-mail.com/news/tristate/hm-pa-state-police-seeking-information-about-barn-fire-in-st-thomas-township-20130905,0,2893910.story

2013-09-04 - Barn destroyed by fire at farm in New River (Arizona):
http://www.kpho.com/story/23349420/firefighters-battle-barn-blaze-on-new-river-farm

2013-09-04 - Barn damaged by fire at 3:45 AM in Gibsonville (North Carolina):
http://rockinghamcounty.myfox8.com/news/news/117251-no-injuries-tobacco-barn-fire-gibsonville
http://myfox8.com/2013/09/04/no-injuries-in-tobacco-barn-fire-in-gibsonville/

2013-09-04 - Fire fatalities in South Carolina already approaching total for all of 2012:
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130904/NEWS/309040034

Quote: "As of the end of August, 45 people have died in state fires, compared to 50 in 2012 and 39 in 2011, according to preliminary statistics filed by the fire marshal's office. Most of those — 35 — died in residential fires. Ten died in August."

Note: So 39 fire deaths in 2011, 50 in 2012, and 45 in 2013 with almost 4 months left to go. Also, look at August - 10 fire deaths alone. So dying by fire is on the rise in South Carolina and has been since at least 2011, which was the year I became absolutely certain about this planetary extinction event. These numbers will continue to climb, and not just in South Carolina, but everywhere. Also, I wonder if those numbers include the people incinerated in their vehicles, and I know South Carolina has had some of those...

2013-09-04 - Rash of fires hits Somerville (Massachusetts), near the coast:
http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/41828

Quote: "While the people allegedly responsible for these heinous acts lurk in the shadows, firefighters continue to fight the flames, as city dwellers look upon the blazes in shock and utter dismay. On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s 'Dream' speech, firefighters responded to the eleventh and twelfth fires of the summer. But this wasn’t the first time homes had gone up in flames in the early morning hours. There’s been a rash of fires across Somerville, most of them happening before anyone is awake."

Note: Maybe there ARE no people responsible for these fires, or most of them anyway. That would certainly explain why nobody has SEEN any people. Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct one. I guess they haven't yet noticed in Somerville that it's not just Somerville being hit by fires, but the entire planet. Maybe the people of Somerville will wake up before their entire city has been reduced to charred rubble. The Earth doesn't really care whether they wake up or not though...

2013-09-04 - Rash of fires alarms residents of Kernersville (North Carolina):
http://myfox8.com/2013/09/04/kernersville-neighborhood-on-edge-after-series-of-arsons/

Note: Don't feel bad, Kernserville; the same thing is happening everywhere...

2013-09-04 - Rash of fires alarms residents of Waterville (Maine):
http://www.wgme.com/news/top-stories/stories/iframe_vid_18594.shtml

Note: Waterville is just northeast (downwind) of Messalonskee Lake and just east of Great Pond...

2013-09-04 - Balcony heater explodes and burns in coastal London (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2412064/Liam-Payne-flat-explosion-One-Direction-singer-hailed-hero-saving-friend-burned-home-fire.html

Quote: "Liam Payne from One Direction has been hailed a hero after saving his childhood friend from an explosive fire at his penthouse flat in east London on Monday night. Andy Samuel, who had been marking the boyband star's 20th birthday at the singer's apartment, was left with superficial burns to his face after being engulfed by flames when a heater on the balcony exploded."

2013-09-04 - Trash bin bursts into flame, and four grass fires erupt, in Hemel Hempstead (Britain):
http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/community/crews-called-to-a-series-of-deliberate-or-doubtful-fires-in-hemel-hempstead-and-redbourn-1-5452679

2013-09-04 - Large pile of mulch bursts into flame before 4 AM at business in Manor Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/890942_Fire-strikes-at-mulch-company-in-Manor-Township.html

2013-09-04 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Miami Township (Ohio):
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_neighbors-help-put-out-porch-fire-15775.shtml

Quote: "Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the fire, but they think it might have been electrical."

Note: Probably so. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, which means outdoor electrical stuff - like porch lights, landscaping lights, doorbells, etc - can now spark a fire at any time. And lots of porches and decks are wood, which compounds the problem, since they're easy to ignite. Indoor electrical stuff has the same vulnerability, but being indoors, it's at least somewhat more protected from atmospheric gases blowing by...

2013-09-04 - Three homes damaged by fire in the wee hours at Island Lake (Washington):
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/sep/04/three-homes-damaged-in-early-morning-island-lake/

2013-09-04 - Townhome erupts in flame in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/09/04/townhome-catches-fire-in-virginia-beach/
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Crews-knock-down-townhouse-fire-in-Va-Beach-222354051.html

2013-09-04 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:45 AM in Columbia (Maryland), near the coast, 2 injured, dog killed:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/bs-md-ho-fire-20130904,0,5147519.story

2013-09-04 - Vacant farmhouse destroyed by fire at 12:58 AM in Blaenau Ffestiniog (Britain):
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/fire-at-blaenau-ffestioniog-5840049

2013-09-04 - Vacant school heavily damaged by blaze in coastal Londonderry (Ireland):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23966391

2013-09-03 - Underground electrical fire erupts in Temescal Valley (California), near Lake Mathews, evacuations ensue:

http://lakeelsinore-wildomar.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/evacuations-ordered-in-temescal-valley-due-to-underground-fire

Quote: "According to the report, firefighters were called to the 24600 block of Glen Ivy Road at 1:49 p.m. regarding an underground electrical vault fire."

Quote: "In May, an underground vault fire in Menifee turned fatal following an explosion and blaze that left an SCE worker dead."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and it will tend to flow to low-lying areas like underground electrical facilities, sewers, basements, ditches, ravines, canyons, valleys, lakes, ponds, streams, rivers. It is also reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like that found in electrical infrastructure, including wiring in vehicles if a functioning battery is in place. Since the atmospheric contamination problem is a problem that escalates over time, we're seeing more and more of these underground electrical fires and explosions, and we'll see many more. The last two 'big' underground electrical fire/explosion events were in Detroit (Michigan), mentioned in the 2013-08-31 update, and in New York City (New York), where several vehicles were incinerated and 5 people were sickened by carbon monoxide, mentioned in the 2013-08-22 update...

2013-09-03 - Transformer explodes and burns on River Street in Wilkes-Barre (North Carolina), 5000+ customers go dark:

http://citizensvoice.com/news/power-restored-to-5-000-in-w-b-plains-1.1545890

Quote: "The transformer explosion was followed by reports of a widespread power outage that stopped elevators and triggered alarms. Some traffic lights were also knocked out in the area."

2013-09-03 - Transformer explodes and burns near industrial area in Wyckoff (New Jersey), trees ignite:

http://cliffviewpilot.com/wyckoff-transformer-pops-firefighters-extinguish-blaze/

Quote: "A transformer explosion ignited a fire behind an industrial park in Wyckoff tonight that set parts of some trees ablaze, emergency workers said."

2013-09-02 - Huge inferno tears though recycling and construction warehouse in Alexandria (Virginia), explosion mentioned:

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/09/firefighters-battling-alexandria-fire-93494.html
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Crews-Fight-3-Alarm-Fire-in-Alexandria-222071061.html
http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/#!/news/local/200-Firefighters-Battle-Warehouse-Blaze/222095881
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/2/firefighters-battle-6-alarm-blaze-alexandria-wareh/

Quote: "He says it's not clear what burned inside, but a sign on the outside of the building says it is a construction and recycling business."

Quote: "For them to shut down a major highway, it must be so bad..."

Quote: "Greg Beard was working in the building next door when the blaze began. He recorded video on his iPhone, capturing the sound of an explosion."

Note: Alexandria is located right on the banks of the Potomac River...

2013-09-02 - Recycling center hit by fire in San Antonio (Texas):

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Firefighters-battle-blaze-at-recycling-center-4781797.php
http://www.kens5.com/news/local/SAFD-responding-to-vehicle-fire-at-I-10-and-Ackerman-222097991.html
http://san-antonio.icito.com/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-recycling-center/

2013-09-02 - Recycling center hit by fire on Bryant Road in Bedworth (Britain):

http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireincidents/2013/09/02/large-recycling-fire-bryant-road-bedworth/

2013-09-02 - Tire recycling facility hit by fire on Bayton Road in Coventry (Britain):

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/fire-tyre-recycling-plant-coventry-5831192

2013-09-02 - Landfill hit by fire in coastal Sherwood (Canada):

http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20130904/News/14292/Fire-breaks-out-at-Sherwood-landfill.htm

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."

2013-09-02 - Massive blaze destroys farmers market at 1:45 AM in St. Jacobs (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/story/2013/09/02/waterloo-st-jacobs-fire.html
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4058940-fire-destroys-st-jacobs-market-building/
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/09/02/st_jacobs_market_near_waterloo_gutted_by_fire.html

Note: St. Jacobs is surrounded on three sides by the Conestogo River...

2013-09-02 - Explosion rocks arms depot in Bhutan, 11 killed:
http://www.ubalert.com/Lj6b
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/02/321725/explosion-kills-11-soldiers-in-bhutan/
http://english.irib.ir/subcontinent/news/politics/item/88331-explosion-in-bhutan-arms-depot-kills-at-least-11-soldiers

2013-09-02 - Transformer bursts into flame at 2:30 AM near Columbia (Missouri):
http://www.abc17news.com/news/transformer-fire-causes-power-outage/-/18421100/21757086/-/ag32sq/-/index.html

2013-09-02 - Passenger plane makes emergency landing in Tuticorin (India), engine smoking:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20130903-40796-IND

Quote: "...smoke was seen coming from the engine."

2013-09-02 - Boat bursts into flame on the Kemaman River (Malaysia), 1 killed:
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/fisherman-dies-in-boat-fire-1.348853
http://www.ntv7.com.my/index.php//7edition/local-en/LOCAL_EN_1378191420.html

Quote: "Hussin was trapped in the boat and killed in the fire, while the boat drifted onto a sand bar in the middle of the river."

Note: Just like all the charred corpses being found in ground vehicles, except this time it was a boat...

2013-09-02 - Boat bursts into flame while parked in driveway, fire spreads to pickup, in Forney (Texas):
http://inforney.com/local-news/item/1236-forney-fire-department-extinguishes-boat-fire

Quote: "The homeowner's boat was on fire in their driveway and spread to the homeowner's truck which was parked next to it."

2013-09-02 - Boat bursts into flame in Dartmouth Harbour (Britain):
http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Firefighters-deal-boat-Dartmouth-harbour/story-19737226-detail/story.html

2013-09-02 - Boat bursts into flame in Oyster Bay on Lake Charlevoix (Michigan):
http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/pnr-fire-destroys-boat-on-lake-charlevoix-20130903,0,465687.story

2013-09-02 - Twelve vehicles go up in flames while parked in coastal Wilmington (North Carolina):
http://www.wect.com/story/23324688/12-vehicles-damaged-by-fire-wfd-investigate-suspected-arson-case
http://www.wsfx.com/story/23324688/12-vehicles-damaged-by-fire-wfd-investigate-suspected-arson-case

2013-09-02 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Queensboro Bridge (again) in coastal New York City (New York):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52905260/ns/local_news-new_york_ny/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/truck-catches-fire-queensboro-bridge-article-1.1443443
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/truck_catches_fire_on_queensboro_XR1P6S8Hh92KYJwISJ985J
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Queensboro-Bridge-Truck-Fire-Ed-Koch-Delay-FDNY-Official-222063031.html
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/another-truck-fire-on-the-queensboro-snarls-traffic-and-this-time-reroutes-runners-1.5999946

Note: Another tractor trailer went up in flames on this same bridge not long ago, as mentioned in the 2013-08-16 update. Five women burned to death in a limo on the San Meteo Bridge over San Francisco Bay on the West Coast in May, as mentioned in the 2013-05-04 update. There have been many other vehicular fires on or near bridges. The problem isn't bridges exactly, but the fact that bridges go over depressions, low-lying areas, which are places that a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate. Then a gust of wind kicks some up, some of it finds some electrified copper or rust on a vehicle, and fire breaks out. As time goes on, this problem will get worse, and traveling across or near bridges will become increasingly dangerous...

2013-09-02 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-84 near Boise (Idaho):
http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Semi-fire-causes-I84-to-shut-down-222112431.html
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Westbound-I-84-closed-due-to-truck-fire-222110191.html
http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Driver-escapes-flames-as-his-semi-burst-into-flames-222119671.html

2013-09-02 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A12 in Leytonsone (Britain):
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10648782.Lorry_fire_causing_traffic_delays/
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/wfnews/10648782.Lorry_fire_causing_traffic_delays/
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/10648782.Lorry_fire_causing_traffic_delays/

2013-09-02 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Wanlip Road in Syston (Britain):
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Lorry/story-19743799-detail/story.html

2013-09-02 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Texas 34 near Terrell (Texas):
http://inforney.com/local-news/item/1234-18-wheeler-tractor-fire-briefly-closes-sh-34-north-of-terrell

2013-09-02 - Tractor bursts into flame at farm in Cold Overton (Britain):
http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/news/local/firefighters-tackle-tractor-fire-in-cold-overton-1-5447660

2013-09-02 - RV bursts into flame on Highway 31 in coastal North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/23318452/motor-home-fire-causes-traffic-delays-on-highway-31

2013-09-02 - RV bursts into flame in the wee hours in Baton Rouge (Louisiana), 1 killed:
http://theadvocate.com/news/6947453-123/br-man-dies-in-recreational

2013-09-02 - Van bursts into flame at 1:02 AM, on the A57 near Ladybower (Britain):
http://www.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/local-news/van-fire-at-ladybower-1-6004451
http://www.bakewelltoday.co.uk/news/local/van-fire-at-ladybower-1-6004451
http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/van-fire-at-ladybower-1-6004451

2013-09-02 - Van bursts into flame in parking lot in coastal New Bedford (Massachusetts):
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130903/NEWS/309030327

2013-09-02 - Minivan bursts into flame on road near Ontario (Ohio):
http://www.northcentralohio.com/local-news/single.asp?story=56027

2013-09-02 - SUV bursts into flame at 1:16 AM while parked at home in Portage la Prairie (Canada):
http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2013/09/03/portage-fire-department-squelches-car-fire

2013-09-02 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at McDonald's in coastal Tamuning on the island of Guam:
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20130904/NEWS0101/309040021
http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37389:car-fire-at-tamuning-mcdonalds&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156

2013-09-02 - SUV bursts into flame at 2 AM while parked in Owensboro (Kentucky):
http://surfky.com/index.php/communities/77-owensboro-news/36990-police-respond-to-vehicle-fire

Note: Owensboro is located right on the banks of the Ohio River...

2013-09-02 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 5:45 AM while parked at home in Prince Albert (Canada):
http://www.paherald.sk.ca/News/Local/2013-09-03/article-3372627/Firefighters-extinguish-flaming-truck/1

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame while parked at apartments, fire spreads to more vehicles, carport and garage, in Brighton (Colorado):
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/front-range/brighton/car-fire-spreads-to-other-vehicles-and-structures
http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=353398

Quote: "A car fire spread to two other vehicles, a carport and a garage in a Brighton apartment complex Monday morning."

Note: People still park vehicles next to stuff they don't want to burn?! Learn or burn, those are the choices. Looks like people would rather burn. As Jim Carey said, 'Alrighty then!'

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in East Austin (Texas):
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/east-austin-house-fire-displaces-two/nZkJ5/

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home on Millhouse Road in coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/eastern-courier/9119543/Car-towed-away-after-fire-in-suburban-driveway

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame at Parliament House in New Delhi (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/car-catches-fire-outside-parliament-413311
http://news.oneindia.in/2013/09/02/car-catches-fire-outside-parliament-police-rule-out-foul-play-1297194.html
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130902/news-current-affairs/article/car-catches-fire-near-rashtrapati-bhavan

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame on the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) near Shoal Lake (Canada):
http://www.kenoraonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6228&Itemid=160

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame on US 167 south of El Dorado (Arkansas):
http://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2013/09/03/car-fire-599500.php

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame on the A19 in coastal South Tyneside (Britain):
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/car-fire-closes-one-lane-of-a19-1-6005571

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame at 5:30 AM on road in Barton Township (Indiana):
http://www.wrayradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1862

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame before 6:20 AM on Fox Street in Scunthorpe (Britain):
http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/Crew-called-car/story-19739599-detail/story.html

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame at 2:15 AM while parked on Acacia Road in Doncaster (Britain):
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/doncaster-car-fire-1-6007461

2013-09-02 - Car bursts into flame near the Mojave River in Victorville (California):
http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/victorville-42078-riverbed-brush.html

2013-09-02 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Lower Merion Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/09/vehicle_fire_shuts_down_an_eas.html

2013-09-02 - Race car trailer bursts into flame while parked at race track near Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://pineandlakes.com/echo-news/2013-09-03/fire-destroys-race-car-trailer-at-bir

2013-09-02 - RV, RV trailer and mobile home burn on Washington Creek Road in Chelan County (Washington):
http://pro.kpq-am.tritonflex.com/common/more.php?m=15&r=1&item_id=3941

2013-09-02 - Auto shop destroyed by fire at 3:20 AM in Franklinville (North Carolina):
http://www.firenews.net/9945/fire-destroys-auto-repair-business-in-randolph-county/
http://courier-tribune.com/sections/news/local/fire-destroys-auto-repair-business.html

2013-09-02 - Blaze rips through car audio business at 1:45 AM in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Fire-Rips-Through-Car-Stereo-Business-in-Northeast-Miami-Dade-222062031.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Fire-Rips-Through-Car-Stereo-Business-in-Northeast-Miami-Dade-222062031.html

2013-09-02 - Barn destroyed by massive fire before 2 AM in Washington Township (Pennsylvania), near Lake Erie:
http://www.yourerie.com/story/fire-destroys-barn-in-washington-township/d/story/90NB1whdlEi_sAwyOpSmSQ
http://www.yourerie.com/news/news-article/fire-destroys-barn-in-washington-township/d/news/news-article/90NB1whdlEi_sAwyOpSmSQ

2013-09-02 - Converted barn damaged by fire in Hungerford (Britain):
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/firefighters-battle-house-fire-at-hungerford-converted-barn

2013-09-02 - Workshop and equipment destroyed by fire at farm in Verona Township (Michigan):
http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2013/09/03/news/local_news/doc5225c7a4d091d654090914.txt

Note: This address is about 500 feet north of a stream...

2013-09-02 - Storage facility erupts in flame in Frankford, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Building-Fire-Frankford-222069021.html

Quote: "Davison says the building is used to store people's furniture and items during a move."

Note: So they store stuff while people move. That means lawn mowers, riding mowers, etc. In other words, electrified copper, with lots of upholstered furniture around for sparks to land on. That's a recipe for fire if hydrogen sulfide infiltrates such a place, and these places aren't usually very well insulated...

2013-09-02 - Storage facility burns just after 3 AM, 41 units damaged, in East Point, Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/fire-damages-41-storage-units-in-east-point/nZjx9/
http://www.realtimesmedia.com/index.php/atlanta/3906-east-point-fire-puts-out-early-morning-fire-at-public-storage-facility

2013-09-02 - Transformer bursts into flame near Lake Boulevard in Redding (California):
http://www.redding.com/news/2013/sep/02/small-fire-north-redding-caused-blown-transformer/

2013-09-02 - Roof bursts into flame on building at research lab in Logan City (Utah):
http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/article_0ca15cb4-13f8-11e3-9f09-0019bb2963f4.html

Note: It was actually the AC unit on the roof that burst into flame. What do those units do? Air exchange, they move the atmosphere around. When the atmosphere is increasingly contaminated with flammable hydrogen sulfide, which is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, this is not unexpected. All electrical machinery that moves the atmosphere around - for whatever reason - is at greater risk of fire with each passing day now. Plenty of hotels and schools and businesses have been hit with fires just like this in the past year or so...

2013-09-02 - Garage bursts into flame in Watertown (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/23317940/garage-fire-reported-in-watertown

2013-09-02 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Marshalltown (Iowa):
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/563456/MFD-responds-to-porch-fire.html

2013-09-02 - In separate incidents, two homes go up in flames in the wee hours in Mabscott (West Virginia):
http://www.wvva.com/story/23315598/2013/09/02/multiple-fire-departments-respond-to-mabscott-fire

2013-09-02 - Three mobile homes destroyed by fire at the Salt River Reservation near Scottsdale (Arizona):
http://www.kpho.com/story/23313264/multiple-mobile-homes-burn-in-salt-river-area
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/20130901fire-damages-salt-river-reservation-mobile-home-park.html

2013-09-02 - Apartment building devastated by fire in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-newport-news-four-apartments-condemned-after-fire-20130903,0,715814.story

2013-09-02 - Vacant trailer destroyed by fire at 1:25 AM in Phelps (New York):
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s3146305.shtml

2013-09-02 - Vacant house destroyed by fire before 3 AM in Fuquay-Varina (North Carolina):
http://www.wncn.com/story/23315609/fire-destroys-abandonded-home-in-fuquay-varina

2013-09-02 - Vacant home burns in Gresham (Oregon):
http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2013/09/blaze_extinguished_at_vacant_g.html

2013-09-02 - Vacant junior high school burns at 1:50 AM in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/springfield_firefighters_respo_21.html

2013-09-01 - Underground fire hits pumping station in North Attleborough (Massachusetts):

http://www.thesunchronicle.com/devices/news/local_news/fire-breaks-out-at-north-attleboro-pumping-station/article_d6eefc1f-0d8a-519a-907e-01274578f83e.html

Note: The previous underground fire/explosion was waaaaay back in...one day prior, in Detroit, when underground electrical explosions blew manhole covers off, as mentioned in the 2013-08-31 update. These underground explosions and fires are happening with increasing frequency. Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas which will tend to flow to low-lying areas like underground facilities, basements, electrical vaults, sewers, ponds, streams, rivers, ditches, canyons, valleys, quays, etc. It is also reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like wiring in vehicles and infrastructure. It is also reactive with rusty iron/steel like that found on vehicles and pipes and brackets and the like in underground infrastructure...

2013-09-01 - Truck repair shop destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Guernsey County (Ohio):
http://www.whiznews.com/content/news/local/2013/09/01/early-morning-fire-destroys-truck-repair-shop
http://www.daily-jeff.com/local%20news/2013/09/01/seven-fire-departments-respond-to-fire-at-truck-maintenance-facillity-at-buffalo-in

2013-09-01 - Luxury auto showroom goes up in flames in coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/victoria/car-dealership-goes-up-in-blaze-causing-traffic-chaos/story-fnii5sms-1226709379811
http://media.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national-news/fire-engulfs-spencer-st-car-showroom-4714433.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/car-dealership-goes-up-in-blaze-causing-traffic-chaos/story-fni0fit3-1226709379811
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-03/fire-crews-still-on-scene-of-car-dealership-fire-in-west-melbour/4930770

Note: Supposedly an anarchist group claimed they did this, but the fire investigators say that's not the case. I suspect it was the reactivity of hydrogen sulfide with electrified copper, like vehicle wiring or building wiring, same as all the other non-running vehicle fires and the underground electrical explosions and fires. The anarchist group does have a decent writer though:

Quote: "The flames of anarchist insurrection roared high above the toxic skies of Melbourne..."

2013-09-01 - Transformer bursts into flame on street in coastal Bay City (Texas):
http://baycitytribune.com/news/article_d432bdc0-11ac-11e3-aeb3-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-09-01 - Major fire engulfs petrochemical plant in coastal Abadan (Iran):
http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2184765.html

2013-09-01 - Huge inferno devastates giant warehouse in Delanco (New Jersey):
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9226607
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-Alarm-Fire-Rips-Through-Dietz--Watson-Building-222001371.html
http://www.app.com/viewart/20130901/NJNEWS10/309010065/Massive-fire-burning-southern-NJ-warehouse
http://www.phillyburbs.com/00redesign/news/local/multiple-alarm-fire-tears-through-roof-of-delanco-plant/article_361b39db-c383-5057-abeb-5ce2b620f264.html

Quote: "But by evening a wall reportedly had collapsed, area streets were blocked off and River Line service was halted between the township and Edgewater Park due to fire department activity."

Quote: "The rooftop solar panel system was problematic because it still held a charge even when turned off..."

Note: It was the roof of this building that originally caught fire, and the fire spread from there. They had hundreds or thousands of solar panels on top of this 300,000-square-foot building, so there was electrified copper galore. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper. Also, Delanco is just east (downwind) of the Delaware River...

2013-09-01 - Medical supplies warehouse erupts in flame in Mitcham (Britain):
http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/10646865.Large_fire_in_Mitcham_warehouse/

2013-09-01 - Lumber company hit by fierce blaze in Clear Spring (Maryland):
http://www.herald-mail.com/news/local/hm-lumberdrying-kiln-burns-near-clear-spring-20130901,0,7662927.story

2013-09-01 - School heavily damaged by fire at 1:45 AM in coastal Dagupan in the Philippine Islands:
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/69876/fire-razes-6-classrooms-of-dagupans-west-central-school

2013-09-01 - Boat bursts into flame in Portland Harbor near Portland (Maine):
http://www.kjonline.com/news/Four-people-and-a-dog-rescued-from-burning-boat-in-Portland-Harbor.html
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Four-people-and-a-dog-rescued-from-burning-boat-in-Portland-Harbor.html
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/01/news/portland/four-people-rescued-after-boat-caught-fire-in-portland-harbor/
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/portland/coast-guard-portland-fire-department-responding-to-boat-on-fire/-/8865266/21739870/-/tugqyrz/-/index.html

2013-09-01 - Boat explodes and burns in Bare Point Marina (Canada), near Kenora:
http://www.kenoraonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6231&Itemid=160

2013-09-01 - Boat bursts into flame on Bull Shoals Lake (Missouri):
http://ozarkareanetwork.com/localnews/?p=22202

2013-09-01 - Boat bursts into flame on Table Rock Lake in Stone County (Missouri):
http://www.krzk.com/16678/boat_catches_fire_on_table_rock_lake_.html

Note: Above two boat fires, both on lakes in Missouri, happened about 2 hours apart...

2013-09-01 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at Chesford Grange in Woolston, Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/large-vehicle-on-fire-in-woolston

2013-09-01 - Tractor bursts into flame at Rodley in Westbury-on-Severn (Britain), near the River Severn:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Tractor-damaged-blaze-Rodley/story-19737095-detail/story.html

2013-09-01 - Van, garage and barn burst into flame before 5 AM in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.wane.com/news/local/fire-on-waverly-drive-destroys-garage-van

2013-09-01 - Van bursts into flame in parking lot on Portland (Oregon):
http://www.koin.com/2013/09/01/fred-meyer-parking-lot-fire/

2013-09-01 - SUV bursts into flame at 2:15 AM while parked at home in Peoria (Illinois), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1343095873/Arson-suspected-in-fire-that-engulfed-car

Quote: "Authorities are investigating the incident as an arson, though fire investigators could not determine a cause of the blaze."

Note: Heh, I smell bewildered fire investigators...

2013-09-01 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on street in Quincy (Illinois):
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=941225

2013-09-01 - Ten cars destroyed by fire while parked at music festival in Pretoria (South Africa):
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/cars-burn-spring-day-music-explosion
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2013/09/02/djs-on-fire-so-were-the-cars---photos

Quote: "Ten cars where confirmed by the emergency services to have burnt down at the Bundu Inn Music Explosion in Pretoria this weekend."

2013-09-01 - Car bursts into flame while parked in coastal Southampton Parish (Bermuda):
http://bernews.com/2013/09/car-badly-damaged-after-fire-in-southampton/

2013-09-01 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Rivacre Road in coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-ellesmere-port_02-09-2013_9-35-45

2013-09-01 - Car bursts into flame on A361 layby in North Devon (Britain):
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-car-A361-North-Devon-Link/story-19739500-detail/story.html

2013-09-01 - Car bursts into flame on High Street in Moreton (Britain):
http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/10647423.Car_fire_in_Moreton/

2013-09-01 - Car bursts into flame while parked near garage on Old West Creek Road in Shippen (Pennsylvania):
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2013/09/vehicle-fire-threat-structure.html

2013-09-01 - Vehicle, pole barn and two homes burst into flame in the wee hours in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130902/NEWS/130909971/1005/IU

2013-09-01 - RV trailer bursts into flame in the Town of Hanover (New York):
http://www.chautauquatoday.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=25&id=91447#.UiVfmD_4LBY

2013-09-01 - SUV and carport destroyed by fire at home in Johnson City (Tennessee):
http://www.wjhl.com/story/23317620/fire-destroys-carport-and-suv-in-johnson-city

2013-09-01 - Two cars and garage destroyed by fire in Swartz Creek (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/09/garage_lost_but_homes_saved_fo.html

2013-09-01 - Auto shop hit by fire in Fyshwick (Australia):
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/fire-at-fyshwick-car-workshop-20130902-2szgj.html

2013-09-01 - Barn destroyed by fire on Lyons Creek Road in Welland (Canada):
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/09/01/welland-barn-on-fire
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/09/01/welland-barn-on-fire
http://www.thoroldedition.ca/2013/09/01/barn-fire-at-lyons-creek-rd-in-welland

2013-09-01 - Barn destroyed by fire at 4:50 AM in Hopkinton (Rhode Island), near the coast, 2 horses killed:
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130901-2-horses-die-in-morning-barn-fire-in-hopkinton.ece
http://www.abc6.com/story/23313585/two-horses-killed-in-barn-fire

2013-09-01 - Barn destroyed by fire in Three Holes, near Wisbech (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/photo_gallery_barn_destroyed_by_fire_at_three_holes_near_wisbech_1_2361738

2013-09-01 - Barn and hay destroyed by fire in coastal Brightlingsea (Britain):
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/clacton/10647155.print/

2013-09-01 - Barn heavily damaged by fire at 4:09 AM in Fairfield Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.goerie.com/fire-damages-fairfield-township-barn
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-north/barn-fire-doused-quickly-in-crawford-county-701634/

2013-09-01 - Nine dumpsters burst into flame in Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-09-01/rash-dumpster-fires-sparks-investigation

2013-09-01 - Shed bursts into flame, fire spreads, home destroyed too, in Oroville (California), 12 people homeless:
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_23997715/fire-displaces-12-people-oroville-home-saturday

Note: Oroville is sandwiched between Thermalito Afterbay (southwest) and Lake Oroville (northeast)...

2013-09-01 - Four townhouses damaged by fire in Green Hills, Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/23314791/fire-reported-at-green-hills-apartment-complex-sunday

Quote: "According to fire officials on the scene, someone heard a popping noise and noticed smoke."

Note: There's that popping sound again, heard right before a great many fires this past year or two...

2013-09-01 - Basement fire erupts at 5 AM, spreads, at apartment building in Castle Creek (New York), 2 injured:
http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/692378/two-injured-in-castle-creek-apartment-fire/

2013-09-01 - Apartment building devastated by fire in Arlington (Texas), 28 people homeless:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Arlington-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-28-222012851.html

2013-09-01 - Vacant house burns on Pierpont Avenue in Fairmont (West Virginia):
http://www.wboy.com/story/23313013/fairmont-fire-department-investigating-fire

Note: This street is 500 feet from the Monongahela River...

2013-09-01 - Vacant home burns at 1:17 AM in Lawrence (Massachusetts):
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11138741/mass-firefighters-evacuate-residents-during-fire-in-vacant-building

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

2013 - SEP - Fires And Explosions

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