2017 - DEC - Fires And Explosions 2

2017-12-16 - Mysterious explosion alarms people at 5 AM in Bakersfield (California):
http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/local-news/the-booms-heard-round-bakersfield/881938016
http://www.sott.net/article/371841-Loud-house-shaking-boom-heard-around-Bakersfield-California

Quote: "Rocky Reyes lives on Niles and Fairfax, and was frightened when he heard the boom. 'Something's going on and nobody knows what it is and it's gonna be exposed soon because it's happening everywhere.' But until then, the mystery continues."

Note: It's already been exposed, but hardly anybody's paying attention. I imagine people will pay more attention once these explosions start destroying towns and cities...

2017-12-16 - Metal recycling and auto salvage business destroyed by huge blaze in coastal Elizabeth City (North Carolina):
http://wavy.com/2017/12/16/fire-destroys-building-at-big-bucks-recycling-center-in-n-c/
http://beta.dailyadvance.com/News/2017/12/16/Fire-destroys-Big-Bucks-Re.html
http://www.dailyadvance.com/News/2017/12/16/Fire-destroys-Big-Bucks-Re.html

2017-12-16 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://queenoftheclick.com/manhole-fire-5th-avenue-79th-street/
http://twitter.com/TheodoreVallas/status/942091129348075520

2017-12-16 - Recycling center fire breaks out in Portland (Oregon):
http://koin.com/2017/12/16/major-commercial-fire-closes-traffic-on-se-foster/
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/commercial-fire-in-se-portland-closes-section-of-foster-road/499965160
http://katu.com/news/local/southeast-portland-fire-closes-five-blocks-of-foster-road
http://www.topix.com/portland/2017/12/firefighters-battle-fire-at-southeast-portland-recycling-facility
http://www.kxl.com/big-fire-se-portland-recycling-center/

2017-12-16 - Recycling center erupts in flame in Yuma (Arizona):
http://www.yumasun.com/news/trash-catches-on-fire-at-recycling-center/article_2b28b000-e2e9-11e7-be1e-c3ef4a690cc3.html

2017-12-16 - Thomas Fire becomes 3rd largest fire in California history, burns toward the coast, people flee:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20171205-60888-USA
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/16/us/california-fires/index.html
http://koin.com/ap/the-latest-california-fire-now-states-3rd-largest-ever/
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/12/california_city_a_ghost_town_a.html
http://abc7.com/thomas-fire-3rd-largest-in-ca-history;-cost-at-$1039m/2788468/
http://wdtn.com/2017/12/16/californias-wildfire-now-ranks-as-states-third-largest/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-california-fire-now-states-3rd-largest-51832441
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/california-wildfires-grow-endangering-santa-barbara/
http://local21news.com/news/local/massive-california-wildfire-triggers-new-wave-of-evacuations
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html
http://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article190142614.html
http://www.newsweek.com/california-wildfires-thomas-fire-now-third-largest-state-history-750468

Quote: "Santa Barbara County has issued new evacuation orders as a huge wildfire bears down on Montecito and other communities. The Office of Emergency Services announced the orders Saturday as winds pushed the fire close to the community, a wealthy enclave that’s home to Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities. The mandatory evacuation zone is now 17 miles (27 kilometers) long and up to 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, extending from coastal mountains northwest of Los Angeles to the ocean."

Quote: "The blaze has the potential to become the biggest fire in state history, as it is not expected to reach full containment until January 2018."

2017-12-16 - Since the Civil War, half of Southern California's largest wildfires have occurred in the last 15 years:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/12/since-civil-war-half-of-southern.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/12/new-norm-5-most-destructive-fires-in.html

Quote: "California fires really are the new norm as five of the most destructive fires in the state's history happened in 2017 and a further 7 countries recorded their largest wildfires during this year."

2017-12-16 - California about to break record on firefighting costs with half the fiscal year left to go:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/california-nearly-hit-record-wildfire-130024638.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-wildfire-spending_us_5a346da6e4b040881beabff6

Quote: "California’s state firefighting agency is within days of spending more to fight fires in a single year than ever before, and the fiscal year still has six months to go."

2017-12-16 - Home explodes and burns at 2:40 AM in Des Moines (Iowa):
http://whotv.com/2017/12/16/early-morning-fire-engulfs-des-moines-home/

Quote: "Around 2:40 on Saturday morning, neighbors say they heard a loud explosion that led to a nearby home engulfed in flames."

Note: This is the 355th residential explosion in 2017...

2017-12-16 - Frequent fires can irreparably harm even the most resilient ecosystems:
http://psmag.com/environment/frequent-fires-can-irreparably-harm-even-the-most-resilient-ecosystems

2017-12-16 - Ferry ship 'John F. Kennedy' damaged by fire while dry-docked in coastal St. George (New York):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/John-F.kennedy-8643195.html
http://www.silive.com/news/2017/12/fdny_responding_to_fire_on_doc.html
http://pix11.com/2017/12/16/crews-battle-boat-fire-at-staten-island-ferry-terminal/

Quote: "The 'John F. Kennedy' caught fire at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in St. George on Dec 16, 2017, shortly after 9 a.m. at the Ferry Terminal in St. George. The fire started at the machine room of the ferry and was controlled within half an hour by the FDNY."

2017-12-16 - Boat bursts into flame at marina on Lake Oroville, fire spreads to marina, in Oroville (California):
http://www.chicoer.com/article/NA/20171216/NEWS/171219788
http://www.chicoer.com/general-news/20171216/boat-fire-at-bidwell-marina-damages-structure

Quote: "A boat fire Saturday evening at the Bidwell Canyon Marina damaged a structure before it was knocked down. When the first fire engine arrived, the boat fire had spread into a 20 feet-by-50 feet portion of a structure at the marina, according to Cal Fire-Butte County."

2017-12-16 - Boat bursts into flame while docked at marina in coastal Everett (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/officials-investigating-boat-fire-at-everett-marina
http://www.kiro7.com/news/north-sound-news/firefighters-respond-to-everett-boat-fire/664926183
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/separate-everett-fires-send-man-to-hospital-damage-boat/
http://myeverettnews.com/2017/12/16/back-to-back-fires-keep-everett-crews-busy-saturday-morning/

Note: These are the 1070th, 1071st and 1072nd boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-16 - Transit bus bursts into flame while parked at bus depot in Kothrud (India):
http://www.sakaltimes.com/pune/another-pmpml-bus-gutted-kothrud-depot-10336
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pmpml-bus-gutted-in-blaze-at-kothrud-depot-nobody-hurt/articleshow/62101102.cms

Quote: "This is the third such incident within 10 days of a PMPML bus catching fire. Two buses had caught fire on December 6, one at Chinchwadgaon depot and another was gutted near the Regional Transport Office (RTO)."

2017-12-16 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street in Shimla (India):
http://himachalwatcher.com/2017/12/16/hrtc-bus-in-shimla-catches-fire-pics/
http://himachalabhiabhi.com/hrtc-bus-caught-fire-shimla.html

2017-12-16 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on street in Kharkiv (Ukraine):
http://true-news.info/in-kharkov-on-the-go-bus-caught-fire-no-injuries/

Note: These are the 813th, 814th and 815th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-12-16 - Four tankers trucks and four vehicles destroyed by fire at gas station in Jos (Nigeria), 2 killed:
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/petrol-tanker-fire-kills-2-razes-8-vehicles-in-jos.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/fire-two-die-n500m-lost-three-incidents-10hrs/
http://newspeakonline.com/another-petrol-tanker-fire-jos-kills-two-burns-four-vehicles/
http://breaking.com.ng/nigerianews2017/petrol-tanker-fire-kills-two-burns-four-vehicles-in-jos/
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/252627-petrol-tanker-fire-kills-two-burns-four-vehicles-jos.html
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=248318348539120&story_fbid=1566077386763203

Quote: "A petrol tanker on fire inside a Jos filling station has killed two persons razed four petrol tankers and four vehicles, Daily Trust reports."

2017-12-16 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the A6105 near Earlston (Britain):
http://planetradio.co.uk/borders/local/news/tanker-bursts-flames-near-earlston-schools-empty/

2017-12-16 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-10 in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.ksat.com/traffic/traffic-incidents/18-wheeler-catches-fire-on-far-east-side

2017-12-16 - Tractor trailer explodes into flame at port in coastal Algeciras (Spain):
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/news/on-euro-weekly-news/costa-del-sol-malaga/146796-lorry-explosion-rocks-port-in-southern-spain

Quote: "A lorry at a port in southern Spain exploded and burst into flames sending a huge cloud of black smoke into the sky today. The truck carrying mattresses to Africa was rocked by two explosions in the port of Algeciras."

Note: These are the 2184th, 2185th, 2186th, 2187th, 2188th, 2189th and 2190th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-16 - Minibus bursts into flame on street in Osogbo (Nigeria):
http://www.metronaija.com/photos-bus-catches-fire-motion-osogbo-burns-completely/
http://www.informationng.com/2017/12/bus-catches-fire-motion-photos.html
http://www.nairaland.com/4236814/bus-catches-fire-motion-osogbo

2017-12-16 - RV destroyed by fire on Dalton Lane in Doney Park (Arizona):
http://gcmaz.com/summit-fire-tends-to-garage-fire-saturday-in-doney-park/

Quote: "When crews arrived to the seven-thousand block of Dalton Lane at around noon, they saw fire coming from the garage, storage shed and a motorhome."

Note: This is the 633rd RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-16 - Van bursts into flame at 2:16 AM on Rolls Avenue in Crewe (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/van-fire-in-crewe_16-12-2017_10-48-09

2017-12-16 - Minivan bursts into flame while parked at home in Patrick City area in coastal Kingston (Jamaica):
http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/photos-car-goes-flames-patrick-city

Quote: "A fire of unknown origin destroyed a motor car inside a yard along Auburn Terrace in Patrick City, St Andrew on Saturday morning. Reports are that residents saw smoke coming from the parked vehicle and alerted the Jamaica Fire Brigade. Firefighters quickly arrived on the scene and brought the fire under control, however not before the vehicle was reduced to a burnt out shell."

2017-12-16 - SUV bursts into flame at 6 AM while parked at hotel in Vidalia (Louisiana), 300 feet from the Mississippi River:
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2017/12/18/police-investigate-car-fire-at-vidalia-hotel/

2017-12-16 - Car bursts into flame near at Warren and Clifford streets in Roxbury area in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.universalhub.com/2017/car-immolated-roxbury

2017-12-16 - Car bursts into flame on Dickerson Street in Oak Hill (West Virginia):
http://www.wvnstv.com/local-news/fayette-county/crews-rush-to-assist-with-a-car-fire/882253077

2017-12-16 - Car bursts into flame at 1 AM while parked at home on North Avenue in Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-warrington_16-12-2017_10-44-19

2017-12-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked in carpark at Warwick Hospital in Warwick (Britain):
http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireincidents/2017/12/16/car-fire-warwick-hospital-car-park-lakin-road-warwick-one-fire-engine-attended/

2017-12-16 - Car bursts into flame on Wyndham Street East in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45405&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-16 - Car bursts into flame on Silbury Boulevard in Campbell Park (Britain):
http://bucksfire.gov.uk/latest-incidents/

Quote: "Saturday 16 December, 4.27pm Small fire in engine bay of car, Silbury Boulevard, Campbell Park, Milton Keynes. One appliance and crew from Great Holm and one from Broughton attended. Firefighters used one hose reel, a thermal imaging camera and a toolkit."

2017-12-16 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the QEW in Burlington (Canada):
http://www.inhalton.com/vehicle-fire-blocking-lanes-in-burlington

2017-12-16 - Motorcycle bursts into flame on Cambridge Grove in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Cambridge Grove, Hull. Sat 16 Dec 2017 17:04 (No:27115) Motorcycle on fire. 1 hose reel in use."

2017-12-16 - RV trailer bursts into flame before 1 AM while parked in RV park in Colorado Springs (Colorado), 1 injured:
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Neighbors-save-man-from-burning-RV-464597203.html
http://gazette.com/neighbors-rescue-man-from-burning-vehicle-in-colorado-springs-rv-park/article/1617339
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/12/16/colorado-springs-rv-fire/

2017-12-16 - Three cars and garage destroyed by fire at home in Spokane Valley (Washington):
http://www.khq.com/story/37081357/house-fire-on-bitterroot-lane-destroys-three-cars

2017-12-16 - Car and shed destroyed by fire at 11:30 PM at home near Mt. Vernon (Illinois):
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/12/17/rural-mt-vernon-garage-and-car-destroyed-by-fire-

2017-12-16 - Barn destroyed by fire in Holland (Vermont), 68 cows killed:
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/holland-barn-fire-kills-68-cows/14451971
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/fire-destroys-holland-barn/article_372bad75-1f95-5442-975b-df0175daff48.html

2017-12-16 - Barn destroyed by fire in Lynch Station (Virginia):
http://wset.com/news/local/fire-burns-barn-land-at-merritt-hutchinson-estate-in-lynch-station

2017-12-16 - Strip mall heavily damaged by fire at 2:45 AM on West Waters Avenue in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://www.tbo.com/news/publicsafety/fire/Firefighters-injured-after-early-morning-blaze-at-Tampa-strip-mall_163659773
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article190140264.html

2017-12-16 - Commercial building damaged by fire at 6:30 AM in Meriden (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37082336/no-injuries-reported-after-commercial-building-fire-in-meriden

2017-12-16 - Commercial area destroyed by massive fire in coastal Ajman (UAE):
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/cd831344-f6f9-49f4-aeca-07c4e9e3c939.aspx
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/ajman/20171216//huge-fire-breaks-out-in-ajman-industrial-area-3

2017-12-16 - Holiday park devastated by huge blaze at 4:30 AM near coastal Newquay (Britain):
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/fire-carvynick-country-club-foxs-935498
http://www.piratefm.co.uk/news/latest-news/2456742/part-of-cornish-holiday-park-shut-after-huge-fire/
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/carvynick-holiday-park-summercourt-near-935865

2017-12-16 - Church heavily damaged by fire in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), nobody there:
http://www.koco.com/article/metro-church-severely-damaged-in-fire/14448264
http://kfor.com/2017/12/16/fire-crews-battling-church-fire-in-northwest-oklahoma-city/
http://www.koco.com/article/crews-battling-fire-at-northwest-oklahoma-city-church/14447738
http://okcfox.com/news/local/fire-reported-at-northwest-oklahoma-city-church

2017-12-16 - Garage destroyed by fire at home in Spokane Valley (Washington), nobody there:
http://www.khq.com/story/37082498/flames-engulf-spokane-valley-garage

2017-12-16 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in coastal Boca Raton (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/local/mobile-home-catches-fire-in-west-boca

2017-12-16 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Oakland (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/16/firefighters-control-west-oakland-house-fire/

2017-12-16 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Hampton (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/16/three-displaced-after-hampton-house-fire/

2017-12-16 - Home heavily damaged by fire just before 5 AM in Upper Providence Township (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/firefighters-battle-upper-providence-house-fire/2787966/

2017-12-16 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 6:24 AM in Wurtsboro (New York):
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2017/December/16/Wurts_fire-16Dec17.html

2017-12-16 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Suffolk (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/16/firefighters-in-suffolk-respond-to-fire/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/fire-marshals-office-investigating-suffolk-house-fire/500017386

Quote: "Crews were called just minutes after responding to another house fire in Suffolk."

2017-12-16 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Suffolk (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/17/two-alarm-fire-destroys-suffolk-home/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/crews-in-suffolk-battle-2-alarm-fire/500016182

2017-12-16 - Home destroyed by fire just after midnight in Longview (Washington), 1380 feet from the Cowlitz River:
http://koin.com/2017/12/16/familys-home-completely-destroyed-in-longview-fire/
http://katu.com/news/local/longview-home-damaged-in-fire

2017-12-16 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Lynn (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/16/lynn-family-escapes-blaze/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/2-alarm-fire-rips-through-lynn-home/14448070
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/-Officials-Battle-2-Alarm-Fire-in-Lynn-464667673.html

2017-12-16 - Home destroyed by fire in Lisle (Illinois), 6 injured:
http://abc7chicago.com/six-hospitalized-after-lisle-house-fire/2789280/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/16/fire-engulfs-lisle-home/
http://abc7chicago.com/six-transported-to-hospital-after-lisle-house-fire/2789280/

2017-12-16 - Home destroyed by fire on Judy Road in Black Township (Pennsylvania), nobody there:
http://www.tribdem.com/news/somerset-county-home-destroyed-by-fire/article_9bb30b86-e2e4-11e7-9d9f-d3c81e5853da.html

2017-12-16 - Home destroyed by fire in Acworth (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/Fire-destroys-Acworth-home
http://www.wmur.com/article/acworth-fire-destroys-home-displaces-family/14448361
http://www.wmur.com/article/fundraiser-started-for-acworth-family-who-lost-house-in-fire/14446820

2017-12-16 - Home destroyed by fire in Weehawken (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/12/firefighters_respond_to_3-alarm_fire_at_private_re.html
http://newjersey.news12.com/story/37083162/firefighters-injured-in-hazardous-weehawken-blaze

2017-12-16 - Duplex heavily damaged by fire at 2:30 AM in Reno (Nevada), pet killed, 1 injured:
http://www.ktvn.com/story/37082480/early-saturday-morning-fire-damages-apartment-multiple-casualties
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/One-person-taken-to-hospital-with-burns-after-overnight-Reno-fire-464624443.html

2017-12-16 - Duplex heavily damaged by fire at 4 AM in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/16/east-boston-fire-white-place/
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Early-Morning-House-Fire-in-East-Boston-Causes-100K-Worth-of-Damage-464585933.html

2017-12-16 - Apartment building damaged by fire at Walden Pond Apartments in coastal Everett (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/everett-fire-dept-1-person-treated-after-apartment-blaze

Note: This fire started at 8:30 AM, the same time as the boat burst into flame in Everett...

2017-12-16 - High-rise apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Brooklyn (New York), 8 injured:
http://abc7ny.com/air-conditioner-blamed-for-fire-that-left-2-kids-critically-hurt/2789025/
http://nypost.com/2017/12/16/8-injured-in-brooklyn-high-rise-fire/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Family-Members-Kids-Hurt-Apartment-Fire-Marlboro-Houses-Brooklyn-464652383.html
http://nypost.com/2017/12/17/faulty-a-c-blamed-for-brooklyn-apartment-fire/

2017-12-16 - High-rise apartment building damaged by fire in Chicago (Illinois):
http://cltv.com/2017/12/16/high-rise-condominium-fire-on-near-north-side/

2017-12-16 - Deadly fire destroys mobile home before 4:30 AM, 4 more mobile homes damaged, in Wilson (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://abc11.com/1-killed-5-mobile-homes-damaged-in-wilson-fire/2788986/
http://www.wral.com/1-dead-in-fire-at-wilson-home-4-adjacent-homes-damaged/17194003/
http://wncn.com/2017/12/16/1-dead-in-wilson-house-fire-4-other-homes-damaged-by-flames/
http://www.wect.com/story/37084863/1-dead-in-wilson-house-fire-4-other-homes-damaged-by-flames

2017-12-16 - Deadly fire burns home at 1:55 AM in Jackson (Mississippi), 1 killed:
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/37085145/jackson-man-loses-life-in-early-morning-house-fire

2017-12-16 - Deadly fire burns home in Aiken (South Carolina), 1 killed:
https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/aiken-man-dead-in-house-fire/article_a9995ac4-e349-11e7-9e6d-f3bf811c629c.html

2017-12-16 - Deadly fire burns home in Blair (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wistv.com/story/37083403/house-fire-in-fairfield-county-claims-one-life

2017-12-16 - Deadly fire burns home at 4 AM in Muncie (Indiana), 2 killed:
http://wishtv.com/2017/12/16/husband-wife-dead-following-early-morning-muncie-fire/
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/delaware-county/muncie/husband-and-wife-killed-in-early-morning-fire-in-muncie

2017-12-16 - Vacant building burns in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-fire-vacant-rose-street-20171216-story.html

2017-12-16 - Vacant building destroyed by fire in Taft (California):
http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/kern-county-fire-crews-extinguish-flames-at-vacant-building-in-taft
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/kern-county-fire-battles-vacant-building-fire-in-taft
http://bako.com/bakersfield-news/Kcfd-Battles-Vacant-Building-Fire-In-Taft/401772/

2017-12-16 - Vacant mobile home burns in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://news3lv.com/news/local/power-lines-cause-issue-for-firefighters-at-vacant-mobile-home-fire

2017-12-16 - Vacant strip mall burns in Panorama City (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/12/16/panorama-city-strip-mall-fire/
http://947thewave.radio.com/video/3778939-5-firefighters-hurt-battling-stubborn-blaze-at-vacant-strip-mall/

2017-12-17 - Chemical factory explodes and burns in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/videos/news/watch-massive-fire-at-chemical-factory.html
http://newburghgazette.com/2017/12/18/massive-fire-at-chemical-factory/

2017-12-17 - Underground electrical fire breaks out, airport goes dark, in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=CID-20171218-61040-USA
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/power-outage-reported-at-atlanta-airport/665284225
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37085541/emergency-reported-at-atlanta-airport
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/breaking-power-outage-reported-atlanta-airport/fYiM6b1OHi5G27m38v6V2H/
http://www.nbc12.com/story/37085541/emergency-reported-at-atlanta-airport
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-ripple-effect-airport-power-outage-51850104
http://abc7ny.com/news/atlanta-blackout-power-outage-shuts-down-nations-busiest-airport/2791734/
http://wkrn.com/2017/12/17/due-to-power-outage-faa-orders-ground-stop-for-flights-headed-to-atlanta-airport/
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/12/17/fire-leads-to-blackout-900-delta-cancellations-at.html
http://nationalpost.com/news/world/power-outage-halts-flights-at-atlanta-international-airport

Quote: "At a media briefing Sunday night, Reed confirmed the outage was a result of a rare electrical fire in an underground Georgia Power substation at 1:06 p.m."

2017-12-17 - Underground electrical fire blows manhole cover off in Taunton (Massachusetts):
http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/20171217/tmlp-switch-failure-led-to-court-st-underground-explosion-on-saturday-morning

2017-12-17 - Passenger train engine bursts into flame near Kluang (Malaysia):
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/ktm-locomotive-catches-fire-near-kluang
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/405740

2017-12-17 - Passenger train bursts into flame at station in Bathinda (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/bathinda/bathinda-fazilka-coach-goes-in-flames-as-it-reaches-station/514499.html

2017-12-17 - Dump truck bursts into flame while parked inside road commission facility in Saginaw (Michigan), nobody there:
http://www.wnem.com/story/37086336/structure-fire-at-saginaw-co-road-commission-building
http://www.abc12.com/content/news/Fire-destroys-road-commission-truck-sprinklers-stop-it-from-spreading-464822933.html

Quote: "Borchard said the truck that caught fire was not used Sunday, it was last used on Saturday. No one was in the garage in the 3200 block of Sheridan Avenue when the fire started."

2017-12-17 - Campervan bursts into flame at 11:52 PM while parked at apartments, fire spreads to another vehicle and building, in coastal Fort Walton Beach (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20171218/fire-damages-cars-condo-complex-in-fort-walton-beach

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame shortly after 4 AM while parked at home, fire scorches two homes, in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/springfield_fire_destroys_car.html
http://www.westernmassnews.com/story/37085232/thousands-in-damages-reported-following-car-fire-in-springfield

Quote: "A car burst into flames early Sunday morning, destroying the vehicle and damaging two nearby homes. No one was injured in the fire that happened shortly after 4 a.m. at 37-39 Mansfield St., said Dennis G. Leger, Springfield Fire Department spokesman."

2017-12-17 - Trucking business hit by fire, garage destroyed, in Brutus area in Weedsport (New York), nobody there:
http://cnycentral.com/news/local/crews-battling-large-fire-at-trucking-company-in-weedsport
http://auburnpub.com/news/local/crews-from-departments-respond-to-fire-at-brutus-trucking-company/article_ce61fd52-85eb-5c51-ae37-02973b50449b.html
http://auburnpub.com/multimedia/galleries/gallery-page-trucking-fire-in-brutus/collection_553a08a0-edc1-5ed9-80d0-8e4a127006de.html
http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/smoke-seen-for-miles-around-weedsport-warehouse-fire/882592782
http://www.uticaod.com/news/20171218/fire-destroys-trucking-company-building
http://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article190287089.html

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by explosion(s) and fire in Marathon (Texas), 2 killed:
http://www.yourbasin.com/news/explosions-set-house-on-fire-in-marathon/882799849
http://www.newswest9.com/story/37092628/marathon-house-fire-results-in-2-deaths

Note: This is the 356th residential explosion in 2017...

2017-12-17 - Thomas Fire grows to 269,000 acres near coastal Ventura (California):
http://www.ksby.com/story/37084801/thomas-fire-grows-to-269000-acres-remains-40-contained
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Thomas-Fire-Grows-to-Acres-Threatening-Structures-464766303.html
http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171217-story.html
http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2017/12/17/beyond-perfect-storm-wind-driven-california-fire-nears-record/959184001/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/12/17/beyond-perfect-storm-wind-driven-california-fire-nears-record/959184001/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/11/us/california-wildfires-numbers/index.html
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2017/12/fires-threaten-santa-barbara.html

2017-12-17 - Around 100 shops destroyed by massive fire at shopping center in Bhopal (India):
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bhopal-major-fire-breaks-out-in-shopping-complex-more-than-100-stores-gutted/1/1111997.html
http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/12/18/Massive-fire-in-shopping-complex,-no-casualties.aspx

2017-12-17 - Boat, minibus, RV trailer and outbuilding go up in flames in coastal Swanage (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/building-fire-swanage/
http://www.wessexfm.com/news/dorset-news/2457785/four-crews-tackle-fire-in-swanage/

Quote: "Crews from Swanage (X2), Wareham and Poole have extinguished a fire involving various items including a caravan, a boat and a minibus in Swanage."

Note: This is the 1073rd boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-17 - Two school buses destroyed by fire at 2:48 AM, two more damaged, while parked at school in West Babylon (New York), 2700 feet from the coast:
http://nypost.com/2017/12/17/eerie-photos-show-school-buses-on-fire-in-long-island/
http://www.fios1news.com/longisland/local-Multiple-school-buses-in-West-Babylon-damaged-by-fire
http://abc7ny.com/2-school-buses-go-up-in-flames-on-long-island/2791196/
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/west-babylon-school-buses-fire-1.15495580
http://newjersey.news12.com/story/37084632/at-least-2-school-buses-badly-burned-in-fire-in-west-babylon
http://www.news12.com/story/37084632/at-least-2-school-buses-badly-burned-in-fire-in-west-babylon
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/officials-garage-fire-destroys-2-long-island-school-buses/

Note: These are the 197th and 198th school buses to burn in 2017, and these are the 816th and 817th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-12-17 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/ddot-bus-with-passengers-inside-catches-fire-in-southwest-detroit
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/12/17/report-ddot-bus-catches-fire-southwest-detroit/959249001/
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/pastor-helps-rescue-people-after-ddot-bus-caught-fire
http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/ddot-bus-in-southwest-detroit-catches-fire-with-passengers-inside

2017-12-17 - Passenger bus bursts into flame at non-profit in Bessemer (Alabama):
http://abc3340.com/news/local/foundry-ministries-bus-destroyed-in-fire
http://www.wvtm13.com/article/birmingham-non-profit-the-foundry-ministries-asks-for-help-after-fire-destroys-bus/14457403

2017-12-17 - Passenger bus bursts into flame at 5 AM on road near Hima (Uganda):
http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1467666/police-probes-kampala-kasese-post-bus
http://www.theugandatoday.com/all-uganda-today-posts/2017/12/police-probes-kampala-kasese-post-bus-fire/

2017-12-17 - Four passenger buses destroyed by fire while parked at bus terminal in Mpumalanga (South Africa):
http://mpumalanganews.co.za/328362/four-buscor-buses-burnt-ashes/

2017-12-17 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street in Nottingham (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/bus-fire-closes-a52-derby-940066
http://connecteastmidlands.co.uk/2017/12/17/bus-fire-closes-derby-road-in-both-directions-live-updates/

2017-12-17 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on the B3183 Sidmouth Road near Sowton, Exeter (Britain):
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/bus-on-fire-in-exeter-937994

Note: These are the 818th-826th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-12-17 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on I-10 near Desert Center (California):
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2017/12/17/oil-tanker-bursts-flames-10-freeway-near-desert-community/

Quote: "A truck hauling about 26,000 pounds of motor oil burst into flames on Interstate 10 just outside of Desert Center Sunday, requiring a hazmat team to clean up spilled oil from the roadway."

2017-12-17 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 5:30 AM on highway in Fremont (Nebraska):
http://fremonttribune.com/news/semi-truck-catches-fire-saturday/article_eb209845-c566-51e4-ae94-e36066e4cc52.html
http://www.thebestmix1055.com/local-news/fremont-fire-department-spends-saturday-morning-extinguishing-flames-around-semi-truck/
http://us92.com/local-news/fremont-fire-department-spends-saturday-morning-extinguishing-flames-around-semi-truck/
http://www.america.easybranches.com/nebraska/Semi-truck-catches-fire-Saturday-479715

2017-12-17 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on New North Road near Huddersfield (Britain):
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/lorry-bursts-flames-near-huddersfield-14045452

Note: These are the 2191st, 2192nd and 2193rd tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-17 - Heavy truck hauling matches bursts into flame on road in Nashik (India):
http://www.uniindia.com/truck-loaded-with-match-boxes-gutted-in-fire/states/news/1079556.html

2017-12-17 - Truck bursts into flame on Huddersfield Road in Denshaw (Britain):
http://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/15780055.Oldham_firefighters_spend_four_hours_tackling_lorry_fire/

2017-12-17 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/story/37088189/firefighters-save-phoenix-home-after-rv-fire
http://www.azfamily.com/clip/13988897/video-firefighters-stop-rv-fire-from-spreading-to-phoenix-home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63XvRCbfiuc

Note: This is the 634th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-17 - Van bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Mansfield (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/van-blaze-spread-nottinghamshire-home-940214

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame on Route 22 in Green Brook (New Jersey):
http://www.tapinto.net/towns/north-plainfield-slash-green-brook-slash-watchung/sections/police-and-fire/articles/car-fire-slows-traffic-on-route-22-in-green-broo

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame on street in coastal Singapore:
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/car-bursts-into-flames-at-bus-stop-along-yio-chu-kang-road-no-one-injured
http://sgdexpress.net/news/15589-car-engulfed-in-flames-at-yio-chu-kang-road-bus-stop-no-injuries-reported.html
http://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/singapore/car-engulfed-in-flames-at-yio-chu-kang-road-bus-stop-no-injuries-reported/ar-BBGW6sh

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame at border crossing in Sadao District (Malaysia):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1380607/malaysian-car-catches-fire-at-sadao-border-checkpoint
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/two-malaysians-escape-unhurt-as-car-catches-fire-in-sadao

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame while parked in garage at home on Barngill Place in Distington (Britain):
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/cumbriafire/recent-incidents/

Quote: "Car fire in Distington(Carlisle) 17 Dec 2017 At 11.15am firefighters were called to a car on fire in a garage at an address in Barngill Place, Distington. Crews used two breathing apparatus, one hose reel and a dry powder extinguisher to control the fire."

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame at gas station along the M6 near Leyland (Britain):
http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/news/car-fire-sparks-emergency-at-charnock-richard-services-1-8916109
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/car-fire-sparks-emergency-at-charnock-richard-services-1-8916109

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame at 12:33 AM at St Catharine's Square in Cambridge (Britain):
http://www.cambsfire.gov.uk/news-and-incidents/car-fire-chesterton-4775.aspx

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame on street in St Ann's (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/fire-crew-dropped-charity-buckets-939989

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame in Beckington, Frome (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45413&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-17 - Car bursts into flame at 12:47 AM on St Johns Grove in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "St Johns Grove, Hull. Sun 17 Dec 2017 00:37 (No:27135) Car fire. 1 hose reel in use."

2017-12-17 - Motorcycle bursts into flame while parked at Hardees in Grand Bay (Alabama):
http://wkrg.com/2017/12/17/watch-this-motorcycle-catches-fire-in-grand-bay/

2017-12-17 - Moped bursts into flame on Sherwood Road in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Sherwood Road, Grimsby. Sun 17 Dec 2017 17:32 (No:27173) Moped on fire. 1 hose reel in use."

2017-12-17 - Two cars and garage go up in flames at 2:30 AM in Des Moines (Iowa):
http://whotv.com/2017/12/17/neighbor-wakes-up-des-moines-family-during-garage-fire/

2017-12-17 - SUV, 2 motorcycles and garage destroyed by fire at home in Penn Township near Osceola (Indiana):
http://wsbt.com/news/local/crews-battle-st-joseph-county-garage-fire
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/garage-vehicles-destroyed-by-fire-near-osceola/article_5ab84a60-ed01-52fc-b660-ef7b99b49d66.html

Quote: "A fire completely destroyed a detached garage in Penn Township on Sunday afternoon, along with a Jeep and two motorcycles inside it."

2017-12-17 - Barn destroyed by fire on Sears Road in Sugarcreek Township (Ohio):
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/barn-fire-reported-sugarcreek-twp/vq7gDVLOp45uUUDH9SWtcK/
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/stored-racing-fuel-causes-explosions-during-large-barn-fire/

2017-12-17 - Barn heavily damaged by fire on Snavely Mill Road in Elizabeth Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/fire-crews-battle-barn-fire-north-of-lititz/article_3835a670-e354-11e7-a25e-8fc2b6c6c309.html
http://local21news.com/news/local/multiple-fire-crews-battle-lancaster-county-barn-fire

2017-12-17 - Barn damaged by fire in Hanover Township (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/news/local/barn-fire-hanover-twp/qXQKNiINSPnVCyaM9gHWmJ/

2017-12-17 - Electric toy bursts into flame, fire spreads to apartment building, on Harbor Drive in Indianapolis (Indiana):
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/12/17/overheated-toy-battery-sparks-apartment-fire-10-people-displaced/959382001/

2017-12-17 - Auto shop and towing business destroyed by fire in Ekron (Kentucky):
http://www.wlky.com/article/scalfs-auto-repair-and-towing-deemed-total-loss-after-fire/14456037
http://www.wave3.com/story/37086266/meade-co-business-catches-fire

2017-12-17 - Foundry damaged by fire in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-firefighters-battle-2-alarm-blaze

2017-12-17 - Drug market devastated by massive fire at 6 AM in Onitsha (Nigeria):
http://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/12/tears-fire-guts-onitsha-drug-market/
http://dailypost.ng/2017/12/17/millions-wasted-fire-guts-onitsha-drug-market/
http://thenationonlineng.net/n100m-goods-destroyed-onitsha-market-fire/
http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/fire-guts-onitsha-market-destroys-good-worth-100m.261954/

2017-12-17 - Garage damaged by fire at home in Peoria (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171217/garage-fire-extinguished-sunday

2017-12-17 - Garage destroyed by fire at home in North Platte (Nebraska):
http://www.nptelegraph.com/breaking_news/fire-department-investigates-after-garage-fire/article_9aba8a8c-e38a-11e7-b59f-9b3ee4a32309.html
http://www.knopnews2.com/content/news/Fire-destroys-detached-garage-on-Church-Street-464825173.html

2017-12-17 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in Lakewood (Tennessee), 2 dogs killed, nobody there:
http://www.wsmv.com/story/37084797/dogs-perish-in-lakewood-trailer-fire

2017-12-17 - Home damaged by garage fire in coastal Stamford (Connecticut):
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Crews-extinguish-Stamford-fire-12436817.php

2017-12-17 - Home damaged by garage fire in Appleton (Wisconsin):
https://www.nbc26.com/news/three-displaced-after-garage-fire-in-appleton
http://fox11online.com/news/local/three-people-displaced-after-appleton-house-fire
http://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/saturday-night-house-fire-displaces-three-in-appleton/882443730

2017-12-17 - Home damaged by fire before 5:30 AM in coastal North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article190221274.html
http://wbtw.com/2017/12/18/crews-prevent-attic-fire-from-spreading-in-north-myrtle-beach-home/

2017-12-17 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Norfolk (Virginia), nobody there:
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/17/norfolk-home-damaged-by-fire/

2017-12-17 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Whitfield County (Georgia):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/37086995/fire-damages-whitfield-county-home

2017-12-17 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 3 AM in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37084586/3-adults-child-displaced-by-fire-in-new-haven

2017-12-17 - Home heavily damaged by fire just before 2 AM in Haverhill (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/fire-forces-family-out-of-their-home-in-haverhill/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/family-displaced-after-fire-tears-through-haverhill-home/14449386
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/sunday-fire-causes-in-damage-to-haverhill-home/article_41a599ff-9cfd-5468-b348-cb8b0f8d4dba.html

2017-12-17 - Home heavily damaged by garage fire in Austin (Texas):
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/displaced-after-house-fire-sunday-night-northwest-austin-none-injured/pFykZUQnboBwbIWlsQMTbM/

2017-12-17 - Home heavily damaged by fire shortly after 5 AM in Waterloo (Canada), nobody there:
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/8001569-waterloo-house-fire-causes-500-000-damage/
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/damage-estimate-over-500k-in-waterloo-house-fire-1.3725116
http://www.570news.com/2017/12/17/ontario-fire-marshal-investigating-blaze-waterloo-home-damage-extensive/

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by fire in Kirkville (New York), nobody there:
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/12/fire_rips_through_kirkville_home_no_injuries_reported.html

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by fire near Cache (Oklahoma), nobody there:
http://www.kswo.com/story/37086592/comanche-county-fire-burns-home-to-the-ground

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by fire in Colonie (New York), nobody there:
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Fire-destroys-home-in-Colonie-12437762.php

Quote: "One firefighter was being treated at the scene for chest pains."

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by fire in Cynthiana (Kentucky), nobody there:
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Harrison-Co-family-of-five-loses-everything-in-house-fire-465087183.html

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by fire in Brookston (Minnesota):
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/fires/4375553-brookston-home-destroyed-fire

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by fire on Norman Lane in Brunswick (New York):
http://cbs6albany.com/news/local/brunswick-home-considered-total-loss-following-fire

Quote: "2nd Assistant Chief Michael J. Drinkwine says the home is in a secluded area, and there were no hydrants. He says they had to draw water from a nearby pond."

2017-12-17 - Home destroyed by fire in Puyallup (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/fire-guts-puyallup-home

2017-12-17 - Multi-family home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.wmur.com/article/3-alarm-fire-rips-through-roof-of-east-boston-home/14451972
http://www.wmur.com/article/three-alarm-fire-rips-through-roof-of-east-boston-home/14452198
http://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/12/18/at-least-15-residents-displaced-by-fire-cat-rescued
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/12/at_least_15_residents_displaced_by_fire_cat_rescued

2017-12-17 - Multi-family home heavily damaged by fire on Beach Street in coastal Quincy (Massachusetts), nobody there:
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20171218/quincy-two-family-home-damaged-in-sunday-blaze

2017-12-17 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire shortly after 5 AM in coastal Bronx (New York), several injured:
http://nypost.com/2017/12/17/several-injured-in-4-alarm-apartment-building-fire/
http://abc7ny.com/fire-tears-through-top-floor-of-bronx-apartment-building-/2790946/

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns mobile home near Doniphan (Missouri), 1 killed:
http://www.kait8.com/story/37085961/victim-identified-in-trailer-fire-north-of-doniphan-mo
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37085961/woman-dies-after-trailer-fire-north-of-doniphan-mo

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire destroys mobile home in Talent (Oregon), 1 killed:
http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20171218/one-dead-following-talent-mobile-home-fire
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/woman-killed-in-fire-at-oregon-mobile-home-park/
http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/dec/18/woman-killed-in-fire-at-oregon-mobile-home-park/
http://katu.com/news/local/trailer-fire-in-talent
http://ktvl.com/news/local/trailer-fire-in-talent

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns home at 4:36 AM in Granite City (Illinois), 2 killed:
http://www.kmov.com/story/37085687/two-killed-in-granite-city-house-fire
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/114510/2-dead-following-an-early-morning-structure-fire-in-granite-city-sunday
http://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/two-die-in-fire-in-granite-city-early-sunday-25590.cfm
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/granite-city-husband-wife-found-dead-after-house-fire/article_5284e465-bef9-5550-b6b9-1208f17c426c.html
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article190237774.html

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns home in Claremont (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37085609/one-person-dead-in-mobile-home-fire-in-catawba-co

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns home at 2 AM in Brookline (Vermont), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/12/17/dead-injured-brookline-fire/108706914/

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns home in Williamsport (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://wnep.com/2017/12/17/deadly-fire-in-williamsport/

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns home near Minden (Canada), 1 killed:
http://globalnews.ca/news/3922231/body-found-in-house-fire-in-minden-hills-township/

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire destroys home at 3:20 AM in Metairie (Louisiana), 1 killed:
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/12/woman_found_dead_after_metairi.html
http://www.wdsu.com/article/one-killed-in-sunday-morning-metairie-house-fire/14449138
http://www.fox8live.com/story/37085061/house-fire-in-metairie-leaves-a-woman-dead
http://www.thehour.com/news/article/1-killed-in-weekend-fire-at-suburban-New-Orleans-12438866.php

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns duplex on West 41st Street in Kansas City (Missouri), 1 killed:
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article190225799.html
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/man-dies-after-duplex-fire-on-41st-holly-in-kansas-city

2017-12-17 - Deadly fire burns sex service parlor in Saitama (Japan), 4 killed, 8 injured:
http://english.kyodonews.net/news/2017/12/ff9a76226576-update1-4-killed-in-fire-at-saitama-sex-service-parlor.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/18/national/four-killed-seven-hurt-saitama-soapland-blaze/
http://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-4-killed-in-fire-at-saitama-sex-service-parlor
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712180024.html

2017-12-17 - Vacant mobile home destroyed by fire just after 1:30 AM, fire spreads to 4 more homes, in St. Joseph (Missouri):
http://www.kq2.com/content/news/Overnight-Fire-Destroys-Mobile-Home-464797343.html

2017-12-17 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 7:15 AM in West Valley City (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/local/fire-consumes-old-abandoned-home-in-west-valley
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=46219310&nid=148&title=west-valley-house-fire-causes-as-much-as-100000-in-damage
http://www.standard.net/State/2017/12/18/Fire-destroys-abandoned-home-in-West-Valley-City

2017-12-17 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Denison (Texas):
http://www.kten.com/story/37086881/fire-destroys-denison-residence

2017-12-17 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 2:30 AM near Poplar Springs Road and Guinn Road in Greeneville (Tennessee):
http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/fire-destroys-unoccupied-farmhouse/article_30f2f133-f55e-52f3-827b-3e2bb9c2ffa0.html

2017-12-17 - Vacant golf course hit by fire, shed burns, in Poughkeepsie (New York):
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/12/17/fire-dutchess-golf-club-destroys-course-shed/959570001/

2017-12-18 - Mysterious explosions in the wee hours alarm people in coastal Swansea (Britain):
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/loud-explosions-were-heard-middle-14058692

Quote: "Mystery surrounds a ‘loud explosion’ heard in part of Swansea. Tracy May reported hearing the loud bangs at around 1.30am in the Waunarlwydd area. She said: 'Does anyone know what the loud explosion sounds were early hours of this morning (01:30) near Waunarlwydd.'"

2017-12-18 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Edgerton (Britain):
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/flames-leap-out-ground-manhole-14055012

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire rips through luxury hotel at 6:40 AM on the banks of Loch Lomond near Balloch (Scotland), 2 killed, 3 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20171218-61051-GBR
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/18/person-reported-dead-fire-rips-luxury-hotel-banks-loch-lomond/
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/national/15779084.Two_dead_and_three_others_in_hospital_after_fire_at_luxury_Scottish_hotel/
http://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/15779084.Two_dead_and_three_others_in_hospital_after_fire_at_luxury_Scottish_hotel/
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/18/four-people-hospital-fire-hotel-banks-loch-lomond
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42392459

Quote: "Two people have died and three more were treated in hospital after a fire took hold in a luxury hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond, Scotland. More than 200 guests were evacuated from the Cameron House hotel, near Balloch, as firefighters battled for about 12 hours to bring the blaze under control."

2017-12-18 - Recycling center erupts in flame in coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/38335782/firefighters-battling-vic-recycling-blaze/
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/melbourne-recycling-plant-on-fire-again/news-story/52fabe46a0772cb27dbb25a296b33f3c

Quote: "It follows a fire at another recycling plant in Laverton North on Wednesday, which sent smoke clouds over nearby suburbs."

2017-12-18 - Boat bursts into flame in Karagözler (Turkey):
http://www.fethiyetimes.com/news/44-news/24378-fethiye-times-news-week-ending-16-december-2017.html

Note: This is the 1074th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-18 - Several tanker trucks and oil company destroyed by huge fire near International Falls (Minnesota):
http://www.twincities.com/2017/12/19/international-falls-oil-company-destroyed-by-fire/
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/fires/4376142-international-falls-oil-company-destroyed-fire-still-open-business
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/south-dakota/massive-fire-destroys-oil-company-in-northern-minnesota/article_385d40e0-338e-534d-a111-b1c5a747d2ef.html
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/south-dakota/massive-fire-destroys-oil-company-in-northern-minnesota/image_4b887b0a-a0ce-5574-8253-9b5d242cbb06.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/massive-fire-destroys-oil-company-northern-minnesota-51888331
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/18/gas-station-fire-international-falls/

Quote: "Rainy Lake Oil Co. erupted in huge plumes of fire, fueled by eight or nine tanks inside the company's warehouse Monday night near International Falls."

Quote: "A company employee said both oil storage tanks and several oil delivery trucks were destroyed in the blaze that drew fire departments from as far away as Littlefork."

Note: Dunno how many of the eight or nine 'tanks' destroyed were tanker trucks, but delivering heating oil via trucks to customers is their business. I'll just call it four to be conservative...

2017-12-18 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on US 10 near Custer Township (Michigan):
http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/petroleum-tanker-fire-on-u-s-in-eastern-mason-county/article_a88e3710-e41d-11e7-8056-4b11031e82bd.html
http://www.masoncountypress.com/2017/12/19/truck-fire-tops-police-activity/
http://www.facebook.com/masoncountypress/posts/1532368126849044

2017-12-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-459 near Rocky Ridge (Alabama):
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/12/tractor-trailer_in_flames_on_i.html
http://www.wbrc.com/story/37095276/18-wheeler-fire-on-i-459-northbound-past-acton-road-exit
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/37095276/18-wheeler-fire-on-i-459-northbound-past-acton-road-exit
http://abc3340.com/news/local/two-lanes-closed-on-i-459-n-near-acton-road-due-to-18-wheeler-fire
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1082886854/18-wheeler-fire-on-i-459-northbound-past-acton-road-exit

2017-12-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-65 in Clinton County (Indiana):
http://fox59.com/2017/12/18/southbound-lanes-of-interstate-65-reopen-in-clinton-county-after-semi-fire/
http://cbs4indy.com/2017/12/18/southbound-i-65-closed-in-clinton-county-due-to-semi-fire/
http://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Southbound-I-65-is-shut-down-near-State-Road-28-in-Clinton-County-due-to-a-vehicle-fire-464948763.html

2017-12-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on US 431 near Headland (Alabama):
http://rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/updated-1237-pm-with-video-1214-pm-semi-truck-vehicle-fire-152611

2017-12-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Sturt Highway east of Gol Gol (Australia):
http://www.river1467.com.au/news/news-sport/79804-truck-fire-closes-highway

2017-12-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the M1 near Tuggerah (Australia):
http://www.facebook.com/ccincidentalerts/posts/1881592752153973

Quote: "TRUCK FIRE M1 Tuggerah/Mardi North bnd Prime movers trailer is well alight emergency services on scene. Truck driver has disconnected the prime mover from trailer."

Note: These are the 2194th-2203rd tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-18 - U-Haul truck bursts into flame on Route 309 in Cheltenham Township (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/18/route-309-truck-fire/

2017-12-18 - Dump truck bursts into flame at 4:09 AM on School Lane in Congleton (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/dumper-truck-fire-in-congleton
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/firefighters-tackle-dumper-truck-fire-944302

2017-12-18 - Truck bursts into flame at 4:30 AM while parked at auto shop in Clovis (New Mexico):
http://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2017/12/19/news/truck-fire-extinguished-at-repair-shop/155368.html

2017-12-18 - Truck bursts into flame on the A1 near Banbridge (Ireland):
http://armaghi.com/news/banbridge-news/lorry-fire-causing-delays-on-a1-near-banbridge/60135

2017-12-18 - Truck bursts into flame on the M1 near Thurcroft (Britain):
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/lorry-fire-causes-motorway-closure-in-south-yorkshire-1-8915564

2017-12-18 - Taxi van bursts into flame on street in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.acrossstates.com/general/taxi-van-catches-fire-outside-cst-none-hurt/

2017-12-18 - Van bursts into flame on the M62 near Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/van-fire-on-the-m62
http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2017/12/19/van-on-fire-on-motorway-near-warrington-2/

2017-12-18 - Minivan bursts into flame on Bowes Street in Parry Sound (Canada):
http://www.parrysound.com/news-story/8003004-bowes-street-reopens-following-vehicle-fire-in-parry-sound/

2017-12-18 - SUV bursts into flame on street in coastal Savannah (Georgia):
http://wsav.com/2017/12/19/a-single-mom-loses-her-kids-christmas-presents-in-a-car-fire/

2017-12-18 - Two cars destroyed by fire on tow truck on I-15 near Murrieta (California):
http://patch.com/california/murrieta/i-15-fire-prompts-delays-vehicle-flames

2017-12-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked on street in coastal Townsville (Australia):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/car-fire-in-townsville-city/news-story/434cb681325b26457ee3c217dd7adfa6
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/townsville/car-fire-in-townsville-city/news-story/434cb681325b26457ee3c217dd7adfa6
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/car-fire-in-townsville-city/news-story/434cb681325b26457ee3c217dd7adfa6

2017-12-18 - Car bursts into flame on Macquarie Avenue in Molendinar (Australia), 3 miles from the coast:
http://www.mygc.com.au/watch-car-bursts-flames-molendinar-street/

2017-12-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked at store in coastal Bridport (Britain):
http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/15779359.Firefighters_tackle_fire_at_supermarket_car_park/

2017-12-18 - Car bursts into flame on Charlton Street in Oakengates area in Telford (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/59152

2017-12-18 - Car bursts into flame on Baldwin Road in Beaconsfield (Britain):
http://bucksfire.gov.uk/latest-incidents/

Quote: "Monday 18 December, 12.22pm Car fire, Baldwin Road, Beaconsfield. One appliance and crew from Beaconsfield attended. Firefighters used one hose reel."

2017-12-18 - Car bursts into flame on Stainton Drive in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Stainton Drive, Grimsby. Mon 18 Dec 2017 19:52 (No:27254) Car fire. Two hose reel jets, two BA. and lighting in use. Incident left with Police."

2017-12-18 - Car bursts into flame on Hilston Grove in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Hilston Grove, St Johns Grove, Hull. Mon 18 Dec 2017 15:25 (No:27223) Car fire. One hose reel, one BA. In use. Incident left with Police."

2017-12-18 - Car and auto shop go up in flames in Nitro (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Homes-evacuated-after-tire-business-catches-fires-465081753.html
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/fire-reported-at-nitro-tire-repair-shop/article_776a1875-2ad2-56c0-b12e-3bbf2a177e01.html
http://wchstv.com/news/local/firefighters-fight-fire-at-nitro-business

Quote: "There was also a car inside the building that was on fire."

2017-12-18 - Auto shop damaged by fire in Portland (Oregon):
http://katu.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-fire-small-explosions-at-lee-automotive

2017-12-18 - Barn destroyed by fire just before 3:30 AM on Webb Road in Pittsfield (Maine):
http://www.foxbangor.com/news/item/23042-fire-destroys-barn-on-pittsfield-farm
http://www.america.easybranches.com/maine/Fire-destroys-barn-on-Pittsfield-farm-479881

2017-12-18 - Barn and art gallery destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Morristown (Vermont):
http://www.stowetoday.com/news_and_citizen/news/local_news/fire-destroys-barn-art-gallery-in-morristown/article_a531c2b0-e442-11e7-b653-3f35d9274e2d.html
http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/morrisville-barn-and-house-damaged-during-fire/883228596

2017-12-18 - Barn destroyed by fire near Odin (Kansas):
http://www.gbtribune.com/section/69/article/110324/

2017-12-18 - Bowling alley destroyed by fire at 5:10 AM in Des Moines (Iowa):
http://www.kcci.com/article/the-latest-fire-crews-battle-blaze-at-plaza-lanes-nearby-building/14453672
http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/THE-LATEST-Fire-crews-battle-blaze-at-Plaza-Lanes-nearby-building-464938343.html
http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Fire-destroys-popular-Des-Moines-bowling-alley-465066223.html
http://whotv.com/2017/12/18/crews-battling-fire-at-plaza-lanes/

2017-12-18 - Bus terminal hit by fire at 4:30 AM, maintenance building burns, in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/NEISD-buses-possibly-delayed-following-fire-at-12438368.php
http://www.ksat.com/news/neisd-bus-barn-damaged-by-early-morning-fire
http://www.ktsa.com/fire-neisd-bus-depot/

2017-12-18 - Workshop destroyed by fire at 1 AM at home in Lynnwood (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/shed-fire-nearly-damages-home-in-lynnwood

2017-12-18 - Mobile home heavily damaged by fire in Auburn (Washington), nobody there:
http://komonews.com/news/local/firefighter-injured-family-displaced-after-fire-at-auburn-mobile-home-park

2017-12-18 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Ann Arbor (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/12/fire_causes_150000_worth_of_da_1.html

2017-12-18 - Home destroyed by fire before 3:30 AM in Chesterfield (Virginia):
http://www.nbc12.com/story/37088092/fire-destroys-chesterfield-home
http://wric.com/2017/12/18/four-people-several-pets-forced-out-of-chesterfield-home-after-fire/

2017-12-18 - Home destroyed by fire in Waldo (Florida), near Lake Alto:
http://www.wcjb.com/content/news/Waldo-family-loses-everything-including-dogs-in-fire-465100513.html
http://www.wcjb.com/video?vid=465150323

2017-12-18 - Multi-family home heavily damaged by fire on Hanna Road in Moncks Corner (South Carolina):
http://abcnews4.com/news/local/structure-fire-in-moncks-corner-mcrfd-says

2017-12-18 - Apartment building damaged by fire just before 6 AM in River Bend area in Des Moines (Iowa), 2 injured:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/2017/12/18/apartment-fire-river-bend-neighborhood/108714096/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/12/18/two-transported-hospital-following-river-bend-neighborhood-fire/960355001/
http://www.kcci.com/article/mutual-aid-called-two-victims-pulled-from-metro-building-fire/14454166
http://whotv.com/2017/12/18/firefighters-responding-to-6th-avenue-fire/

2017-12-18 - High-rise apartment building damaged by fire at 3:30 AM in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://jacksonville.com/news/public-safety/2017-12-18/early-morning-3-alarm-blaze-hits-jacksonville-senior-citizen-high-rise
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/overnight-fire-in-jacksonville-apartment-causes-evacuations/665492578
http://www.news4jax.com/news/jfrd-responds-to-fire-at-townhouse-apartments

2017-12-18 - Hotel heavily damaged by fire at 3:30 AM in Denver (Colorado), 1 injured:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/damaging-fire-empties-denver-hotel-1-injured

2017-12-18 - Hotel destroyed by huge fire at 4:27 AM in Deeside (Britain), 2 miles from the coast:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-42391118
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/gateway-wales-hotel-fire-destroys-14050699
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/18/fire-devastates-hotel-on-welsh-border-gateway-to-wales-deeside
http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/15778887.Staff_and_residents_evacuated_as_fire_engulfs_hotel_on_Welsh_border/
http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/national/15778739.Staff_and_residents_evacuated_as_fire_engulfs_hotel_on_Welsh_border/

2017-12-18 - High-rise hotel damaged by fire in Mashantucket (Connecticut):
http://wtnh.com/2017/12/18/fire-leads-to-evacuation-of-floor-in-foxwoods-tower/
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37091453/fire-at-foxwoods-tower-hotel-under-investigation

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire burns home and car at 1:10 AM in Custer Township (Michigan), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/12/18/3-year-old-boy-killed-house-fire/960661001/
http://nbc25news.com/news/local/3-year-old-boy-dies-in-house-fire

Quote: "The house and a car in the driveway were fully engulfed in flames upon rescue crews' arrival."

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire burns home in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), 1 killed:
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-woman-killed-in-house-fire-on-van-sickle-road/665694623
http://www.news4jax.com/news/local/jacksonville/1-pulled-from-deadly-house-fire-on-jacksonville-s-northside
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/fatal-house-fire-reported-on-the-northside/500263233

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire burns home shortly before 5 AM on Matthew Mill Road in Ruckersville (Virginia), 3 killed:
http://www.nbc29.com/story/37089379/emergency-crews-battle-fatal-fire-12-18-2017
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/dead-in-greene-county-house-fire-monday-morning/article_cc1033be-e404-11e7-aa12-b74667bd51f2.html

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire burns home at before 3 AM in coastal Brooklyn (New York), 4 killed, 3 injured:
http://6abc.com/brooklyn-fire-kills-woman-3-children/2793764/
http://whdh.com/news/mom-3-kids-killed-in-nyc-house-fire-dad-teens-critical/
http://www.wtae.com/article/report-new-york-city-house-fire/14453029
http://nypost.com/2017/12/18/two-dead-six-injured-in-massive-brooklyn-fire/
http://nypost.com/2017/12/18/hero-dad-clings-to-life-after-fire-kills-wife-their-three-kids/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-Brooklyn-House-Fire-4-Killed-Mother-Children-464921803.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-least-3-kids-among-4-killed-in-brooklyn-house-fire/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/woman-children-killed-brooklyn-house-fire-51855909
http://time.com/5068633/sheepshead-brooklyn-fire-mother-children/

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire destroys home at 1:03 AM near Atlantic (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/one-dead-in-atlantic-area-fire/article_218e38f0-e40e-11e7-91b1-bfe7a50b8ccc.html

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire destroys home in Christiansburg (Ohio), 1 killed:
http://wdtn.com/2017/12/19/one-dead-in-christiansburg-house-fire/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/christiansburg-house-destroyed-after-fully-engulfed-fire/L6edhhqhrkXnmxMs2F7JxJ/
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/christiansburg-house-destroyed-after-fully-engulfed-fire/L6edhhqhrkXnmxMs2F7JxJ/

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire burns home in Greensboro (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://myfox8.com/2017/12/18/disabled-woman-killed-in-greensboro-house-fire/
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/disabled-woman-dies-in-greensboro-house-fire/500343645
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/state/ap/disabled-woman-dies-in-north-carolina-house-fire/article_bd2c7a16-d3f7-55c1-854b-41a99c9ffc3f.html

2017-12-18 - Deadly fire destroys snack shop at 4 AM in coastal Mumbai (India), 12 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20171218-61044-IND
http://wdef.com/2017/12/18/fire-tears-through-snack-shop-kills-12-workers/
http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/national/15779333.Fire_at_snack_shop_in_India_kills_12/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/18/fire-kills-12-snack-shop-workers-in-india.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mumbai-snack-shop-fire-killed-12-workers-dead-india-hospital-casualties-death-asia-a8116391.html
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/international/overnight-fire-kills-snack-shop-workers-in-india/article_1932b630-424f-5fe4-94b9-3c86b868b5a5.html
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/article190290189.html

2017-12-18 - Vacant home burns in Pocatello (Idaho):
http://www.localnews8.com/news/pocatello/cause-of-abandoned-home-fire-under-investigation/674951350

2017-12-18 - Vacant home burns in Van Buren (Maine):
http://fiddleheadfocus.com/2017/12/18/news/fire-damages-empty-single-family-home-in-van-buren/

2017-12-18 - Vacant home burns in Midwest City (Oklahoma):
http://okcfox.com/news/local/house-fire-starts-in-midwest-city

2017-12-18 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 11:20 PM in Albuquerque (New Mexico):
http://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/albuquerque-firefighters-battle-blaze-on-marquette-and-keep-fire-from-spreading/4713285/

2017-12-18 - Vacant art gallery destroyed by fire at 1:30 AM in Fredericton (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/art-gallery-fire-canada-street-fire-department-1.4453810

2017-12-18 - Vacant school destroyed by fire in coastal Newhaven (Britain):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5191971/Smoke-billows-huge-fire-erupts-former-school.html
http://www.theargus.co.uk/News/15779274.UPDATED_WITH_NEW_VIDEO__Fire_breaks_out_at_former_school/

2017-12-19 - Mysterious explosion heard across three counties in Tennessee:
http://herald-citizen.com/stories/no-firm-explanation-for-boom-heard-in-three-counties,24911
http://www.sott.net/article/371838-No-explanation-for-loud-boom-heard-felt-across-three-Tennessee-counties

2017-12-19 - Thomas Fire grows to 272,000 acres, becomes the second-largest wildfire in state history, near coastal Ventura (California):
http://abc7.com/thomas-fire-chars-272000-acres-becomes-2nd-largest-ca-wildfire/2799359/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/19/california-wildfire-now-second-largest-in-state-history.html
http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2017/12/19/thomas-fire-nears-top-spot-states-list-largest-wildfires/965125001/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Thomas-Fire-is-On-Track-to-Becoming-Largest-Wildfire-in-California-History-465167803.html
http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/national_news/latest-california-fire-now-second-largest-in-state-history/article_aec8ca76-6a99-55cd-9373-fce8d1aa3941.html
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/national/wire/latest-california-fire-now-second-largest-in-state-history/article_909987b4-da93-591a-8b78-4bd44f4ff99a.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/california-fire-now-second-largest-in-state-history/articleshow/62143882.cms

2017-12-19 - Man wakes up to his arm on fire at 1:45 AM at home in Tupelo (Mississippi):
http://www.djournal.com/sports/high-school/tupelo-point-guard-injured-in-house-fire/article_c959a6ec-2d63-569c-8af4-a78fd12df664.html
http://www.wtva.com/content/news/465228253.html

Quote: "La’Devin Allen woke up early Tuesday morning with his arm on fire."

Note: Was it his arm itself or did his clothing or bedding burst into flame?

2017-12-19 - Underground fire breaks out in tunnel in Riverside (California):
http://www.pe.com/2017/12/19/smoke-billows-from-underground-tunnel-near-riverside-city-college/

Quote: "Riverside city firefighters extinguished a fire that spewed smoke from an underground tunnel near Riverside City College on Tuesday evening, Dec. 19, officials said on Twitter."

2017-12-19 - Army bomb disposal van bursts into flame on the M1 near Tamnamore (Ireland), near the River Blackwater:
http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2017/12/20/news/ato-van-catches-fire-on-way-to-hoax-alert-1215232/
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/army-bomb-disposal-vehicle-catches-fire-on-m1-36421060.html
http://www.todays-news.co.uk/newsitem/army-bomb-vehicle-catches-fire
http://www.newspaperstoday.co.uk/item/army-bomb-vehicle-catches-fire
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-42410166

Quote: "An army bomb disposal vehicle caught fire as it was tasked to a scene by the PSNI. The MOD confirmed it was on the way to a scene and caught fire."

2017-12-19 - Auto shop and boat repair shop destroyed by huge fire in coastal San Diego (California), nobody there:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Second-Alarm-Fire-Burning-at-Auto-Shop-Near-Airport--465215453.html
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-fire-pacific-20171219-story.html
http://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2017/12/19/copter-helps-douse-fire-at-diko-auto-repair-in-midway-area/
http://www.10news.com/news/crews-respond-to-structure-fire-off-pacific-highway-near-san-diego-airport
http://www.cbs8.com/story/37100445/midway-area-auto-repair-shop-fire-causes-1m-worth-of-damage
http://patch.com/california/san-diego/fire-burning-auto-body-shop-san-diego
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/12/19/crews-battle-fire-at-auto-body-shop/

Quote: "Flames ripped through Diko's Auto Shop, and later spread to a boat repair shop on Wright Street, leaving the businesses in charred ruins. Workers in the auto shop rushed to take cars out, but the fire quickly overpowered their efforts."

2017-12-19 - Boat bursts into flame on the banks of the Fitzroy River in Nerimbera (Australia):
http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/boat-blaze-incredible-footage-as-fire-engulfs-rock/3295003/#/0
http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/boat-blaze-incredible-footage-as-fire-engulfs-rock/3295003/#/0
http://www.4ro.com.au/news/local-news/101390-crews-rush-to-scene-of-boat-fire-near-fitzroy-river
http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/videos/nerimbera-boat-fire/56361/
http://www.facebook.com/WINNewsCentralQueensland/videos/1993063310703709/

Note: This is the 1075th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-19 - Military bus bursts into flame on I-44 near Marshfield (Missouri):
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Bus-en-route-to-Fort-Leonard-Wood-catches-fire-in-Webster-County-465336013.html
http://www.ktts.com/news/local-news/bus-catches-fire-on-i-44-in-marshfield

Quote: "A bus on its way to Fort Leonard Wood to pick up soldiers caught fire in Webster County. Video from the scene Tuesday night shows the bus engulfed in flames. The fire was reported about 8:45 in the east bound lanes of Interstate 44, about four miles east of Marshfield."

Note: This is the 827th bus to burn in 2017...

2017-12-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Island Highway near coastal Nanaimo (Canada):
http://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/news/propane-truck-catches-fire-on-highway-in-lantzville/
http://www.cheknews.ca/lantzville-firefighters-extinguish-propane-tanker-truck-fire-winter-storm-399732/
http://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/propane-truck-catches-fire-on-highway-near-nanaimo/

2017-12-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Kamilaroi Highway near Quipolly (Australia):
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/5133398/crews-mop-up-after-truck-fire-shuts-highway-update/

2017-12-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A303 in Salisbury (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/hgv-fire-a303/
http://www.spirefm.co.uk/news/local-news/2458879/lorry-cab-goes-up-in-flames-on-the-a303/

Note: These are the 2204th, 2205th and 2206th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-19 - RV and mobile home destroyed by fire in Clarksville (Ohio):
http://www.wnewsj.com/news/59137/fire-destroys-clarksville-home

Quote: "The mobile home and contents were a total loss, as was a 24-foot motor home."

Note: This is the 635th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-19 - Van bursts into flame on the Bruce Highway near Yandina (Australia):
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/lolly-van-on-fire-shuts-down-bruce-highway/3294887/

2017-12-19 - Van explodes into flame on Pendle Way in Burnley (Britain):
http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/plumber-s-van-explodes-in-burnley-street-1-8920329

2017-12-19 - Van bursts into flame on Dolby Vale in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Dolby Vale, Beechwood Avenue, Grimsby. Tue 19 Dec 2017 20:05 (No:27319) Transit van on fire. One hose reel and hand tools in use."

2017-12-19 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Highway 288 near Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/raw-video/raw-truck-fire-on-highway-288/500572760

2017-12-19 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked on Abbott Street in coastal Cairns (Australia):
http://live.racq.com.au/2017/12/ute-fire-cairns-street-prompts-warning/
http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/crime-court/ford-ranger-bursts-into-flames-on-abbott-st-nandos-evacuated/news-story/4090a9b5ccf5a83dcb42de272a5f89bb
http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/ford-ranger-bursts-into-flames-on-abbott-st-nandos-evacuated/news-story/8270fba2761630da37b9c254852023d3

2017-12-19 - Police car bursts into flame after pursuit in Kansas City (Kansas):
http://www.kctv5.com/story/37101549/wyandotte-county-sheriffs-vehicle-catches-fire-after-chase-in-kck
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/wyandotte-county-sheriffs-car-catches-fire-at-end-of-police-chase
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article190550914.html

Quote: "Captain David Thaxton with the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office said they don't know why the patrol car erupted after the sergeant got out of it to chase the suspects."

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on Route 57 in Agawam (Massachusetts):
http://wwlp.com/2017/12/19/car-fire-on-route-57-in-agawam/

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 11 in Racine (Wisconsin):
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/car-fire-closes-highway/article_572eeb46-e095-5613-879c-3df1d694d177.html

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on I-26 in Berkeley County (South Carolina):
http://www.live5news.com/story/37101852/westbound-lanes-of-i-26-reopen-after-vehicle-fire
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/37101852/westbound-lanes-of-i-26-reopen-after-vehicle-fire

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame at 3:20 AM while parked at home in Oakville (Canada):
http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/8005929-police-investigating-vehicle-fire-in-oakville-s-clearview-community/

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on the Fitzroy Bridge over the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton (Australia):
http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/passing-driver-fights-car-engine-blaze-on-bridge/3294267/

Note: The boat that burst into flame was also along the Fitzroy River...

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on the  A47 in Dereham (Britain):
http://www.klfm967.co.uk/news/klfm-news/2458552/car-catches-fire-on-a47-in-dereham/

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on the A229 in Kent (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/one-lane-of-a-road-shut-157183/

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on the A470 near coastal Cardiff (Britain):
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-updates-car-fire-broken-14055651

Note: Cardiff and surrounding areas were just hit by an unknown 'gas odor', mentioned in the 2017-12-18 update...

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame on the A5 near Milton Keynes (Britain):
http://bucksfire.gov.uk/latest-incidents/

Quote: "Tuesday 19 December, 3.46pm Car fire, A5 northbound between Kelly's Kitchen Roundabout and Bletcham Roundabout, Milton Keynes. One appliance and crew from Broughton attended. Firefighters used one hose reel, one set of breathing apparatus and a dry powder extinguisher."

2017-12-19 - Car bursts into flame at 2:51 AM on Arram Grove in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Arram Grove, Hull. Tue 19 Dec 2017 02:51 (No:27275) Car fire. Two hose reels, one BA. In use."

2017-12-19 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the M25 near the Dartford Crossing (Britain):
http://www.essexlive.news/news/vehicle-fire-causing-standstill-traffic-950712

2017-12-19 - Minibike bursts into flame on St Johns Grove in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "St Johns Grove, Hull. Tue 19 Dec 2017 15:10 (No:27303) Mini motorcycle involved in fire. One hose reel."

2017-12-19 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked at home on State Hwy WW in Sullivan (Missouri):
http://www.mysullivannews.com/news/camper-destroyed-fire-next-home-monday-morning

2017-12-19 - RV trailer bursts into flame at 5:30 AM while parked on Lake Drive in Denison (Texas):
http://www.kxii.com/content/news/Man-escapes-early-morning-camper-fire-465172953.html

2017-12-19 - Three vehicles, RV trailer and barn destroyed by fire in Lima (Ohio):
http://www.limaohio.com/news/276659/lima-fire-claims-2-buildings-tuesday-night

Quote: "A fire claimed a barn used as a vehicle repair shop, a garage, camper and at least three vehicles at Eberle Enterprises, LLC, at 1306 Glenn Ave. Tuesday night. No one was hurt."

2017-12-19 - Several vehicles and garage go up in flames on Tufton Street in Ashford (Britain):
http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/news/incidents/?entryid2=14558

2017-12-19 - Barn destroyed by fire in Coventry (Rhode Island):
http://wpri.com/2017/12/19/crews-battling-barn-fire-in-coventry/

2017-12-19 - Barn destroyed by fire near Roxboro (North Carolina):
http://abc11.com/fire-crews-responding-to-barn-fire-in-person-county/2800020/

2017-12-19 - Large stack of logs goes up in flames in coastal South Taranaki (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/100022089/south-taranaki-fire-crews-called-to-logs-and-scrub-fire

2017-12-19 - Seafront restaurant heavily damaged by fire before 6:45 AM in coastal Kapaa (Hawaii), 260 feet from the ocean:
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2017/12/20/hawaii-news/early-morning-fire-damages-eatery/

2017-12-19 - Warehouse destroyed by fire in South Kortright (New York):
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/fire-destroys-don-s-dairy-warehouse/article_fcc6695a-af23-5a2a-a91b-e51ca536c663.html

2017-12-19 - Garden center goes up in flames at 1:33 AM on Mill Lane in coastal Walney (Britain):
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/cumbriafire/recent-incidents/

Quote: "Building fire on Mill Lane, Walney(Barrow-in-Furness) 19 Dec 2017 At 1:33am this morning (Tuesday, 19 December) firefighters in Barrow-in-Furness received reports of a garden centre ablaze on Mill Lane in Walney. Two fire engines from Walney and Barrow attended with crews using two hose reel jets, a triple extension ladder and two breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire.They were there for one hour and 45 minutes."

2017-12-19 - Mill heavily damaged by fire at 3:35 AM on Rebecca Street in Bradford (Britain):
http://www.westyorksfire.gov.uk/incident/bradford-building-fire-make-pumps-15-and-2-aerials/

2017-12-19 - Furniture warehouse destroyed by massive fire in Shaanxi Province (China):
http://news.cgtn.com/news/7a6b444f32637a6333566d54/share_p.html
http://eblnews.com/video/fire-breaks-out-warehouse-nw-chinas-shaanxi-284792
http://newsvideo.su/video/8051421

2017-12-19 - Plastic warehouse destroyed by huge fire in Hyderabad (India):
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Latest-News/2017-12-19/Hyderabad-Plastic-warehouse-gutted-after-massive-fire/346495

2017-12-19 - Mobile home damaged by fire in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article190624234.html
http://wbtw.com/2017/12/19/no-injuries-reported-in-horry-county-house-fire/

2017-12-19 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in Rainier (Oregon), nobody there:
http://katu.com/news/local/rainier-rental-home-destroyed-in-fire
http://www.thechiefnews.com/news/fire-strikes-vacant-rainier-home/article_b4b2c112-e519-11e7-beff-17eebe8d1810.html
http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/fire-strikes-vacant-rainier-home/article_a00c83b3-ea48-54b1-bb68-dd1518b34452.html

2017-12-19 - Home damaged by garage fire at 11:19 PM in the Town of Plymouth (Wisconsin):
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/2017/12/19/overnight-structure-fire-damages-garage-home/964255001/
http://fox6now.com/2017/12/19/fully-engulfed-no-injuries-after-garage-fire-in-town-of-plymouth/

2017-12-19 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Austin (Texas):
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/family-of-6-displaced-after-se-austin-house-fire

2017-12-19 - Multi-family home destroyed by basement fire at 12:30 AM in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/3-St-Louis-firefighters-injured-battling-blaze-465194333.html
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/3-st-louis-firefighters-injured-in-early-morning-fire/63-500574457
http://www.kmov.com/story/37097381/3-firefighters-burned-while-battling-north-city-blaze
http://fox2now.com/2017/12/19/three-firefighters-injured-in-north-st-louis-fire/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/three-firefighters-treated-for-minor-burns-in-st-louis/article_40a41c8e-abed-5247-93d4-93bdc294ff0b.html

Note: Think I heard a convoy of fire trucks heading off to fight this fire...

2017-12-19 - Apartment building heavily damaged by massive fire in Suitland (Maryland), several injured:
http://wjla.com/news/local/firefighters-battling-2-alarm-fire-in-maryland
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/maryland/fire-crews-respond-to-md-apartment-fire/500584620
http://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2017/12/apt-fire-carriage-hill/slide/1/
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/12/19/apartment-fire-5-prince-georges-county/
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Firefighters-Battle-Large-Fire-at-Hillcrest-Heights-Apartment-465166673.html
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/several-people-injured-in-2-alarm-prince-georges-county-fire/14462036

2017-12-19 - Condo complex heavily damaged by fire in coastal Monmouth Beach (New Jersey), 500 feet from the ocean:
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2017/12/19/monmouth-beach-sea-bright-long-branch-firefighters-battle-wharfside-manor-fire/963983001/
http://wordontheshore.com/monmouth-beach-condo-fire-leaves-several-residents-homeless-cms-6171
http://wordontheshore.com/crews-extinguish-condo-fire-in-monmouth-beach-cms-6170

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire burns mobile home at 3:30 AM in Melrose (Texas), 1 killed:
http://www.cbs19.tv/news/1-dead-in-nacogdoches-county-fire/500737003

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire burns home on Concordia Church Road in China Grove (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37104318/woman-found-dead-in-house-fire-in-rowan-co
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/1-dead-in-rowan-county-fire/666359554

Note: The people of the town are strange and they're proud of where they came. Well, you're talkin' 'bout China Grove...

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire burns home in Lenoir (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37102463/disabled-man-killed-in-house-fire-in-lenoir-identified
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/disabled-man-dies-in-lenoir-house-fire-after-neighbors-tried-to-save-him/666245296

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire burns home at 3 AM on Pickle Street in the Town of Stockholm (New York), 4 killed:
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/4-killed-in-st-lawrence-county-house-fire/14464097
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/us/ap/police-man-children-trapped-in-house-fire-have-died/article_9ee28c2d-b48c-55ea-9277-bd26b625aa64.html

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire burns home in coastal Queens (New York), 1 killed:
http://nypost.com/2017/12/19/man-found-dead-after-queens-home-catches-fire/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/fatal-fire-queens-new-york-nyc-465322873.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/man-found-dead-queens-house-fire-article-1.3709945

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire burns home at 12:10 AM in the Town of Mayfield (New York), 500 feet from Great Sacandaga Lake, 1 killed:
http://cbs6albany.com/news/local/officials-tuesday-night-fire-claims-life-of-person-inside
http://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2017/12/fatal-fire-in-mayfield-kills-one/

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire destroys home at 6:15 AM in Concord (California), 1 killed:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/12/19/concord-fatal-house-fire-1400-coventry-road/
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/19/fire-crews-knock-down-one-alarm-blaze-at-home-in-concord/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/12/19/concord-fatal-house-fire-1400-coventry-road/
http://www.ktvu.com/news/person-dies-in-concord-house-fire-firefighters-say

2017-12-19 - Deadly fire burns apartment building at 1:30 AM in Villeray (Canada), 1 killed:
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/elderly-woman-found-dead-in-villeray-apartment-building-fire-1.3727476

2017-12-19 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in West Price Hill (Ohio):
http://local12.com/news/local/fire-engulfs-roof-of-home-in-price-hill

2017-12-19 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Ishpeming (Michigan):
http://www.upmatters.com/news/local-news/vacant-building-destroyed-by-fire-in-ishpeming/883566164

2017-12-19 - Vacant furniture plant destroyed by fire at 2 AM in Lexington (North Carolina):
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/crews-fighting-massive-fire-in-lexington/500756967
http://myfox8.com/2017/12/19/massive-fire-destroys-old-dixie-furniture-plant-in-lexington/
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/fire-destroys-former-lexington-furniture-plant/500997797
http://myfox8.com/2017/12/20/skyview8-video-shows-damage-after-massive-fire-at-old-dixie-furniture-plant/
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/crews-battle-fire-at-former-lexington-furniture-plant/article_d1ae30a2-11e1-5e79-bd5c-b83c0693d84a.html

2017-12-19 - Vacant laundromat destroyed by fire just after 3 AM in Rumford (Maine):
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/12/19/fire-in-rumford-destroys-former-home-of-ritas-laundromat/
http://www.wmtw.com/article/firefighters-from-several-towns-battle-rumford-fire-update/14461558
http://wgme.com/news/local/4-alarm-fire-at-rumford-apartment-building

2017-12-20 - 2017 was the year of the wildfire:
http://thinkprogress.org/2017-year-of-the-wildfire-d194364dc696/

Quote: "One of the biggest climate stories of the year was the seemingly never-ending stream of disastrous wildfires that engulfed the West."

2017-12-20 - A look at the many fires that have burned this year in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.firstpost.com/india/is-mumbai-burning-as-khairani-road-fire-claims-12-lives-a-look-at-major-infernos-this-year-4265263.html

Quote: "Is Mumbai burning? As Khairani Road fire claims 12 lives, a look at major infernos this year..."

Note: Mumbai's on the west coast of India, so it's sort of like the capital of the California of India. All areas on the west coasts of bodies of land will get hit by gases emanating from the body of water west of them, and that will cause fires. For California, that's the Pacific Ocean. For Portugal and northwest Spain that's the Atlantic Ocean. For Mumbai and the west coast of India that's the northern Indian Ocean or the Arabian Sea. All of those places have been hit by severe fires this year. Obviously these fires will continue to worsen as time goes on and this extinction event progresses...

2017-12-20 - Car goes up in flames and kills 34-year-old man at Walmart in Devils Lake (North Dakota):
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/4378175-police-id-man-who-was-found-dead-inside-burning-car-devils-lake
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/4378433-body-found-inside-burning-car-devils-lake-identified-florida-man
http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Body-found-inside-of-car-465746503.html
http://www.wdaz.com/news/fires/4377378-body-found-flaming-car-devils-lake-walmart-parking-lot
http://www.inforum.com/news/4377505-body-found-flaming-car-devils-lake-walmart-parking-lot
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/4377505-body-found-flaming-car-devils-lake-walmart-parking-lot
http://www.westfargopioneer.com/news/4377505-body-found-flaming-car-devils-lake-walmart-parking-lot
http://www.facebook.com/inforumFM/posts/10155643263166858
http://www.grandforksherald.com/video/fTT0nXd3
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/node/4377505

Quote: "Emergency officials in Devils Lake are investigating after a body was found inside of a burning car outside the Walmart parking lot. A representative with the Devils Lake fire department says they were called out to the scene around 5:40pm Wednesday. When firefighters arrived the car was fully engulfed in flames."

2017-12-20 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills man in Myakka City (Florida):
http://wfla.com/2017/12/20/deputies-investigate-structure-fire-possible-fatality-in-myakka-city/
http://heraldtribune_com.gm5-lkstage.newscyclecloud.com/news/20171220/human-remains-may-have-been-found-at-myakka-city-fire
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/body-identified-in-east-manatee-county-fire/article_5482f40e-e5b1-11e7-97f5-17f00b39fd81.html
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article190775499.html

2017-12-20 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Stourport (Britain):
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/15783888.VIDEO__Flames_seen_coming_from_the_pavement_as_underground_fire_rages_in_Stourport_street/
http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/15783641.Fire_in_Lombard_Street__Stourport/

2017-12-20 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, cars and car compactor burn, in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/video-large-fire-reported-at-junkyard-in-north-jacksonville/666771517
http://www.news4jax.com/news/jfrd-several-vehicles-on-fire-off-new-kings-road
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/worker-burned-after-fuel-tanker-explodes/501241195
http://www.wokv.com/news/local/one-person-hurt-multiple-cars-involved-northwest-jacksonville-fire/6i3t5u585vCPth6jj0HMDJ/
http://jacksonville.com/news/national/2017-12-20/multiple-vehicles-fire-northwest-jacksonville

2017-12-20 - 29 vehicles and three businesses go up in flames at 4:27 AM in Frederick (Maryland), 300 feet from Carroll Creek:
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/disasters_and_accidents/morning-fire-damaged-three-businesses-vehicles-fire-officials-say/article_a5a42098-0abc-52c8-886c-6373433ee1ff.html

Quote: "A fire that appears to have started in a Frederick auto repair shop early Wednesday morning damaged three businesses and 29 vehicles, according to Frederick County fire officials."

2017-12-20 - Restaurant rocked by explosion in Hollywood (California):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hollywood-explosion-glass-everywhere-after-11731217
http://ktla.com/2017/12/20/confirmed-explosion-reported-in-restaurant-near-hollywood-and-highland/
http://abc7.com/explosion-rocks-restaurant-near-hollywood-and-highland/2805816/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hollywood-restaurant-explosion-20171220-story.html
http://nypost.com/2017/12/21/one-injured-after-explosion-rocks-hollywood-restaurant/
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/12/20/explosion-at-hollywood-restaurant-prompts-evacuations/

Quote: "Officials were also conducting gas readings and searching the residential floors to make sure no residents remained in a hazardous environment. No gas had been detected as of about 8:40 p.m."

2017-12-20 - Gas factory devastated by massive fire in Birgunj (Nepal), 2 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.myrepublica.com/news/32874/?categoryId=81
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-12-20/massive-fire-at-cooking-gas-plant-in-birgunj.html
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/effort-on-to-take-birgunj-gas-factory-blaze-under-control-two-dead-fire-engine-damaged/

2017-12-20 - Cell tower bursts into flame in Calgary (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/c-train-red-line-cell-tower-fire-1.4459421
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/ctrain-service-resumes-following-cell-tower-fire-near-millrise-1.3730258
http://globalnews.ca/news/3928126/redline-ctrains-at-a-standstill-around-fishcreek-station-due-to-calgary-fire-situation/

2017-12-20 - Seven impounded boats go up in flames near coastal Songkhla (Thailand):
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30334401

Note: These are the 1076th, 1077th, 1078th, 1079th, 1080th, 1081st and 1082nd boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-20 - Military bus bursts into flame on I-44 near Doolittle (Missouri):
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Second-bus-fire-in-as-many-nights-on-I-44-465681153.html
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/bus-carrying-soldiers-caught-fire-on-i-44/885455075
http://www.fox5krbk.com/story/37122018/second-bus-fire-reported-near-phelps-county
http://www.phelpscountyfocus.com/news/article_c118ac6e-e69a-11e7-8a81-83d4e11c25f9.html

Quote: "The Doolittle fire protection district responded to a bus fire at the eastbound rest area of I-44 Wednesday night. The bus was loaded with soldiers from Fort Leonard Wood. They'd been on the way to St. Louis for Christmas vacation. No one was hurt. On Tuesday night, a bus heading to Fort Leonard Wood burst into flames east of Marshfield. The driver got out of the empty bus safely. That bus was on the way to the base to pick up a load of soldiers."

2017-12-20 - Charter bus bursts into flame at Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Haven Township (Michigan):
http://www.wsjm.com/2017/12/20/no-one-hurt-in-south-haven-bus-fire/
http://woodtv.com/2017/12/20/charter-bus-catches-fire-near-south-haven/
http://fox17online.com/2017/12/20/performers-charter-bus-catches-fire-cause-unknown/
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/charter-bus-catches-fire-in-south-haven/501009173
http://wtvbam.com/news/articles/2017/dec/20/fire-strikes-charter-bus-in-south-haven/
http://www.america.easybranches.com/michigan/No-One-Hurt-In-South-Haven-Bus-Fire-487996
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2017/dec/20/fire-strikes-charter-bus-in-south-haven/
http://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/local/fire-strikes-tour-bus-outside-sh-concert/article_a6f237ca-75b5-5d54-b635-5300318c65e8.html

2017-12-20 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on street in Dhaka (Bangladesh):
http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=112144
http://www.banglanews24.com/national/article/65709/Bus-catches-fire-in-Dhakas-Shahbagh

Note: These are the 828th, 829th and 830th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-12-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-20 in Odessa (Texas):
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/18-wheeler-catches-fire-along-I-20-465403983.html
http://www.yourbasin.com/news/breaking-news-tractor-trailer-fire-in-odessa/884386029
http://www.newswest9.com/story/37107475/truck-fire-in-west-odessa-is-cleared
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/37107475/truck-fire-in-west-odessa-is-cleared

2017-12-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-40 in Forrest City (Arkansas):
http://www.kait8.com/story/37107469/ardot-i-40-partially-closed-for-semi-on-fire
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/37107469/ardot-i-40-partially-closed-for-semi-on-fire
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/memphis/i-40-lane-open-following-semi-fire/
http://www.ksla.com/story/37107469/i-40-lane-open-following-semi-fire

2017-12-20 - Tractor bursts into flame, fire spreads to barn, in the Town of Croghan (New York), some cows killed:
http://www.wwnytv.com/story/37116208/many-cows-destroyed-in-lewis-county-barn-fire
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news04/cows-die-in-town-of-croghan-barn-fire-20171221
http://www.wktv.com/content/news/Several-cows-killed-in-Lewis-County-barn-fire-465727743.html

Quote: "Workers told authorities they were feeding cows from a feed trailer when the tractor pulling it caught fire."

2017-12-20 - Tractor bursts into flame at airport in coastal Taoyuan City (Taiwan):
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3325116
http://tw.appledaily.com/new/realtime/20171221/1263284/

Quote: "A pushback tractor towing a Japan Airlines (JAL) jet caught fire late last night (Dec. 20) at Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport, reported Apple Daily."

Note: These are the 2207th, 2208th, 2209th and 2210th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-20 - Box truck bursts into flame in the wee hours while parked at home in Wake Forest (North Carolina):
http://abc11.com/truck-bursts-into-flames-outside-wake-forest-home/2802237/

2017-12-20 - Dump truck bursts into flame on I-80 in Parsippany (New Jersey):
http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2017/12/20/dump-truck-fire-closes-route-80-exit-parsippany/968496001/

2017-12-20 - Truck bursts into flame on Route 22 in Scotch Plains (New Jersey):
http://www.tapinto.net/sections/police-and-fire/articles/truck-fire-snarls-rush-hour-traffic-on-route-22-e

2017-12-20 - RV bursts into flame on Fortuna Palms Loop in Yuma (Arizona):
http://www.kyma.com/news/motorhome-fire-extinguished-on-fortuna-palms-loop-wednesday/675584095

Note: This is the 636th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-20 - SUV bursts into flame on street in Victoria (Texas):
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2017/dec/20/vehicle-catches-fire/

2017-12-20 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on North Mulford Road in Lindenwood (Illinois):
http://www.rochellenews-leader.com/article/emergency-crews-called-to-scene-of-truck-fire

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on the Garden State Parkway in coastal Brick (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/story/news/traffic/commuting/2017/12/20/brick-car-fire-blocks-northbound-parkway-lane/968715001/

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on I-495 on the Christina River Bridge (Delaware):
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2017/12/20/christina-river-bridge-lanes-closed-due-vehicle-fire/968286001/
http://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/traffic/2017/12/20/raw-video-car-fire-closes-two-lanes-i-495/108773470/

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Fairfield (Connecticut):
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Fairfield-firefighters-extinguish-car-fire-on-I-95-12446062.php
http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Fairfield-firefighters-extinguish-car-fire-on-I-95-12446062.php
http://patch.com/connecticut/fairfield/crews-extinguish-vehicle-fire-i-95-fairfield

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame at 4:30 AM while parked on Hinkler Drive in Worongary (Australia), 5 miles from the coast:
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/crime-court/police-investigate-car-fire-in-worongary-gold-coast/news-story/3589542c895bea7489e1bb59ab599eef

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame while parked near the Dubai Canal in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/video-car-on-fire-near-dubai-canal-1.2144753

Quote: "A parked car erupted in flames near Dubai Canal area on Wednesday night."

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on Quezon Avenue in coastal Manila (Philippine Islands):
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2017/12/20/1770456/burning-car-quezon-avenue-causes-heavy-traffic

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on the N-340 in coastal Almuñécar (Spain):
http://www.theseasidegazette.com/2017/12/49561/car-fire-in-almunecar/

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on street near Tesco near coastal Lerwick (Scotland):
http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2017/12/20/car-fire-lerwick-rush-hour

2017-12-20 - Taxi bursts into flame on the N68 near coastal Kilrush (Ireland):
http://www.eveningecho.ie/nationalnews/Lucky-escape-for-driver-as-taxi-catches-fire-f2002895-c9a1-4728-9364-e20b44bf5ab6-ds

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home on Pasturelands Drive in Billington (Britain):
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15786399.Parked_car_caught_fire_on_owner__39_s_drive/

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on the A617 in Kirklington (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/main-nottinghamshire-road-closed-due-952423
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackle-car-fire-on-main-road-1-8919609

2017-12-20 - Car bursts into flame on roundabout near the A59 in Skipton (Britain):
http://www.northyorksfire.gov.uk/news-events/breaking-news/incident_summary_weds_20_12_2017

Quote: "A59, Skipton  Time 10:09 A car was on fire by a roundabout on the A59, Skipton. Our Skipton crew attended but after inspection they saw that a fire had put itself out under the bonnet. The crews made sure the area was safe before leaving the car with the owner."

2017-12-20 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Highway 407 in Brampton (Canada):
http://www.inbrampton.com/vehicle-fire-blocking-ramp-on-407-in-brampton

2017-12-20 - Moped bursts into flame on Marsden Drive in Scunthorpe (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Marsden Drive, Scunthorpe. Wed 20 Dec 2017 15:02 (No:27353) Moped on fire, self extinguished prior to arrival of Fire Service."

2017-12-20 - Three motorcycles, two vehicles and four shops destroyed by fire at 2:18 AM in Uruli Devachi (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/godowns-shops-bikes-gutted-in-massive-fire-at-uruli-devachi/articleshow/62185934.cms
http://www.nyoooz.com/news/pune/989358/godowns-shops-bikes-gutted-in-massive-fire-at-uruli-devachi/
http://www.newstread.com/india/pune/godowns-shops-bikes-gutted-in-massive-fire-at-uruli-devachi/

Quote: "Before it was brought under control, the blaze had destroyed four shops, two tempos and three motorcycles. It had also partially burnt a house."

2017-12-20 - Auto shop heavily damaged by fire in Stratford (Canada):
http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2017/12/20/blaze-engulfs-stratford-auto-shop

2017-12-20 - Barn destroyed by fire near Lompoc (California):
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/crews_battling_fire_involving_barn_near_lompoc

2017-12-20 - Barn destroyed by fire, another barn damaged, in Brookville (Ohio):
http://wdtn.com/2017/12/20/crews-battle-barn-fire-in-brookville/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/report-barn-fire-south-brookville/XqlUqgJj5636ABV21gkiqL/
http://www.whio.com/news/local/report-barn-fire-south-brookville/XqlUqgJj5636ABV21gkiqL/

2017-12-20 - Barn and 10 tons of hay destroyed by fire at 2:39 AM in Boreham, Warminster (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/barn-fire-boreham/

2017-12-20 - Farm machinery goes up in flames at 6:31 AM inside barn in Burrington (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45445&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/crews-battling-barn-fire-devon-951361

2017-12-20 - Transformer bursts into flame on pole in Reno (Nevada):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/37106988/transformer-fire-sparks-overnight-in-south-reno
http://www.topix.com/city/reno-nv/2017/12/transformer-fire-sparks-overnight-in-south-reno

2017-12-20 - Transformer bursts into flame in Tulsa (Oklahoma), blackouts ensue:
http://www.fox23.com/news/transformer-fire-prompts-tulsa-outages/666758807
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/transformer-fire-leaves-nearly-without-power-wednesday-afternoon/article_df6882f5-8993-5592-a3fc-305111c08deb.html

2017-12-20 - Warehouse heavily damaged by fire at 2 AM in coastal Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/12/bayonne_firefighters_respond_to_fire_at_commercial.html

2017-12-21 - Around 40 office trailers destroyed by fire, 20 more damaged, in Jurupa Valley (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/12/21/office-trailers-burn-jurupa-valley/

Quote: "Forty office trailers were destroyed and 20 more damaged by a wind-whipped fire in Jurupa Valley. The fire was reported just after 10 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Caterpillar Court and 20th Street, according to April Newman of the Riverside County Fire Department."

2017-12-20 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Fort Pierce (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/local/house-fire-in-ft-pierce

2017-12-20 - Home damaged by fire just after 4 AM in Lochearn (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-co-woodlawn-fire-20171220-story.html

2017-12-20 - Home damaged by fire at 11:20 PM in Bristol (Connecticut), 1 injured:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Woman-in-Critical-Condition-After-Bristol-House-Fire-465390873.html

2017-12-20 - Home damaged by fire just after midnight in Wellesley (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/crews-battle-house-fire-in-wellesley/

2017-12-20 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 6 AM in Wilkinsburg (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/12/20/3-alarm-wilkinsburg-fire/
http://www.wtae.com/article/crews-called-to-scene-of-three-alarm-fire-in-wilkinsburg/14469322
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2017/12/20/House-heavily-damaged-three-alarm-Wilkinsburg-fire/stories/201712200108

2017-12-20 - Multi-family home damaged by fire in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/20/three-pets-saved-in-virginia-beach-townhouse-fire/

2017-12-20 - Multi-family home heavily damaged by fire on Brookfield Road in Sturbridge (Massachusetts):
http://wwlp.com/2017/12/20/four-alarm-fire-in-sturbridge/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/structure_fire_ties_up_traffic.html

2017-12-20 - Apartment building heavily damaged by huge fire in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/12/20/fire-breaks-out-at-miami-gardens-apartment-building/
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Apartment-Fire-Breaks-Out-In-Miami-Gardens-465480493.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article190794704.html

2017-12-20 - Deadly fire burns home at 11:50 PM in Sikeston (Missouri), 1 killed:
http://fox2now.com/2017/12/20/42-year-old-man-dies-in-fire-in-southeast-missouri-home/
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/42-year-old-man-dies-in-fire-in-southeast-missouri-home/
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37106650/deadly-house-fire-in-sikeston-mo-called-accidental

Quote: "The fire started in a carport area, although it’s not clear what sparked it."

2017-12-20 - Deadly fire burns home in Boise (Idaho), 1 killed:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article190902539.html

2017-12-20 - Deadly fire burns home at 11 PM in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), 2 killed:
http://okcfox.com/news/local/officials-identify-two-killed-in-early-morning-house-fire
http://kfor.com/2017/12/20/two-people-transported-to-hospital-following-house-fire-in-s-e-oklahoma-city/
http://www.koco.com/article/two-rushed-to-hospital-after-house-fire-in-southeast-oklahoma-city/14469763

2017-12-20 - Deadly fire and explosions destroy home at 2:30 AM near Lake Lorelie in Brown County (Ohio), 1 killed:
http://local12.com/news/local/1-dead-after-house-fire-with-explosion-in-brown-county
http://www.wlwt.com/article/1-dead-after-brown-county-house-fire/14469212
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/brown-county/house-explodes-in-brown-county-killing-one-person
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/12/20/70-year-old-victim-brown-county-explosion-house-fire-idd/972061001/
http://www.highlandcountypress.com/Content/In-The-News/Headlines/Article/Fayetteville-woman-dies-in-house-explosion-fire/2/73/42021

2017-12-20 - Deadly fire burns nightclub and guest rooms before 4:30 AM in Kisumu (Kenya), near Lake Victoria, 2+ killed:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42424917
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/12/2-die-kisumu-guest-house-fire/
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/2-killed-as-fire-razes-Dream-City-nightclub-in-Kisumu/1056-4235952-9cxd68/index.html

Quote: "At least two people have been killed in a fire which swept through a popular nightclub on the outskirts of Kenya's lakeside city of Kisumu, police say."

2017-12-20 - Vacant garage burns at 5 AM in Huntington (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/news/emergencies/road-in-huntington-reopens-after-garage-fire-overnight/884409189

2017-12-20 - Vacant home burns at 3 AM on Walnut Street in Agawam (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/fire_reportedly_damages_vacant.html
http://wwlp.com/2017/12/20/agawam-firefighters-put-out-fire-on-walnut-street/

2017-12-20 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 5 AM, fire spreads to second home, in Birmingham (Alabama):
http://wiat.com/2017/12/20/birmingham-fire-crews-battle-blaze-in-early-morning-house-fire/

2017-12-20 - Vacant hotel burns in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kmbc.com/article/fire-prompts-emergency-demolition-at-abandoned-northland-hotel/14473938

2017-12-20 - Vacant church burns on Captain Street in Bradford (Britain):
http://www.westyorksfire.gov.uk/incident/building-fire-make-pumps-4-bradford-area-3/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame while parked in carpark at gym, fire spreads to gym, in Jecheon (South Korea), 29+ killed, 29+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20171221-61087-KOR
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/29-dead-south-korea-gym-fire-article-1.3713323
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/world/asia/south-korea-fire-sauna.html
http://www.kesq.com/news/national-world/at-least-29-killed-in-south-korea-fire/676202526
http://www.cbs46.com/story/37117097/29-die-29-injured-in-south-korean-building-fire
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-south-korea-fire-20171221-story.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korean-building-fire-leaves-29-dead-1.4461725
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/article190962454.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/major-fire-public-sauna-south-130411927.html
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2017/12/21/0302000000AEN20171221009400315.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/21/south-korea-building-fire-leaves-29-dead-29-injured.html
http://time.com/5075647/jecheon-south-korea-fire/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42442715

Quote: "The inferno appears to have started from a vehicle in the basement parking lot of the gym, located in the Southern city of Jecheon, according to local outlets. What exactly sparked the fire however, is unclear."

Quote: "A vehicle in the first-floor parking garage seemed to be the source of the blaze, the state-run news outlet Yonhap reported, citing local fire officials; the fire then appears to have spread through the building that housed a gym, restaurant and public sauna."

2017-12-21 - Van bursts into flame before 6:12 AM while parked inside dealership in Retford Township (Michigan):
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/12/21/fire-breaks-out-at-pat-milliken-ford-dealership/

Quote: "The fire broke out inside of a service area at Pat Milliken Ford on Telegraph Road just south of Plymouth Road in Redford Township. Owner Brian Godfrey said a night guard called 911 after commercial cargo van caught fire in the garage."

2017-12-21 - SUV bursts into flame while parked near church in Mountain Home (Arkansas):
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2017/12/21/mh-firefighters-douse-suv-fire/975245001/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame at 1:07 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to 2 more vehicles and home, in Beverly Hills (Florida):
http://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/county-briefs-for/article_48491604-e6b6-11e7-b71d-07ba347bc186.html
http://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/local-briefs-cr-boat-parade-tonight-vehicle-fire-spread-to/article_48491604-e6b6-11e7-b71d-07ba347bc186.html

Quote: "A vehicle fire spread to a Beverly Hills home early Thursday morning, destroying several vehicles and much of the residence. Firefighters with Citrus County Fire Rescue were dispatched at 1:07 a.m. to 25 N. Melbourne St., where crews from the Pine Ridge Station arrived at 1:14 a.m. to find three vehicles on fire within a few feet of the house, which was already partly on fire, according to a fire rescue report."

2017-12-21 - Several cars, two motorcycles and quad bike destroyed by fire shortly after 4 AM while parked inside garage in Banbury (Britain):
http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/crime/update-vehicles-destroyed-in-garage-fire-in-banbury-1-8301106

Quote: "Two motorbikes, a quad bike and several cars were destroyed in a garage fire in Appleby Close in the early hours of this morning, Thursday."

2017-12-21 - Three cars go up in flames at 1 AM while parked on Bazes Shaw in New Ash Green (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/firefighters-called-to-multi-car-157322/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame while parked in carpark in Keynsham (Britain):
http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/fire-crew-rushes-blaze-keynsham-957413

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame at 4:44 AM while parked in carpark on Street Road in Glastonbury (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45453&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-21 - RV trailer bursts into flame at 4:30 AM while parked in Buchanan (Tennessee), nobody there:
http://www.wenkwtpr.com/2017/12/21/camper-destroyed-in-fire-this-morning/
http://www.parispi.net/news/local_news/article_7dd370b4-e72c-11e7-a6d3-1b66cb67e9ed.html

Note: All vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, parked or driven, so park a vehicle near anything that you don't want to see on fire at your own risk...

2017-12-21 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in College Station (Texas):
http://abc13.com/plane-from-houston-forced-to-make-landing-in-college-station/2809788/

Quote: "A United plane that departed IAH was forced to make an emergency landing in College Station Thursday night after smoke was reported on board the aircraft."

Note: This is the 115th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-21 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits the East Village in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/manhole-explodes-and-catches-fire-in-the-east-village/2809920/
http://agreatbigcity.com/links/manhole-explodes-and-catches-fire-in-the-east-village-1513926055

2017-12-21 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/underground-electrical-cable-fire-burns-959809

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by explosion and fire in Phoenix (Arizona), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/1-dead-1-injured-after-explosion-and-fire-destroy-home-in-phoenix/501415145
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/1-dead-1-injured-after-explosion-and-fire-destroy-home-in-phoenix/501499142
http://www.wfaa.com/news/1-dead-1-injured-after-explosion-and-fire-destroy-home-in-phoenix/501418185
http://kjzz.org/content/583840/phoenix-fire-department-one-dead-one-critical-condition-following-explosion
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/fd-1-dead-1-injured-in-phoenix-house-explosion

2017-12-21 - Home heavily damaged by basement explosion and fire in Buffalo (New York), 1 injured:
http://buffalonews.com/2017/12/21/one-person-burned-after-west-side-fire-caused-by-possible-explosion/

Note: These are the 357th and 358th residential explosions in 2017...

2017-12-21 - Naval base hit by fire, building destroyed, on coastal Haulbowline Island (Ireland):
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/firefighters-battling-huge-blaze-haulbowline-11736000
http://www.eveningecho.ie/nationalnews/Large-fire-reported-at-Cork-naval-base-8e3f8e57-f3da-4061-88f7-ae577a0c1c2e-ds
http://www.thesun.ie/news/1961912/dramatic-images-of-irish-naval-base-exploding-in-flames-emerge-as-blaze-rages/
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/evacuation-underway-as-major-fire-breaks-out-at-cork-naval-base-36428912.html
http://afloat.ie/port-news/cork-harbour-news/item/38018-fire-crews-put-out-blaze-at-haulbowline-navy-warehouse

2017-12-21 - Auto salvage business heavily damaged by fire on US 301 near Elm City (North Carolina):
http://www.wilsontimes.com/stories/fire-tears-through-auto-parts-business,108230
http://www.reflector.com/Crime-and-Rescue/2017/12/23/Fire-tears-through-Elm-City-auto-parts-business.html

2017-12-21 - Recycling center erupts in flame in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/heavy_smoke_hampers_firefighte.html
http://wwlp.com/2017/12/21/firefighters-working-on-fire-at-recycling-plant-in-springfield/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTKSJFecYLY

2017-12-21 - Waste transfer station fire breaks out at 3:17 AM on coastal Rockland Key (Florida):
http://monroecounty-fl.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=970

2017-12-21 - Forests destroyed in wildfires not recovering due to climate change, scientists reveal:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/forests-wildfires-climate-change-california-australia-not-recover-global-warming-regeneration-a8122501.html

2017-12-21 - Fishing ship bursts into flame near coastal Keti Bander (Pakistan):
http://www.thesindhtimes.com/news-in-pictures/fishermens-boat-catches-fire-near-keti-bander/

Note: This is the 1083rd boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-21 - Passenger train engine bursts into flame near coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.wcvb.com/article/commuter-rail-train-evacuated-after-engine-compartment-fire/14482012
http://www.wickedlocal.com/news/20171221/engine-catches-fire-on-commuter-rail-train-in-belmont
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/12/21/passengers-evacuated-from-commuter-rail-train-belmont-after-small-engine-fire/xScdsV6t6fyx31S9y7MDxJ/story.html

2017-12-21 - Passenger train fills with smoke at station in Redhill (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/redhill-train-evacuated-after-carriages-14065657

2017-12-21 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the A153 in Lincolnshire (Britain):
http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/police-five-firefighters-descend-tanker-960275

2017-12-21 - In separate incidents, tractor trailer bursts into flame on road and car bursts into flame while parked at home, in/near Little Falls (Minnesota):
http://www.hometownsource.com/morrison_county_record/news/local/lffd-spends-thursday-evening-fighting-vehicle-fires/article_1ea1f41a-e738-11e7-8a5f-cfc0610ab4b8.html

2017-12-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 5:30 AM while parked inside truck business in Garner (North Carolina):
http://wncn.com/2017/12/21/raleigh-fire-crews-respond-to-business-fire-off-jones-sausage-road/
http://abc11.com/firefighters-battling-industrial-garage-fire-in-wake-county/2806795/
http://www.wral.com/crews-battling-fire-at-garner-garage/17205304/

Quote: "According to a CBS North Carolina photographer on scene, multiple fire units responded to the scene at 3901 Jones Sausage Road and had to cut a hole in a garage door at the warehouse in order to get inside and battle the fire that had engulfed a tractor-trailer inside."

2017-12-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame before 6:15 AM on I-81 in Rockbridge County (Virginia):
http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Truck-fire-on-81-hits-holiday-traffic-465799843.html
http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Tractor-trailer-fire-on-I-81-in-Rockbridge-County-465655283.html
http://www.virginiafirst.com/news/local-news/vehicle-fire-on-i-81-closes-northbound-lanes-in-rockbridge-county/885387410
http://www.facebook.com/wdbj7/posts/10155419326342217

2017-12-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 2:27 AM on I-35 in Pflugerville (Texas):
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2017/12/21/i-35-traffic-backing-up-after-north-austin-semi-truck-fire
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/semi-truck-catching-fire-causing-traffic-delays/3IiXI5xYfQQomtxil9P6ZL/
http://kxan.com/2017/12/21/semi-truck-caught-fire-on-i-35-in-pflugerville/
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/semi-truck-fire-in-pflugerville
http://www.facebook.com/KXANnews/posts/10155509422123037
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/301769683-video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nzj3A7Nn8

Note: These are the 2211th, 2212th, 2213th, 2214th and 2215th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-21 - SUV bursts into flame on Laporte Avenue in Fort Collins (Colorado):
http://www.coloradoan.com/videos/news/2017/12/21/vehicle-fire-laporte-avenue/108822494/
http://www.coloradoan.com/videos/news/2017/12/21/vehicle-fire-laporte-avenue/108827442/

2017-12-21 - SUV bursts into flame on road near Hawkchurch (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45461&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-195 in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20171221/photo-pickup-truck-fire-on-route-195

2017-12-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on US 46 in Clifton (New Jersey):
http://www.rlsmedia.com/article/car-fire-snarls-traffic-rt-46-clifton

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on the Beltline near Blooming Grove (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/news/car-fire-blocks-beltline-off-ramp-officials-say/675970945
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/car-fire-disrupted-traffic-on-beltline/article_230e0037-6fd9-50b7-804e-6a1f9bc5e1af.html
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Vehicle-fire-on-Beltline-causes-delays-Thursday-morning-465725953.html

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on State Road 408 in Orlando (Florida):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/traffic/os-car-fire-sr-408-story.html

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on street in Diamond Heights area in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://hoodline.com/2017/12/sffd-responding-to-diamond-heights-car-fire

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on I-84 in Portland (Oregon):
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/car-fire-shuts-down-i-84-westbound/501628221
http://koin.com/2017/12/21/vehicle-bursts-into-flames-on-i-84/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 near Tallahassee (Florida):
http://www.wtxl.com/news/troopers-respond-to-vehicle-fire-on-i/article_8860c5f6-e6a8-11e7-99f9-6f746cdc465f.html

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on I-12 near Holden (Louisiana):
http://www.wbrz.com/news/vehicle-fire-causing-delays-on-i-12-east/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on the A13 near coastal Grays (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i7029/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on the M25 near coastal Thurrock (Britain):
http://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/shocking-photo-shows-vehicle-fire-960914
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/m25-vehicle-fire-motorists-face-14067176

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on the M1 near Derby (Britain):
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/m1-chaos-car-fire-erupts-958327
http://westbridgfordwire.com/m1-problems-car-fire-queue-caused-earlier-accident/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on the M32 near Cabot Circus in Bristol (Britain):
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-live-breaking-news-traffic-932046

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on street in King's Lynn (Britain):
http://www.klfm967.co.uk/news/klfm-news/2460579/video-car-bursts-into-flames-in-kings-lynn/

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame on Knutsford Road in Latchford (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-on-fire-in-latchford

2017-12-21 - Car bursts into flame at 11:14 PM on Winchester Avenue in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Winchester Avenue, Grimsby. Thu 21 Dec 2017 23:14 (No:27442) Car fire. Two hose reels in use. Incident left with Police."

2017-12-21 - Moped bursts into flame on Kirklands Road in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Kirklands Road, Hull. Thu 21 Dec 2017 20:41 (No:27436) Moped involved in fire. Scotty Back Pack in use."

2017-12-21 - Cargo trailer bursts into flame while being towed, on Highway 95 near Somerton (Arizona):
http://www.kyma.com/news/firefighters-save-truck-after-cargo-trailer-catches-fire/675975240
http://www.yumasun.com/news/somerton-cocopah-firefighters-extinguish-cargo-trailer-fire/article_0a8fa606-e6b2-11e7-b919-cbecd7c52c94.html

2017-12-21 - Vehicles and auto shop destroyed by explosion and fire in East Conemaugh (Pennsylvania):
http://www.tribdem.com/news/watch-video-firefighters-battle-east-conemaugh-blaze-following-garage-explosion/article_062bd1d2-e68c-11e7-88b0-b38ecbb2cca5.html
http://wjactv.com/news/local/fire-damages-auto-service-garage

Quote: "It appeared several vehicles were parked inside the brick and mortar garage. All of them were charred."

2017-12-21 - Vehicle and outbuilding go up in flames at auto shop in Waterloo (Iowa):
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/video-fire-damages-building-behind-auto-shop/article_c6fc2d3c-ba03-5cb9-bbb1-69b8cce57d64.html

Quote: "A vehicle parked inside the building was also damaged."

2017-12-21 - Vehicles and barn destroyed by fire at 1:30 AM in Paragould (Arkansas):
http://www.kait8.com/story/37117908/pfd-responds-to-early-morning-barn-fire

Quote: "There were some vehicles inside the barn."

2017-12-21 - Barn, machinery and hay destroyed by fire near Danes Castle (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45457&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/large-fire-response-ide-barn-958981

2017-12-21 - Barn destroyed by fire at 11:46 PM on Deane Road in Stokeinteignhead (Britain), 1 mile from the coast:
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45463&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-21 - Brush fire breaks out near the Santa Ana River bottom near downtown Riverside (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/fast-spreading-brush-fire-erupts-along-riverside-park
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Riverside-Mission-Inn-Fire-Brush-Spreading-Homes-465733993.html
http://www.fox35orlando.com/weather/fast-spreading-brush-fire-erupts-along-riverside-park
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/fast-spreading-brush-fire-erupts-along-riverside-park

Quote: "A large brush fire erupted Thursday morning near the Santa Ana River bottom near downtown Riverside, prompting evacuations of a nearby neighborhood."

2017-12-21 - Brush fire breaks out along US 101 near Newbury Park (California):
http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2017/12/21/brush-fire-reported-near-newbury-park/973266001/

2017-12-21 - Brush fire breaks out along Great River Road near Godfrey (Illinois), near the Mississippi River:
http://fox2now.com/2017/12/21/large-brush-fire-near-godfrey-illinois/

Note: The Great River Road is a scenic route that runs right along the Mississippi River in Illinois. I used to take motorcycle rides along that road back in my motorcycle-riding days...

2017-12-21 - Refrigerator bursts into flame inside garage at home in coastal Boynton Beach (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/local/garage-fire-burns-home-in-boynton-beach

2017-12-21 - Market destroyed by massive fire in coastal Nghe An Province (Vietnam):
http://www.vietmaz.com/2017/12/massive-fire-destroys-market-in-nghe-an/

2017-12-21 - Mobile home heavily damaged by fire at 4 AM in Longview (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.kltv.com/story/37116080/longview-fire-dept-responding-to-early-morning-structure-fire
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/37116080/mobile-home-fire-displaces-four-people-in-gregg-county
http://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/local-news/4-displaced-after-longview-fire/885420644

2017-12-21 - Mobile home destroyed by fire at 12:30 AM on Fishpond Road in Chuckey (Tennessee):
http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/fire-destroys-fishpond-road-home/article_dd3ee217-920b-5cd8-af57-fe831ceb9960.html

2017-12-21 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Macon (Georgia), 2 injured:
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/south-macon-house-fire-leaves-two-people-in-critical-condition

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by fire shortly after 6:30 AM in Peoria (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171221/nick-in-am-nw-peoria-house-a-total-loss-after-early-morning-fire

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by massive fire in Indian Head (Maryland), nobody there:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Massive-Fire-Destroys-Md-Home--465746853.html

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by fire in Winchendon (Massachusetts), nobody there:
http://whdh.com/news/fire-severely-damages-house-in-winchendon/
http://whdh.com/news/crews-battle-large-blaze-in-winchendon/

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.tbo.com/news/publicsafety/fire/Fire-consumes-St-Pete-home-three-cats-missing_163823490

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by fire in McAlester (Oklahoma), nobody there:
http://www.newson6.com/story/37122616/mcalester-marine-vet-and-his-family-loses-home-to-fire

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by fire at 1:07 AM in Billings (Montana), nobody there:
http://www.ktvq.com/story/37115977/fire-that-destroyed-central-billings-home-ruled-accidental
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/fire-destroys-house-in-neighborhood-near-downtown-billings/article_502b9dbf-2fcd-5108-918b-6845e571d9a7.html

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by fire in Jericho (Vermont):
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/roads-closed-for-jericho-house-fire/14481522

2017-12-21 - Home destroyed by fire in Rangeville (Australia), nobody there:
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/smoke-billows-car-catches-fire-rangeville/3296124/

Quote: "Early investigations suggest the fire started in a car port, with a car inside, that was attached to the home."

2017-12-21 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Moline (Illinois):
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Red-Cross-assisting-residents-from-Moline-apartment-building-fire-465578093.html
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/8-in-shelter-after-fire-damages-moline-apartment-complex/885769524

2017-12-21 - Deadly fire burns home in Davenport (Iowa), 3 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.kcci.com/article/adult-2-children-die-after-trailer-park-fire-officials-say/14488592
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/davenport-fire-one-adult-dead-four-children-taken-to-the-hospital/886348947

2017-12-21 - Deadly fire burns home shortly after midnight in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), 1 killed:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/12/21/crews-scene-fatal-west-baltimore/
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/body-found-in-west-baltimore-rowhome-fire-officials-say/14477025
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/fire-reported-in-baltimores-sandtown-winchester-one-found-dead

2017-12-21 - Deadly fire destroys home in the wee hours in Fresno (California), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://kmph.com/news/local/1-dead-following-fresno-house-fire

2017-12-21 - Two vacant buildings go up in flames in Hagerstown (Maryland):
http://www.localdvm.com/news/maryland/vacant-downtown-hagerstown-buildings-severely-damaged-in-fire/884863779

2017-12-21 - Vacant home burns in West Brighton (New York):
http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2017/12/fdny_responds_to_report_of_fir_1.html

2017-12-21 - Vacant home burns in Muskegon (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/12/firefighters_tackle_all-call_f.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/12/cause_of_vacant_building_fire.html

2017-12-21 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Reno (Nevada):
http://mynews4.com/news/local/house-catches-fire-at-5th-and-ralston-in-downtown-reno

2017-12-22 - Thomas Fire grows to 273,400 acres, becomes largest fire in California history, near coastal Ventura (California):
http://abc7.com/thomas-fire-largest-wildfire-in-ca-history-at-273400-acres/2814191/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-size-20171222-20171222-htmlstory.html
http://nypost.com/2017/12/23/deadly-california-wildfire-now-largest-blaze-in-states-history/
http://www.newsweek.com/california-thomas-fire-breaks-record-largest-wildfire-state-record-757546
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/latest-california-wildfire-now-largest-state-history-51963514
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/california-wildfire-largest-blaze-state-history-article-1.3716661
http://ktla.com/2017/12/22/thomas-fire-within-500-acres-of-becoming-californias-largest-wildfire-on-record/
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/thomas-fire-becomes-largest-wildfire-in-californias-history/70003585
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/12/22/thomas-fire-becomes-californias-largest-wildfire-history/978640001/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-fire-now-largest-in-california-history-fire-officials-say/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/12/22/thomas-fire-largest-in-california-history/
http://fox40.com/2017/12/22/thomas-fire-becomes-largest-fire-in-states-history/
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article191237389.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42464835

Quote: "The Thomas Fire has now burned more acres than any previous wildfire on record in California, and there are no signs of a pattern change that would deliver beneficial weather for battling the blaze."

Quote: "On Friday evening, CalFire reported that the Thomas Fire has grown to 273,400 acres and was 65 percent contained."

2017-12-22 - Oil site rocked by explosion and fire near Windsor in Weld County (Colorado), 1 injured:
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/22/weld-county-oil-site-fire/
http://kdvr.com/2017/12/22/fire-reported-at-oil-well-site-near-windsor-in-weld-county/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/explosion-reported-on-highway-392-in-windsor
http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/weld-firefighters-respond-to-explosion-at-active-oil-and-gas-site-near-windsor/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Worker-injured-in-fire-at-oil-site-in-northern-12452381.php
http://www.koaa.com/story/37131296/oil-well-fire-injuries-one-in-weld-county
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/12/23/windsor-oil-gas-well-explosion/

2017-12-22 - Recycling center fire breaks out in coastal Huntington Beach (California):
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/22/no-injuries-reported-during-fire-at-huntington-beach-recycling-facility/
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-huntington-fire-20171222-story.html
http://oc.dailydigest.us/2017/12/22/no-injuries-reported-during-fire-at-huntington-beach-recycling-facility/
http://firenewsfeed.com/incident/912367

2017-12-22 - SUV bursts into flame at 2:15 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Lawrenceville (Georgia):
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/car-fire-forces-gwinnett-family-to-flee-house
http://www.cbs46.com/story/37124979/two-adults-three-children-escape-gwinnett-county-fire
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/fire-damages-house-car-gwinnett-family-displaced/VNzuIU88N4pxMFTo1z81vL/
http://www.11alive.com/video/news/a-car-fire-inside-of-a-home-in-lawrenceville-has-displaced-a-family-of-5/85-2845300
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/days-before-christmas-lawrenceville-family-displaced-due-to-house-fire/article_0fc0330d-846f-5058-bf0e-1ebe155c066b.html

Quote: "A family of five was displaced after a fire that started in an SUV spread to their house early Friday, a Gwinnett County fire official said."

2017-12-22 - In separate incidents, within an hour, two cars burst into flame on the M54 near Telford (Britain):
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/2017/12/23/cars-catch-fire-in-two-separate-blazes-on-the-m54/
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/59256

Quote: "Fire crews from Albrighton and Telford were called to a fire on the eastbound carriageway between junction 3 and junction 2 at around 9pm on Friday. One saloon car was found to be well alight and fire fighters took 30 minutes to extinguish the flames. Just an hour after leaving the scene firefighters were called once again after a second car caught fire on the westbound carriageway between junction 2 and 3."

2017-12-22 - Eleven cars go up in flames while parked at shopping center in Croydon (Britain):
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/11-cars-catch-fire-centrale-969284
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/minor-delays-tram-service-after-968980

2017-12-22 - Eastern Shore Yacht and Country Club heavily damaged by fire in coastal Melfa (Virginia):
http://www.wboc.com/story/37131680/fire-at-eastern-shore-yacht-country-club
http://wavy.com/2017/12/22/fire-crews-respond-to-fire-at-eastern-shore-yacht-country-club/
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/yacht-club-suffers-heavy-damage-in-fire/
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2017/12/23/friday-night-fire-causes-heavy-damage-e-s-yacht-and-country-club/978786001/
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/state/wire/yacht-club-suffers-heavy-damage-in-fire/article_330b2f01-536c-5173-b352-930deea6eb57.html
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/virginia/eastern-shore/friday-night-fire-causes-heavy-damage-to-eastern-shore-yacht-and-country-club/501997162
http://www.facebook.com/wavytv10/posts/10155122374542036

2017-12-22 - Home explodes in Leeds (Britain), 2 injured:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/house-destroyed-after-massive-explosion-11739264
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/22/two-men-injured-after-explosion-at-a-house-that-propelled-roof-into-road
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/video-dramatic-images-show-house-destroyed-in-leeds-explosion-1-8924669
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2017-12-22/emergency-services-called-to-explosion-in-north-leeds/
http://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/leeds-horsforth-explosion-bang-police-14073805
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-42459734

Note: This is the 359th residential explosion in 2017...

2017-12-22 - Legion Lake Fire’s effect on bison and ranches in South Dakota:
http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/12/20/legion-lake-fires-effect-on-bison-and-ranches/

2017-12-22 - Boat 'Carolyn Ann' bursts into flame while docked in coastal Petersburg (Alaska):
http://www.kfsk.org/2017/12/21/harbor-staff-help-douse-boat-fire-petersburg/

Note: This is the 1084th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-22 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at oil terminal in coastal Karachi (Pakistan):
http://www.brecorder.com/2017/12/22/388661/one-injured-in-oil-terminal-fire-incident/

2017-12-22 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the M40 near Bicester (Britain), truck and van burn too:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42455358
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15789542.Lorry_fire_closes_two_lanes_on_M40/
http://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/15789542.M40_reopens_after_earlier_lorry_fire/
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/bicester/15789542.Lorry_carrying_tonnes_of_beer_catches_fire_on_M40/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/668918/travel-news-live-traffic-updates-roads-m40-lorry-fire-frantic-friday-christmas-roads
http://www.jackfm.co.uk/oxfordshire/news/oxfordshire-news/incident-on-m40-ongoing-after-lorry-fire/
http://top-breaking.news/the-m40-is-reopened-after-a-truck-fire-earlier/
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=138503923654&story_fbid=10155417438708655
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/i-newspaper/20171223/281840054034702

Quote: "The M5 was also affected by delays after another lorry caught fire."

Quote: "This comes as the M1 was closed northbound between Junction 16 and Junction 17 after a van caught fire near Daventry, Northamptonshire, around 6am."

Note: These are the 2216th and 2217th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-22 - Truck bursts into flame on the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent (Britain):
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/m6-southbound-closed-due-lorry-968937
http://www.w3livenews.com/NationalNews/M1-motorway/2017/12/23/M6-southbound-closed-due-to-lorry-fire/7781662

Note: The M5 and M6 truck fires could have been big rigs, they just didn't specify, but often they are...

2017-12-22 - RV bursts into flame at store in Orlando (Florida):
http://www.wesh.com/article/rv-catches-fire-near-gore-street-and-s-orange-blossom-trail/14488852
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-orlando-fire-family-displaced-rv-20171222-story.html
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/orlando-paramedic-offers-a-home-for-christmas-after-familys-rv-destroyed-in-fire/667856274
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/orlando/rv-catches-fire-near-gore-street-and-s-orange-blossom-trail/
http://www.clickorlando.com/video/family-of-8-displaced-after-rv-fire-in-orlando
http://www.facebook.com/wftv/videos/10155710108598145/

2017-12-22 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home in Riverside (California):
http://thecaliforniafriends.com/press-enterprise/fire-destroys-motorhome-parked-in-riverside-driveway/
http://a1.am/en/2017/12/23/fire-destroys-motorhome-parked-riverside-driveway

2017-12-22 - RV and home destroyed by fire in Yarnell (Arizona):
http://www.dcourier.com/news/2017/dec/22/home-destroyed-fire-yarnell/
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37129356/smoke-alarm-alerts-two-residents-to-a-fire-in-their-yarnell-home
http://arizonadailyindependent.com/2017/12/22/home-destroyed-by-fire-in-yarnell/

Quote: "The fire was eventually extinguished, but not before it destroyed a motorhome and storage shed, in addition to the primary residence."

Note: These are the 637th, 638th and 639th RVs to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-22 - Van bursts into flame on street in Sutton Coldfield (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-42452834
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/van-load-christmas-dinners-saved-14073592

2017-12-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame near business in Cody (Wyoming):
http://www.codyenterprise.com/collection_d28e1c14-e77a-11e7-899e-c303f68e83f5.html
http://www.codyenterprise.com/image_e0336540-e77a-11e7-9043-cb130147ad4b.html

2017-12-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked on Cottage Point Road in Damariscotta (Maine), 1700 feet from the Damariscotta River:
http://lcnme.com/currentnews/fire-claims-pickup-damariscotta-quick-response-saves-nearby-vehicle/
http://www.america.easybranches.com/maine/Fire-Claims-Pickup-in-Damariscotta--Quick-Response-Saves-Nearby-Vehicle-496142

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame just after 4:30 AM while parked at home in Carmel Valley (California):
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Car-Destroyed-by-Fire-in-Carmel-Valley-Cul-de-Sac-465914973.html
http://www.10news.com/news/car-fire-comes-dangerously-close-to-carmel-valley-home
http://patch.com/california/delmar-carmelvalley/car-erupts-flames-driveway-carmel-valley-home
http://www.delmartimes.net/carmel-valley/sd-cm-nc-fire-car-20171222-story.html

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Gorton Avenue in coastal New London (Connecticut):
http://wtnh.com/2017/12/22/new-london-car-fire-under-investigation/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BoRvJacvjI

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 in Las Vegas (Nevada):
https://patch.com/nevada/lasvegas/car-fire-slows-southbound-traffic-i-95

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame on I-75 in Moraine (Ohio):
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/car-fire-blocks-southbound-lane-moraine/ra6RyXiANyH90nhMJI3VoM/
http://www.whio.com/news/local/car-fire-blocks-southbound-lane-moraine/ra6RyXiANyH90nhMJI3VoM/

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame on North Tyler Avenue in Pierre (South Dakota):
http://www.capjournal.com/news/friday-car-fire-doused-quickly/article_60eff106-e75f-11e7-8129-37fcb536709a.html

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame on I-275 near coastal Manatee (Florida):
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article191187999.html

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame on highway in in Cherrywood area in coastal Dublin (Ireland):
http://www.thesun.ie/news/1964524/dramatic-image-shows-car-fire-smoke-billowing-over-m50-after-vehicle-erupts-in-flames-on-link-road-under-luas-bridge-at-cherrywood/

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame on the A3 near coastal London (Britain):
http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/15789996.Car_fire_closes_A3_underpass_at_Hook_Junction/

2017-12-22 - Car bursts into flame at roundabout near Sleaford (Britain):
http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/traffic-chaos-bmw-goes-up-966388

2017-12-22 - Commercial vehicle bursts into flame at 3:27 AM in Littlehempston (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45464&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-22 - Motorcycle bursts into flame at 2:04 AM on Goodhart Road in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Goodhart Road, Hull. Fri 22 Dec 2017 02:04 (No:27449) Motorcycle involved in fire. One hose reel."

2017-12-22 - RV trailer, barn and hay go up in flames on Roxwell Road in Writtle (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i7035/
http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/15791353.Farm_building_with_caravan_inside_catches_alight/
http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/south_essex_news/15791353.Farm_building_with_caravan_inside_catches_alight/

2017-12-22 - Vehicle and barn go up in flames in Caledonia (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2017/12/pole_barn_fire.html

Quote: "A vehicle that was inside of the pole barn was also burned."

2017-12-22 - Barn destroyed by fire at 3 AM at Bright’s Zoo in Limestone (Tennessee), exotic birds killed:
http://wjhl.com/2017/12/22/fire-destroys-barn-at-brights-zoo-in-limestone/
http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/barn-destroyed-in-fire-at-brights-zoo/article_5e5cf7df-9eee-564f-8715-fd19dd3f800e.html
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/early-morning-fire-destroys-barn-at-brights-zoo-in-limestone/article_4373dae4-e722-11e7-a9d3-c35ce091effe.html

2017-12-22 - Barn destroyed by fire before 4:30 AM in North Branford (Connecticut), 4 pigs and cow killed:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37124763/livestock-found-dead-in-north-branford-fire

2017-12-22 - Barn and milk parlor destroyed by fire in the wee hours in the Town of Addison (Wisconsin):
http://www.wisn.com/article/hero-on-the-road-driver-spots-barn-fire-in-washington-county-wakes-up-owner/14485358

2017-12-22 - Barn and farm machinery destroyed by fire at 2:29 AM in Tibberton (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/59238

2017-12-22 - Brush fire breaks out and burns homes near Rolleston (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11965300
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/12/firefighters-battling-grass-fire-in-rolleston.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/100153022/evacuations-after-fire-erupts-near-rolleston-southwest-of-christchurch

2017-12-22 - Trash room bursts into flame at 3:22 AM at apartments in La Crosse (Wisconsin), 1700 feet from the Mississippi River:
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/trash-fire-forces-overnight-evacuation-of-downtown-apartments/article_201b2c77-6b04-554c-b65e-5047691b8b37.html

2017-12-22 - Restaurant heavily damaged by fire before 4 AM in North Smithfield (Rhode Island), nobody there:
http://wpri.com/2017/12/22/crews-on-scene-of-restaurant-fire-in-north-smithfield/
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20171222/fire-damages-north-smithfield-breakfast-restaurant
http://turnto10.com/news/local/fire-hits-north-smithfield-restaurant

2017-12-22 - Office building heavily damaged by fire at 6:45 AM on Gregson Drive in Cary (North Carolina), nobody there:
http://www.wral.com/crews-battling-fire-at-cary-office-building/17207854/

2017-12-22 - Lowe's damaged by roof fire before 6 AM in Belmont (North Carolina):
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37125306/roof-catches-fire-at-lowes-in-belmont

2017-12-22 - Produce store destroyed by fire in Dunn (North Carolina):
http://www.wral.com/multiple-fire-units-battle-blaze-at-harnett-county-produce-store/17209199/
http://abc11.com/firefighters-battle-a-blaze-at-harnett-county-produce-store/2814060/

2017-12-22 - Commercial building destroyed by fire at 7:30 AM in Warren (Indiana):
http://www.wfft.com/content/news/Multiple-fire-departments-battle-blaze-in-Huntington-County-465911533.html

2017-12-22 - Towel factory devastated by huge fire in coastal Karachi (Pakistan):
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/420242-Fire-erupts-towel-factory-New-Karachi

2017-12-22 - Garage destroyed by fire in Royal Oak (Michigan):
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20171223/royal-oak-firefighters-prevent-garage-fire-from-spreading

2017-12-22 - Mobile home destroyed by fire near Sebago Lake in Harrison (Maine), nobody there:
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/22/harrison-mobile-home-destroyed-in-fire/

2017-12-22 - Home damaged by fire in Lake Stevens (Washington):
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/lake-stevens-house-fire-prompts-closure-of-20th-street-se/

2017-12-22 - Home damaged by fire in Port Richmond area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 4 injured:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/22/port-richmond-house-fire-2/

2017-12-22 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 4 AM in Shawnee (Kansas), 2 injured:
http://www.kmbc.com/article/house-fire-in-shawnee-injures-two-leaves-hundreds-without-power/14485452
http://fox4kc.com/2017/12/22/home-destroyed-2-people-hospitalized-after-early-morning-shawnee-house-fire/
http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2017/dec/22/three-people-escape-early-morning-house-fire/

2017-12-22 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 11 PM in Jonesboro (Arkansas), 1+ injured:
http://www.kait8.com/story/37123735/house-fire-investigation-underway

2017-12-22 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 5:15 AM in Lincoln (Nebraska), nobody there:
http://www.kfornow.com/fire-damages-south-lincoln-home/

2017-12-22 - Home destroyed by fire in Gambrills (Maryland), pets killed, nobody there:
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ac-cn-gambrills-fire-1223-story.html
http://patch.com/maryland/crofton/pets-inside-gambrills-house-fire-reports
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/crews-battle-fire-in-gambrills/14486831

2017-12-22 - Home destroyed by fire on East Haiti Road in Berea (Kentucky), nobody there:
http://www.lex18.com/story/37129276/house-destroyed-in-madison-county-fire

2017-12-22 - Home destroyed by fire on Westside Avenue in Rotterdam (New York), nobody there:
http://cbs6albany.com/news/local/crews-battling-fire-in-rotterdam
http://www.timesunion.com/7dayarchive/article/Fire-destroys-Rotterdam-home-three-days-before-12452263.php

2017-12-22 - Home destroyed by fire at 1 AM in Clintonville (Pennsylvania):
http://venangoextra.com/fire-destroys-clintonville-home
http://www.thederrick.com/police_and_fire/fire-destroys-clintonville-home/article_3c5db682-d925-5f9c-b6df-b41760ab5047.html

2017-12-22 - Home destroyed by fire near Moscow Mills (Missouri):
http://fox2now.com/2017/12/21/fire-destroys-home-in-lincoln-county-subdivision/

2017-12-22 - Home destroyed by fire and explosions near Pequot Lakes (Minnesota):
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/4378494-fire-engulfs-cass-county-home

2017-12-22 - Two homes damaged by garage fire in Centennial (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/12/22/centennial-house-fire/

2017-12-22 - Three homes go up in flames at 3:40 AM in Black Rock area in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/fire-damages-three-homes-in-black-rock-neighborhood/71-501653060

2017-12-22 - Duplex heavily damaged by fire in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/cedar-rapids-firefighters-save-presents-tree-from-duplex-fire-20171222

2017-12-22 - Duplex destroyed by fire just after 1:30 AM in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/family-displaced-after-duplex-fire-in-orange-county

2017-12-22 - Apartment building damaged by fire in Sioux Falls (South Dakota):
http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2017/12/22/residents-evacuated-downtown-sioux-falls-apartment-building-after-fire/976072001/

2017-12-22 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in coastal Everett (Washington), 2 injured:
http://komonews.com/news/local/2-injured-in-3-alarm-fire-at-everett-apartment-complex
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/days-before-christmas-fire-displaces-20-people-in-everett/
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/everett/2-injured-after-3-alarm-fire-at-everett-apartment-complex/281-501639921
http://q13fox.com/2017/12/21/everett-firefighters-battling-2-alarm-fire-on-colby-avenue/

2017-12-22 - Deadly fire burns home on Laurel Springs Drive in Cobb County (Georgia), 1 killed:
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/elderly-woman-found-dead-inside-house-after-fire/85-501728917
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/85-year-old-woman-dies-in-cobb-county-house-fire

2017-12-22 - Deadly fire burns home at 2:16 AM in Taylorsville (Utah), 1 killed:
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/deadly-house-fire-in-taylorsville-man-and-pets-found-dead/886271135

2017-12-22 - Deadly fire burns home just after 2 AM in Kearns (Utah), 1 killed:
http://kutv.com/news/local/house-fire-kills-21-year-old-kearns-man

2017-12-22 - Deadly fire burns home at 4 AM in Bastrop (Louisiana), 2 killed:
http://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Woman-grandson-killed-in-Louisiana-fire-12450463.php
http://www.myarklamiss.com/news/local-news/two-dead-in-overnight-house-fire/886366825

2017-12-22 - Deadly fire burns home in coastal Bradenton (Florida), 1 killed:
http://wfla.com/2017/12/23/77-year-old-found-dead-in-bradenton-fire/
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/elderly-man-found-dead-at-scene-of-senior-facility-fire/article_1186bb30-e800-11e7-9a03-cf07fd69adbe.html

2017-12-22 - Deadly fire burns home in Hopewell Township (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/12/22/hopewell-township-beaver-county-house-fire/
http://triblive.com/local/regional/13107922-74/coroner-called-to-friday-night-house-fire-in-beaver-county
http://www.wtae.com/article/at-least-one-person-killed-in-fire-in-hopewell-township/14491388
http://www.wpxi.com/video?videoId=667915680&videoVersion=2.0

2017-12-22 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Dayton (Ohio):
http://abc22now.com/news/local/intense-flames-from-vacant-house-fire-displaces-neighboring-family-of-6

2017-12-22 - Vacant home destroyed by fire on Maplewood Road in Lake Harmony (Pennsylvania):
http://www.tnonline.com/vacant-home-burns-kidder-township

2017-12-22 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM, adjacent home scorched, in Moundsville (West Virginia):
http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2017/12/tragedy-averted-in-moundsville-in-early-morning-house-fire/

2017-12-22 - Vacant church burns just before midnight in Dayton (Ohio):
http://wdtn.com/2017/12/22/vacant-building-catches-fire-in-dayton/

2017-12-23 - Woman found dead in burning car at 2:30 AM on railroad tracks along the Fox River in Kaukauna (Wisconsin):
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/police-woman-who-died-in-car-fire-may-have-been-disoriented/
http://fox11online.com/news/state/kaukauna-police-remains-found-in-car-on-fire
http://fox6now.com/2017/12/23/officials-find-human-remains-in-burned-vehicle/
http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2017/12/23/body-found-burned-out-car-kaukauna-train-tracks/979012001/
http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Authorities-find-skeletal-remains-inside-car-on-fire--466130653.html
http://www.radioplusinfo.com/2017/12/23/12-24-17-body-found-in-burned-out-car-in-fox-valley/

Quote: "Around 2:30 a.m. police say the Kaukauna Fire Department was headed to a possible fire on the Fox River near Holly Court. When they made it to the scene they found a car on fire on the railroad tracks along the Fox River with skeletal remains inside. Officials say the tracks are not in use."

Quote: "The person inside likely died in the fire, said Lt. Joe Resch. The car had not been hit by a train."

2017-12-23 - California’s 2017 foreshadowing of the monster fires to come:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/12/22/toasted-californias-2017-foreshadowing-of-the-monster-fires-to-come/

2017-12-23 - Deadly fire rips through shopping mall in coastal Davao (Philippine Islands), 37 killed:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/23/nearly-40-feared-dead-in-philippines-shopping-mall-blaze
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/954818/davao-city-nccc-mall-fire-trapped-zero-survivors
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/23/fire-hits-philippine-mall-2-dozen-employees-feared-trapped.html
http://news.sky.com/story/philippines-mall-fire-dozens-die-as-president-says-zero-survival-chance-11183649
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/24/world/asia/philippines-mall-fire.html
http://www.rappler.com/nation/192131-davao-city-nccc-mall-fire-death-toll
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/23/17/fire-razes-davao-mall
http://time.com/5079039/philippines-davao-mall-fire/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42469853

Quote: "Thirty-seven people were believed killed in a fire that engulfed a shopping mall in the southern Philippines city of Davao, the local vice-mayor said on Sunday. A bureau of fire protection commander at the scene said the chances of the 37 surviving were 'zero', according to Paolo Duterte, the vice-mayor, who is also the president’s son."

2017-12-23 - Zoo damaged by fire at 6 AM in coastal London (Britain), aardvark killed, 4 meerkats presumed dead:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20171223-61108-GBR
http://uproxx.com/news/london-zoo-fire-aardvark-dies/
http://news.sky.com/story/london-zoo-fire-70-firefighters-tackle-cafe-blaze-11181845
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/national-international/Fire-London-Zoo-Aardvark-Meerkats-466134753.html
http://nypost.com/2017/12/23/london-zoo-blaze-leaves-aardvark-dead-meerkats-missing/
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/national/15792040.London_Zoo_reopens_after_aardvark_and_meerkats_die_in_fire/
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/london-zoo-closed-blaze-rips-cafe-near-petting-zoo-111052798.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fire-hits-london-zoo-cafe-clear-animals-hurt-51966406
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/23/fire-at-famed-london-zoo-is-believed-to-have-killed-5-animals.html
http://www.khq.com/story/37132047/london-zoo-fire-toll-1-aardvark-dead-4-meerkats-missing
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-zoo-fire-latest-aardvark-dead-four-meerkats-missing-animals-regents-park-a8126266.html
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_london-zoo-cafe-23-december-17.asp
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/article191393659.html

2017-12-23 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://wpri.com/2017/12/23/firefighters-respond-to-manhole-explosion-in-providence/
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/manhole-explosion-triggers-small-fire-no-injuries/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-ri--manhole-explosion-20171223-story.html
http://www.abc6.com/story/37132780/providence-fire-department-responds-to-manhole-explosion
http://turnto10.com/news/local/no-injures-after-manhole-explosion-in-providence
http://www.ccenterdispatch.com/news/state/article_d0bc0840-35f9-5485-ab40-ae5c528150be.html
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/manhole-explosion-triggers-small-fire-no-injuries/article_afd7ab7d-1ea7-5ab7-befd-f4fc5e254efd.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rhode-island/articles/2017-12-23/manhole-explosion-triggers-small-fire-no-injuries
http://www.latimes.com/sns-bc-ri--manhole-explosion-20171223-story.html

2017-12-23 - Transformer explodes and burns, ignites two cars, in coastal Newark (New Jersey):
http://newjersey.news12.com/story/37131807/2-cars-go-up-in-flames-after-newark-transformer-explosion
http://www.fios1news.com/newjersey/local-Two-cars-engulfed-in-flames-in-Newark-after-transformer-falls
http://www.rlsmedia.com/article/vehicles-burn-after-transformer-fire-newark

2017-12-23 - Transformer explodes and burns in Kearny Mesa (California), near the coast, blackouts ensue:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-power-outage-20171223-story.html
http://www.cbs8.com/story/37133080/transformer-explosion-causes-power-outage-for-hundreds-in-kearny-mesa
http://www.10news.com/news/hundreds-left-without-power-in-kearny-mesa-following-transformer-explosion

2017-12-23 - Utility pole bursts into flame in Woods Cross (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/local/bird-crashes-into-power-pole-hundreds-without-power-in-woods-cross

2017-12-23 - Motel damaged by explosion in Westlake area in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2017/12/23/explosion-westlake-motel-investigation/
http://www.dailynews.com/2017/12/23/westlake-motel-damaged-by-apparent-explosion/
http://www.usa-headlines.com/headline/westlake-motel-damaged-by-apparent-explosion

2017-12-23 - Home destroyed by explosion and fire in Gastonia (North Carolina), firefighter injured, nobody there:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/firefighter-injured-in-gaston-county-house-fire/667900451
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37130859/firefighter-suffered-second-degree-burns-after-fire-destroys-house-in-gastonia
http://www.wcnc.com/news/community/firefighter-severely-burned-battling-gastonia-house-fire/501902954

Quote: "Neighbors said they heard an explosion. 'It sounded like a bomb went off,' neighbor Renee Harwell said. 'It was so loud that it shook our house inside.'"

Note: These are the 360th and 361st residential explosions in 2017...

2017-12-23 - Recycling center erupts in flame in Lehigh Acres (Florida):
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/37133061/3-alarm-fire-at-lee-county-recycling-facility
http://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/2017/12/23/firefighters-contain-blaze-lee-county-trash-facility/979357001/

2017-12-23 - Boat bursts into flame in harbor in coastal Doha (Qatar):
http://www.gulf-times.com/story/575855/Civil-Defence-contains-Doha-Corniche-fire
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/24/12/2017/Civil-Defense-extinguishes-boat-fire-in-Doha-Cornishe
http://nricafe.com/civil-defense-extinguishes-boat-fire-in-doha-corniche/
http://menafn.com/1096268971/Civil-Defense-extinguishes-boat-fire-in-Doha-Cornishe

Note: This is the 1085th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-23 - 32 transit buses destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM while parked at facility in Victoria (Texas):
http://www.crossroadstoday.com/story/37132048/overnight-fire-involves-multiple-city-transit-buses
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2017/dec/23/victoria-transit-buses-catch-fire/
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dozens-of-buses-other-transit-vehicles-burned-in-texas-fire/
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/dozens-of-buses-other-transit-vehicles-burned-in-texas-fire/article_78cbec2d-2159-59a4-bba3-4bf5196f70cb.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article191505324.html
http://www.facebook.com/CrossroadsToday/videos/1528356147199545/
http://www.facebook.com/CrossroadsToday/videos/1528473430521150/

Quote: "At around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, December 23, 2017, a Victoria City Transit bus caught fire and spread to 31 other buses at 1900 N. Laurent. A police officer patrolling the area saw one bus on fire and called for help. Fire crews rushed to the scene where multiple buses were engulfed in flames. The wind was blowing so the fire spread quickly. After the fire was put out a total of 32 buses were destroyed."

2017-12-23 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on street in Chandigarh (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/close-shave-for-volvo-passengers/518172.html

2017-12-23 - Buses, tractor, truck, cars, vehicles and shed destroyed by fire in Springbrook (Australia), 1 injured:
http://au.pressfrom.com/news/australia/-50289-out-of-control-tractor-fire-leaves-elderly-man-with-burns/
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/12/23/18/31/elderly-man-left-with-serious-burns-after-tractor-sparks-shed-fire
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/industrial-shed-gutted-by-fierce-fire-which-destroyed-several-vehicles-burned-man-20171223-p4yy0i.html

Quote: "The fire was reportedly sparked in the heritage timber shed in the Gold Coast hinterland town of Springbrook after the resident tried starting a tractor. The shed, which contained several vehicles, including buses, cars and a much-cherished classic truck, soon caught alight."

Note: These are the 831st-865th buses to burn in 2017, and this is the 2218th tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-23 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on highway in Suqian City (China):
http://www.1clickdaily.com/Fire-Broke-Out-On-Oil-Tanker-3861261.html
http://www.newsx.tv/2017/12/24/fire-broke-out-on-oil-tanker/
http://www.1clickrepeat.com/watch?v=OgfSNl02sSo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgfSNl02sSo

2017-12-23 - Four tractors and barn destroyed by fire in Hudson (Indiana):
http://www.wlki.com/news.php?sb_news_id=45896
http://foxsportsangola.com/news.php?sb_news_id=45896
http://kpcnews.com/news/latest/heraldrepublican/article_fe331dcf-925c-51db-bcfb-f83a361a7851.html

Quote: "The total loss of the structure and contents, including 4 tractors, farm implements, and agricultural commodities. Estimated Dollar loss was a total of $1,000,000.00."

Note: These are the 2219th, 2220th, 2221st, 2222nd and 2223rd tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-23 - Ambulance bursts into flame while parked inside fire station in Batesville (Indiana):
http://wrbiradio.com/2017/12/22/ambulance-damaged-4-treated-in-batesville-blaze/
http://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/IN/2017/December/22/Ambulance.damaged.4.treated.in.Batesville.blaze.aspx

2017-12-23 - Two trucks, van and six cars go up in flames while parked at business on Wharf Road in coastal Gravesend (Britain), 400 feet from the ocean:
http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/news/incidents/?entryid2=14588
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/several-cars-destroyed-in-fire-157502/

Quote: "Six cars were damaged by the fire, along with a van and two lorries. Crews wearing breathing apparatus managed to get alongside the vehicles and used compressed foam, a hose reel jet and main jet to fight the fire.  They prevented the fire spreading into the industrial property the vehicles were parked next to."

2017-12-23 - Minivan bursts into flame on Deltona Boulevard in Spring Hill (Florida):
http://www.rnrfonline.com/vehicle-fire-closes-deltona-blvd-no-injuries-reported/

2017-12-23 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at gas station along the B3260 at the A30 near Okehampton (Britain):
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dramatic-pictures-show-aftermath-petrol-970461
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/petrol-station-fire-devon-services-969849

2017-12-23 - Three cars go up in flames while parked inside garage at used car business in Reno (Nevada):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/37133683/active-fire-at-used-car-lot1
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Fire-on-South-Virginia-Street-north-of-South-Meadows-Parkway-466191753.html
http://mynews4.com/news/local/reno-fire-reporting-used-car-business-on-fire-in-south-reno

Quote: "The Reno Fire Department is investigating a blaze at a used car lot Saturday night. At around 6:00 p.m. Reno fire crews responded to reports of a fire at the Friendly Auto Network on South Virginia Street. Responding crews say approximately three cars were on fire in a garage located at the back of the building."

2017-12-23 - Car bursts into flame in drive-thru at McDonald's in Kilkenny (Ireland):
http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/gallery/home/288672/breaking-car-catches-fire-at-mcdonald-s-kilkenny.html

2017-12-23 - Car and RV trailer go up in flames while parked on Abels Road in Halstead (Britain):
http://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/news/15789625.Caravan_goes_up_in_flames_in_busy_street/

2017-12-23 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Asda store in St Helen’s (Britain):
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/dramatic-photos-show-six-foot-14079144

2017-12-23 - Car bursts into flame on Park Avenue in Madeley (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/59265

2017-12-23 - Car bursts into flame at 11 PM on Ling Drive in Gainsborough (Britain):
http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/gainsborough-firefighters-attend-vehicle-fire-1-8925816

2017-12-23 - Car bursts into flame on Lake End Road in Dorney (Britain):
http://bucksfire.gov.uk/latest-incidents/

Quote: "Saturday 23 December, 7.29pm Car fire, Lake End Road, Dorney. One appliance and crew from Slough attended. Firefighters used one hose reel, one set of breathing apparatus and a toolkit."

2017-12-23 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the M6 near Burton (Britain):
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/cumbriafire/recent-incidents/

Quote: "Vehicle fire on the M6(South Lakeland) 23 Dec 2017 At 22:13 firefighters were called to reports of a vehicle fire on the M6 southbound near to Burton Service Station. Crews attended and used a hose reel jet and dry powder to extinguish the fire."

2017-12-23 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked in Ardmore (Oklahoma), dog killed, nobody there:
http://www.kxii.com/content/news/Woman-loses-therapy-and-home-in-fire--466328983.html

2017-12-23 - Semi trailer bursts into flame at 1:53 AM while parked inside business in Rogers (Arkansas):
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2017/dec/23/no-injures-in-semi-trailer-fire-2017122/

2017-12-23 - Car and home destroyed by fire in the Blue Creek area near Billings (Montana):
http://www.ktvq.com/story/37133881/fire-destroys-home-in-blue-creek-area
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/fire-destroys-blue-creek-area-home-one-vehicle/article_51db31b5-57f8-51ac-b42f-0f7ad40d67b2.html

Quote: "No one was injured in the fire and one vehicle was confirmed destroyed, Cortez said."

2017-12-23 - AC unit bursts into flame at hospital, fire spreads to hospital, in Delhi (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/patients-evacuated-as-fire-breaks-out-in-a-delhi-hospital-117122300420_1.html
http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-fire-breaks-out-at-preet-vihar-hosp-80-patients-evacuated-2570105

2017-12-23 - Newington Portuguese Club destroyed by basement fire in Newington (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37133104/second-alarm-fire-destroys-newington-portuguese-club-on-saturday

2017-12-23 - Yarn manufacturing plant damaged by fire in Yadkinville (North Carolina):
http://myfox8.com/2017/12/23/nobody-hurt-after-small-fire-breaks-out-at-yarn-manufacturing-plant-in-yadkin-county/

2017-12-23 - School heavily damaged by fire in Lawrence (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/23/lawrence-fire-rips-through-school-building/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/firefighters-battle-multi-alarm-fire-in-historic-school/14492293
http://www.wcvb.com/article/firefighters-rips-through-roof-of-historic-school/14492771
http://www.eagletribune.com/multimedia/fire-at-rollins-school-in-lawrence/video_21f815ed-85ad-5c2c-b2b9-4b0d1efdd8c0.html
http://whdh.com/news/crews-battle-fire-at-lawrence-school/

2017-12-23 - Restaurant destroyed by fire at 6:20 AM in Pinckneyville (Illinois):
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37133066/pinckneyville-restaurant-destroyed-by-fire
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37132913/pinckneyville-il-restaurant-total-loss-after-morning-fire
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/pinckneyville/fire-destroys-popular-pinckneyville-restaurant/article_a3ce760e-901d-5843-8790-60b0b4568ec0.html

2017-12-23 - Funeral home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Washington DC:
http://wjla.com/news/local/officials-fire-causes-significant-damage-to-funeral-home-in-northeast-dc

2017-12-23 - Two factories go up in flames in Ganderbal (India):
http://kashmirlife.net/textile-factory-gutted-in-massive-fire-in-ganderbal-159795/
http://www.uniindia.com/two-factories-gutted-in-massive-fire-in-central-kashmir/states/news/1085502.html
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/textile-factory-gutted-in-fire-in-ganderbal/269770.html
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/videos/news/atch-textile-factories-gutted-in-fire-in-ganderbal.html

2017-12-23 - Building under construction heavily damaged by fire in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/san-francisco-building-under-construction-catches-fire

2017-12-23 - Garage heavily damaged by fire at home in Auburn (Maine), nobody there:
http://wgme.com/news/local/son-comes-home-to-find-garage-on-fire
http://wgme.com/news/local/fire-damages-auburn-home

2017-12-23 - Garage destroyed by fire at 1:10 AM at home in Daleville (Indiana), nobody there:
http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/fire-destroys-daleville-garage-house-saved/article_f74fd750-e7ec-11e7-a969-ab30d2d2e801.html
http://www.america.easybranches.com/indiana/Fire-destroys-Daleville-garage--house-saved-499076

2017-12-23 - Garage destroyed by fire at home on River Road in Boggs Township (Pennsylvania):
http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/13108121-74/fire-destroys-garage-threatens-to-burn-house-in-boggs

2017-12-23 - Home damaged by fire on River Road in Santa Clara (Oregon):
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/36279106-75/attic-fire-damages-home-on-river-road.html.csp

2017-12-23 - Home heavily damaged by garage fire at 1:15 AM on Cascade Cove in San Antonio (Texas), nobody there:
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/fire-causes-heavy-damage-just-after-homeowners-leave-for-vacation

2017-12-23 - Home destroyed by fire near Hagerstown (Maryland):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/breaking/firefighters-battle-broadfording-church-road-blaze/article_9a23b6de-e821-11e7-ad0f-5bc93f6bf3fe.html

2017-12-23 - Home destroyed by fire in Weber County (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/local/home-a-total-loss-in-weber-county-fire
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/weber-county-home-total-loss-after-fire/887279330
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/900006296/weber-county-family-safe-after-fire.html

2017-12-23 - Home destroyed by fire in Centreville (Illinois), nobody there:
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article191388449.html

2017-12-23 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:29 AM, two more homes damaged, in coastal Washington DC:
http://wjla.com/news/local/officials-fire-destroys-dc-home-damages-2-others-leaving-9-people-displaced
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Three-Homes-Damaged-by-Fire-in-SE-DC-Nine-People-Displaced-466102793.html

2017-12-23 - Mansion destroyed by fire just after midnight on Ice Pond Drive in Manakin-Sabot (Virginia), nobody there:
http://wric.com/2017/12/23/goochland-home-destroyed-in-overnight-fire/
http://www.nbc12.com/story/37131736/fire-breaks-out-at-goochland-home-damage-estimated-to-be-2-million

Quote: "No one was hurt because fire officials say the family was not living in the home at the time due to renovations. They were planning to move into the home in 2018, officials said. The incident caused about $2 million in damage."

2017-12-23 - Condo building heavily damaged by fire in coastal Falmouth (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20171224/two-alarm-fire-damages-falmouth-condos

2017-12-23 - Apartment building under construction destroyed by fire just before 6 AM in Waukee (Iowa):
http://whotv.com/2017/12/23/crews-respond-to-fire-at-waukee-construction-site/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/2017/12/23/fire-destroys-unfinished-apartment-building/108871280/
http://www.kcci.com/article/large-morning-fire-at-aconstruction-site/14490990

2017-12-23 - Deadly fire burns home in Independence (Missouri), 2 killed:
http://www.kctv5.com/story/37133862/body-found-inside-structure-that-caught-fire-in-independence
http://www.kctv5.com/story/37134496/2-found-dead-after-fire-call-in-independence
http://fox2now.com/2017/12/24/2-found-dead-after-fire-call-in-independence/
http://www.lmtonline.com/news/crime/article/2-found-dead-after-fire-call-in-Independence-12453201.php

2017-12-23 - Deadly fire burns home in Moss Bluff (Texas), near the Trinity River, 2 killed:
http://www.khou.com/news/husband-and-wife-found-dead-in-house-fire-in-liberty-county/501994415
http://www.12newsnow.com/news/local/liberty-county-couple-found-dead-in-saturday-night-house-fire/502007694

2017-12-23 - Deadly fire burns home on Rosies Hollow in Catawba (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-deadly-fire-in-sherrills-ford-community-officials-say/668233124

2017-12-23 - Vacant building burns in coastal Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kiiitv.com/news/local/fire-fighters-put-out-fire-at-building-near-medical-center/502087198

2017-12-23 - Vacant triple-decker home burns in Worcester (Massachusetts):
http://www.telegram.com/news/20171222/worcester-firefighters-extinguish-fire-in-vacant-three-decker
http://www.topix.com/worcester/2017/12/worcester-firefighters-extinguish-fire-in-vacant-three-decker

2017-12-23 - Vacant mattress store burns at 3:14 AM in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-20171223-story.html

2017-12-23 - Vacant factory burns in coastal Wicklow (Ireland):
http://www.thejournal.ie/fire-wicklow-3767097-Dec2017/

2017-12-24 - Mysterious explosions regularly alarming people in Desert Hot Springs (California):
http://www.cvindependent.com/index.php/en-US/news/local-issues/item/4266-baffling-booms-mysterious-and-unexplained-noises-have-been-startling-residents-of-desert-hot-springs

2017-12-24 - Fireworks explosion injures 39+ people in Remedios (Cuba), 3 miles from the coast:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20171226-61133-CUB
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-blast/39-injured-in-fireworks-explosion-at-cuban-festival-on-christmas-eve-idUSKBN1EJ0UM
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/896622/Christmas-explosion-fireworks-Cuba-Parrandas-festival-Christmas-Eve-Havana-Spain
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/americas/22-injured-in-fireworks-explosion-at-cuban-festival-on-christmas-eve

2017-12-24 - Landfill fire erupts in Kelowna (Canada):
http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/214778/Fire-at-Glenmore-landfill
http://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Crews_respond_to_Glenmore_structure_fire/

2017-12-24 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home on Green Tree Avenue in Decatur (Illinois):
http://herald-review.com/news/local/firefighters-on-scene-at-apparent-camper-fire/article_2a0cf6c1-ac84-5f40-954a-2f4781f991ea.html
http://www.wopular.com/firefighters-scene-apparent-camper-fire

Note: This is the 640th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-24 - Van bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Fire-crews-on-scene-of-house-fire--466284603.html

Quote: "The Wichita Fire Department is on the scene of a garage fire in the 500 block of north Clara Ave on Sunday morning. The Battalion Chief says the fire started in the van that was parked in the driveway. They don't believe it was running at the time. The fire spread to the garage, causing damage to the outside including the roof."

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Pullman Square in Huntington (West Virginia), 500 feet from the Ohio River:
http://www.wowktv.com/news/emergencies/car-catches-fire-inside-pullman-square-parking-garage/887509439
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/fire-prompts-clearing-of-pullman-businesses/article_dc9a0b61-d818-5812-9d4e-c3523f360dc0.html
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Car-fire-causes-brief-evacuations-at-Pullman-Square-466305243.html
http://wchstv.com/news/local/car-fire-causes-evacuations-at-pullman-square
http://www.facebook.com/wsaz3/posts/10155595756434702

Quote: "A car fire Sunday in the Pullman Square parking garage in downtown Huntington caused a brief evacuation of Marquee Cinema and some restaurants and stores near the theater on Christmas Eve."

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame at 2:17 AM while parked in carpark at business on Webbs Lane in Middlewich (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/commercial-building-fire-in-middlewich

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame at 6:25 AM while parked in driveway at home on Kinross Road in Lillington (Britain):
http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireincidents/2017/12/24/car-fire-kinross-road-lillington-leamington-spa-2-appliances-attending/

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home on Peel Drive in Bacup (Britain):
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15791943.Firefighters_called_to_car_fire/

2017-12-24 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked on Lake Perris Drive near Lake Perris (California):
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/25/lifeless-dog-trapped-in-burning-perris-rv-is-rescued-and-revived/
http://ktla.com/2017/12/25/firefighters-revive-lifeless-dog-pulled-from-burning-travel-trailer-in-riverside-county/

2017-12-24 - Fishing boat destroyed by fire in coastal Tam Hai (Vietnam):
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/420050/nearly-vnd10-billion-lost-in-boat-fire.html
http://posts.asia/society/more/320694-nearly-vn10-billion-lost-in-boat-fire.html

Note: This is the 1086th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-24 - Tanker truck explodes into flame at 2:30 AM at business in New Raymer (Colorado):
http://www.koaa.com/story/37135213/oil-tanker-explodes-in-weld-county
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/12/24/oil-tanker-explodes-weld-county/
http://kdvr.com/2017/12/24/one-injured-after-oil-tanker-explosion-in-weld-county/
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/24/fire-crews-battle-oil-truck-explosion-at-new-raymers-walker-texaco-station/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/driver-airlifted-to-hospital-after-oil-tanker-explodes-in-new-raymer
http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/local/crude-tanker-explosion-destroys-historic-building-in-new-raymer-in-north-weld-county/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/oil-tanker-carrying-180-barrels-explodes-sends-driver-to-hospital/vp-BBHieYN
http://www.southplattesentinel.com/2017/12/fire-crews-battle-oil-truck-explosion-new-raymer/
http://www.facebook.com/greeleytribune/posts/10155932468513077

Quote: "This is the third oil-and-gas-related fire in the past six weeks in Weld County. The first occurred Nov. 16 as contractors worked on a DCP Midstream pipeline near Weld County Road 71 and Colorado 392, near Galeton. Three workers were injured, and one died later at a hospital. Friday night it was a fiery scene east of Windsor in the Great Western Industrial Park near Weld County Road 21 and Colorado 392, where firefighters are still trying to piece together what triggered an explosion at an active oil and gas production operation for Extraction Oil and Gas."

2017-12-24 - Several tractors, tractor (combine) and agricultural equipment go up in flames near Havre (Montana):
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2017/12/25/big-equipment-says-move-forward-wake-big-fire/980654001/
http://www.krtv.com/story/37136001/extreme-damage-as-fire-burns-big-equipment-company-near-havre
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2017/12/24/large-building-fire-havre-closes-highway/980351001/
http://www.ktvq.com/story/37135798/structure-fire-near-havre-closes-highway-87
http://www.krtv.com/story/37135692/structure-fire-near-havre-closes-highway-87

Quote: "Besides loosing the H-shaped facility that includes north and south shops with a large parts area in between the two, one combine and several tractors were lost in the fire, Harmon said."

Note: They're in the business of selling tractors, so who knows how many tractors got destroyed, but several is more than two, so I'll just call it three to be conservative, plus the combine. These are the 2224th, 2225th, 2226th, 2227th and 2228th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 near Florence (South Carolina):
http://wpde.com/news/local/firefighters-responding-to-vehicle-fire-on-1-95

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame on highway in coastal Pompano Beach (Florida):
http://www.local10.com/news/florida/broward/car-fire-put-damper-on-christmas-for-pompano-beach-family

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame near Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue in Toronto (Canada):
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/no-one-injured-after-car-fire-in-downsview-area-1.3734804
http://www.cp24.com/news/no-injuries-after-north-york-car-fire-1.3734800
http://bayview-news.com/2017/12/fire-destroys-car-at-keele-and-sheppard-sunday-afternoon.html/

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame on Park Road in Ravensthorpe (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/man-taken-hospital-burn-injuries-14079946

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame on the M5 between Worcester and Droitwich (Britain):
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/15792194.UPDATE__Car_fire_extinguished_on_M5_between_Worcester_and_Droitwich/

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame on Douglass Road in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45487&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-24 - Car bursts into flame on Brandon Way in West Bromwich (Britain):
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/west-bromwich/2017/12/26/car-bursts-into-flames-in-west-bromwich/

2017-12-24 - Moped bursts into flame at 2:51 AM on Sutcliffe Avenue in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Sutcliffe Avenue, Grimsby. Sun 24 Dec 2017 02:51 (No:27566) Moped on fire. Scotty Backpack in use."

2017-12-24 - Moped bursts into flame on Ainslie Street in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Ainslie Street, Grimsby. Sun 24 Dec 2017 20:52 (No:27616) Moped on fire. Scotty Back Pack and buckets of water in use. Incident left with Police."

2017-12-24 - Car and home go up in flames in Tucson (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/37134864/nwfd-crews-working-a-house-fire-near-oldfather
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37134933/house-fire-near-mars-and-oldfather-causing-traffic-delays

Quote: "NWFD said the fire started in the carport of a home in the 4100 block of Mars Street. Crews were able to stop the progress of the fire before it spread to the home. One car was destroyed."

2017-12-24 - Barn destroyed by fire in Montague (Michigan):
http://woodtv.com/2017/12/24/horses-spared-in-montague-barn-fire/

2017-12-24 - Truck repair business destroyed by fire in New Paris (Ohio):
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/preble-county-fire-crews-work-put-out-commercial-fire/8LrCWbcmpAPn7CO63P0p1H/
http://www.whio.com/news/local/preble-county-fire-crews-work-put-out-commercial-fire/8LrCWbcmpAPn7CO63P0p1H/
http://abc22now.com/news/local/fourteen-fire-departments-respond-to-commercial-fire-in-preble-county
http://fox45now.com/news/local/fourteen-fire-departments-respond-to-commercial-fire-in-preble-county

2017-12-24 - Construction business devastated by fire and explosions near Wakefield (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fire-explosions-rock-industrial-site-near-wakefield-que-1.4464416

Quote: "No one was hurt after a violent industrial fire broke out Sunday morning east of Wakefield, Que. The fire started shortly before noon in a garage at 960 Edelweiss Road, which housed machinery owned by Construction Edelweiss. Several explosions were heard after firefighters arrived on the scene, according to Radio-Canada."

2017-12-24 - Car wash heavily damaged by fire in the wee hours in Plover (Wisconsin):
http://www.waow.com/story/37135143/2017/12/24/fire-erupts-at-plover-business
http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2017/12/24/fire-damages-r-store-car-wash-plover/979808001/

2017-12-24 - Restaurant heavily damaged by fire in Chesapeake (Virginia):
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/mycity/chesapeake/chesapeake-business-damaged-after-catching-fire/502135661

2017-12-24 - Biscuit factory destroyed by fire in Zirakpur (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/fire-breaks-out-at-godown-in-zirakpur/articleshow/62235030.cms
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/major-fire-at-biscuit-godown-near-zirakpur/story-gnDwPcNacqOW94MozV4jSN.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/major-fire-breaks-out-at-biscuit-godown-in-zirakpur/articleshow/62232022.cms

2017-12-24 - Garage heavily damaged by fire at duplex in York County (Virginia):
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/house-catches-fire-in-york-county/502111353
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/24/york-county-house-fire-causes-extensive-damage-to-garage/

2017-12-24 - Garage destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Bloomington (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/news/garage-a-total-loss-house-damaged-after-bloomington-fire/677109483

2017-12-24 - Home damaged by fire in Springfield (Missouri), nobody there:
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171224/house-on-east-monroe-damaged-by-fire

2017-12-24 - Home damaged by fire at 12:30 AM on Lower River Road near Rabbit Hash (Kentucky), 130 feet from the Ohio River, 1 injured:
http://local12.com/news/local/1-person-taken-to-the-hospital-after-fire-in-boone-county

2017-12-24 - Home damaged by fire at 4:32 AM in coastal Oakland (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/24/five-displaced-from-east-oakland-home-in-one-alarm-fire/

2017-12-24 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Mobile (Alabama), 1 injured:
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/12/one_person_injured_in_mobile_h.html
http://www.fox10tv.com/story/37135804/mobile-fire-rescue-battle-house-fire-on-jessie-street

2017-12-24 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 5:30 AM in Kalamazoo (Michigan):
http://wwmt.com/news/local/residents-escape-house-fire-in-kalamazoo

2017-12-24 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://wncn.com/2017/12/24/house-fire-closes-4-lanes-of-rock-quarry-road-in-raleigh/
http://www.wral.com/abandoned-house-fire-closes-four-lanes-of-rock-quarry-road-in-raleigh/17212103/

2017-12-24 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Old Saybrook (Connecticut), 350 feet from the ocean:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37136130/crews-responding-to-a-house-fire-in-old-saybrook
http://wtnh.com/2017/12/25/fire-rips-through-home-in-old-saybrook/

Quote: "The fire is reported in the area of Fen Wick and Pettipaug Avenue, which lies along the coastline, sources said."

2017-12-24 - Home destroyed by fire in Houston County (Georgia), nobody there:
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/christmas-eve-fire-destroys-houston-county-home

2017-12-24 - Home destroyed by fire in Clovis (New Mexico), nobody there:
http://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2017/12/26/news/weekend-fire-destroys-clovis-home/155463.html

2017-12-24 - Home destroyed by garage fire on Magnolia Bend in Hudson (Texas):
http://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/article_4417f3c1-2021-5ee0-bb33-5f5f2204a4dc.html

2017-12-24 - Home destroyed by basement fire in Boyle Heights (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Family-Loses-Home-Devastating-Christmas-Eve-Fire-466374543.html

2017-12-24 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:15 AM in Irvington (New Jersey):
http://abc7ny.com/fire-tears-through-home-in-nj-causing-partial-collapse/2819462/

2017-12-24 - Home destroyed by fire in Forney (Texas):
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fire-Destroyed-Dallas-Police-Officers-Home-Christmas-Eve-466499443.html

2017-12-24 - Apartment building damaged by fire in Saginaw (Michigan):
http://wsmh.com/news/local/fire-forces-residents-out-of-saginaw-apartment-complex-on-christmas-eve
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2017/12/fire_forces_evacuation_at_sagi.html

2017-12-24 - Apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Gulfport (Mississippi):
http://www.wlox.com/story/37136552/smoke-startles-tenants-at-gulfport-apartment-complex

2017-12-24 - Deadly fire burns home just after 3:30 AM in Kokomo (Indiana), 2 killed, 6 injured:
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/howard-county/two-killed-in-kokomo-house-fire-on-christmas-eve-morning
http://www.wthr.com/article/two-children-dead-in-christmas-eve-kokomo-house-fire
http://wishtv.com/2017/12/24/officials-respond-to-serious-house-fire-in-kokomo/
http://www.wibc.com/news/local-news/2-killed-house-fire-kokomo

2017-12-24 - Deadly fire burns home in Ivins (Utah), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/900006345/bedridden-woman-dies-in-ivins-house-fire.html

2017-12-24 - Deadly fire burns home in Denver (Colorado), 1 killed:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/12/24/house-fire-death-investigation/
http://www.9news.com/news/local/body-removed-from-house-after-fire/502180480
http://kdvr.com/2017/12/24/one-dead-after-fire-in-denver/

2017-12-24 - Deadly fire burns home at 4:20 AM in Mira Mesa (California), 1 killed:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-house-fire-20171224-story.html
http://www.10news.com/news/one-dead-after-fire-erupts-at-mira-mesa-home

2017-12-24 - Deadly fire destroys home in Lillington (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://abc11.com/woman-killed-in-christmas-eve-harnett-county-house-fire/2822875/
http://www.witn.com/content/news/Woman-dies-in-Christmas-Eve-fire-in-her-North-Carolina-home-466508063.html

2017-12-24 - Deadly fire burns senior housing complex in Abington (Massachusetts), 1 killed:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/24/abington-christmas-eve-fatal-fire/
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Fatal-Fire-Abington-Massachusetts-466321153.html
http://www.wcvb.com/article/norad-to-track-santa-s-movements-on-christmas-eve/14493074
http://whdh.com/news/one-killed-in-fire-at-abington-senior-housing-complex/

2017-12-24 - Vacant building burns in coastal Westcliff-on-Sea (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i7041/

2017-12-24 - Vacant home burns at 11:15 PM in Macon (Georgia):
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/abandoned-house-fire-in-west-macon

2017-12-24 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.reviewjournal.com/local/east-valley/vacant-east-las-vegas-house-suffers-heavy-damage-from-fire/
http://news3lv.com/news/local/intense-fire-burns-two-story-home-in-northeast-valley

2017-12-24 - Vacant car dealership destroyed by fire shortly after 5 AM in Scenery Hill (Pennsylvania):
http://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/fire-guts-former-car-dealership-building-in-scenery-hill/article_72055e3c-e8b2-11e7-a7eb-a7d1cfe9b7e5.html
http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/local_news/fire-destroys-former-car-dealership-in-scenery-hill/image_c12f6e24-e8dc-11e7-ba21-430e3b0b4755.html
http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/former-auto-dealership-destroyed-after-fire-in-washington-co/668469392

Quote: "Firefighters were able to get several antique cars out of the basement of the building, but the upper level was destroyed, along with Pike Days Festival supplies, including a stage, that had been stored there."

2017-12-25 - RV goes up in flames and kills person in Laughlin (Nevada), 1650 feet from the Colorado River:
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/laughlin_times/body-found-at-fire-scene-unidentified/article_d39e4358-ea9b-11e7-9286-fb28395a158d.html

Quote: "The discovery of a body inside a recreational vehicle in the 10000 block of Aha Macav Parkway on Friday evening is being investigated by the Clark County Fire Department. Fire department personnel arrived to find the RV on fire."

Note: This is the 640th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-25 - Car goes up in flames and kills man on Park Road in Ravensthorpe (Britain), 675 feet from the River Calder:
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/man-dies-after-suffering-severe-14081168
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/man-dies-after-dewsbury-car-fire-on-christmas-eve-1-8928492

2017-12-25 - Boy's clothes ignite and burn him at home in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/25/teen-treated-for-burns-smoke-inhalation-after-clothes-accidentally-set-on-fire/

2017-12-25 - Recycling center fire breaks out on Nicholson Road in coastal Torquay (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45503&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-25 - Boat destroyed by fire while docked at the island of St. Thomas, nobody aboard:
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/fire-on-the-water/image_db4a84fc-4848-54fa-b050-6e61e694b27b.html

Quote: "Emergency responders stand by as a boat burns in Red Hook Harbor near Vessup Beach, St. Thomas, on Monday afternoon. Emergency personnel said no one was aboard when the vessel ignited, and the owner of the boat was out of the territory. The vessel proceeded to burn to the waterline until well after dark."

Note: This is the 1087th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-25 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on Highway 16 near Ione (California):
http://www.sierrasentinel.com/2017/12/tanker-truck-on-fire-in-ione.html

Quote: "December 25, 2017 at 7:30 AM:  A gasoline tanker truck have been reported on fire on Hwy 16 near Copper Hill Road in the Ione area. The truck has 8300 gallons of gasoline and is apparently fully engulfed in flames."

2017-12-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-84 near Pleasant Valley (Oregon):
http://www.myeasternoregon.com/2017/12/21/baker-county-apple-truck-catches-fire/

2017-12-25 - Semi tractor, ATV and shed destroyed by fire near Albion (Nebraska):
http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2017/12/26/fire-destroys-farm-building-contents/

Quote: "Among the items destroyed in the blaze were a semi tractor parked alongside the shed, the propane tank, and an ATV and other equipment inside the structure."

2017-12-25 - Two tractors destroyed by fire at property in Southland (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/100169380/tractors-writeoffs-after-fire-on-southland-farm

2017-12-25 - Tractor bursts into flame on Hindon Road in Teffont, Salisbury (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/large-vehicle-fire-teffont/

Note: These are the 2229th, 2230th, 2231st, 2232nd, 2233rd and 2234th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-25 - Two dump trucks destroyed by fire, another damaged, while parked at facility in Canton (Ohio):
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20171226/update-canton-loses-3-snow-plowing-trucks-to-fire

2017-12-25 - Dump truck bursts into flame while parked at facility in Bloom Township (Ohio):
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20171225/township-salt-truck-destoyed-in-fire

2017-12-25 - RV bursts into flame on Alexandra Parade in coastal Alexandra Headland (Australia), 250 feet from the ocean:
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/boxing-day-fire-tears-through-motor-home/3298425/#/0
http://www.facebook.com/7NewsSC/posts/1683540745036686

Note: This is the 641st RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-25 - Van bursts into flame on North Street in Chorley (Britain):
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15792732.Firefighter_attended_a_fire_involving_a_van/

2017-12-25 - Pickup truck and car destroyed by fire just before 11:30 PM while parked at home in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Two-vehicles-catch-fire-late-Christmas-night-in-Lexington-466575883.html
http://www.lex18.com/story/37139049/officials-investigate-after-cars-catch-fire

2017-12-25 - Car bursts into flame on Success Avenue in coastal Stratford (Connecticut):
http://patch.com/connecticut/stratford/car-fire-extinguished-christmas-eve-stratford

2017-12-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked on McLeod Street in Ottawa (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/car-fire-mcleod-street-christmas-1.4464678

2017-12-25 - Car bursts into flame on Namatjira Drive in Stirling (Australia):
http://www.ewn.com.au/traffic/caution-car-fire-stirling-act-360015.traffic

2017-12-25 - Car bursts into flame on Ring Road in New Delhi (India):
http://www.uniindia.com/car-catches-fire-at-ring-road-no-one-injured/india/news/1087449.html

2017-12-25 - Car bursts into flame in Manadon area in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45501&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/firefighters-called-christmas-day-vehicle-974745

2017-12-25 - Car bursts into flame on street in Newcastle (Britain):
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/watch-smoking-car-left-burnt-14080441

2017-12-25 - Car bursts into flame at 12:31 AM on Helvellyn Close in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Helvellyn Close, Hull. Mon 25 Dec 2017 00:31 (No:27637) Car fire. Hose reel."

2017-12-25 - Car business heavily damaged by fire at midnight in West Plains (Missouri):
http://www.ozarkradionews.com/local-news/fire-severely-damages-the-car-lot-on-christmas

2017-12-25 - Barn destroyed by fire in Grantham (New Hampshire):
http://www.vnews.com/barn-fire-in-grantham-nh-14538529
http://www.eagletimes.com/articles/fire-consumes-barn-in-grantham/

2017-12-25 - Two 50-meter sections of hedge cuttings mysteriously burst into flame in Tuatapere (New Zealand), 5 miles from the coast:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/100171619/firefighters-called-after-hedge-cuttings-mysteriously-catch-fire

Quote: "Firefighters called after hedge cuttings mysteriously catch fire..."

2017-12-25 - Fourteen businesses go up in flames in Chesterfield County (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2017/12/25/chesterfield-fire-damages-over-a-dozen-businesses/
http://www.nbc12.com/story/37137018/christmas-morning-fire-at-chesterfield-industrial-park
http://wric.com/2017/12/25/14-buildings-damaged-in-christmas-morning-fire-in-chesterfield/
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/25/fire-damages-more-than-a-dozen-chesterfield-businesses/
http://www.richmond.com/news/latest-news/fire-damages-business-in-chesterfield/article_09baae6b-df35-5adf-97c0-7b451f73d4cf.html
http://wtvr.com/2017/12/25/christmas-fire-damages-14-chesterfield-businesses/

2017-12-25 - Storage facility heavily damaged by fire in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.news4jax.com/news/jfrd-working-westside-building-fire

2017-12-25 - Train station heavily damaged by fire in Devon (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/fire-damages-train-station-in-devon-pa/2825336/

2017-12-25 - Antique business heavily damaged by fire in Alexandria (Virginia):
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Heavy-Fire-Burns-Mount-Vernon-Antique-Center-466517933.html
http://wjla.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-at-antique-store-in-alexandria
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/virginia/firefighters-battle-huge-2-alarm-fire-in-arlington-county/502362630

2017-12-25 - Courier business destroyed by fire in coastal Karachi (Pakistan), flour mill burns separately:
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1592647/1-courier-company-warehouse-goes-flames/
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/260603-fire-destroys-warehouse-in-korangi
http://www.dnanews.com.pk/huge-warehouse-blaze-karachi-put-eight-hours-efforts/

2017-12-25 - Garage destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM at home in Minneapolis (Minnesota):
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/25/garage-fire-christmas-morning/
http://kstp.com/news/overnight-garage-fire-minneapolis-lasalle-avenue/4720548/

2017-12-25 - Garage destroyed by fire at apartments in Dubuque (Iowa):
http://fox2now.com/2017/12/26/firefighter-injured-battling-garage-blaze-in-dubuque/

2017-12-25 - Garage destroyed by fire at home in Tasley (Virginia):
http://wavy.com/2017/12/26/garage-catches-fire-collapses-on-christmas-in-tasley/

2017-12-25 - Two mobile homes destroyed by fire at 2:20 AM in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37136418/two-trailers-destroyed-in-northwest-charlotte-fire

2017-12-25 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/firefighters-battle-rowhome-fire-in-southeast-baltimore/14496699

2017-12-25 - Home damaged by fire just before 7 AM in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kctv5.com/story/37136632/fire-displaces-family-on-christmas-morning

2017-12-25 - Home heavily damaged by fire shortly after 6 AM in Fernwood area in Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/12-displaced-after-fernwood-house-fire/

2017-12-25 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Wichita (Kansas), nobody there:
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Fire-crews-work-house-fire-in-S-Wichita--466475653.html
http://ksn.com/2017/12/25/firefighters-battle-house-fire-in-south-wichita-2/
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article191574274.html

2017-12-25 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island), 2 cats killed, nobody there:
http://wpri.com/2017/12/25/warwick-family-missing-3-cats-following-christmas-house-fire/

2017-12-25 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Providence (Rhode Island), nobody there:
http://wpri.com/2017/12/25/crews-investigating-fire-in-providence-home/

2017-12-25 - Home destroyed by fire in Wentzville (Missouri), dog killed, nobody there:
http://www.kmov.com/story/37137830/wentzville-family-loses-home-to-fire-while-in-church-on-christmas
http://fox2now.com/2017/12/25/fire-destroys-wentzville-home-while-family-worships-at-church/

2017-12-25 - Home destroyed by fire in Forsyth County (North Carolina), nobody there:
http://myfox8.com/2017/12/25/home-destroyed-but-nobody-hurt-after-early-morning-fire-in-forsyth-county-on-christmas/
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/home-destroyed-in-early-morning-fire-in-forsyth-county-on/article_a232475d-3119-51de-8db8-f9f92fd0c459.html

2017-12-25 - Home destroyed by fire just after 3 AM in Fruitport Township (Michigan), pets killed:
http://fox17online.com/2017/12/25/familys-pets-perish-in-christmas-morning-fire/

2017-12-25 - Home destroyed by fire off Fall Creek Road near Wilson (Wyoming):
http://www.localnews8.com/news/fire-destroys-home-near-wilson/677858327

2017-12-25 - Home destroyed by fire in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/story/37139557/fire-breaks-out-in-north-st-louis-home

2017-12-25 - Home destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM in coastal Fairfield (Connecticut), 2 injured:
http://fox61.com/2017/12/26/christmas-night-fire-injures-2-destroys-fairfield-home/
http://patch.com/connecticut/fairfield/christmas-night-fire-destroys-home-injures-2-fairfield
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Fairfield-fire-closes-Hulls-Farm-Road-12455113.php
http://wtnh.com/2017/12/26/2-taken-to-hospital-after-fairfield-fire/

2017-12-25 - Home destroyed by fire at 11:30 PM on Gearhart Road near Washingtonville (Pennsylvania):
http://wnep.com/2017/12/26/fire-forces-family-from-home-on-christmas-night/

2017-12-25 - Five homes go up in flames, two destroyed, on Bay Avenue in coastal Slaughter Beach (Delaware):
http://6abc.com/homes-catch-fire-in-slaughter-beach-on-christmas/2824308/
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2017/12/25/3-slaughter-beach-houses-fire/980935001/
http://www.wboc.com/story/37138323/multiple-homes-on-fire-in-slaughter-beach
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/25/slaughter-beach-fire/
http://www.delawareonline.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2017/12/25/huge-fire-engulfs-at-least-4-slaughter-beach-homes/108918906/

2017-12-25 - Apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Norfolk (Virginia), 1 injured:
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/25/one-displaced-hospitalized-after-norfolk-apartment-fire/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/mycity/norfolk/fire-breaks-out-in-norfolk-apartment-on-christmas-day/502365742

2017-12-25 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire on Copper Creek Drive in Austin (Texas):
http://kxan.com/2017/12/25/heavy-fire-at-north-austin-apartment/
http://www.kesq.com/news/national-world/texas-fire-displaces-dozens-on-holiday/677691160
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/fire-displaces-dozens-northwest-austin-apartment-complex/EHJHKlPXMoPIpCz7WJWJXK/

2017-12-25 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at 4:27 AM in Factoria area in coastal Bellevue (Washington), 5 injured:
http://komonews.com/news/local/christmas-morning-fire-in-factoria-sends-five-to-hospital

2017-12-25 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/fire-erupts-chelsea-building-christmas-day-article-1.3720406
http://nypost.com/2017/12/25/fire-erupts-at-chelsea-apartment-building-on-christmas/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Fire-Christmas-New-York-City-Chelsea-NYC-466478863.html
http://abc7ny.com/fire-raging-through-chelsea-apartment/2823748/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/12/25/chelsea-fire/

2017-12-25 - High-rise apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/fire-flat-legend-tower-banganga-road-mumbai-4998748/
http://www.india.com/news/india/mumbai-fire-breaks-out-in-31-storey-legend-building-in-walkeshwar-area-10-fire-tenders-on-the-spot-2794650/
http://telugu.videosamachar.com/play/massive-fire-breaks-out-inside-17th-floor-flat-in-mumbai39s-walkeshwar-mumbai-mango-news-mangonews
http://www.msn.com/en-in/video/news/mumbai-fire-breaks-out-at-a-residential-building-in-malabar-hill/vi-BBHke9u
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/videos/fire-breaks-out-on-17th-floor-of-building-in-walkeshwar.html
http://www.nagpurtoday.in/mumbai-fire-breaks-out-in-31-storey-building-rescue-work-on/12251749

2017-12-25 - High-rise apartment building damaged by fire in Hanoi (Vietnam):
http://english.vov.vn/society/fire-breaks-out-on-top-floor-of-golden-westlake-highrise-building-365376.vov
http://beta.talkvietnam.com/2017/12/fire-breaks-out-on-top-floor-of-golden-westlake-high-rise-building/
http://www.vietnambreakingnews.com/2017/12/fire-breaks-out-on-top-floor-of-golden-westlake-high-rise-building/

2017-12-25 - Deadly fire burns home at 12:34 AM in Blue Grass (Iowa), 4 killed:
http://wqad.com/2017/12/25/four-people-killed-in-early-morning-house-fire-in-blue-grass/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Christmas-morning-fire-claims-4-lives-in-eastern-12454311.php
http://qctimes.com/news/local/four-perish-in-early-morning-blue-grass-house-fire/article_90c9786a-038d-5a68-a408-72bfffb4adfe.html
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/us/ap/christmas-morning-fire-claims-lives-in-eastern-iowa/article_2bd2b83c-4c54-539a-b1b6-040e574a43f9.html
http://www.dailyastorian.com/christmas-morning-fire-claims-4-lives-in-eastern-iowa-da-ap-webfeeds-news-nation-worldf587f61353474a8f8d48be7fdcb515c0
http://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Christmas-morning-fire-claims-4-lives-in-eastern-12454311.php
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Christmas-morning-fire-claims-4-lives-in-eastern-Iowa-466463543.html
http://www.kcci.com/article/christmas-morning-fire-claims-4-lives-in-eastern-iowa/14496877

2017-12-25 - Deadly fire burns home in Cokeburg (Pennsylvania), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/12/25/fatal-fire-in-cokeburg/
http://www.wtae.com/article/fire-in-washington-county-leaves-two-people-injured/14496661
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/washington/2017/12/25/One-dead-one-injured-in-Washington-County-fire-Marguerite-A-Pasqualucci/stories/201712250076
http://www.wpxi.com/video?videoId=669021802&videoVersion=2.0

2017-12-25 - Deadly fire burns home in Lakeview (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wral.com/woman-dog-killed-in-moore-house-fire/17213097/

2017-12-25 - Deadly fire burns home in Kokomo (Indiana), 1 killed:
http://fox59.com/2017/12/25/second-fatal-house-fire-confirmed-in-kokomo-christmas-day/
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/howard-county/1-killed-in-kokomo-house-fire
http://www.wthr.com/article/kokomo-fire-department-investigating-second-fatal-fire-in-two-days
http://cbs4indy.com/2017/12/25/coroners-office-confirms-second-fatal-house-fire-in-kokomo-this-weekend/

Quote: "This is the second fatal fire in Kokomo in the past two days. There was a double fatal fire on Christmas Eve morning in the 900 block of North Morrison Street."

2017-12-25 - Deadly fire destroys home at 5 AM in Warrenton (Georgia), 2 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article191570259.html
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/2-dead-in-christmas-morning-house-fire/668842907
http://wjbf.com/2017/12/25/2-dead-2-injured-after-house-fire-in-warren-county/

2017-12-25 - Deadly fire burns high-rise apartment building in coastal Manhattan (New York), 1 killed:
http://whdh.com/news/man-killed-in-nyc-high-rise-apartment-building-fire/
http://abc7ny.com/man-killed-in-midtown-high-rise-apartment-building-fire/2822694/
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_54504846-4f6f-538c-807c-8b9f035886e4.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/christmas-day-blaze-kills-person-midtown-article-1.3720127

2017-12-25 - Vacant home burns in the wee hours in Orosi (California):
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2017/12/24/vacant-tulare-home-destroyed-fire/979681001/

2017-12-25 - Vacant home burns in Allentown (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/fire-breaks-out-at-vacant-home-in-allentown-1/677453240

2017-12-25 - Vacant home burns at 11:40 PM in coastal Norfolk (Virginia):
http://wavy.com/2017/12/25/fire-crews-respond-to-small-fire-in-vacant-unoccupied-norfolk-home/

2017-12-25 - Vacant home burns in Fayetteville (North Carolina):
http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20171225/vacant-structure-in-shaw-heights-gutted-by-fire

2017-12-25 - Vacant sugar mill burns just before 3 AM in Longmont (Colorado):
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/fire-breaks-out-at-vacant-boulder-county-sugar-mill-christmas-morning
http://www.9news.com/news/local/early-morning-fire-shuts-down-sugar-mill-road-christmas-morning/502282067
http://kdvr.com/2017/12/25/firefighters-knock-down-early-morning-fire-at-abandoned-sugar-mill-in-longmont/
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/12/25/longmont-fire-sugar-mill/

2017-12-26 - Woman, 50, found burned to death outside her home in coastal Thiruvananthapuram (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2017/dec/27/womans-charred-body-found-in-heart-of-the-city-1737679.html

2017-12-26 - RV goes up in flames just before 2 AM and kills man while parked in coastal Cocoa (Florida):
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/rv-fire-leaves-one-man-dead-in-cocoa
http://www.wesh.com/article/fire-engulfs-brevard-county-mobile-home-with-person-inside/14497863
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/orlando/man-killed-in-brevard-county-rv-fire-deputies-say/
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/1-killed-in-west-cocoa-fire-deputies-say/669172643

Quote: "A man was killed after flames broke out in an RV in Brevard County Tuesday morning. Brevard County fire and rescue crews along with Cocoa Fire responded to the blaze just before 2 a.m. Officials said the fire along State Road 520 and Penny Lane was heavily involved."

Note: This is the 642nd RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Transformer explodes and burns at substation in Cleveland (Ohio), blackouts ensue:
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/12/transformer_explosion_blamed_i.html
http://fox8.com/2017/12/26/fire-at-substation-leaves-about-40000-without-power-on-clevelands-west-side/
http://nbc4i.com/2017/12/26/widespread-power-outage-reported-on-west-side-of-cleveland/

2017-12-26 - Wind turbine bursts into flame, ignites brush fire, near Woodward (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/article/wind-turbine-catches-fire-near-woodward/14500830
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oklahoma-city/wind-turbine-catches-fire-near-woodward/

2017-12-26 - Utility pole bursts into flame near Reading Lake (Kansas), blackouts ensue:
http://www.kvoe.com/newsedit/21506-power-outage-affecting-lyon-coffey-county-residents

2017-12-26 - Coal mine rocked by methane explosion in Samangan (Afghanistan), 5 killed, several injured:
http://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/explosion-samangan-mine-kills-five-workers
http://www.1tvnews.af/en/news/afghanistan/32724-coal-mine-explosion-kills-five-in-afghanistan

2017-12-26 - Around 150 homes destroyed by fire just after 4 AM in coastal Cape Town (South Africa):
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/hundreds-displaced-after-cape-town-fire
http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/listen-boxing-day-tragedy-as-150-shacks-burn-down-12536073
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/300-lose-homes-after-cape-town-fire-20171226
http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/cape-flats-fire-leaves-300-people-homeless/

2017-12-26 - Recycling center erupts in flame in Palm Desert (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/firefighters-work-to-contain-fire-in-palm-desert/677875582

2017-12-26 - Oil tank explodes and burns near Love's Lookout between Mixon and Mount Selman (Texas):
http://www.kltv.com/story/37149501/firefighters-responding-to-possible-oil-tank-explosion-in-mixon-area
http://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/local-news/emergency-crews-responding-to-reports-of-explosion-near-loves-lookout/889592801

2017-12-26 - Refinery explodes and burns in coastal Punto Fijo (Venezuela), 2 injured:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-refinery/explosion-at-major-venezuela-refinery-injures-two-sources-idUSKBN1EM04R

2017-12-26 - Boat bursts into flame at the Port of Camas-Washougal on the Columbia River in Washougal (Washington):
http://www.kptv.com/story/37143609/fire-damages-boat-at-port-of-camas-washougal
http://www.camaspostrecord.com/news/2017/dec/27/fire-decimates-boat-docked-at-washougal-marina/

2017-12-26 - Boat, quad bike and garage destroyed by fire at 4:24 AM at home in Bangor Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2017/12/fire_claims_garage_in_bangor_t.html
http://www.wnem.com/story/37141366/garage-fire-causes-power-outage-in-bay-county

Quote: "The garage itself is a total loss, as are its contents, including a boat and a quad-runner. Two vehicles parked in front of the garage were damaged."

Note: These are the 1088th and 1089th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on highway in coastal Bulacan (Philippine Islands):
http://www.shaira-santiago.com/fire-totally-consumes-bus-along-nlex-4/
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/637697/fire-totally-consumes-bus-along-nlex/story/
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/26/17/bus-nasunog-habang-bumabaybay-sa-nlex
http://www.philstar.com:8080/nation/2017/12/26/1771912/bus-catches-fire-nlex
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2017/12/26/bus-40-passengers-razed-nlex-581257
http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2017/12/video-a-bus-burns-while-passing-through-nlex/

Note: This is the 866th bus to burn in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-95 in Lorton (Virginia):
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-interstate-95-in-lorton
http://www.nhregister.com/news/media/Tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-Interstate-95-in-1155126.php
http://www.thehour.com/news/media/Tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-Interstate-95-in-1155126.php
http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-northbound-i--for-hours/article_a5f8f194-eb1f-11e7-9301-0b00aeebc935.html
http://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/tractor-trailer-hauling-cheese-catches-fire-on-i/article_3cd233f6-eab1-11e7-ad68-cf0b44e9fe96.html
http://www.facebook.com/fairfaxcountyfirerescue/posts/1694397600617685
http://www.facebook.com/insidenova/posts/10155325150940819

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-4 in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.america.easybranches.com/florida/Semi-truck-on-fire-on-I-4--FHP-says-504718
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/east-i-4-at-sr-434-back-open-after-semi-truck-fire/669192390
http://www.topix.com/city/oviedo-fl/2017/12/semi-truck-on-fire-on-i-4-fhp-says
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/traffic/os-semi-truck-fire-20171226-story.html

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on North Lynn Street in Gladewater (Texas):
http://www.cbs19.tv/news/gladewater-officials-on-scene-of-fire/502436901

2017-12-26 - Semi tractor bursts into flame while parked at trucking business in Canton (Ohio):
http://www.indeonline.com/news/20171226/fire-destroys-vehicle-at-canton-township-trucking-company

Note: Two city dump trucks were just destroyed by fire while parked in Canton the day prior too, mentioned in the 2017-12-25 update...

2017-12-26 - Two semi tractors and van destroyed by fire at 5 AM while parked at trucking company in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/2-semis-catch-fire-at-nashville-trucking-company
http://www.wsmv.com/story/37139643/semi-trucks-van-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire
http://www.columbiadailyherald.com/news/20171226/semi-trucks-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/37139643/semi-trucks-van-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire
http://www.wsmv.com/clip/14006308/semi-trucks-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire

2017-12-26 - Tractor and gas canister go up in flames at 4:38 AM in Boustead Hill (Britain), 2200 feet from the coast:
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/cumbriafire/recent-incidents/

Quote: "Tractor and gas cannister fire in Burgh by Sands(Carlisle) 26 Dec 2017 At 04:38 firefighters were called to a fire at a commercial property in Boustead Hill, Burgh by Sands. The fire involved a gas canister and a tractor. Crews used one hose reel jet and a ground monitor to extinguish the fire."

Note: These are the 2235th, 2236th, 2237th, 2238th, 2239th, 2240th and 2241st tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Box truck bursts into flame near East Meadow Avenue and Stone Avenue in East Meadow (New York):
http://liherald.com/stories/truck-catches-on-fire-on-east-meadow-avenue,98714

2017-12-26 - Plow truck bursts into flame on street in Skowhegan (Maine):
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/12/26/skowhegan-plow-truck-goes-up-in-flames-for-christmas/

2017-12-26 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home on Gold Street in Centralia (Washington):
http://www.chronline.com/crime/firefighters-halt-spread-of-motorhome-blaze-on-gold-street-in/article_454e81b4-eb5c-11e7-9348-bfc4a02924e5.html

Note: This is the 643rd RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - SUV bursts into flame while parked in carpark on Ellen Street in coastal Wollongong (Australia):
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5140666/car-ablaze-outside-the-kids-uni-in-wollongong/

2017-12-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Buck Lane in Jackson Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.thewestendreporter.com/pickup-truck-fire-100-block-of-buck-lane-jackson-township/

2017-12-26 - Police car bursts into flame on I-75 in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.winknews.com/2017/12/26/car-fire-75-near-golden-gate-pkwy/
http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2017/12/26/car-fire-along-75-collier-county-distracting-drivers/983085001/

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame at 12:33 AM on Higbie Lane in coastal West Islip (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/westislip/police-investigating-west-islip-car-fire

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked at mall in Fargo (North Dakota):
http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Crews-deal-with-car-fire-outside-West-Acres-Mall-466661153.html

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on US 52 in Jamestown (North Dakota):
http://www.jamestownsun.com/news/fires/4379471-jrfd-responds-vehicle-fire
http://www.newsdakota.com/2017/12/27/jamestown-rural-fire-department-helps-extinguish-vehicle-fire-christmas-day/

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago (Illinois):
http://patch.com/illinois/southside/car-fire-blocks-traffic-dan-ryan

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on I-78 in Greenwich Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pol-i-78-greenwich-township-car-catches-fire-teen-driver-20171226-story.html

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on London Road in Shipston-on-Stour (Britain), near the River Stour:
http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireincidents/2017/12/26/car-fire-london-road-shipston-on-stour/

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on Torridge Mount in Bideford (Britain), near the River Torridge:
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45508&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A38 near Plympton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45509&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame on County Road M near the Town of Bradford (Wisconsin):
http://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-closes-county-m/article_9f7b026e-af7a-5d1e-9fd0-4aee9bc7267c.html

2017-12-26 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked on Hanover Pike in Manchester (Maryland):
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/cc-camper-fire-20171226-story.html
http://www.usa-headlines.com/headline/manchester-camper-fire-causes-no-injuries

2017-12-26 - Car and garage go up in flames at 3 AM at home in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.lex18.com/story/37139046/house-car-damaged-in-garage-fire
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Garage-destroyed-in-early-morning-fire-in-Lexington-466569153.html

2017-12-26 - Pickup truck and home destroyed by fire on Chadwick Creek Lane near Marshallberg (North Carolina), 450 feet from the coast, nobody there:
http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_129746d4-eb25-11e7-96c5-df6bbe4ec15b.html

2017-12-26 - Vehicles and barn destroyed by fire in Oak Creek (Wisconsin):
http://fox6now.com/2017/12/26/oak-creek-fire-large-barn-blaze-under-control-near-howell-and-elm-no-injuries/

Quote: "There were apparently vehicles and fuel inside the barn."

2017-12-26 - Vehicle, two watercraft and home go up in flames in Badger Canyon (Washington), nobody there:
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article191768239.html

Quote: "The fire also damaged two personal watercraft and a vehicle."

2017-12-26 - Vehicles and auto shop go up in flames near Williams Lake (Canada):
http://www.mycariboonow.com/26791/building-destroyed-boxing-day-blaze/

2017-12-26 - Auto shop and apartments destroyed by fire at 6 AM in Manchester (Ohio):
http://local12.com/news/local/fire-destroys-business-apartment-building-in-manchester

2017-12-26 - Auto shop damaged by fire in Colonie (New York):
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Fire-activity-shuts-down-eastbound-traffic-on-12455590.php

2017-12-26 - Barn destroyed by fire in Roosevelt (Texas):
http://www.kcbd.com/story/37143508/roosevelt-barn-destroyed-by-fire-tuesday-night

2017-12-26 - Barn damaged by fire in Chesterfield Township (New Jersey):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/burlington-county-barn-fire/

2017-12-26 - Mulch fire breaks out shortly after 6 AM at hotel in New Stanton (Pennsylvania):
http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/13113715-74/new-stanton-comfort-inn-evacuated-when-mulch-fire-spreads-smoke

2017-12-26 - Gas station under construction destroyed by fire in Antioch (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/26/fire-torches-gas-station-under-construction-in-antioch/

2017-12-26 - Mall heavily damaged by huge fire at 4 AM in Denton (Texas):
http://kxan.com/2017/12/26/4-alarm-fire-rips-through-dentons-historic-downtown-square/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fire-Erupts-Inside-Denton-Mini-Mall-466564463.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/northeast-tarrant/article191607799.html
http://www.wfaa.com/news/multiple-alarm-fire-inside-denton-mini-mall/502390733
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/fire-damages-several-texas-businesses-in-historic-downtown/article_af7dbf9a-8f1f-5553-848c-b20f451a509f.html

2017-12-26 - Flooring business damaged by fire in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.chicagofirewire.com/national-wire/video-san-jose-ca-firefighters-battle-2-alarm-fire/
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-at-commercial-building-send-plume-of-smoke-12455494.php

2017-12-26 - Mixed-use building heavily damaged by fire in Auburn (Washington):
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/3-alarm-fire-blazes-auburn-heritage-building/281-502525378
http://q13fox.com/2017/12/26/firefighters-battling-large-3-alarm-fire-in-commercial-building-in-auburn/
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/firefighters-battling-massive-blaze-in-downtown-auburn/
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191705629.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191706219.html

2017-12-26 - Home damaged by fire just before 2 AM in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), 2 injured:
http://local21news.com/news/local/update-2-sisters-in-lehigh-valley-burn-unit-after-early-morning-fire-in-lancaster
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/children-ages-and-burned-after-fire-breaks-out-at-lancaster/article_b1393014-ea3e-11e7-9833-d36b17d15610.html

2017-12-26 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Santa Rosa (California):
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7806335-181/house-fire-in-south-santa

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 5 AM in Gainesville (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.wcjb.com/content/news/GFR-Home-a-total-loss-after-fire-466621503.html

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in Champaign (Illinois), nobody there:
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-12-26/update-investigators-seek-cause-fire-destroyed-champaign-house.html
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/early-morning-fire-declared-total-loss/888482236
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37139798/champaign-firefighters-work-to-put-out-fully-engulfed-home

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in Tinton Falls (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2017/12/26/bridle-path-fire/982158001/

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire in Atco (New Jersey):
http://6abc.com/atco-home-destroyed-by-fire/2826417/

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 11:30 PM in Carnation (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/man-escapes-large-house-fire-in-carnation

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire in Franklin County (Pennsylvania):
http://local21news.com/news/local/franklin-county-mobile-home-destroyed-in-fire

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 5 AM in Augusta (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/article/augusta-home-destroyed-in-fire-family-makes-it-out-safely/14503803

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 1:52 AM in Marshfield (Wisconsin):
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2017/12/26/marshfield-home-fire-displaces-family-tuesday/981121001/

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in North St. Louis County (Missouri):
http://www.kmov.com/story/37139496/firefighters-rush-to-north-county-home-tuesday-morning

2017-12-26 - Apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Queens (New York), 4 injured:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/people-hurt-fire-breaks-queens-building-article-1.3722132

2017-12-26 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Gladstone (Missouri):
http://www.kmbc.com/article/25-displaced-by-fire-at-gladstone-apartment-complex/14501399

2017-12-26 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Milton (Washington):
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article191725594.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191875714.html
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/138-residents-displaced-after-fire-at-retirement-community/281-502566047

2017-12-26 - Apartment building destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/30-families-displaced-after-fire-at-south-houston-apartment-complex/502417509
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Fire-destroys-more-than-30-units-in-South-12455650.php

2017-12-26 - Condo building destroyed by huge fire in Brookhaven (Pennsylvania):
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/massive-fire-destroys-building-in-delaware-county-condo-complex-20171226.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/delaware-county-condo-complex-evacuated-as-crews-battle-fire/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fire-Consumes-Apartment-Complex-in-Delaware-County-466677863.html
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fire-Destroy_s-Delaware-County-Apartments_Philadelphia-466861223.html

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns home at 1:37 AM in Hibbing (Minnesota), 3 killed, 1 injured:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/fatal-hibbing-fire-2-adults-killed/
http://kstp.com/news/2-adults-die-2-children-seriously-injured-in-hibbing-fire/4721225/
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/12/26/minnesota-house-fire-kills-2-adults-2-children
http://www.startribune.com/hibbing-house-fire-kills-2-adults-badly-injures-2-children/466606123/
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/fires/4379063-hibbing-fire-claims-lives-two-adults-child-two-other-children-injured
http://www.twincities.com/2017/12/26/2-adults-dead-2-children-critical-in-post-christmas-house-fire-in-northern-minnesota/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns home just before 3 AM in Lakeville (Minnesota), 1 killed:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/fatal-lakeville-house-fire/
http://www.fox9.com/news/1-dead-in-fire-at-lakeville-minn-home
http://www.startribune.com/1-killed-in-lakeville-house-fire-2-flee-the-flames/466647113/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns home at 7:39 AM in Onawa (Iowa), 1 killed:
http://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/man-found-dead-after-house-fire-in-onawa

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire destroys home at 2:15 AM near Lake Lincolndale in Somers (New York), 1 killed:
http://somers.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/woman-killed-as-overnight-fire-engulfs-home-in-somers/729742/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns apartment building in coastal Federal Way (Washington), 1 killed:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191788784.html
http://komonews.com/news/local/crews-rescue-at-least-one-in-fed-way-apartment-fire
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/federal-way/woman-dies-after-apartment-fire-in-federal-way/281-502605861
http://q13fox.com/2017/12/27/one-woman-dies-in-overnight-fire/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns apartment building at 1:30 AM in Lawndale area in Chicago (Illinois), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/lawndale-fatal-fire-keeler-5th/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Elderly-Man-Killed-in-Lawndale-Apartment-Fire-Nearly-a-Dozen-Displaced-Day-After-Christmas-466574553.html

2017-12-26 - Vacant home burns just after 7 AM in Lansing (Michigan):
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/466434593.html

2017-12-26 - Vacant home burns in Knox County (Tennessee):
http://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/fire-consumes-abandoned-rural-knox-county-home-in-mascot-area/51-502424519

2017-12-27 - Man bursts into flame and burns to death on street in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/man-dies-thanet-road-hull-981566
http://www.newsweek.com/man-burst-flames-hull-police-dont-know-why-761615
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-dies-after-being-spotted-11761380
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/28/man-dies-hull-found-on-fire-street
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5222469/man-set-on-fire-dead-hull-street-thanet-road/
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/a-second-man-mysteriously-bursts-into-flames-in-england/
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/i-felt-sheer-panic-rushed-982602
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/28/man-dies-found-fire-street-hull-investigation-launched/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/669993/Hull-man-dies-after-set-on-fire-Humberside-Police-Thanet-Road-severe-burns
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5217567/Horror-man-dies-fire.html

Quote: "A man has died after he burst into flames on a street in Hull, England on Wednesday, two weeks after London police issued a call for witnesses of another similar incident."

Note: Possibly the least surprising city on the planet for a person to burst into flame and burn to death. The guy that burst into flame and burned to death on a street in coastal London wasn't too surprising either though...

2017-12-27 - Man, 28, found dead and on fire in wooded area in Houston (Texas):
http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Charred-body-found-in-south-Houston-identified-12462382.php
http://www.click2houston.com/news/burned-body-found-in-the-woods-in-se-houston
http://www.khou.com/news/crime/hpd-person-found-burned-to-death-in-se-houston/502770892
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Charred-body-found-in-burning-south-Houston-woods-12458407.php
http://abc13.com/investigators-cant-tell-gender-of-burned-body-found-in-woods/2832100/
http://www.fox26houston.com/news/body-found-burned-in-southeast-houston

Note: 2200 feet from Sims Bayou and about 6 miles from the coast...

2017-12-27 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Florence County (South Carolina):
http://wpde.com/news/local/residents-report-loud-boom-that-shook-houses-in-florence-county

Quote: "Some residents said they heard what they believe to be a loud explosion Wednesday night near the Mars Bluff community of Florence County. A couple of people said they heard a loud boom, following by their houses shaking."

2017-12-27 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap vehicles burn, on Princes Way in Bridgend (Britain), 4 miles from the coast:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42497013
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-updates-fire-crews-called-14086300

2017-12-27 - Underground electrical fire breaks out on Loudhams Wood Lane in Little Chalfont (Britain):
http://bucksfire.gov.uk/latest-incidents/

Quote: "Wednesday 27 December, 8.25am Fire in underground power cable, Loudhams Wood Lane, Little Chalfont. One appliance and crew from Amersham attended. Firefighters used a dry powder extinguisher."

2017-12-27 - Recycling center erupts in flame in La Crosse (Wisconsin):
http://www.news8000.com/news/la-crosse-firefighters-battle-fire-at-harters-recycling-center/678430081

2017-12-27 - FedEx cargo plane reports fire on board, makes emergency landing at airport in Dayton (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/news/local/distress-call-from-cargo-plane-prompts-landing-dayton-airport/YFDlhEbmkglRTIS0HGOhmL/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/distress-call-from-cargo-plane-prompts-landing-dayton-airport/YFDlhEbmkglRTIS0HGOhmL/
http://wdtn.com/2017/12/27/fedex-plane-lands-safely-in-dayton-after-reporting-incident-on-board/
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/12/incident-occurred-december-27-2017-at.html

Quote: "A FexEx cargo plane safely landed at Dayton International Airport following a report of a fire on board the plane, according to an airport spokeswoman."

Note: This is the 116th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-27 - Box truck bursts into flame while parked inside business, fire spreads to business, in Lincoln (Nebraska):
http://www.klkntv.com/story/37155427/paul-davis-fire-caused-by-truck-parked-in-building

Quote: "As of now, investigators believe the fire was started in a box truck parked inside the warehouse, and investigators say it was an accident. The damage estimates are up to 3.5 million dollars."

Note: People still park vehicles inside businesses?!

2017-12-27 - Minivan bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home in Casper (Wyoming):
http://oilcitywyo.com/emergency/2017/12/28/casper-fire-ems-releases-information-wednesday-evening-fire/

2017-12-27 - Five cars destroyed by fire at 1:30 AM while parked at home in Tucson (Arizona):
http://tucson.com/news/local/fire-destroys-cars-on-tucson-s-east-side/article_0052f4ca-eb1e-11e7-991f-bbfdaddf4127.html
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37144319/family-escapes-an-early-morning-house-fire

Note: People still park vehicles near homes?!

2017-12-27 - Apartment building damaged by explosion and fire in Gillette (Wyoming):
http://county17.com/2017/12/27/explosion-destroys-apartment/
http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/local/article_913dafc9-18a7-584c-bc7c-f019855dd4ef.html

Note: This is the 362nd residential explosion in 2017...

2017-12-27 - Grain terminal rocked by explosion on the Parana River in Rosario (Argentine), 1 killed, 20 injured:
http://splash247.com/explosion-cofco-terminal-argentina-kills-one-injures-20/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20171228-61158-ARG
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-grains-blast/argentine-port-blast-kills-one-injures-others-chinas-cofco-idUSKBN1EL1HD?il=0
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/27/reuters-america-update-2-explosion-at-argentine-grains-hub-rosario-kills-one-injures-others.html
http://www.voanews.com/a/explosion-argentine-grain-port/4182307.html

2017-12-27 - Cargo ship bursts into flame in coastal Bongao (Philippine Islands):
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2017/12/27/fire-destroys-cargo-vessel-tawi-tawi-581396
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/637873/tawi-tawi-docked-cargo-ship-catches-fire/story/
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/955805/fire-hits-cargo-boat-docked-in-tawi-tawi-port
http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/tawi-tawi-docked-cargo-ship-catches-fire/ar-BBHq6WA
http://www.mytimesnow.com/news/philippines/531189/fire-hits-cargo-boat-docked-in-tawi-tawi-port
http://www.shaira-santiago.com/tawi-tawi-docked-cargo-ship-catches-fire-17/
http://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-cebu/20171228/281822874171350

2017-12-27 - Two boats destroyed by fire in coastal Grasonville (Maryland):
http://www.wboc.com/story/37148947/officials-investigating-marine-fire-in-kent-island
http://www.myeasternshoremd.com/qa/police_and_fire/two-boats-catch-fire-at-kent-narrows/article_6d7e8e34-9ee7-5f96-99a9-febd2ddf5ff0.html

Quote: "The Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department says officials are currently investigating a fire that destroyed two boats in Grasonville Wednesday."

Note: These are the 1090th, 1091st and 1092nd boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-27 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on street in coastal St.Petersburg (Russia):
http://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2017/27-december-passenger-bus-caught-fire-in-stpetersburg
http://twitter.com/zvezdanews/status/946148576299749376

Note: This is the 867th bus to burn in 2017...

2017-12-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-83 near Glen Rock (Pennsylvania), separate crash too:
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/12/i-83_northbound_reopened_south.html
http://local21news.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-all-lanes-of-i-83
http://fox43.com/2017/12/27/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-southbound-lanes-of-i-83-at-glen-rock/
http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2017/12/27/83-issues-near-shrewsbury-vehicle-fire-has-83-south-closed-crash-tying-up-83-north/986195001/
http://abc27.com/2017/12/27/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-stretch-of-i-83/
http://www.facebook.com/fox43news/posts/10156062162303331

2017-12-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-10 near Egan (Louisiana):
http://www.katc.com/story/37147724/roadway-clear-after-18-wheeler-fire-on-i-10-west-near-egan
http://www.youtube.com/embed/10XIc1xAoTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U69TFy9NsPc

2017-12-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-41 near Freedom (Wisconsin):
http://wixx.com/news/articles/2017/dec/28/truck-fire-closes-freeway-exit/
http://fox11online.com/news/local/fedex-truck-catches-fire-on-i-41-south
http://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/fedex-semi-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-41/889779479
http://wncy.com/news/articles/2017/dec/28/truck-fire-closes-freeway-exit/

2017-12-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on US 60 near Hereford (Texas):
http://www.kpanradio.com/latestinfo/tablegram.htm

Quote: "A truck fire along US 60 caused an electrical power outage for the downtown area overnight. Hereford volunteer firefighters arrived at 8:37pm Wednesday at McKinley and US 60, where a semi-truck cab was afire; the fuel tank subsequently exploded and the fire spread to a utility pole, which carried high voltage power into the city from a substation on New York Avenue."

2017-12-27 - Semi tractor bursts into flame at 5:30 AM at propane business in Coopersville (Michigan):
http://fox17online.com/2017/12/27/crews-respond-to-early-morning-fire-at-local-propane-business/
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/12/crews_battling_fire_at_ottawa.html
http://woodtv.com/2017/12/27/ottawa-co-dispatch-structure-fire-at-propane-business/
http://wwmt.com/news/local/crews-battle-fire-at-van-andel-propane-in-coopersville

Quote: "Authorities on scene told 24 Hour News 8 that a semi-truck inside the building started the fire."

2017-12-27 - Tractor and machine shed destroyed by fire at 5:20 AM near Eskridge (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Barn-fire-reported-near-Eskridge-466765683.html

2017-12-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame in Al Madam area in coastal Sharjah (UAE):
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/general/truck-catches-fire-in-sharjah-firefighter-put-it-out-in-5-minutes
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/5a3d6c7f-1245-4f39-8ab3-2ac056f81ffa.aspx

Note: These are the 2242nd, 2243rd, 2244th, 2245th, 2246th, 2247th and 2248th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-27 - Pesticide truck bursts into flame in driveway at home in Trumbull (Connecticut):
http://westport.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/pesticide-truck-destroyed-by-fire-in-trumbull-driveway/729891/

2017-12-27 - Food truck bursts into flame at home in Portland (Oregon):
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/pony-espresso-truck-destroyed-in-fire/503088077
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/pony-espresso-truck-destroyed-in-fire-1/503089051
http://koin.com/2017/12/28/community-breathes-new-life-into-destroyed-food-truck/

2017-12-27 - Campervan and car go up in flames at 3 AM on Stratton Close in Walton (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/walton-fire-no-injuries-after-14085441

2017-12-27 - Van bursts into flame on I-10 at Cedar Lake Road in coastal Biloxi (Mississippi):
http://wxxv25.com/2017/12/27/vehicle-fire-10-cedar-lake-road/
http://syvnews.com/news/world/vehicle-fire-on-i--on-cedar-lake-road/html_9235414d-dda3-5cfe-9dde-1a28219db7ee.html
http://qconline.com/news/world/vehicle-fire-on-i--on-cedar-lake-road/html_f7df099e-11b0-574b-86bb-988abd791140.html
http://santamariatimes.com/news/world/vehicle-fire-on-i--on-cedar-lake-road/html_3f362194-16d6-5fb4-8eb3-7cbeab1c509a.html

2017-12-27 - Van bursts into flame on Haddon Close in Macclesfield (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/van-fire-in-macclesfield_27-12-2017_15-23-40

2017-12-27 - Pickup truck bursts into flame shortly before 11:20 PM while parked at home, fire spreads to garage, in Indio (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/vehicle-fire-spreads-into-garage-of-indio-home/678489317

2017-12-27 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at grocery store in Madison (Wisconsin):
http://www.wkow.com/story/37150123/2017/12/28/car-fire-in-madison-grocery-store-parking-lot
http://www.kwwl.com/story/37150123/2017/12/Thursday/car-fire-in-madison-grocery-store-parking-lot

2017-12-27 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Highway 68 near Cedar Bluff (Alabama):
http://www.weisradio.com/cedar-bluff-firefighters-respond-to-vehicle-fire-on-highway-68-east/

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame while parked at business in Emporia (Kansas):
http://www.kvoe.com/newsedit/21509-no-injuries-following-vehicle-fire-in-west-emporia

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame on I-4 near coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://wfla.com/2017/12/27/car-fire-causing-big-backups-on-i-4-in-hillsborough/

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame on the Taconic State Parkway at the Croton Reservoir Bridge in Yorktown (New York):
http://peekskill.dailyvoice.com/traffic/taconic-parkway-lanes-reopen-after-car-fire/729892/
http://yorktown.dailyvoice.com/traffic/taconic-parkway-lanes-reopen-after-car-fire/729892/

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame on street in Columbia (Missouri):
http://www.abc17news.com/news/crews-block-off-section-of-vandiver-for-vehicle-fire/678223328

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame in parking lot at business on Lapeer Road in Kimball Township (Michigan):
http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2017/12/27/fire-chief-no-one-hurt-vehicle-fire/983732001/

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame at 3:43 AM while parked at home in coastal Timaru (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/100185632/fire-destroys-vehicle-in-timaru-carport

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame on Knocklong Road outside Elton (Ireland), separate fiery crash too:
http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/motoring/288961/emergency-services-in-limericktackle-multiple-car-fires-in-minutes.html

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame on the M1 near Alfreton (Britain):
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/m1-traffic-standstill-due-vehicle-979691
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/delays-m1-after-car-fire-979729

2017-12-27 - Car bursts into flame on Queen Anne Drive in coastal Poole (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/car-fire-poole-11/

2017-12-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the Kuhio Highway near coastal Moloaa Bay (Hawaii):
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2017/12/28/hawaii-news/no-injuries-reported-during-vehicle-fire/

2017-12-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-295 in Bowdoin (Maine):
http://wgme.com/news/local/car-fire-blocks-traffic-on-i-295

2017-12-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Higher Street in Merriott (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=46519&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-27 - Snowmobile bursts into flame between River Street and Mast Landing in Wolfeboro (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/Snowmobile-a-total-loss-after-catching-on-fire-in-Wolfeboro
http://www.wmur.com/article/snowmobile-destroyed-after-catching-fire-in-wolfeboro/14508111
http://turnto10.com/news/local/fire-engulfs-destroys-mans-snowmobile

2017-12-27 - Hoverboard bursts into flame inside home, fire spreads to home, in Antioch (Tennessee):
http://wkrn.com/2017/12/27/hoverboard-catches-fire-in-antioch-damages-home/
http://www.wsmv.com/story/37154047/hoverboard-sparks-fire-at-south-nashville-home

2017-12-27 - Two cars and mobile home destroyed by fire at 4 AM in Fresno County (California):
http://kmph.com/news/local/house-destroyed-in-early-morning-fire-in-fresno
http://abc30.com/family-left-homeless-after-fire-destroys-mobile-home-in-fresno-county/2829666/

Quote: "Two cars were also destroyed in the fire."

2017-12-27 - Auto shop damaged by fire shortly before 5:30 AM on Crows Landing Road in Modesto (California):
http://www.modbee.com/news/article191763604.html

2017-12-27 - Barn destroyed by fire near Kenansville (North Carolina), 30,000 baby chicks killed:
http://www.wect.com/story/37147638/nearly-30000-baby-chickens-die-in-duplin-county-fire
http://www.witn.com/content/news/Nearly-30000-baby-chickens-perish-in-Duplin-County-fire-466828603.html
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/37147638/nearly-30000-baby-chickens-die-in-duplin-county-fire
http://www.facebook.com/witntv/posts/10156155486639742

2017-12-27 - Barn destroyed by fire on Speaker Road in Lynn Township (Michigan):
http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2017/12/28/firefighters-called-blazes-home-and-pole-barn/987001001/

2017-12-27 - Barn destroyed by fire at 4:34 AM in Weiser (Idaho):
http://idahonews.com/news/local/photos-barn-fire-in-rural-weiser

2017-12-27 - Warehouse full of paper products destroyed by huge fire at 7:30 AM in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://wreg.com/2017/12/27/memphis-firefighters-battle-huge-fire-on-frigid-morning/
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/37145784/paper-goods-business-goes-up-in-flames
http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/fire-crews-battling-blaze-at-paper-products-warehouse-in-north-memphis/889208165
http://wreg.com/2017/12/27/fire-crews-battling-warehouse-blaze-in-north-memphis/

2017-12-27 - Commercial building destroyed by fire just after 3 AM in coastal Durban (South Africa):
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/fire-destroys-central-durban-building-20171227
http://mydurban.co.za/fire-destroys-central-durban-building/

2017-12-27 - Warehouse destroyed by fire in Pittsfield Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/12/firefighters_continue_to_battl.html

2017-12-27 - Restaurant destroyed by fire in Gladstone (Michigan):
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Fire-at-Four-Js-Family-Restaurant-in-Gladstone-466826453.html

2017-12-27 - Garage destroyed by fire shortly after midnight in South St. Louis (Missouri):
http://www.kmov.com/story/37145299/firefighters-extinguish-garage-fire-in-south-st-louis

2017-12-27 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in Mesa (Arizona):
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/mesa/fd-family-displaced-after-fire-destroys-mobile-home-in-mesa

2017-12-27 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Nashville (Tennessee), 1 injured:
http://wkrn.com/2017/12/27/1-seriously-injured-in-east-nashville-house-fire/
http://www.wsmv.com/story/37146280/woman-critically-injured-in-east-nashville-house-fire
http://fox17.com/news/local/one-person-taken-to-hospital-in-east-nashville-house-fire

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire shortly before 6 AM near Rossville (Georgia):
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-house-fire-in-walker-county-wednesday-morning

2017-12-27 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Enid (Oklahoma), nobody there:
http://www.enidnews.com/oklahoma/news/wednesday-morning-fire-damages-house/article_ad5dd761-d8bd-5da0-a1c3-ef4a5897ece6.html

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire in Wyoming (Michigan), nobody there:
http://fox17online.com/2017/12/27/fire-destroys-wyoming-home/

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire at 7:15 AM near Woodrow (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.kcbd.com/story/37146060/home-near-woodrow-complete-loss-after-fire

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire on Eycleshymer Road in Pittstown (New York), nobody there:
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/DOT-Route-7-closed-in-Pittstown-12457233.php

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire on Augusta Drive in Grandy (North Carolina), 3 pets killed, nobody there:
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/27/home-destroyed-in-three-alarm-currituck-county-house-fire/

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire at 3 AM on Sissonville Drive in Sissonville (West Virginia), nobody there:
http://wchstv.com/news/local/house-destroyed-in-sissonville-fire
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Fire-destroys-Sissonville-home-466743703.html

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire on Moosehead Trail in Plymouth (Maine):
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/12/27/fire-breaks-out-at-plymouth-home/

2017-12-27 - Home destroyed by fire in Blair (Oklahoma):
http://www.kswo.com/story/37148688/blair-home-is-a-total-loss-after-fire

2017-12-27 - Multi-family home destroyed by fire in coastal Norfolk (Virginia), nobody there:
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/27/norfolk-crews-respond-to-very-large-fire/
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/28/three-families-lose-everything-after-house-fire/

2017-12-27 - Apartment building damaged by basement fire in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/crews-working-two-alarm-apartment-fire-in-east-kansas-city
http://www.kctv5.com/story/37146942/for-second-time-in-month-residents-at-kansas-city-apartment-forced-out-due-to-fire
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article191774634.html

2017-12-27 - Apartment building damaged by fire in the wee hours in coastal Lynn (Massachusetts), 1 injured:
http://whdh.com/news/officials-person-suffers-burns-to-face-after-lynn-apartment-fire/

2017-12-27 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire on Park Creek Lane in Chili (New York):
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/12/27/fire-parklands-chili-displaces-residents/983681001/
http://13wham.com/news/local/crews-battling-fire-at-chili-apartment-complex

2017-12-27 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at 4:30 AM in coastal Bronx (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/fires-force-dozens-out-of-their-homes-on-frigid-morning/2829256/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/12/27/norwood-bronx-apartment-building-fire/

2017-12-27 - Apartment building heavily damaged by two fires after midnight in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/apartment-building-catches-fire-on-glendale-avenue-in-detroit

2017-12-27 - Deadly fire burns garage before 3 AM at home in South Bend Township (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/12/27/south-bend-township-fatal-fire/
http://triblive.com/local/regional/13115958-74/1-person-dead-in-south-bend-garage-fire
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2017/12/27/Teenager-dies-Armstrong-County-fatal-fire-Levi-Hunter-Shellhammer/stories/201712270166

2017-12-27 - Deadly fire destroys mobile home in Newfield (New York), 2 killed:
http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/2017/12/28/fire-kills-two-newfield-trailer-home-destroyed/986933001/
http://www.ithaca.com/news/newfield/two-dead-in-newfield-fire/article_d773ba38-ec05-11e7-8570-135a6b4637e5.html
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/12/deputies_2_killed_in_tompkins_county_fire_at_ward_heights_trailer_park.html
http://ithacavoice.com/2017/12/2-dead-fire-blazes-newfield-mobile-home/

2017-12-27 - Deadly fire burns home at 3:30 AM in Madison (Arkansas), 840 feet from the St. Francis River, 1 killed:
http://wreg.com/2017/12/27/woman-killed-in-st-francis-county-house-fire/

2017-12-27 - Deadly fire burns home in Saginaw Township (Michigan), 1 killed:
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2017/12/woman_found_dead_inside_home_a.html
http://nbc25news.com/news/local/officials-investigating-fatal-house-fire-in-saginaw-township

2017-12-27 - Deadly fire burns duplex in coastal Long Beach (California), 1 killed:
http://www.presstelegram.com/2017/12/27/man-found-dead-after-long-beach-house-fire/

2017-12-27 - Deadly fire rips through apartment building in Princeton (New Jersey), 1 killed:
http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20171228/princeton-fire-kills-elderly-woman-destroys-housing-units-amp-displaces-families

2017-12-27 - Vacant home burns just before midnight in Cahokia (Illinois):
http://www.kmov.com/story/37144958/fire-crews-fight-vacant-house-fire-in-cahokia

2017-12-27 - Vacant home burns at 6 AM in Paterson (New Jersey), another fire too:
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/paterson/2017/12/27/two-fires-break-out-paterson-wednesday-morning/983668001/

2017-12-27 - Vacant home burns in coastal Port Arthur (Texas):
http://kfdm.com/news/local/vacant-pa-house-fire-under-investigation-12-27-2017

2017-12-27 - Vacant business burns at 4:30 AM in Wagoner (Oklahoma):
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/fire-damages-building-in-downtown-wagoner
http://www.fox23.com/news/firefighters-return-to-flames-in-historic-wagoner-downtown/669621917
http://www.newson6.com/story/37144947/downtown-wagoner-building-catches-on-fire

2017-12-28 - Car goes up in flames and kills man and woman, 35 and 28, on Rock Lick Creek Road in Jackson County (Kentucky):
http://www.wtvq.com/2018/01/02/coroner-identifies-bodies-found-car-fire-jackson-county/
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Death-investigation-underway-in-Jackson-County-467031973.html
http://www.lex18.com/story/37155401/death-investigation-underway-in-jackson-co
http://www.wymt.com/content/news/Police-investigating-death-in-Jackson-County-467032763.html
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=33684860765&story_fbid=10155004014170766
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kentucky/articles/2017-12-29/bodies-of-man-woman-found-in-burned-car-in-kentucky

2017-12-28 - Car goes up on road and kills woman in her 30s on Hixberry Lane near St Albans (Britain):
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/st-albans-body-found-burning-987122
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/15797062.UPDATE__Woman_in_her_30s_dies_after_car_fire_in_country_lane/
http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/http-www-hertsad-co-uk-news-police-cordon-off-burning-car-in-st-albans-1-5335742-1-5335742
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/st-albans-unidentified-body-found-985111
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42504860

Quote: "Police have confirmed that the body found at the scene of a burning car was a woman in her 30s. Officers were called to Hixberry Lane, just outside St Albans, yesterday (Thursday, December 28) at 9.33am to reports of a car 'well alight' and discovered the body. Investigators are not treating the death as suspicious at this stage and a file is being prepared for the coroner."

Note: Excellent, it's always best when people burn to death unsuspiciously!

2017-12-28 - Mysterious explosion alarms people from Potters Bar to St Albans (Britain):
http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/mysterious-bang-heard-near-potters-bar-and-st-albans-1-5336143

Quote: "Described by some as sounding like an 'explosion', it was heard by residents in Cranborne Road, Southgate Road, Sunnybank Road, Oakmere and Little Heath, with one person claiming it even reached St Albans. A police spokeswoman told the Welwyn Hatfield Times that they had received no official reports last night. Some people claimed on social media that it may have been a sonic boom, but a Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed no operations were being held in the area last night."

Note: St Albans, where that woman burned to death in her car...

2017-12-28 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in North Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://www.local8now.com/content/news/Halls-neighbors-search-for-culprit-behind-boom-that-shook-homes-466898083.html
http://www.sott.net/article/372505-Shook-the-house-shook-the-walls-Mysterious-explosion-heard-in-Knoxville-Tennessee

2017-12-28 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Beverly (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/transformer-fire-causes-power-outage-in-beverly/
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/28/beverly-cabot-street-underground-fire/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/underground-fire-knocks-out-power-in-beverly/vp-BBHs8vK
http://www.salemnews.com/news/electrical-fire-knocks-out-power-to-downtown-beverly/article_137e9858-ebe9-11e7-b7ec-fb10f98b1a9c.html

2017-12-28 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts in coastal Santa Barbara (California):
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/fire_in_underground_vault_causes_power_outage_in_downtown_santa_barbara

2017-12-28 - Electrical substation damaged by fire on High Street in Henley-in-Arden (Britain):
http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireincidents/2017/12/28/fire-involving-electric-substation-high-street-henley-in-arden-one-crew-from-henley-and-one-crew-from-stratford-attended/

2017-12-28 - AC unit bursts into flame at stadium fire spreads to stadium, in coastal Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic):
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/smoke-spotted-above-santo-domingo-091607147.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-5217765/Blazing-fire-tears-Quisqueya-Juan-Marichal-Stadium.html
http://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/beisbol/nota/incendioenelestadioquisqueyaprovocasuspensiondepartido-2385643/

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire rips through commercial building at 1 AM in coastal Mumbai (India), 15+ killed, 12+ injured:
http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/13121573-74/fire-engulfs-mumbai-building-killing-at-least-15
http://abc13.com/massive-fire-kills-15-at-rooftop-mumbai-restaurant/2837168/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fire-engulfs-mumbai-building-killing-15-people-52035756
http://www.kztv10.com/story/37156587/at-least-15-dead-in-fire-at-rooftop-mumbai-restaurant
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/nation-world/world/article192076204.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article192076204.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42508873

Note: Just discussed the many fires that having been burning Mumbai, in the 2017-12-20 update...

2017-12-28 - Recycling center erupts in flame at 1 AM in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/37150825/fire-at-rock-tenn-damages-building

2017-12-28 - In separate incidents, two ships burst into flame within 4 hours at shipbreaking yard in coastal Gujarat (India), 1 killed:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/labourer-dies-as-fire-breaks-out-in-tanker-beached-at-alang/articleshow/62287572.cms
http://www.newstread.com/india/vadodara/labourer-dies-as-fire-breaks-out-in-tanker-beached-at-alang/

2017-12-28 - Pipe-burying ship 'Flintstone' bursts into flame at 12:20 AM in coastal Quarleshaven (Netherlands):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Flintstone-9528433.html
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2017/20947/offshore-pipe-ship-fire-netherlands/
http://www.hvzeeland.nl/nieuws/34407-brand-op-schip-san-marinoweg-ritthem/
http://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/102919/Brand-in-schip-Vlissingen-Oost
http://maritimebulletin.net/2017/12/28/offshore-pipe-ship-fire-netherlands/

2017-12-28 - Yacht 'City Slickers' bursts into flame near coastal St. Helena Sound (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article192119314.html

2017-12-28 - Two yachts destroyed by fire while docked in coastal Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://abc7ny.com/2-yachts-destroyed-in-fire-at-marina-in-jersey-city/2836055/
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/12/post_942.html
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/12/28/boats-fire-jersey-city-marina/989312001/
http://newjersey.liveuamap.com/en/2017/29-december-2-yachts-destroyed-in-fire-at-marina-in-jersey

2017-12-28 - Boat explodes into flame on the River Murray near Sunlands (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/a/38429182/boat-catches-fire-on-sas-river-murray/
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/passengers-jump-overboard-as-speedboat-bursts-into-flames/ar-BBHqPzF
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/boat-catches-fire-on-sas-river-murray/news-story/d2df70c54c751a3eb469447d5c0a22e1
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/law-order/six-people-escape-speed-boat-that-exploded-and-caught-fire-at-sunlands-near-waikerie/news-story/a8a7fce01f63949e7058d9c28a54250d
http://omny.fm/shows/sca-national-news/four-people-forced-to-jump-overboard-in-speed-boat
http://www.facebook.com/countryfireservice/posts/1763351293697740

Quote: "Six people have escaped serious injury after a speed boat exploded and caught fire in the River Murray. The fire happened at Ramco Point, Sunlands, about 10km east of Waikerie, at 1.10pm on Thursday."

2017-12-28 - Boat, tractors and garage destroyed by fire in Slippery Rock Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/video-equipment-lost-in-garage-fire/article_cae15766-ebde-11e7-84d0-1bd5abee21b1.html

Quote: "Reportedly, $500,000 of equipment and vehicles such as tractors and a pontoon boat were lost to the blaze."

Note: These are the 1093rd, 1094th, 1095th, 1096th, 1097th, 1098th, 1099th and 1100th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017, and these are the 2249th and 2250th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-28 - Freight train engine bursts into flame in Austin (Texas):
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/union-pacific-train-catches-fire-while-travelling-through-austin/503116269
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/train-fire-reported-north-austin-near-mopac/0i2ZLV2KhVMy6DZx4bRlUK/
http://kxan.com/2017/12/28/train-car-catches-on-fire-traveling-through-north-austin/

2017-12-28 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the North Causeway near Mandeville (Louisiana):
http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/communities/st_tammany/article_8633e186-ec12-11e7-a2ff-e726d2f69221.html
http://www.fox8live.com/story/37152844/tanker-truck-fire-shuts-down-north-causeway-blvd
http://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2017/12/tanker_truck_fire_out_mandevil.html
http://www.kplctv.com/story/37152844/truck-on-fire-extinguished-north-causeway-blvd-reopens
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/northshore/update-traffic-delays-after-tanker-with-sulfuric-acid-catches-fire-on-us-190-/502925356
http://www.wdsu.com/article/north-causeway-near-brookside-drive-in-mandeville-closed-due-to-tanker-truck-on-fire-officials-say/14510216
http://www.wwltv.com/news/tank-truck-fire-shuts-down-n-causeway-on-the-northshore/502939075

2017-12-28 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at airport in Trail (Canada):
http://www.trailtimes.ca/news/fuel-truck-fire-at-trail-airport/
http://www.mykootenaynow.com/24191/fuel-truck-fire-wednesday-trail-regional-airport/

Quote: "Upon attending, it was found that a fuel truck, used to dispense Jet A fuel, was engulfed in flames."

2017-12-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-35 near Forreston (Texas):
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/18-wheeler-hauling-avocados-catches-fire-on-i-35e
http://wfla.com/2017/12/28/truck-carrying-avocados-catches-fire-on-texas-interstate/
http://www.tmj4.com/news/national/18-wheeler-hauling-avocados-catches-fire-on-texas-highway
http://nbc4i.com/2017/12/28/texas-interstate-at-a-standstill-after-truck-carrying-avocados-catches-fire/
http://kxan.com/2017/12/28/truck-carrying-40000-pounds-of-avocado-catches-fire-in-north-texas/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/NB-I-35E-South-of-Waxahachie-Shut-Down-After-Big-Rig-Carrying-Avocados-Catches-Fire-467000733.html
http://www.fox9.com/news/302943869-video

2017-12-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 412 near Bells (Tennessee):
http://www.wbbjtv.com/2017/12/28/semi-truck-catches-fire-highway-412-shuts-crockett-county/

2017-12-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 11:49 PM on Highway 111 near Cagle (Tennessee):
http://www.dunlapnews.com/article/?ID=992

2017-12-28 - Semi tractor bursts into flame while parked at business in Watertown (South Dakota):
http://www.gowatertown.net/2017/12/29/watertown-fire-rescue-responds-to-semi-fire/
http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/local_news/wfr-called-to-semi-fire/article_8deb1186-eca5-11e7-b01f-fb457523cb04.html

2017-12-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A6514 in Nottingham (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/lorry-fire-causing-delays-near-984492
http://connecteastmidlands.co.uk/2017/12/28/lorry-fire-causing-delays-near-qmc-roundabout-updates/

2017-12-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 5:25 AM on State Highway 8 near Northburn (New Zealand), other fires too:
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/multiple-blazes-dry-central-otago

Note: These are the 2251st, 2252nd, 2253rd, 2254th, 2255th, 2256th, 2257th and 2258th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-28 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home in coastal Ventura (California):
http://citizensjournal.us/large-vehicle-fire-city-ventura/
http://www.facebook.com/kvtanews/posts/1738456669507081

2017-12-28 - RV bursts into flame in Emstrey area in Shrewsbury (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/59328

Note: These are the 644th and 645th RVs to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-28 - Van bursts into flame on I-81 in Wythe County (Virginia):
http://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/new-river-valley/vehicle-fire-causes-major-backup-on-i-81-south-in-wythe-county

2017-12-28 - Van bursts into flame on road near Imphal (India):
http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/van-catches-fire-2/

2017-12-28 - Van bursts into flame on the M25 near Godstone (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/m25-van-fire-delays-m23-14089280

2017-12-28 - Van bursts into flame on St Aidans Road in Carlisle ((Britain):
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/cumbriafire/recent-incidents/
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Carlisle-firefighters-rush-to-early-morning-van-blaze-21f7f43d-5027-47a5-928a-55c9171fcce0-ds

Quote: "Vehicle fire in Carlisle(Carlisle) 28 Dec 2017 At 1:57 Firefighters were called to reports of a vehicle fire on St Aidans Road, Carlisle. Crews attended the scene and found that a van was well alight. Crews used two hose reel jets and breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire."

2017-12-28 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at shopping center in Buckhannon (West Virginia):
http://therecorddelta.com/article/car-catches-on-fire-at-skyline-plaza

2017-12-28 - SUV and car destroyed by fire while parked at home in Columbus (Indiana):
http://www.therepublic.com/2017/12/30/12302017cr_car_fire/
http://www.therepublic.com/2017/12/29/firefighters-save-home-after-two-cars-catch-on-fire/

2017-12-28 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Weston (Massachusetts):
http://framinghamsource.com/index.php/2017/12/28/traffic-alert-truck-fire-mass-pike/
http://patch.com/massachusetts/weston/mass-pike-lanes-closed-car-fire

2017-12-28 - Six cars go up in flames at 11:33 PM while parked at apartments in Hacienda Heights (California):
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/2017/12/28/6-cars-damaged-in-hacienda-heights-fire/

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame inside garage, fire spreads to garage, at home in Sibley (Iowa):
http://kiwaradio.com/lightssirens/fire-totals-car-damages-garage-in-sibley/

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame on I-80 in Union Township, Jefferson County (Pennsylvania):
http://www.exploreclarion.com/2017/12/29/emergency-crews-respond-to-vehicle-fire-on-i-80/

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame on I-29 near Riverside Boulevard in Sioux City (Iowa):
http://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/car-catches-fire-on-i-29-near-riverside

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame near tire business in Estherville (Iowa), 400 feet from the Des Moines River:
http://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/533899/Firefighters-respond-to-car-fire-at-S-R.html

2017-12-28 - In separate incidents, parked car bursts into flame at 2:40 AM at home, and car bursts into flame at intersection, in/near Mackay (Australia):
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/two-cars-gutted-by-fires-in-region-overnight/3299497/

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame at 11 PM while parked near coastal Lake Cathie (Australia):
http://www.portnews.com.au/story/5143376/car-burnt-out-at-middle-rock/

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame in parking lot in coastal Hervey Bay (Australia):
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/flames-erupt-in-car-bonnet/3299584/

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame at 5:07 AM on Kingswood Avenue in Swindon (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/car-fire-swindon-18/

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame on the A38 near Ivybridge (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=46529&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dramatic-video-shows-firefighters-battling-983978

2017-12-28 - Car bursts into flame at 4 AM on Miller Avenue in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Miller Avenue, Carr Lane, Grimsby. Thu 28 Dec 2017 04:00 (No:27792) Car fire extinguished by member of public with garden hose prior to arrival of Fire Service. Inspection only."

2017-12-28 - Motorcycle bursts into flame at 1:03 AM on Fisher Road in Blacon (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/motorbike-fire-in-blacon

2017-12-28 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked near Cedar Grove (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Fire-destroys-camper-in-Kanawha-County-467018893.html
http://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/no-injuries-after-camper-catches-fire-near-pond-gap/890287210

2017-12-28 - Car and home go up in flames at 2:30 AM in Cox's Creek (Kentucky), pickup bursts into flame separately:
http://www.kystandard.com/content/fire-damages-house-cox%E2%80%99s-creek

Quote: "Chief Billy Mattingly said the house was a single story with a basement and walkout two-car garage, which was where the fire started. The fire got into upper part of the house through the heat ducts. The basement and garage were gutted, a car was destroyed, and there was heavy smoke and water damage to the house."

2017-12-28 - Car, two motorcycles and garage destroyed by fire at home in New Holland (Pennsylvania):
http://fox43.com/2017/12/28/fire-in-new-holland-causes-250k-damage-to-garage-contents-inside/
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/fire-causes-k-in-damages-to-garage-with-car-motorcycles/article_14f672f0-ebf3-11e7-a6d7-1fda0d8a2d81.html

2017-12-28 - Cars and barn destroyed by fire on West Grand River Highway in Clinton County (Michigan):
http://www.fox47news.com/news/local-news/fire-crews-battle-large-structure-fire-in-clinton-county
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/12/28/eagle-township-barn-total-loss-after-catching-fire-wednesday/987026001/

2017-12-28 - Car and auto shop go up in flames on Walter Street in Parkfield, Stockton (Britain):
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/fire-rips-through-mechanics-garage-14090860

2017-12-28 - In four separate incidents, auto shop and three homes go up in flames in Milwaukee (Wisconsin):
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2017/12/28/milwaukee-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-blaze-citys-north-side/987322001/

2017-12-28 - Auto shop heavily damaged by fire in Buffalo (New York):
http://news.wbfo.org/post/5-people-displaced-after-3-alarm-fire-black-rock

2017-12-28 - Barn damaged by fire at 6:45 AM in Simsbury (Connecticut), 24 horses killed:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/24-horses-die-connecticut-barn-fire-n833276
http://wwlp.com/2017/12/28/24-horses-die-in-simsbury-connecticut-barn-fire/
http://www.dothanfirst.com/news/national/24-horses-die-in-connecticut-barn-fire/889967015
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Fire-Erupts-at-Farm-in-Simsbury-466948833.html
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37151437/24-horses-dead-after-fire-at-folly-farm-in-simsbury
http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-simsbury-barn-fire-20171228-story.html
http://fox61.com/2017/12/28/simsbury-fire-crews-battle-barn-fire-with-animals-inside/
http://wtnh.com/2017/12/28/fire-breaks-out-at-folly-farm-in-simsbury/
http://turnto10.com/news/local/24-horses-killed-in-farm-fire

2017-12-28 - HVAC unit bursts into flame at business in Macot (Tennessee):
http://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/manufacturing-plant-in-mascot-evacuated-after-hvac-unit-catches-fire/51-502929598

2017-12-28 - Business park devastated by massive fire at 1 AM in Sacramento (California):
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article191935129.html
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/12/28/rancho-cordova-fire-office-complex/
http://fox40.com/2017/12/28/multipurpose-business-building-destroyed-in-3-alarm-fire/

2017-12-28 - American Legion destroyed by fire shortly after 2 AM in Waynesboro (Pennsylvania):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/firefighters-battle--alarm-fire-in-downtown-waynesboro-pa/article_18c5d83e-ebcc-11e7-9a53-cfb1815a41c9.html

2017-12-28 - Seafood business damaged by fire on Little River Drive in coastal Belfast (Maine):
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/fire-burning-at-ducktrap-seafood-company/1714295
http://www.america.easybranches.com/maine/Fire-burning-at-Ducktrap-seafood-company-511579

2017-12-28 - Church heavily damaged by fire at 6:15 AM in Irving (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/12/28/firefighters-flames-bear-creek-community-church-irving/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fire-Rages-Through-Irving-Church-466952203.html
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas-county/irving-fire-crews-working-to-put-out-church-fire-1/502902337

2017-12-28 - Garage destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM at home in Martinsville (Indiana), nearby basement fire too:
http://www.wthr.com/article/stranger-on-the-way-to-work-alerts-martinsville-family-of-garage-fire

Quote: "The Martinsville Fire Department was working a basement fire just three blocks away and arrived quickly and put out the fire in less than 15 minutes, before it spread to the house."

2017-12-28 - Home damaged by basement fire at 2:30 AM in Naperville (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/28/fire-naperville-home-uninhabitable/
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/home-deemed-uninhabitable-after-naperville-fire/article_8f8f21da-ebfb-11e7-bb71-17d1eca90bf9.html

2017-12-28 - Home heavily damaged by garage fire on Buffalo Ridge Road in Miami Township (Ohio):
http://local12.com/news/local/fire-damages-home-on-buffalo-ridge-road-in-miami-twp

2017-12-28 - Home heavily damaged by fire just before 3:30 AM in coastal Kent (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/10-people-displaced-by-early-morning-house-fire-in-kent

2017-12-28 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 12:30 AM in East Grand Rapids (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/12/house_fire_frigid_air_close_we.html

2017-12-28 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Brooklyn Park (Maryland), 3 injured, firefighter has 'medical emergency':
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/two-hospitalized-after-row-home-fire-in-brooklyn-park/14512775

Quote: "Two men, 51 and 52, were taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center with critical and potentially life-threatening injuries, fire officials said. One firefighter was also taken to the burn unit for minor burns and a second firefighter suffered a medical emergency and was taken to Baltimore-Washington Medical Center, officials said."

2017-12-28 - Home destroyed by fire at 1:56 AM in Swifton (Arkansas), nobody there:
http://www.kait8.com/story/37151992/home-destroyed-by-fire-in-jackson-county

2017-12-28 - Home destroyed by fire near Gantt Lake (Alabama), nobody there:
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2017/12/29/couple-returns-home-to-7-fire-trucks-flames/

2017-12-28 - Home destroyed by fire at 11:55 PM in Princeton (West Virginia), nobody there:
http://www.bdtonline.com/news/early-morning-blaze-destroys-house-in-princeton/article_7b85b3b8-ec30-11e7-a876-df916f31e791.html

2017-12-28 - Home destroyed by fire just before 3 AM on Cold Springs Road in Moores Hill (Indiana):
http://local12.com/news/local/crews-battle-house-fire-in-moores-hill
http://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-indiana/fire-destroys-home-in-dearborn-county-indiana

2017-12-28 - Home destroyed by fire just before 5 AM in Fresno (California):
http://kmph.com/news/local/southeast-fresno-home-destroyed-in-fire

2017-12-28 - Apartment building damaged by fire in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana), nobody there:
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/12/french_quarter_fire_new_orlean.html

2017-12-28 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Lamont (California):
http://www.weny.com/story/37161545/30-people-displaced-after-apartment-fire-in-lamont
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/kern-county-fire-department-responding-to-an-apartment-fire-in-lamont

2017-12-28 - Hotel destroyed by massive fire at 1 AM near Staunton (Virginia):
http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Crews-respond-to-fire-at-Red-Roof-Inn-in-Staunton-467088373.html
http://www.dailyprogress.com/newsvirginian/news/local/overnight-fire-sends-guests-running-from-motel/article_fa1e5e62-ec91-11e7-8dab-9b7e3b4d6093.html
http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/augusta-county/2017/12/29/fire-badly-damages-hotel-augusta-county-near-staunton/989581001/
http://wset.com/news/local/fire-at-red-roof-inn-in-staunton

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire burns home in East Franklin Township (Pennsylvania), 2 killed, 1 injured:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/12/28/coroner-called-armstrong-county-fire/
http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/13120125-74/coroner-called-to-east-franklin-fire
http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/officials-identify-2-children-killed-in-armstrong-county-house-fire/670332315
http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/13121100-74/2-children-who-were-killed-in-east-franklin-fire-are-identified

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire burns home at 3:44 AM in White Oak (Pennsylvania), 2 killed:
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2017/12/28/Firefighters-battle-White-Oak-blaze-frigid-temperatures/stories/201712280103
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/13119450-74/fire-destroys-white-oak-house-unclear-if-residents-were-there
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/12/28/white-oak-house-fire/

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire burns home in Kittanning (Pennsylvania), 2 killed:
http://local21news.com/news/local/western-pennsylvania-fire-kills-siblings-ages-10-and-13
http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/western-pennsylvania-fire-kills-siblings-ages-and/article_156d810e-6222-550d-94c0-db2c4299a171.html

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire burns home at 12:32 AM on Poppelwell Street in Jamestown (Kentucky), 1 killed:
http://www.lex18.com/story/37151658/officials-investigate-deadly-house-fire

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire burns home in Bella Vista (Arkansas), 1 killed:
http://www.4029tv.com/article/body-found-in-bella-vista-home-after-fire/14513663

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire burns home just after 1 AM in Sumter (South Carolina), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.wltx.com/news/local/elderly-woman-killed-in-sumter-house-fire/502866839
http://www.wltx.com/news/local/sumter-house-fire-kills-one-injures-another/502943873
http://www.wistv.com/story/37150521/woman-68-killed-while-man-71-injured-in-midlands-house-fire
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article191911499.html

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire destroys home shortly after midnight near Indianola (Nebraska), 3 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.1011now.com/content/news/Three-killed-in-house-fire-near-Indianola--467018713.html
http://nebraska.tv/news/local/law-enforcement-on-the-scene-of-indianola-home-fire
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/3-people-killed-in-early-morning-central-nebraska-house-fire/
http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/state/multiple-deaths-confirmed-in-house-fire-near-indianola/article_b64d9784-ec23-11e7-a33f-eb27e6fca70d.html
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/people-killed-in-early-morning-central-nebraska-house-fire/article_6c8d92bc-ed05-52e1-9881-77931de32b76.html
http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/2472097.html

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire destroys home near Lincoln (Delaware), 1 killed, 7 injured:
http://www.wboc.com/story/37153555/multiple-injuries-reported-in-lincoln-house-fire
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2017/12/28/fire-kills-one-injures-six-others-lincoln/988269001/
http://www.wdel.com/news/toddler-dies-home-destroyed-in-devastating-lincoln-fire/article_65bef2ba-ec21-11e7-abd9-e31282a95a5a.html
http://www.capegazette.com/article/boy-2-dies-lincoln-house-fire/148617

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire destroys home at 12:30 AM in Rockmart (Georgia), 1 killed:
http://www.cbs46.com/story/37151164/elderly-man-killed-in-overnight-house-fire-in-paulding-county
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/man-dies-early-morning-house-fire/Exa5sS87WjPhsaM2v8U0fI/
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/65-year-old-man-dies-in-paulding-county-house-fire/670257515

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire destroys home on Brown’s Church Road in Clinton (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://wncn.com/2017/12/29/young-woman-dies-in-clinton-house-fire-officials-say/
http://www.wral.com/girl-dies-in-clinton-house-fire/17219257/
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/state/ap/authorities-say-woman-killed-in-north-carolina-house-fire/article_f6b35807-b9e8-5619-b0f1-c3943bd1739e.html

2017-12-28 - Deadly fire burns apartment building in coastal Bronx (New York), 12+ killed, more injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20171229-61171-USA
http://wreg.com/2017/12/29/worst-nyc-fire-in-25-years-kills-at-least-12-injures-4-people/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/28/at-least-12-dead-in-new-york-city-apartment-fire.htm.html
http://abc13.com/at-least-12-dead-including-baby-in-bronx-apartment-fire/2835824/
http://abc11.com/at-least-12-dead-in-large-fire-in-bronx-apartment-building/2835962/
http://q13fox.com/2017/12/28/at-least-12-dead-including-a-child-in-bronx-apartment-fire/
http://nypost.com/2017/12/28/multiple-people-seriously-injured-as-fire-rips-through-bronx-building/
http://myfox8.com/2017/12/28/at-least-10-people-dead-several-others-injured-in-massive-fire-at-new-york-city-apartment-building/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/people-injured-bronx-fire-article-1.3724609
http://abc7ny.com/at-least-6-dead-several-injured-in-large-fire-in-bronx-apartment-building/2835467/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Fire-Bronx-Zoo-Apartment-Building-New-York-City-Fatal-467058353.html
http://www.kmbc.com/article/apartment-fire-in-bronx/14514097
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/28/us/bronx-fire/index.html

Quote: "New York City's mayor says 12 people have been killed in a Bronx apartment building fire including a 1-year-old child."

Quote: "Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro called the fire, 'historic in its magnitude,' because of the number of lives lost."

Quote: "Another witness, Jamal Flicker, said he spotted flames erupting near trash cans."

2017-12-28 - Vacant home burns in Morenci (Michigan):
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20171228/police-seek-cause-of-fire-in-vacant-morenci-home
http://www.america.easybranches.com/michigan/Police-seek-cause-of-fire-in-vacant-Morenci-home-512195

2017-12-28 - Vacant home burns on Kickapoo Road in Middlefield (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37159065/crews-knock-down-fire-at-vacant-home-in-middlefield
http://fox61.com/2017/12/29/crews-battle-house-fire-in-middlefield/

2017-12-28 - Vacant home burns in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-fire-knocked-down-near-Stratford-Avenue-12457628.php

2017-12-28 - Vacant home burns at 3 AM in South Bend (Indiana):
http://wsbt.com/news/local/crews-battle-flames-extreme-cold-in-south-bend-house-fire

2017-12-28 - Vacant home destroyed by fire just after 3 AM in coastal Queens (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/fire-burns-through-house-in-queens-village/2833197/
http://patch.com/new-york/queens/fire-blazes-through-queens-village-house

2017-12-28 - Vacant nursing home burns in Wichita Falls (Texas):
http://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/wffd-fights-flames-at-abandoned-nursing-home/890758129

2017-12-29 - Fire-related deaths on the rise in Iowa:
http://www.radioiowa.com/2017/12/28/fire-deaths-in-the-state-highest-since-1993/
http://whotv.com/2017/12/29/2017-likely-to-see-highest-number-of-fire-related-deaths-in-over-two-decades/
http://www.firehouse.com/news/12388518/iowa-fire-deaths-highest-in-more-than-decade-firefighter-news

2017-12-29 - Fire-related deaths on the rise in Minnesota:
http://www.startribune.com/deadly-blazes-at-year-s-end-make-for-rise-in-minnesota-fire-deaths-in-2017/467224003/

2017-12-29 - Volunteer fire department and public works building goes up in flames in Glennville (Georgia):
http://www.wtoc.com/story/37160159/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-glennville-fire-department

Quote: "The public works and volunteer fire department burst into flames shortly after lunch."

2017-12-29 - Electrical substation damaged by fire on North Sea Lane in Humberston (Britain), 2000 feet from the ocean:
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "North Sea Lane, Humberston. Fri 29 Dec 2017 17:22 (No:27891) Small electrical sub station involved in fire. 2 dry powder extinguishers in use and Thermal Image Camera. Power supply isolated and left in care of electricians."

2017-12-29 - Transformer explodes and burns at 5 AM, ignites apartment building, in coastal Pattaya (Thailand):
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335033

2017-12-29 - SUV and car go up in flames while parked at home in Napoleon (Ohio), 1000 feet from the Maumee River:
http://www.northwestsignal.net/news/public_record/image_a5af2eb0-8b13-5a98-a5c6-b256ede32794.html

2017-12-29 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 4 AM while parked at home, fire spreads, two cars and home destroyed by fire too, in Houston (Texas):
http://www.mysanantonio.com/houston/article/Fire-destroys-home-3-cars-on-Houston-s-NW-side-12461380.php

Quote: "Around 4:00am HFD responded to a car fire and found heavy flames coming from a pickup truck and a house, which eventually spread to two more cars. According to the Home Owner, he and his wife and another adult male were all asleep inside, when the wife heard the alarm on the pickup truck. They looked out and saw the pickup truck on fire under the carport, next to the house. All three got out safely, and they stated how quickly it spread. It caught the house on fire and two other vehicles. The house is a total loss. No injuries. Lots of flames."

Note: I guess they didn't hear my warning not to park vehicles near homes! Well, maybe next home...

2017-12-29 - Six cars go up in flames while parked at the Port of Galveston in coastal Galveston (Texas):
http://america.easybranches.com/texas/Six-cars-catch-fire-at-Port-of-Galveston-517772
http://www.galvnews.com/news/article_543708ae-c171-5124-99fd-85a3f41dc337.html

2017-12-29 - Four-wheeler bursts into flame while parked in garage at home, fire spreads to garage, in Clinton (New York):
http://www.uticaod.com/news/20171229/crews-battle-fire-in-town-of-kirkland

Quote: "A garage was heavily damaged by fire Friday night after a four-wheeler inside it caught fire."

2017-12-29 - Home heavily damaged by explosion and fire in Lubbock (Texas), 1 killed:
http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/news/2017-12-30/1-dead-after-house-fire-near-nw-loop-gas-leak-resulted-explosion
http://www.kcbd.com/story/37162811/fire-officials-respond-to-lubbock-house-near-5600-block-of-8th-place

Note: This is the 363rd residential explosion in 2017...

2017-12-29 - At least 70 shops destroyed by fire at 1 AM at market near Kumasi (Ghana):
http://citifmonline.com/2017/12/29/fire-destroys-over-70-shops-at-abuakwa-dadiease-market/
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Fire-destroys-over-70-shops-at-Abuakwa-Dadiease-market-613426
http://ghnewsupdate.com/traders-make-losses-due-to-fire-at-abuakwa-dadiease-market/
http://ghana.shafaqna.com/EN/GH/324522

2017-12-29 - Yacht 'Knot-A-Hooker' bursts into flame at the Harbourgate Marina in coastal North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), nobody aboard:
http://wbtw.com/2017/12/29/crews-on-scene-of-a-boat-fire-near-little-river-swing-bridge/
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article192261529.html
http://wpde.com/news/local/north-myrtle-beach-rescue-squad-staying-busy-over-holidays

Note: This is the 1101st boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-29 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street in Rock Island (Illinois):
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Metro-bus-catches-fire-in-Rock-Island--467100723.html
http://qconline.com/news/metrolink-bus-catches-fire-no-one-injured/article_06bc0090-cbfa-539d-98ac-cc4a19d75624.html

2017-12-29 - Transit bus bursts into flame at airport in coastal Chennai (India):
http://www.firstpost.com/india/indigo-passenger-bus-catches-fire-at-chennai-airport-no-injuries-reported-4280483.html
http://www.ndtv.com/chennai-news/indigo-passenger-bus-catches-fire-at-chennai-airport-no-one-injured-1793571
http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/watch-indigo-passenger-bus-catches-fire-at-chennai-airport/183478
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/airlines-bus-catches-fire-at-airport/articleshow/62300729.cms
http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/2017/12/29190953/Indigo-bus-catches-fire-at-Chennai-airport-none-injured.vpf
http://zeenews.india.com/tamil-nadu/indigo-passenger-bus-catches-fire-at-chennai-airport-no-injuries-2070662.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indigo-bus-catches-fire-at-chennai-airport-no-passengers-aboard/story-MOvPZ2HWRVWwsuQ8NNIKNO.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/dec/30/scare-at-city-airport-as-bus-catches-fire-1740138.html
http://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/indigo-passenger-bus-catches-fire-at-chennai-airport201712291653180001/
http://www.catchnews.com/national-news/indigo-passenger-bus-catches-fire-at-chennai-airport-93826.html
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/indigo-bus-goes-up-in-flames-none-injured/1219493
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s5pCRAk77M

Note: These are the 868th and 869th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-12-29 - Car-hauler bursts into flame on I-80 near Wiota (Iowa):
http://965ksom.com/firefighters-respond-to-semi-trailer-fire/

Quote: "A fire torched a trailer load of vehicles Friday evening in the eastbound lanes near the 73-mile marker on Interstate 80. The call went out just after 5:50 p.m. and shortly after that it was reported one the vehicles were fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters from Anita, Adair and Wiota battled the blaze."

Note: This is the 67th car-hauler to burn in 2017...

2017-12-29 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on Route 9 in Chesterfield (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/Propane-truck-becomes-fire-inferno-in-Chesterfield
http://www.wmur.com/article/propane-truck-catches-fire-in-chesterfield/14520574
http://www.reformer.com/stories/propane-truck-fire-blocks-route-9,528279
http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/route-closed-after-propane-truck-catches-fire/article_fe5dffcb-7719-51a3-a227-389a8c3d34e2.html
http://www.topix.com/city/spofford-nh/2017/12/propane-truck-fire-blocks-route-9

2017-12-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-8 near Winterhaven (California):
http://www.kyma.com/news/semi-truck-with-over-120-calves-catches-fire-on-interstate-8-1/679252341
http://www.kyma.com/news/video/semi-truck-with-over-120-calves-catches-fire-on-interstate-8/679252257

2017-12-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the QEW in Grimsby (Canada):
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2017/12/29/truck-fire-in-grimsby-snarls-qew-traffic
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/grimsby-qew-transport-truck-fire-1.4467450
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/westbound-qew-shut-down-in-grimsby-after-truck-fire
http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/u-s-bound-qew-shut-down-in-grimsby-after-truck-fire
http://globalnews.ca/news/3938053/truck-fire-shuts-down-niagara-bound-qew-in-grimsby/
http://www.cp24.com/news/all-lanes-of-fort-erie-bound-qew-now-open-in-grimsby-after-tractor-trailer-fire-1.3738925
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/8028861-large-transport-truck-fire-closes-westbound-qew-in-grimsby/

2017-12-29 - Tractor, ATV, snowmobile and garage destroyed by fire at 2:15 AM at home in Wilsonville (Canada):
http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2017/12/29/150g-damage-in-wilsonville-fire

Quote: "The contents of the garage were destroyed. This included an all-terrain vehicle, a snowmobile, a small tractor and numerous tools."

2017-12-29 - Tractor bursts into flame on Middle Street in North Perrott, Crewkerne (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=46537&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/farmer-battles-save-tractor-bursts-988738
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/gallery/photographs-show-huge-tractor-fire-988877
http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/15799077.Fire_crews_battle_to_stop_large_vehicle_fire_to_nearby_vehicles/

Note: These are the 2259th, 2260th, 2261st, 2262nd, 2263rd and 2264th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-29 - Heavy truck bursts into flame on A17 roundabout in Long Sutton (Britain):
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/lorry-fire-in-long-sutton-1-8309893
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/lorry-fire-in-long-sutton-5473375.html

2017-12-29 - RV, multiple cars and garage go up in flames at 3 AM in Reno (Nevada):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/37157820/structure-fire-breaks-out-in-north-reno2
http://www.ktvn.com/story/37157820/structure-fire-breaks-out-in-north-reno3

Quote: "Officials tell us a detached garage caught fire around 3 a.m. on Friday, December 29. They tell us the structure is a total loss. They also tell us that multiple cars and the RV home itself also caught fire."

Note: This is the 646th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-29 - Van bursts into flame at 2:22 AM on Kilnsea Grove in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Kilnsea Grove, Hull. Fri 29 Dec 2017 02:22 (No:27848) Van involved in fire. Two hose reel, one BA and cutting equipment in use. Battery isolated. Incident left with Police."

2017-12-29 - SUV bursts into flame on I-40 near Yukon (Oklahoma):
http://www.news9.com/story/37161620/crews-respond-to-vehicle-fire-on-i-40-west-of-yukon
http://www.newson6.com/story/37161620/crews-respond-to-vehicle-fire-on-i-40-west-of-yukon

2017-12-29 - SUV bursts into flame on US 6 near Woodbury (Connecticut):
http://www.rep-am.com/news/2017/12/29/driver-escapes-jeep-fire-on-route-6/

2017-12-29 - SUV bursts into flame on street in Toowoomba (Australia):
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/police-and-residents-rush-extinguish-car-fire-cbd/3300687/

2017-12-29 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 6:30 AM near home on Little River Road in Lebanon (Maine):
http://www.therochestervoice.com/lebanon-firefighters-quell-truck-fire-amid-sub-zero-temps--cms-9171

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame while parked at shopping center in Chesapeake (Virginia):
http://wavy.com/2017/12/29/car-catches-fire-at-shopping-center-in-greenbrier/

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame at auto shop, fire spreads, shop destroyed, in Des Plaines (Illinois):
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fire-destroys-des-plaines-auto-shop/
http://www.journal-topics.com/articles/crews-battle-des-plaines-car-shop-blaze/

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame on I-35 near Laredo (Texas):
http://www.kgns.tv/content/news/Car-catches-fire-on-I-35-467207293.html

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame on I-695 in Baltimore County (Maryland):
http://patch.com/maryland/owingsmills/vehicle-fire-i-695-security-boulevard-slows-traffic

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame on I-94 near Valley City (North Dakota):
http://www.newsdakota.com/2017/12/30/fire-rescue-crews-respond-to-car-fire-on-i-94-near-valley-city/
http://csinewsnow.com/?p=135765

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 near Tallahassee (Florida):
http://www.wtxl.com/news/troopers-respond-to-car-fire-on-i/article_a7e56c50-ecd0-11e7-a94d-1725f01a9afe.html

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame, ignites brush fire, near Peavine (Nevada):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/37162123/car-fire-spreads-to-wildlands-near-peavine

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame near home in Scottville (Michigan):
http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/scottville-fire-department-puts-out-vehicle-fire-nobody-hurt/article_a5f08276-ecd1-11e7-b19e-abdd11752cfb.html

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame on Business 85 in Spartanburg (South Carolina):
http://wspa.com/2017/12/29/car-fire-blocks-part-of-business-85-in-spartanburg/
http://www.goupstate.com/news/20171229/car-fire-on-business-85

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame on street in coastal Dublin (Ireland):
http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-fire-brigade-attacked-3773850-Dec2017/

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame at 1:56 AM at skateboard park on Ensbury Avenue in coastal Bournemouth (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/car-fire-bournemouth-20/

2017-12-29 - Car bursts into flame at 1:42 AM on Bideford Close in Swindon (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/car-fire-swindon-19/

2017-12-29 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Underlane in Plymstock in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=46542&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-29 - Motorcycle bursts into flame on Gildane in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Gildane, Hull. Fri 29 Dec 2017 17:10 (No:27889) Motorcycle on fire. Hose reel in use."

2017-12-29 - Moped bursts into flame at 12:19 AM on Wellington Street in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Wellington Street, Grimsby. Fri 29 Dec 2017 00:19 (No:27839) Moped on fire. 2 hose reels in use."

2017-12-29 - Six cars and garage destroyed by fire in Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pahomepage.com/news/fire-destroys-apartment-and-garage-in-wilkes-barre-township/891665556

Quote: "Halecki told Eyewitness News that half a dozen cars were damaged in the fire, but no one was injured."

2017-12-29 - Car and home go up in flames in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/charlotte-fire-department-issues-warning-after-home-catches-fire

Quote: "A car in the garage also caught fire."

2017-12-29 - Pickup truck, RV trailer and barn destroyed by fire at home in the Village of Holley (New York):
http://orleanshub.com/fire-destroys-barn-and-camper-in-holley/
http://13wham.com/news/local/reported-barn-fire-in-holley
http://wnypages.com/fire-destroys-barn-and-camper-in-holley/

2017-12-29 - Car dealership damaged by fire in Grayson (Georgia), nobody there:
http://news.monroelocal.org/overnight-fire-damages-car-dealership-in-grayson/
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/fire-damages-used-car-dealership-in-grayson/article_e3b2ef59-9d99-5e2a-b916-97d7165d4a56.html

2017-12-29 - Barn destroyed by fire on Timmerman Road in Little Falls (New York), some livestock killed:
http://www.timestelegram.com/news/20171229/crews-battle-barn-fire-in-herkimer-county
http://www.wktv.com/content/news/Livestock_killed_in_Little_Falls_barn_fire.html

2017-12-29 - Barn destroyed by fire at 2 AM at Lake LeAnn Golf Course in Jerome (Michigan):
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20171229/blaze-destroys-lake-leann-barn

2017-12-29 - HVAC unit bursts into flame before 6 AM at apartment building, fire spreads to building, in Antioch (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/37157961/12-families-displaced-after-overnight-apartment-fire-in-antioch

2017-12-29 - Wood shavings business damaged by fire in the Town of Hamburg (Wisconsin):
http://www.waow.com/story/37162029/2017/12/29/fire-breaks-out-at-marathon-co-manufacturing-company

2017-12-29 - Furniture business devastated by huge fire on Crandford Street in Smethwick (Britain):
http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/15797894.Severe_fire_at_Smethwick_furniture_unit/
http://ipswi.com/community/threads/smethwick-fire-severe-blaze-at-furniture-storage-unit.21395/

2017-12-29 - Garage destroyed by fire at home in Grand Junction (Colorado):
http://www.kjct8.com/content/news/No-one-hurt-in-garage-fire-that-causes-20000-in-damage-467301293.html

2017-12-29 - Garage destroyed by fire, home scorched, on Shillington Road in coastal Saint John (Canada):
http://www.thewave.ca/news/1596367314/fire-destroys-garage-east-side-saint-john
http://www.country94.ca/news/1596367314/fire-destroys-garage-east-side-saint-john
http://www.facebook.com/country94/posts/10156046228521977

2017-12-29 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in Three Rivers (Mississippi), nobody there:
http://www.wlox.com/story/37161134/fire-devastates-jackson-county-home

2017-12-29 - Home damaged by fire in Millsboro (Delaware):
http://www.wboc.com/story/37162170/fire-crews-tame-millsboro-house-fire

2017-12-29 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Chula Vista (California):
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-chula-housefire-20171229-story.html
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Chula-Vista-Home-2nd-Avenue-Fire-467190063.html

2017-12-29 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 1:15 AM in Delanco Township (New Jersey), 4 injured:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/29/delanco-fire/
http://www.fox29.com/news/4-people-in-hospital-after-house-fire-in-burlington-county-nj

2017-12-29 - Home heavily damaged by fire before 2 AM in Salt Lake City (Utah), 1 injured:
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/one-injured-in-early-morning-salt-lake-city-house-fire/891185314
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/900006517/salt-lake-woman-injured-in-early-morning-house-fire.html

2017-12-29 - Home destroyed by huge blaze in Somers (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2017/12/29/somers-home-destroyed-three-alarm-blaze/991561001/

2017-12-29 - Duplex heavily damaged by fire at 6 AM in McKeesport (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/article/two-families-displaced-after-fire-in-mckeesport/14516920

2017-12-29 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at Crystal Spring Apartments in Aspen Hill (Maryland):
http://wjla.com/news/local/officials-2-alarm-apartment-fire-leaves-60-md-residents-several-children-without-home
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Fire-Forces-Residents-Out-of-Silver-Spring-Apartment-During-Freezing-Weather-467063053.html

2017-12-29 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Cy-Fair (Texas):
http://www.fox26houston.com/news/cy-fair-vfd-battling-2-alarm-apartment-fire-in-nw-harris-county

2017-12-29 - Hotel damaged by fire in Palm Desert (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/200-guest-relocated-after-electrical-blaze-at-palm-desert-hotel/679115317

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire destroys mobile home at 12:30 AM in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), 1 killed:
http://jacksonville.com/news/public-safety/2017-12-29/woman-dies-overnight-fire-jacksonville-home
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/1-person-dead-in-mobile-home-fire-near-mayport/670873920

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire burns home in Traverse City (Michigan), 1 killed:
http://upnorthlive.com/news/local/woman-dead-in-traverse-city-house-fire

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire burns home at 1:30 AM on Martin Luther King Jr. Circle in Kingston (Georgia), 2 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/breaking-killed-bartow-county-fire/eUja5onlQA19emjHF0kArK/
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cartersville/two-brothers-die-after-being-trapped-in-cartersville-house-fire/85-503164350

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire burns home at 1:30 AM in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana), 3 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.wlox.com/story/37157812/three-dead-including-3-year-old-elderly-man-rescued-from-house-fire
http://www.wdsu.com/article/family-struck-with-loss-of-3-relatives-in-new-orleans-east-house-fire/14519340
http://www.brproud.com/news/local-news/three-dead-in-two-alarm-fire-in-new-orleans-east/891183369
http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Fire-kills-3-man-70-woman-69-boy-3-in-New-12461400.php
http://www.wdsu.com/article/three-killed-in-new-orleans-east-house-fire/14515591
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/12/fatal_house_fire_new_orleans.html
http://wgno.com/2017/12/29/3-killed-and-one-injured-in-new-orleans-east-house-fire/

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire burns home at 1:30 AM in East Garfield Park area in Chicago (Illinois), 1 killed:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/29/east-garfield-park-fatal-fire/
http://abc7chicago.com/elderly-man-found-dead-after-east-garfield-park-house-fire/2837253/
http://wgntv.com/2017/12/29/man-83-killed-in-east-garfield-park-house-fire/

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire burns home on Cheatham Road near Reed (Kentucky), 1 killed:
http://www.14news.com/story/37161107/man-found-deceased-after-henderson-co-house-fire

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire burns home at 3:15 AM in coastal Brooklyn (New York), 2 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/fire-brooklyn-brownstone-kills-article-1.3725314
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Men-Die-Patchen-Avenue-Bed-Stuy-Brooklyn-Fire-NYC-FDNY-NYPD-467114943.html
http://abc7ny.com/2-killed-in-rowhouse-fire-in-brooklyn/2837094/

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire destroys home at 7:50 AM in Woodlawn (Tennessee), 3 killed:
http://www.wsmv.com/story/37159155/3-people-killed-in-montgomery-county-house-fire
http://wkrn.com/2017/12/29/house-fire-claims-two-lives-in-montgomery-county-one-person-missing/
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/37160037/officials-3-adults-die-in-tennessee-house-fire

2017-12-29 - Deadly fire destroys home shortly after 1 AM on Arnold Creek Road in Dewhurst (Wisconsin), 1 killed:
http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/news/2017/12/29/clark-county-man-dies-house-fire/990119001/
http://www.leadertelegram.com/News/Daily-Updates/2017/12/29/91-year-old-man-dies-in-fire.html
http://www.weau.com/content/news/Body-found-inside-burning-Clark-County-home-467150453.html

2017-12-29 - Vacant home burns on Ten Broeck Avenue in Kingston (New York):
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20171229/firefighters-extinguish-blaze-at-vacant-home-in-kingston

2017-12-29 - Vacant home burns before 12:30 AM in Council Bluffs (Iowa):
http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-vacant-house-for-hours/article_84b72e3e-ecea-11e7-a273-3fccf3325dc0.html
http://www.ketv.com/article/flames-gut-vacant-council-bluffs-house/14516091

2017-12-29 - Vacant home burns at 12:45 AM in Beltzhoover area in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/13123090-74/no-one-hurt-in-beltzhoover-fire
http://www.wtae.com/article/crews-battle-overnight-house-fire-in-beltzhoover/14515992

2017-12-29 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Alton (Illinois):
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article192100299.html

2017-12-29 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in the Town of Ulster (New York):
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20171230/town-of-ulster-fire-destroys-vacant-house

2017-12-29 - Vacant church burns shortly after 11 PM in Felton (Delaware):
http://www.wboc.com/story/37159251/fire-damages-former-felton-church

2017-12-30 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Ribble Valley, Hapton and Colne (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/mystery-explosion-leaves-residents-baffled-1-8933167

2017-12-30 - Dump truck bursts into flame while parked at facility in Newburgh (New York):
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2017/December/31/Nb_truck_fire-31Dec17.htm

2017-12-30 - Car bursts into flame shortly after 1:30 AM at home in Red Wing (Minnesota), 1 injured:
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/firefighters-rescue-unconscious-person-from-burning-vehicle/article_bca2a5e0-61de-5fef-bb2d-fb5b4ca03426.html

Quote: "Emergency responders received a report shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday of a vehicle fire next to a home in the 1400 block of Bush Street. Firefighters arrived at the scene in less than four minutes and began battling the blaze to prevent it from spreading to the house. At the same time, firefighters searched the vehicle and discovered an unconscious person in the driver's seat. They pulled the victim from the vehicle."

Note: Driver almost became yet another charred corpse found in a burning vehicle, which is an increasingly popular way to die...

2017-12-30 - Lawnmower bursts into flame at 11:12 PM while parked in shed at home in coastal Goole (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Hook Road, Goole. Sat 30 Dec 2017 23:12 (No:27951) Lawnmower on fire inside shed. Fire confined to items inside shed, only heat damage to door. One hose reel in use."

2017-12-30 - High-rise apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Manchester (Britain):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/898239/fire-Manchester-block-of-flats-city-centre-apartments
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/30/firefighters-battle-blaze-in-12-storey-building-in-manchester
http://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/15800120.Fire_at_apartment_block_in_Manchester___s_Northern_Quarter____under_control___/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-fire-apartment-block-live-northern-quarter-latest-updates-joiner-street-a8134886.html
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/12/30/547301/ManchesterFire

2017-12-30 - Home explodes and burns in Kohat (Pakistan), 6 injured:
http://www.radiotnn.com/six-injured-in-explosion-due-to-gas-leakage/

Note: This is the 364th residential explosion in 2017...

2017-12-30 - Yacht bursts into flame, burns and sinks, near coastal Yattalunga (Australia):
http://www.miragenews.com/vessel-fire-in-gosford/
http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2017/12/31/boat-catches-fire-and-sinks-south-of-gosford/
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/saratoga/video/82c3fc4e93ea2b638fcdd6ee9ae6525b
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/saratoga/video/82c3fc4e93ea2b638fcdd6ee9ae6525b
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/elderly-couple-jump-from-burning-boat-off-nsw-central-coast-20171230-h0bovc.html
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/elderly-couple-jump-from-burning-nsw-boat/news-story/e80fbb96c62d7fec3efab1ef788a7b3d
http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/elderly-couple-jump-overboard-to-escape-boat-which-burst-into-flames/news-story/529e10a2f53ddbedf2e5cdde1bc3e376
http://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce/posts/10155513949291185
http://www.facebook.com/ccincidentalerts/posts/1886737554972826

Note: This is the 1102nd boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-30 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on street in Cliffside Park (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/cliffside-park/2017/12/30/cliffside-park-firefighter-injured-bus-blaze/992826001/
http://www.northjersey.com/videos/news/bergen/cliffside-park/2017/12/30/video-cliffside-park-bus-fire/109032968/
http://bergenfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/video-photos-jitney-bus-goes-up-in-flames-in-cliffside-park/730063/
http://northernhighlands.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/video-photos-jitney-bus-goes-up-in-flames-in-cliffside-park/730063/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgfJ47NEIM4

Note: This is the 870th bus to burn in 2017...

2017-12-30 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at gas station in coastal Jakarta (Indonesia):
http://www.prokerala.com/news/photos/indonesia-jakarta-tanker-truck-fire-323262.html
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/30/c_136861606.htm
http://www.bta.bg/en/gallery/image/4593671

2017-12-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the New York State Thruway in the Town of Portland (New York):
http://www.observertoday.com/news/local-region/2017/12/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-thruway/
http://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2017/12/brakes-blamed-for-fire-that-destroys-tractor-trailer/

2017-12-30 - Two semi tractors go up in flames at 5 AM while parked at business in Tarrant (Alabama):
http://wiat.com/2017/12/29/tractor-trailers-damaged-in-tarrant-fire/

Quote: "Two tractor trailers were damaged during an early morning fire in Tarrant. Tarrant firefighters on the scene told CBS 42 they got the call around 5 a.m. from someone who lives at Hatcher Heavy-Duty Services. When they arrived, they found the tractors of two semis burning."

Note: These are the 2265th, 2266th, 2267th and 2268th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-30 - Van bursts into flame on road near Myawaddy (Myanmar):
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/12961

2017-12-30 - SUV bursts into flame at home on County Road 75 in New Albany (Mississippi):
http://nanewsweb.com/north-haven-fire-department-call-out-successfully-aids-homeowner/

2017-12-30 - Car bursts into flame on I-35 near Lenexa (Kansas):
http://www.kmbc.com/article/car-fire-slows-traffic-on-southbound-i-35-near-i-435-in-lenexa/14522282

2017-12-30 - Car bursts into flame at gas station in Seale (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/seale-car-fire-live-updates-14094714

2017-12-30 - Car bursts into flame on Station Road in Wressle (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Station Road, Wressle. Sat 30 Dec 2017 20:00 (No:27945) Car fire. One BA and two hose reels in use."

2017-12-30 - Car bursts into flame on Salthouse Road in Barrow-in-Furness (Britain):
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/cumbriafire/recent-incidents/
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/Crews-attend-Barrow-vehicle-fire-6804a350-6ae6-4825-81fc-a37adb7ebfb2-ds

Quote: "Vehicle fire in Barrow-in-Furness(Barrow-in-Furness) 30 Dec 2017 At 1:30 firefighters from Barrow were called to reports of a vehicle fire on Salthouse Road, Barrow-in-Furness. On arrival the vehicle, believed to be a white Hyundai, used a hose reel jet and breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire."

2017-12-30 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home in Cheyenne (Wyoming):
http://www.kgwn.tv/content/news/Cheyenne-fire-was-put-out-in-seven-minutes--467353073.html

2017-12-30 - Vehicle bursts into flame on road near Hecla (South Dakota):
http://www.aberdeennews.com/news/local/firefighters-called-to-vehicle-fire-near-hecla/article_8f30cf3d-495d-5466-89c9-8ae5a2e4d62d.html
http://www.dailyamerican.com/firefigthers-called-to-vehicle-fire-near-hecla/article_36fa2e70-acbf-5e8b-8b51-e85aa5448841.html
http://www.america.easybranches.com/south-dakota/Firefigthers-called-to-vehicle-fire-near-Hecla-518194

2017-12-30 - Auto shop heavily damaged by fire in Crystal Lake (Illinois):
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/12/30/fire-causes-175-000-in-damage-to-crystal-lake-auto-repair-shop/ahq89u3/

2017-12-30 - Barn destroyed by fire near Castlewood Canyon in Franktown (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/12/30/barn-fire-castlewood-canyon/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/front-range/large-barn-fire-in-franktown-visible-from-miles-away-
http://www.9news.com/news/local/large-fire-breaks-out-in-franktown-barn/503434589
http://kdvr.com/2017/12/30/large-fire-destroys-franktown-barn/

2017-12-30 - Construction company woodworking shop destroyed by huge fire in Brockton (Massachusetts), nobody there:
http://www.wcvb.com/article/4-alarm-blaze-breaks-out-in-brockton-building/14522270
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Crews-Battle-5th-Alarm-Fire-in-Brockton-467323113.html
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/30/brockton-crews-battle-5-alarm-blaze/
http://whdh.com/news/crews-battling-massive-fire-in-brockton/

2017-12-30 - Commercial building heavily damaged by fire at 11:44 PM in coastal Long Beach (California):
http://www.presstelegram.com/2017/12/30/long-beach-firefighters-douse-three-alarm-commercial-blaze-near-downtown/
http://www.presstelegram.com/2017/12/30/no-injuries-reported-as-3-alarm-blaze-damages-long-beach-commercial-building/

2017-12-30 - Workshop destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM in Rice Lake (Minnesota), nobody there:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/fires/4381183-fire-destroys-workshop-rice-lake

2017-12-30 - Elementary school heavily damaged by fire in Modesto (California):
http://abc13.com/huge-fire-destroys-wing-of-california-elementary-school/2844001/
http://www.firehouse.com/news/12388686/modesto-firefighters-battle-fire-at-bret-harte-elementary-school-firefighter-news
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/fire-destroys-wing-california-elementary-161110493.html

2017-12-30 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in Cabarrus County (North Carolina), nobody there:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/firefighters-battling-cabarrus-county-structural-fire-officials-say/671982898

2017-12-30 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Suffolk (Virginia):
http://pilotonline.com/news/article_10534846-a93e-5e19-bd6a-afe5ee06f1cd.html
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/mycity/suffolk/residents-displaced-after-house-fire-in-suffolk/503509774

2017-12-30 - Home damaged by fire at 4 AM in Chattanooga (Tennessee), nobody there:
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/early-morning-house-fire-under-investigation-in-chattanooga

2017-12-30 - Home damaged by fire in Huntsville (Alabama), nobody there:
http://whnt.com/2017/12/31/firefighters-respond-to-house-fire-in-huntsville/

2017-12-30 - Home damaged by fire in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://wtnh.com/2017/12/30/new-haven-firefighters-battle-house-fire/

2017-12-30 - Home heavily damaged by huge blaze on Larkmeade Lane in Potomac (Maryland):
http://wjla.com/news/local/officials-fire-does-1-million-worth-of-damage-to-montgomery-co-home-2-displaced

2017-12-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Waterville (Maine), 2 cats killed:
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/12/31/saturday-fire-leaves-waterville-family-of-five-homeless/

2017-12-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Coon Rapids (Minnesota), 2 injured:
http://kstp.com/news/2-injured-in-coon-rapids-house-fire/4725576/

2017-12-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Richmond (Virginia), nobody there:
http://wric.com/2017/12/30/richmond-fire-crews-respond-to-two-story-blaze/

2017-12-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 4:15 AM on Pegram Street in Willow Spring (North Carolina):
http://www.wral.com/family-escapes-house-fire-in-willow-springs/17222459/

2017-12-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 2 AM in Burholme area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://6abc.com/firefighters-battle-fire-in-citys-burholme-section/2840837/

2017-12-30 - Home destroyed by fire at 2:38 AM in coastal Seabrook (New Hampshire), dog killed:
http://www.unionleader.com/Fire-destroys-Seabrook-home,-kills-family-dog
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20171230/fire-destroys-seabrook-home

2017-12-30 - Home destroyed by fire before 4 AM in Acushnet (Massachusetts):
http://turnto10.com/news/local/early-morning-fire-destroys-home-in-acushnet
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20171230/two-occupants-escape-early-morning-acushnet-house-fire
http://www.newbedfordguide.com/fire-fighters-from-five-towns-battle-acushnet-fire-on-gammons-road/2017/12/30
http://wbsm.com/acushnet-firefighters-battle-flames-and-frigid-temperatures-at-house-fire/
http://wpri.com/2017/12/30/acushnet-home-heavily-damaged-by-fire/

2017-12-30 - Home destroyed by fire on Swift River Road in Mexico (Maine), 120 feet from the Swift River:
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/30/house-in-mexico-a-total-loss-after-fire/

2017-12-30 - Home destroyed by fire in Enfield (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/article/fire-officials-enfield-home-a-total-loss/14523203
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/31/fire-destroys-enfield-home/

2017-12-30 - Home destroyed by fire in Hoosick Falls (New York):
http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20171231/officials-seek-cause-of-fire-that-destroyed-hoosick-falls-home

2017-12-30 - Home destroyed by fire in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), 3 pets killed, nobody there:
http://www.koco.com/article/2-dogs-killed-in-northwest-oklahoma-city-house-fire/14522221
http://kfor.com/2017/12/30/firefighters-called-to-large-house-fire-in-northwest-oklahoma-city/

2017-12-30 - Multi-family home heavily damaged by fire in Leominster (Massachusetts):
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/12/fire_at_multifamily_home_displaces_12_residents
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_31560854/no-injuries-reported-after-fire-burns-through-leominster

2017-12-30 - Apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Surfside Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article192365004.html

2017-12-30 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in South St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/story/37164609/fire-breaks-out-south-city-flat

2017-12-30 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at 4:41 AM in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/30/four-apartments-condemned-in-newport-news-fire/
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/30/early-morning-apartment-fire-in-newport-news/

2017-12-30 - Apartment building heavily damaged by massive blaze at 4:45 AM in Gaithersburg (Maryland):
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/gaithersburg/md-apartment-fire-forces-dozens-outside-in-frigid-cold/503376475
http://wjla.com/news/local/officials-dozens-displaced-over-50-evacuated-after-montgomery-co-apartment-fire
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/12/30/gaithersburg-apartment-fire/

2017-12-30 - High-rise apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Hong Kong (China), 1 injured:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2126249/elderly-man-fights-his-life-after-fire-breaks-out-hong-kong

2017-12-30 - Motel damaged by basement fire in Berlin (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37163374/fire-reported-at-berlin-turnpike-motel
http://wtnh.com/2017/12/30/fire-torches-berlin-motel/

2017-12-30 - Hotel damaged by fire shortly after 5 AM in Louisville (Kentucky):
http://www.wave3.com/story/37163104/crews-fight-fire-at-galt-house
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-at-galt-house-hotel/503370455
http://www.wlky.com/article/emergency-crews-respond-to-fire-at-galt-house/14520804
http://www.wthr.com/article/crews-fight-fire-at-louisvilles-galt-house

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire burns mobile home at 6:30 AM near Edinburg (Texas), 3 killed, 1 injured:
http://valleycentral.com/news/local/fire-chief-mom-and-2-kids-dead-after-blaze-near-edinburg

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire burns mobile home in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida), 1 killed:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fire/Man-dies-in-Pinellas-County-mobile-home-fire_164058664
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/man-dead-after-mobile-home-fire-in-pinellas-county
http://wfla.com/2017/12/30/mans-body-found-after-mobile-home-fire-in-pinellas-co/
http://patch.com/florida/stpete/pinellas-man-dies-mobile-home-fire

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire burns home in the Town of Grant (Wisconsin), 1 killed:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/31/grant-house-fire-wisconsin/

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire burns home on Weathervane Road in Fremont (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wral.com/man-dies-in-wayne-county-house-fire-sheriff-says/17222948/
http://abc11.com/officials-elderly-man-killed-in-wayne-county-house-fire-/2841798/

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire burns home at 4:30 AM in Silverton (Ohio), 1 killed:
http://local12.com/news/local/man-dead-after-house-fire-in-silverton

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire destroys home in Amityville (New York), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/amityville-house-fire-injury-1.15684825
http://abc7ny.com/1-dead-1-injured-as-fire-tears-through-house-on-long-island/2844007/

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire destroys home at 2:45 AM in Buchanan (Virginia), 3 killed, 3 injured:
http://wset.com/news/local/officials-3-dead-3-injured-in-buchanan-house-fire
http://www.roanoke.com/news/three-dead-three-injured-in-botetourt-county-house-fire/article_bc37bd6a-5f52-5708-a473-9da0eba2fa70.html

2017-12-30 - Deadly fire destroys seven homes and a barn at 5 AM on coastal Sato Island (Japan), 2 killed:
http://japantoday.com/category/national/2-killed-in-predawn-fire-in-niigata-prefecture

2017-12-30 - Vacant home burns in coastal Norfolk (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/30/firefighters-in-norfolk-respond-to-vacant-house-fire/

2017-12-30 - Vacant home burns in Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania):
http://www.timesleader.com/news/local/687215/wb-fire-inspector-to-investigate-blaze-at-vacant-home

2017-12-30 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Des Moines (Iowa):
http://www.kcci.com/article/fire-officials-try-to-figure-out-what-caused-vacant-home-fire/14004664

2017-12-30 - Vacant home destroyed by fire near Crescent (Oregon):
http://www.ktvz.com/news/fire-destroys-vacant-home-in-n-klamath-county/679998984

2017-12-30 - Vacant home destroyed in the wee hours on North Tremont Street in Reilly Township (Pennsylvania):
http://wnep.com/2017/12/30/fire-destroys-vacant-house-in-schuylkill-county/

2017-12-31 - Home explodes in Omaha (Nebraska), 3 injured:
http://fox42kptm.com/news/local/1-critically-injured-in-home-explosion-3-others-rescued
http://fox42kptm.com/news/local/victims-of-south-omaha-house-explosion-identified
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Emergency-crews-respond-to-report-of-house-fire-467453473.html
http://www.ketv.com/article/crews-respond-to-house-explosion-near-46th-q/14524982
http://kfab.iheart.com/content/2017-12-31-two-hospitalized-after-house-explosion/
http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/injuries-reported-after-house-explosion-in-block-of-q-street/article_13b1d59c-ee87-11e7-b00a-23e25bcc2d36.html

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by explosion and fire in coastal Looe, Cornwall (Britain), 1 feared dead:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5245323/oap-feared-dead-after-huge-gas-explosion-rips-apart-her-home-on-new-years-eve/
http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/01/elderly-woman-missing-after-new-years-eve-gas-explosion-destroys-home-7194932/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5225999/Elderly-woman-missing-gas-explosion-home.html
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-01-01/woman-feared-dead-after-new-years-eve-fire/
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/elderly-woman-missing-feared-dead-994961
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-42532956

Note: These are the 365th and 366th residential explosions in 2017...

2017-12-31 - Three passenger buses go up in flames while parked in Jaipur (India):
http://www.newscrab.com/jaipur-three-private-buses-burn-due-fire/

2017-12-31 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on road on the island of Mallorca (Spain):
http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2017/12/31/tenth-bus-catches-fire-while-en-route-and-full-of-passengers/
http://daily.news.goldwave.com/news/tenth-bus-catches-fire-while-en-route-and-full-of-passengers

Quote: "ANOTHER bus has caught fire while driving in Mallorca. It is the tenth bus to have caught fire on the island in just two years."

Note: These are the 871st, 872nd, 873rd and 874th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-12-31 - Tanker truck, garage and shed destroyed by fire at 5:15 AM in Lynn Center (Illinois):
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/WATCH-Propane-truck-catches-fire-in-rural-Henry-County-467400473.html

Quote: "According to the Orion Fire Department, fire crew put out the fire around 9 am. The propane truck, a garage, and a shed are a total loss from the fire. There were no injuries."

2017-12-31 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame shortly after 7 AM on the Capital Beltway near coastal Washington DC:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Tractor-Trailer-Fire-Shuts-Down-Inner-Loop-of-Capital-Beltway-467398433.html

2017-12-31 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at Hampton Inn in Caddo Valley (Arkansas):
http://www.facebook.com/745387568851780/photos/a.1298248820232316.1073741840.745387568851780/1670437423013452/?type=3&theater

Quote: "Report of an 18 wheeler on fire at the Hampton Inn in Caddo Valley. Arkadelphia FD and CVFD are responding."

Note: These are the 2269th, 2270th and 2271st tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-31 - Street sweeper truck bursts into flame on I-95 in Richmond (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2017/12/31/truck-fire-i-95-south-near-boulevard/
http://wric.com/2017/12/31/truck-fire-delays-traffic-on-southbound-i-95/

2017-12-31 - SUV bursts into flame on street in North Massapequa (New York):
http://www.longislandfirephotos.com/jtc-photography/north-massapequa-car-fire-12-31-2017/
http://jtcphotos.smugmug.com/Nassau-County-Photos/North-Massapequa-Car-Fire-12-31-2017

2017-12-31 - SUV bursts into flame on road near Kajiado Town (Kenya), 2 injured:
http://citizentv.co.ke/news/2-hospitalised-after-car-mysteriously-catches-fire-on-nairobi-namanga-road-186819/

2017-12-31 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Mountain Home (Arkansas):
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2017/12/31/mountain-home-firefighters-and-police-responded-vehicle-fire-700-block-long-street-shortly-after-9-p/993960001/

2017-12-31 - Car bursts into flame on I-78 in Union (New Jersey):
http://www.rlsmedia.com/article/no-injuries-i-78-car-fire-union

2017-12-31 - Car bursts into flame on Five Mile Road in Allegany (New York):
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2017/12/allegany-dispatched-to-fully-involved.html

2017-12-31 - Car bursts into flame in riverbed in Temuka (New Zealand), near the coast, 1 injured:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/100270540/man-injured-after-vehicle-catches-fire-in-riverbed-near-temuka

2017-12-31 - Car bursts into flame on the M18 near coastal Goole (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/updates-m18-blocked-due-vehicle-993901

Quote: "Mw M18. Sun 31 Dec 2017 13:09 (No:27969) Car fire. Two breathing apparatus and one hose reels in use."

2017-12-31 - Vehicle bursts into flame in Batcombe, Shepton Mallet (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=46555&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-31 - SUV, ATV and garage destroyed by fire at 4:47 AM at home in Vergas (Minnesota):
http://www.westfargopioneer.com/news/4381364-fire-destroys-garage-otter-tail-county

Quote: "By the time the fire was extinguished, the garage was considered to be a total loss. It contained an SUV, ATV, power tools and other items."

2017-12-31 - Vehicle and pump house go up in flames in Rocky Point (North Carolina):
http://www.wect.com/story/37166371/crews-put-out-pump-house-fire-vehicle-fire-in-pender-co

2017-12-31 - Cars and outbuildings go up in flames at 7:29 AM on Lower Road in Hockley (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i7050/

Quote: "Firefighters were called to a fire involving a number of outbuildings, which contained a number of cars and cylinders early this morning."

2017-12-31 - Cars and auto shop go up in flames in Preston (Britain):
http://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/preston/fire-at-car-workshop-in-preston-1-8934452

2017-12-31 - Many vehicles and auto shop go up in flames in Odisha (India):
http://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/fire-breaks-out-in-garage-in-rayagada-265098
http://odishasuntimes.com/12-vehicles-5-shops-gutted-in-fire-in-odishas-baripada/

Quote: "A major fire broke out inside an automobile garage at Muniguda Road, Bisamkatak gutting many vehicles. According to sources, the fire broke out at Taj Auto Works in afternoon today. Sources, reported that the fire also damaged a police vehicle which was parked inside."

2017-12-31 - Barn destroyed by fire in Monticello (Minnesota), 5+ horses killed:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/31/monticello-fatal-horse-boarding-stable-fire/
http://www.fox9.com/news/monticello-fire-kills-5-horses-displaces-nearly-a-dozen-more
http://www.acclaimperformancehorses.com/monticello-fire-kills-5-horses-displaces-nearly-a-dozen-more-story/
http://www.allabouthorses.com/monticello-fire-kills-5-horses-displaces-nearly-a-dozen-more-kmsp-tv/
http://abc13.com/community-rallying-after-dozens-of-animals-killed-in-barn-fire/2848557/

2017-12-31 - Barn destroyed by fire in Belchertown (Massachusetts), some chickens and ducks killed:
http://www.westernmassnews.com/story/37165948/barn-fire-in-belchertown-mutual-aid-called-to-the-scene

2017-12-31 - Barn destroyed by fire at business in Mondovi (Wisconsin):
http://www.wqow.com/story/37169074/fire-destroys-barn-at-business-in-mondovi-cause-unknown

2017-12-31 - Barn destroyed by fire on Schoenchen Road in Pfeifer (Kansas):
http://www.hayspost.com/2017/12/31/ellis-co-rural-fire-crews-fight-barn-fire-sunday-morning/

2017-12-31 - Brush fire breaks out near Murrieta (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20180101-61217-USA

2017-12-31 - Storage facility damaged by fire at 5:33 AM in North Hollywood (California):
http://www.dailynews.com/2017/12/31/firefighters-fight-blaze-at-personal-storage-business-in-north-hollywood/

2017-12-31 - Furniture and antique business destroyed by fire in Arlington Township (Michigan):
http://wwmt.com/news/local/fire-destroys-van-buren-co-business
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/business-caught-on-fire-in-bangor/503876036
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2018/01/fire_destroys_furniture_and_an.html
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2018/jan/01/new-years-eve-fire-destroys-bangor-business/

2017-12-31 - Tent factory devastated by massive fire in coastal Surat (India):
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/videos/news/watch-massive-fire-breaks-out-at-godown-in-surat.html
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/surat-fire-breaks-out-in-godown-12-fire-tenders-on-spot/996029/

2017-12-31 - Home damaged by fire at 2 AM in Pequot Lakes (Minnesota):
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/01/01/pequot-lakes-house-fire/

2017-12-31 - Home damaged by fire just after midnight in Henrico County (Virginia):
http://wric.com/2017/12/31/henrico-man-is-without-a-home-after-overnight-fire/

2017-12-31 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Pensacola (Florida):
http://weartv.com/news/local/pensacola-family-displaced-after-new-years-eve-fire

2017-12-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Port St. Lucie (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/local/crews-battle-house-fire-in-port-st-lucie

2017-12-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 1 AM in Citrus Heights (California), 1 injured:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article192374564.html

2017-12-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 7:41 AM in Rochester (New York), nobody there:
http://13wham.com/news/local/crews-battled-fire-on-palm-street-in-frigid-temperatures

2017-12-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Napili (Hawaii), 1 injured:
http://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2018/01/man-83-injured-in-west-maui-fire/

2017-12-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire on East Broad Street in Millville (New Jersey), 2 injured:
http://6abc.com/2-injured-in-millville-new-jersey-house-fire/2846850/
http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/2018/01/01/millville-man-65-seriously-injured-new-years-eve-house-fire/994221001/

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by garage fire in Lincoln (Nebraska):
http://journalstar.com/news/local/air-park-home-catches-fire-on-new-year-s-eve/article_ecd91d7c-320d-5589-bc51-a831f59c75e7.html

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire in Pocono Lake (Pennsylvania), nobody there:
http://wnep.com/2017/12/31/fire-destroys-vacation-home-in-monroe-county/

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire in Conway (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/public-safety/firefighters-from-seven-towns-fight-4-alarm-fire-in-conway-20171231
http://www.wmur.com/article/4th-alarm-called-for-east-conway-fire/14524583

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire 890 feet from the Mendenhall River in Juneau (Alaska):
http://juneauempire.com/local/news/2018-01-01/valley-house-total-loss-after-new-year-s-eve-fire

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire at 6:30 AM near Brodhead (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Family-loses-home-in-Rockcastle-County-fire-467443583.html

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire in Franklin (Massachusetts):
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/3-Alarm-Fire-In-Franklin-Destroys-Building-467442303.html
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20171231/fire-guts-home-on-jordan-road-in-franklin

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire on South Purpera Avenue in Gonzales (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/story/37168596/fire-destroys-gonzales-home-on-new-years-eve

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Henderson (Kentucky), 2 dogs killed:
http://www.14news.com/story/37167978/two-dogs-killed-in-henderson-fire

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire on Amanda Drive in Ashland (Missouri):
http://krcgtv.com/news/local/ashland-house-destroyed-in-fire

2017-12-31 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Port Neches (Texas):
http://kfdm.com/news/local/new-years-eve-fire-destroys-port-neches-home

2017-12-31 - In separate incidents, two homes go up in flames 3 blocks apart, at 12:36 AM and 12:49 AM, in Muskegon (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/12/2_houses_3_blocks_apart_catch.html

2017-12-31 - In separate incidents, two homes go up in flames, one at 5 AM and one on Weathers Creek Road, in Iredell County (North Carolina):
http://www.statesville.com/townnews/social_services/fires-severely-damages-two-iredell-homes/article_152f0722-ee6a-11e7-80b5-6b9fefcc226a.html

2017-12-31 - Duplex destroyed by fire in Austin (Texas):
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/video-nye-fire-destroys-austin-duplex-displaces-6/503687102
http://kxan.com/2017/12/31/crews-battling-duplex-fire-in-east-austin/
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/heater-failure-caused-duplex-fire-southeast-austin-six-displaced/SOTbaxbZmvYorS0RZSni0K/
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/firefighters-battling-duplex-fire-in-se-austin

2017-12-31 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at 7 AM in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/12/31/two-alarm-fire-in-virginia-beach-apartment-complex/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/2-alarm-fire-in-virginia-beach-destroys-eight-apartment-units/503511436

2017-12-31 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at 5:30 AM in Houston (Texas):
http://abc13.com/massive-fire-engulfs-apartment-complex-/2843943/

2017-12-31 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at 5:13 AM in Summit (New Jersey), 2 injured:
http://www.tapinto.net/towns/summit/sections/police-and-fire/articles/major-five-alarm-early-morning-summit-ave-apartm
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/2017/12/31/two-injured-five-alarm-fire-summit-apartment-building/993368001/

2017-12-31 - Deadly fire burns mobile home in Ile Des Chenes, Manitoba (Canada), 1 killed:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ile-des-chenes-fatal-fire-1.4468999

2017-12-31 - Deadly fire destroys home at 11:35 PM in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), 1 killed:
http://kfor.com/2017/12/31/one-person-killed-in-two-story-fire-in-n-e-oklahoma-city/
http://www.koco.com/article/man-dies-in-fire-after-second-floor-of-northeast-okc-home-collapses/14524977
http://www.koco.com/article/man-found-dead-in-rubble-after-two-story-northeast-okc-home-collapses-in-fire/14524105

2017-12-31 - Deadly fire burns home in Danville (Illinois), 1 killed:
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/deadly-fire-kills-one/894240492

2017-12-31 - Deadly fire burns home at 11:15 PM in Waterloo (Iowa), 1 killed:
http://www.kcci.com/article/1-dead-after-house-fire-breaks-out-in-northeastern-iowa/14523975
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Iowa-man-dies-after-house-fire-in-Waterloo-12464892.php

2017-12-31 - Vacant home burns on Riverside Drive in Columbus (Georgia), 370 feet from the Chattahoochee River:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/latest-news/article192399314.html
http://www.wtvm.com/story/37167458/breaking-fire-reported-on-1st-ave-and-25th-st

2017-12-31 - John Deere dealership destroyed by fire in Elgin (North Dakota):
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/1/sunday-night-fire-destroys-john-deere-dealership-i/
http://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/farm-equipment-dealership-goes-up-in-flames-new-years-eve/894776596
http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Crews-respond-to-massive-fire-at-Dakota-Farm-Equipment-in-Elgin-467550623.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-dakota/articles/2018-01-01/sunday-night-fire-destroys-john-deere-dealership-in-elgin
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/john-deere-dealership-repair-shop-in-elgin-total-loss-after/article_903dd76f-adcc-5d21-9a7f-d73d0a926a81.html
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/sunday-night-fire-destroys-john-deere-dealership-in-elgin/article_7cceb6d6-fec3-51a3-aa76-d93c781236fd.html

2017-12-31 - Landfill fire breaks out at 3 AM on the outskirts of Tucson (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/37166311/happening-now-smoke-visible-across-tucson-result-of-green-waste-landfill-fire
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/landfill-fire-sending-smoke-over-tucson/article_7187c99a-e340-5c67-8bfb-abc0d7fedcc2.html
http://tucson.com/news/local/fire-burning-at-tucson-landfill-sends-smoke-across-the-city/article_96e72e6a-ee48-11e7-978a-83441c8739bb.html
http://patch.com/arizona/tucson/watch-massive-fire-breaks-out-tucson-green-waste-landfill

2017-12-31 - Transformer bursts into flame at 2:30 AM, ignites apartment building, in Yeadon (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/yeadon-fire-forces-residents-out-in-the-cold/2843834/

2017-12-31 - Huge New Year tree destroyed by massive fire in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/news/414703-new-year-tree-fire/
http://www.sott.net/article/372736-Burn-baby-burn-New-Year-tree-goes-up-in-flames-in-Russias-Far-East-VIDEOS

2017-12-31 - Fireworks barge ignites and explodes in coastal Tarregal (Australia), 2 lightly injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20171231-61213-AUS
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-01/barge-carrying-fireworks-display-catches-fire-off-terrigal-beach/9295868
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/fireworks-display-goes-awry-after-barge-catches-fire-off-terrigal-beach-20171231-h0buk8.html
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/12/31/21/55/thousand-evacuated-from-terrigal-beach-as-fireworks-display-goes-wrong
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-01/barge-carrying-fireworks-display-catches-fire-off-terrigal-beach/9295868
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42531996
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcGj2G2Xf4E

Quote: "A fireworks display has gone awry on the New South Wales Central Coast, with a barge catching fire and a beach evacuated. The 9pm fireworks in Terrigal took a turn for the worst when the barge full of fireworks exploded. Witnesses said thousands were evacuated when the fire broke out."

Note: Ending the year with a bang! This is the 1103rd boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-31 - Waterfront carpark hit by fire, 1400+ cars (!) destroyed, in coastal Liverpool (Britain):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-k-parking-garage-fire-destroys-1400-cars/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/liverpool-echo-arena-fire-cars-11777275
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/reports-fire-car-park-near-14098424
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/parking-garage-fire-destroys-hundreds-cars-uk-52081759
http://www.newsweek.com/car-fire-1400-vehicles-go-flames-massive-blaze-engulfs-multi-story-parking-767156
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/31/cars-destroyed-horses-evacuated-liverpool-streets-fire-engulfs/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/898599/Fire-liverpool-echo-arena-international-horse-show-evacuated-car-park
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5243011/liverpool-arena-fire-horse-show-range-rover-stables-sprinklers-damage/
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/31/horse-show-cancelled-after-car-park-fire-at-liverpool-echo-arena
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/liverpool-fire-latest-updates-arena-multi-storey-car-park-horse-show-evacuated-a8136161.html
http://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/national/15800902.Fire_destroys_all_vehicles_in_multi_storey_car_park_next_to_Liverpool_Echo_Arena/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/fire-destroys-all-vehicles-in-1600-capacity-multistorey-car-park-36448575.html
http://news.sky.com/story/fire-has-destroyed-all-vehicles-in-large-liverpool-car-park-police-say-11191272
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5224927/Horses-evacuated-fire-breaks-out.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-42529615

Quote: "A fire has destroyed all the vehicles in a 1,600-capacity multi-storey car park in Liverpool, police have said."

Quote: "At least 1,400 vehicles have been destroyed and around 80 horses evacuated after a fire at a car park next to the Liverpool Echo Arena."

Quote: "Police said all vehicles in the 1,600-capacity car park are destroyed and it appeared to be almost full."

Quote: "If your car is parked in the Liverpool Waterfront car park please don’t come to Exhibition Centre Liverpool or on site to report it."

Note: There've been at least a couple of fires where more cars went up in flames, but they were junk cars burning at salvage yards. Well, there was the massive explosion and fire that destroyed more than 6000 vehicles in coastal Tianjin (China), but aside from that, this is by far the biggest non-junk car fire so far...