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2013-03-31 - Explosion hits coal mine in northeast China, 6 killed:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/6-die-in-chinese-mine-explosion-earlier-blast-killed-28-1.1218769

Note: And just a few days prior, a methane explosion in a coal mine killed 28 people there...

2013-03-31 - Explosion and fire hits eatery at the Peninsula Plaza in coastal Singapore, plaza evacuated, 1 injured:
http://static.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/1677922/fire_breaks_out_at_peninsula_plaza.html

2013-03-31 - Mammoth brush fire burns 20,000 acres (so far) in coastal Big Cypress National Preserve (Florida):
http://www.marconews.com/news/2013/mar/31/big-cypress-brush-fire-grows-15000-acres-smoke-con/

Note: Once again, on Florida's Gulf Coast, downwind of the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, which are surely pluming deadly flammable hydrogen sulfide...

2013-03-31 - Wildfire rekindles near coastal St. Lucie (Florida), homes threatened:
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/heather-fire-rekindles-st-lucie-county-threatening-homes-6262.shtml

2013-03-31 - Forest fire erupts near Martinborough (New Zealand), near the coast:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20130401-38694-NZL

2013-03-31 - Cargo ship explodes and burns off the coast of Denmark, near Lyo Island, injuries reported:
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritimenews/2013/bulk-carrier-csk-glory-towed-frederica-after-explo/
http://www.shippingherald.com/Admin/ArticleDetail/ArticleDetailsShippingNews/tabid/98/ArticleID/9669/Explosion-on-CSK-Glory-off-Denmark.aspx

2013-03-31 - Cargo ship bursts into flame in the Gulf of Aden:
http://marnews.net/atlantik-confidence-fire-indian-ocean/

2013-03-31 - Seven tractors and car destroyed by blaze in large barn in Shropshire (Britain):
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2013/04/01/vehicles-damaged-in-huge-shropshire-barn-blaze/

Quote: "We believe the fire started in a car which was being stored in the barn."

Note: That's why I recommend you don't park your vehicle next to other vehicles or next to your home: doing so potentially magnifies the loss when fire breaks out. If their vehicles had been separated in this case then they'd still be without the car, but they'd have the seven tractors. Instead, the loss was huge. If I had to guess, since I began warning people of this danger, billions of dollars in losses have occurred - that were avoidable - because the warning went unheard or unheeded. That's right, BILLIONS of dollars in preventable losses. Ah well, not much I can do but warn and hope some people hear and some misery is prevented...

2013-03-31 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on I-80 near coastal Vallejo (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/fire-torches-tour-bus-shuts-down-lanes-i-80/nW8Ly/
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/uncategorized/bus-fire-shuts-down-eastbound-i-80-in-vallejo/
http://www.kcra.com/news/Bus-catches-fire-on-EB-I-80-near-Vallejo-lanes-reopen/-/11797728/19540422/-/tisve1/-/index.html

2013-03-31 - Transit bus bursts into flame in Kamudhakudi (India):
http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=34177
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mishap-averted-at-level-crossing/article4568473.ece

2013-03-31 - Two trucks burst into flame while parked on Bonehurst Road in Horley (Britain):
http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/lorries-ablaze-Horley/story-18570850-detail/story.html

2013-03-31 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home in Omaha (Nebraska), fire spreads to garage, other vehicles:
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Truck-Catches-Fire-Spreads-To-Garage-200796711.html

2013-03-31 - Car bursts into flame on I-91 near Irasburg (Vermont), near Lake Parker and Crystal Lake:
http://www.wcax.com/story/21844362/family-uninjured-following-car-fire

2013-03-31 - Car bursts into flame on I-15 in Salt Lake City (Utah):
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=24610975&nid=148
http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_4385.shtml

Note: Actually, what happened was, some newspaper in the back seat spontaneously combusted and the fire spread and destroyed the car. Paper is an absorbent flammable material and all such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting, including wood, paper, cardboard, clothing, straw, hay, generic trash, mulch, dried brush and grass, dead trees, etc. I realized paper was going to be a problem quite a while ago when two different mail trucks burst into flame on different roads and just minutes apart, in Big Chimney (West Virginia), as mentioned in the 2012-07-23 update. They got their mail from the same distribution center, and the mail was contaminated, and once they set out on their delivery routes, the contaminated mail burst into flame. There've been quite a number of mail truck fires in the last year, as one would expect...

2013-03-31 - Car bursts into flame while parked at shopping center in Upper Providence (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20130331/NEWS01/130339925/car-fire-totals-volvo-in-shopping-center

Quote: "The owner of the Volvo, a Philadelphia man who was later located, was shopping in the area and away from his car when the fire started, police said. No one else was in or near the car."

Note: In other words, it was a non-running car that spontaneously combusted. That's been happening with increasing frequency over the last year and sometimes the results are devastating, like when a car in a garage bursts into flame and the fire destroys the home too, or when one bus bursts into flame and burns 29 more parked near it, or when a vehicle in a storage facility bursts into flame and destroys nearly 200 boats, RVs and collector cars, or when a boat bursts into flame at a dock and the fire destroys 57 more boats nearby. All of those events have happened, recently, and many more too. This is likely caused by hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a charge going through it, like the battery cables and wiring in vehicles...

2013-03-31 - Car bursts into flame in Triq tal-Providenza, Siggiewi on the island of Malta:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130331/local/car-destroyed-by-fire.463491

2013-03-31 - Car bursts into flame on the F3 Freeway near coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/holiday-traffic-back-into-sydney-flowing-smoothly-20130401-2h2m4.html

2013-03-31 - Car bursts into flame while person works on it, on Spring Lake Road, in Southington (Connecticut):
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/southington/article_f6094da8-9abd-11e2-bd1a-001a4bcf887a.html

Note: Also mentioned, separate event, car smashes into a home...

2013-03-31 - Fire breaks out at car rental business in Alexandria (Virginia), near the Potomac River:
http://mountvernon.patch.com/articles/fire-breaks-out-at-friendly-s-rent-a-car-in-mount-vernon-sunday

2013-03-31 - Barn destroyed by fire on Gooding Road in Milan (Michigan):
http://www.heritage.com/articles/2013/04/01/milan_news_leader/news/doc515858f1e90a7596404852.txt

2013-03-31 - Farm outbuilding and pile of wood destroyed by fire in Meridian (Idaho):
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Fire-destroys-farm-outbuilding-threatens-others-200806171.html
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/03/31/2515215/grass-fire-in-kuna-structure-fire.html

Quote: "When crews arrived, they found an outbuilding and debris, including wood piled up next to the building, on fire."

Note: Wood is a flammable absorbent material and all such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include wood, paper, cardboard, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool, hay, straw, etc.

2013-03-31 - Blaze erupts at recycling center in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.13abc.com/story/21839495/fire-at-toledo-recycling-center

2013-03-31 - 800 tons of recycling material bursts into flame at recycling center in Cambridgeshire (Britain):
http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/video_up_to_800_tonnes_of_recyling_material_on_fire_at_massive_cambridgeshire_processing_plant_1_1997753

Note: Recycling centers and landfills have been burning up at a good clip this past year. Their vulnerability to the atmospheric problem asaulting us is that the materials they recycle frequently include lots of absorbent flammable materials and all such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting, including paper, cardboard, wood, generic trash, clothing, etc.

2013-03-31 - Pile of debris bursts into flame at recycling facility in Rocky Mount (North Carolina):
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/blaze-doesnt-damage-recycling-facility-1915077

Quote: "Rocky Mount Fire Department Battalion Chief Jamie Vaughan said an outside pile of debris caught on fire..."

Note: Ayup, like I was just sayin'. And outside, fully exposed to any hydrogen sulfide and/or methane blowing through...

2013-03-31 - Garage-themed restaurant heavily damaged by fire in Clinton (Illinois):
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2013-03-31/teds-garage-clinton-destroyed-during-easter-sunday-fire.html

2013-03-31 - Apartment building damaged by blaze in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/04/01/apartment-building-catches-fire-in-virginia-beach/

2013-03-31 - Major fire tears through apartment building in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana), 8 people homeless:
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/Eight-people-displaced-by-Treme-fire/-/9853400/19538996/-/cca97m/-/index.html
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Firefighters-work-blaze-in-Treme-200807001.html

2013-03-31 - Pile of debris bursts into flame outside home in Salt Lake City (Utah), fire spreads to home:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56085747-78/fire-lake-salt-800.html.csp

2013-03-31 - Garbage cart bursts into flame in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), fire spreads to vacant building:
http://fox6now.com/2013/03/31/vacant-building-catches-fire-near-21st-and-orchard/

2013-03-31 - Many vacant buildings have burned multiple times since 2008 in Flint (Michigan), near the Flint River:
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/a28fa21e08ac427b825ad197b807a294/MI--Flint-Fires

Quote: "In all, 416 structures caught fire multiple times during the period."

Note: Well, as I've said before, vacant structures are inherently more vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem. And putting out a fire doesn't make them less vulnerable, so they will burn again and again until eventually there is nothing left that CAN burn. The same is true of all homes, but vacant homes will burn first and hardest, as they have been. Once they're mostly gone then the fires will be destroying more occupied homes. Eventually it appears that everything that can burn - home, vehicle or otherwise - is going to burn. That is why living human beings are going to evacuate the surface of the Earth, voluntarily by relocating to safer habitats, or involuntarily, by dying from fires, explosions and poisonous hydrogen sulfide. The only question is how many people will be in each of those two catagories...

2013-03-31 - Another vacant building burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, 77th since mid-November:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Abandoned-building-in-Accomac-200849101.html

2013-03-31 - Vacant school burns in Bideford (Britain):
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/engines-tackle-large-derelict-house-Kingsley/story-18564702-detail/story.html#axzz2P9LdWCso

2013-03-31 - Vacant car dealership burns on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/Small-fire-at-vacant-dealership/-/233092/19539090/-/87t77oz/-/index.html

2013-03-31 - Vacant glass plant heavily damaged by fire near Lancaster (Pennsylvania):
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20130401_ap_firemarshalprobesblazeatvacantpennglass.html

2013-03-31 - Vacant home burns on Metcalfe Street in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130331/CITYANDREGION/130339867/1010
http://jamestown.ynn.com/content/top_stories/652255/crews-battle-early-morning-vacant-house-fire/

2013-03-31 - Vacant house burns on Barons Street in Rochester (New York):
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130331/NEWS01/303310053/1002/RSS01

2013-03-31 - Vacant home damaged by basement fire in Camas (Oregon), near the Middle Fork Coquille River:
http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2013/04/fire_damages_vacant_home_in_ca.html

Note: Basements (and underground areas, as with all the underground fires and explosions lately in cities and towns all over) are where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate...

2013-03-31 - Vacant house burns in Joliet (Illinois):
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news/19200060-418/police-blotter-vacant-home-fire-in-joliet.html

2013-03-31 - Vacant log cabin church destroyed by fire at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (South Dakota):
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/suspicious-fire-destroyed-log-cabin-church-on-pine-ridge-reservation/article_4a4f3651-13aa-5bc8-93ca-96a2998ba17d.html

Quote: "McClure said there was no electricity in the building, which is known locally as the Red Church near the Potato Creek housing area."

2013-03-31 - Vacant home burns in Beaverton (Oregon):
http://www.albanytribune.com/01042013-vacant-beaverton-home-heavily-damaged-by-fire
http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2013/03/beaverton_home_heavily_damaged.html

2013-03-31 - Vacant house burns in Plymouth (Connecticut), one block from Pratt Pond:
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/04/01/news/local/doc515887deb9a0c380342239.txt

2013-03-31 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Belton (Texas):
http://www.kwtx.com/ourtown/home/headlines/Vacant-Home-Destroyed-in-Overnight-Fire-200814301.html

2013-03-30 - Brush fire breaks out along I-75 near coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130330/NEWS01/130330019/1002/

Note: This is on Florida's Gulf Coast, downwind of the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, which are surely pluming hydrogen sulfide now...

2013-03-30 - Two brush fires erupt west of Colorado Springs (Colorado), one near Lake George:
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/4-5-Acre-Fire-Reported-West-Of-Lake-George-200732661.html

2013-03-30 - Train car bursts into flame on tracks behind the Fayette Mall in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.lex18.com/news/train-catches-fire-in-lexington/

2013-03-30 - Train track catches fire in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan, Blue Line service disrupted:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9046767

2013-03-30 - Transit bus bursts into flame in parking lot on the island of Guam:
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20130330/NEWS01/130330002

2013-03-30 - Private luxury bus bursts into flame in Mehsana (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Bus-gutted-in-Mehsana-passengers-escape-unhurt/articleshow/19300778.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Bus-gutted-in-Mehsana-all-escape-unhurt/articleshow/19300361.cms

2013-03-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at Walmart in Lake Charles (Louisiana):
http://www.kplctv.com/story/21835235/fire-fighters-respond-to-18-wheeler-fire

Note: As mentioned, vehicles don't need to be running to spontaneously combust. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with rusty iron/steel, common on older vehicles, and it is also reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it, like battery cables and other wiring found in ALL vehicles. They think this fire was 'electrical'. I'm sure it was, in the sense that it started with some copper with electricity running through it. This is surely the reason that non-running vehicles have been increasingly bursting into flame this past year, including boats at docks, vehicles parked in parking lots and garages and car ports, buses parked at bus depots, RVs parked in storage facilities, etc.

2013-03-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Burnett Highway between Biloela and Banana (Australia):
http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/driver-uninjured-truck-accident-gladstone/1811799/

2013-03-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame in Tumkur (India):
http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=386897

2013-03-30 - Truck bursts into flame near Newport (Oregon):
http://www.newslincolncounty.com/?p=78497

2013-03-30 - Van bursts into flame in Foxhole near St. Austell (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Van-ablaze-Foxhole/story-18570582-detail/story.html

2013-03-30 - SUV, two cars and a motorcycle burn while parked in Andalpuram (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/two-cars-motorcycle-destroyed-in-fire-sabotage-suspected/article4563558.ece

Quote: "Only two days ago, in a fire accident, over 10 two-wheelers parked in the Tallakulam police station were destroyed."

Note: Suspect arson, blah blah. Nobody saw anyone, no surveillance footage, no motive, so it's just an assumption, as usual. Sorry fellas, I need more than an assumption, considering all the vehicles going up in flames inside peoples' garages and inside storage facilities and at parking garages and so on. Feel free to get back to us if you find any of that - what do you call it? - oh right, EVIDENCE.

2013-03-30 - SUV bursts into flame on the Don Holt Bridge in coastal Charleston (South Carolina):
http://www.live5news.com/story/21834827/car-fire-on-don-holt-backing-up-traffic

2013-03-30 - Car bursts into flame on the New York State Thruway in Phelps (New York):
http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/car-fire-phelps-thruway/LkJSeP1elkCKgvbKQ3mVkA.cspx

2013-03-30 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home in suburb of coastal Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8492035/Torched-car-is-weekends-third-suspicious-fire

Note: Other fires mentioned, including a fire in a river bed, a brush fire in Port Hills and a boat fire (already mentioned in the 2013-03-29 update)...

2013-03-30 - Car supplies store destroyed by blaze in coastal Carenage on the island of Trinidad:
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fire-guts-car-supplies-store-200749131.html

2013-03-30 - Goodyear tire plant erupts in flame in Fayetteville (North Carolina):
http://www.wncn.com/story/21838780/fayetteville-goodyear-plant-catches-fire
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=277816
http://www.wral.com/crews-battling-fire-at-fayetteville-goodyear-plant/12286496/

2013-03-30 - Gas station erupts in flame in Utterson, Ontario (Canada):
http://mynews.ctvnews.ca/mediadetails/10630467

2013-03-30 - Barn destroyed by fire in Buena Vista (Michigan):
http://www.minbcnews.com/sports/story.aspx?id=878867
http://www.wnem.com/story/21837125/fire-destroys-barn-in-saginaw-county

2013-03-30 - Barn destroyed by fire in Burlington (Kentucky), several animals killed:
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/ky-state-news/Barn-fire-kills-animals-199611991.html
http://www.whas11.com/news/Several-animals-die-in-northern-Ky-barn-fire-199527151.html

2013-03-30 - Chicken house destroyed by fire near Bridgewater (Virginia), 37,000 chickens killed:
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news-ap/fire-kills-chicks-at-farm-in-rockingham-co/article_d939f6b4-9a22-11e2-9761-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-30 - Dumpster bursts into flame outside Chuck E Cheese at Lakes Mall in Fruitport (Michigan), 3 miles from Lake Michigan:
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x1959365159/Fire-reported-at-Chuck-E-Cheese-in-Lakes-Mall

Note: More trash spontaneously combusting. Trash is usually filled with flammable absorbent materials, all of which are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include wood, paper cardboard, generic trash, clothing, wool, cotton, hay, straw, etc.

2013-03-30 - Straw bursts into flame under concrete steps at apartment complex in Rapid City (North Dakota):
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/firefighters-extinguish-fire-in-concrete-steps-at-apartment-complex/article_c275e1a7-e111-548a-a50e-bce704d23c2e.html

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas, and straw will absorb it until it's concentrated enough for spontaneous combustion to occur. This problem with straw and hay and wood is surely one of the primary causes for many of the destructive barn fires that are occurring...

2013-03-30 - Transformer bursts into flame at Kansas State University in Manhattan (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Fire-Damages-Transformer-At-KSU-Ag-Facility-200733871.html

2013-03-30 - Bar damaged by fire in Turtle Lake (North Dakota):
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/574420/Fire-damages-bar-in-Turtle-Lake.html

2013-03-30 - Blaze tears through factory in Lahore (Pakistan), 8 injured:
http://dawn.com/2013/03/30/eight-injured-in-lahore-factory-fire/

2013-03-30 - Brush fire erupts in the Back Bay Fens in coastal Boston (Massachusetts), burned man pulled from the water:
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/31/man-suffering-from-burns-pulled-from-muddy-river-brush-fire/ORhtZ4iiw4Sf2FKHlHxyEN/story.html

2013-03-30 - Two homes and apartment building destroyed by massive six-alarm fire in Lawrence (Massachusetts):
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/30/blaze/7xfK2qVnFStGQPGXbsMeAO/story.html
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/6-alarm-fire-destroys-3-homes-in-Lawrence/-/11984708/19533078/-/sgdfuu/-/index.html

Note: Running right through the middle of Lawrence is the Merrimack River. Also, 4 of 5 units were vacant in that apartment building. Vacant apartments and structures are more vulnerable to hydrogen sulfide and methane for a few reasons: 1) they often don't have heat and heat rises and expands air, which would help to keep outside gases from getting inside; 2) nobody is there using fire on a regular basis, which would help burn off any gases that do get inside before they reach dangerous levels; 3) doors and windows are usually closed and stay closed, so once gas does get inside, it will tend to stay there, and will keep accumulating...

2013-03-30 - Explosion and fire at home in Claremont (California), man burned:
http://claremont-laverne.patch.com/articles/explosion-heard-fire-found-person-burned-in-claremont

2013-03-30 - House destroyed by fire in Steele Creek (North Carolina), cat and dog killed:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/cat-dog-die-house-fire-steele-creek/nW72Y/

2013-03-30 - Blaze damages home in Niagara Falls (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130330/CITYANDREGION/130339909/1010

2013-03-30 - Vacant silk mill burns in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/832377_Ladder-truck-douses-fire-at-former-Stehli-Silk-Mill.html

2013-03-30 - Vacant warehouse burns in coastal Port Jefferson (New York), on Long Island:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/detectives-probe-port-jefferson-warehouse-fire-1.4967239

2013-03-30 - Vacant home burns in Ashland (Pennsylvania):
http://wnep.com/2013/03/31/flames-at-a-vacant-home/

2013-03-30 - Vacant house burns in South Bend (Indiana), near the St. Joseph River:
http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/Fire-crews-quickly-extinguish-vacant-house-fire-200752091.html

2013-03-30 - Vacant home burns in coastal Daytona Beach (Florida):
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Firefighters-battle-blaze-in-vacant-home/-/1637132/19531770/-/rovxsj/-/index.html

2013-03-30 - Vacant house burns in Lake Worth (Florida), 2 firefighters injured:
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/abandoned-house-fire-leads-two-injured-fire-fighters-6253.shtml

2013-03-29 - Methane explosion rips through coal mine in Baishan (China), 28 killed, 13 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130330-38678-CHN
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/29/world/asia/china-coal-mine-explosion/

2013-03-29 - Chemical plant explodes and burns in coastal Pensacola (Florida):
http://www.pnj.com/article/20130329/NEWS01/130329001/State-Fire-Marshal-investigating-chemical-plant-explosion

2013-03-29 - Chemical factory explodes and burns in coastal Mumbai (India), 5 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/322408/five-die-explosion-brings-down.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21972986
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130329-38671-IND
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Explosion-in-an-industrial-unit-kills-5-in-Mumbai/Article1-1034025.aspx

2013-03-29 - Oil tank explodes and burns in Qingzhou (China), 1 missing, 1 injured:
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2013/0329/576823.html

2013-03-29 - Explosion and fire hit food plant in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):
http://www.kwwl.com/story/21828886/2013/03/29/explosion-and-fire-at-cedar-rapids-fiber-plant

2013-03-29 - Storage building explodes and burns at seasonal home on Scott Lake Road in Stambaugh Township (Michigan):
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=878500
http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/585738/Explosion-reported--in-Iron-County-fire.html

2013-03-29 - Home explodes and burns in Elkmont (Alabama), 1 injured:
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/03/post_1102.html

2013-03-29 - Row of five townhouses destroyed by blaze in coastal Perth Amboy (New York):
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Perth-Amboy-Fire-Rowhouses-West-Side-Avenue-Meredith-Street-New-Jersey-200643121.html

2013-03-29 - Boat and three yachts damaged by fire at quayside in coastal Wells-next-the-Sea (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/gallery_firefighters_tackle_four_boat_blaze_at_wells_quay_1_1996807
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2013-03-29/yachts-on-fire-at-wells-harbour/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21976159

Quote: "They were three of the biggest and most expensive yachts that Wells harbour has. There's nothing left of two of them."

2013-03-29 - Boat explodes and burns off coast near Camarines Sur in the Philippine Islands, 2 injured:
http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections-2013/25135-explosion-aga-boat-injures-2

Note: This boat was owned by Ariel Aquino Muhlach, aka Aga Muhlach, two-time Gawad Urian and FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor and product endorser, but he wasn't on it at the time it exploded and burned...

2013-03-29 - Boat bursts into flame in coastal Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/grounded-yacht-found-fire-5390411
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8490281/Fire-aboard-grounded-yacht

2013-03-29 - Yacht bursts into flame in Allan Rice Court near the Port River in Largs North (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-29/two-people-escape-burning-boat/4601368

Quote: "A separate fire overnight caused $100,000 damage to a house in Port Pirie."

2013-03-29 - Passenger train bursts into flame near Nagpur (India):
http://www.ap7am.com/lv-101699-ap-express-catches-fire-near-nagpur.html

2013-03-29 - Another transit bus bursts into flame in coastal Perth (Australia):
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perth-bus-fire-closes-station-1.80508
http://news.stv.tv/tayside/219438-coach-gutted-after-engine-blaze-at-bus-station-in-perth/

Note: Bus drivers have threatened to strike over all the bus fires in Perth. The government says they have no plans to take any buses offline since that would seriously inconvenience residents, who need that mass transit option. Soooo...looks like residents are going to be inconvenienced by buses bursting into flame sometimes instead. Hopefully no people will end up getting incinerated. They've called in Mercedes-Benz to help find the problem. It's kinda interesting watching them scramble to solve the mystery when the answer is right here, just one URL away...

2013-03-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-65 in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/semi-catches-fire-on-i-65-northbound

2013-03-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-75 in Forest Park (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/rss/article/285817/3/Truck-carrying-40000-lbs-of-tuna-catches-fire

2013-03-29 - Semi bursts into flame on U.S. 2 near Williston (North Dakota), two other tractor trailer collide, 1 injured:
http://www.willistonherald.com/news/highway-closed-for-hours-after-accident/article_61e512ea-9885-11e2-9588-001a4bcf887a.html

Note: Fire broke out in the semi. As responders were working on putting out that fire, a tractor trailer came along, stopped. Another tractor trailer came along, couldn't stop in time, and hit that tractor trailer, and both of those tractor trailers came to rest near the burning semi...

2013-03-29 - Dump truck bursts into flame at intersection in Terrytown (Louisiana), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/03/dump_truck_fire_closes_off_par.html

2013-03-29 - Two RVs destroyed by blaze at Big Sandy Campground north of Whitehouse (Ohio):
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/03/30/Fire-destroys-2-recreational-vehicles-near-Whitehouse.html
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/03/29/Campers-on-fire-at-KOA-campground.html

Note: That campground has three lakes or ponds...

2013-03-29 - RV bursts into flame on I-15 in Barstow (California):
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/bound-14276-catches-fire.html

2013-03-29 - RV bursts into flame along Highway 370 near Shadow Lake Towne Center in Omaha (Nebraska), woman critically burned:
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/RV-Fire-Snarls-Traffic-On-370-200634081.html
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130329/NEWS2002/130329531/1121

2013-03-29 - RV bursts into flame on the M4 near Miskin (Britain):
http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/10323380.Caravan_fire_blocks_M4_lane_at_Miskin/

2013-03-29 - Van bursts into flame at airport in Dallas (Texas), paralyzed man inside saved by valet and woman:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/29/4738287/paralyzed-man-pulled-from-van.html

2013-03-29 - SUV bursts into flame outside home in Scranton (Pennsylvania):
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/scranton-car-fire-called-suspicious-1.1465415

2013-03-29 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked on street in Marquette (Michigan):
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=878450

Note: Marquette sits on the shore of Lake Superior...

2013-03-29 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Sunnyslope Street in Emporia (Kansas):
http://www.emporiagazette.com/latest_news_and_features/article_5aa53c1e-9897-11e2-bfc6-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-29 - Car bursts into flame inside garage in Aberdeen (Britain), 1000 feet from the River Dee:
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/3179130

2013-03-29 - Car bursts into flame on the Indiana Toll Road near South Bend (Indiana), fire spreads to nearby field:
http://articles.wsbt.com/2013-03-29/car-catches-fire_38133072
http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-photos-car-and-field-fire-on-toll-road-20130329,0,4503534.photogallery
http://www.southbendtribune.com/videogallery/75105196/News/VIDEO-Toll-Road-car-fire

2013-03-29 - Car bursts into flame in car port in Reno (Nevada), fire spreads to two more vehicles:
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Arson-Suspected-in-Vehicle-Fire-200594661.html

2013-03-29 - Car bursts into flame on Phelps Close in Chard (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=24079&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-03-29 - Car bursts into flame on Beaufort Road in St. Leonards (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10323059.Sports_car_damaged_in_St_Leonards_fire/

2013-03-29 - Car bursts into flame at intersection in Steinbach (Canada):
http://www.steinbachonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35673&Itemid=100413

2013-03-29 - Car bursts into flame at intersection in Parkersburg (West Virginia):
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/572461/Car-catches-fire-Friday-afternoon.html

2013-03-29 - Motorcycle bursts into flame on I-15 in coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.10news.com/news/motorcycle-catches-fire-on-southbound-i-15-at-the-miramar-way-offramp-032913

2013-03-29 - RV trailer bursts into flame outside home in Bridgeport Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/03/bridgeport_fire_destroys_trave.html

2013-03-29 - RV and numerous outbuildings damaged or destroyed by blaze in Crewe (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/caravan-fire-in-crewe

2013-03-29 - Car and garage destroyed by fire in Dayton (Ohio):
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/car-garage-destroyed-in-morning-fire/nW7Ch/

2013-03-29 - Several snowmobiles and garage destroyed by fire in Chatham-Kent (Canada):
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2013/03/28/chatham-garage-engulfed-in-flames-when-fire-crews-arrive

2013-03-29 - RV and several buildings burn in Chawleigh (Britain):
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/devon_news/10324457.Second_cylinder_fire_in_just_two_days_in_Chawleigh/

Note: If this sounds familiar, it's because the day prior two RVs and four vehicles went up in flames in Chawleigh, as mentioned in the 2013-03-28 update. Getting pretty burny there in Chawleigh...

2013-03-29 - Motorcycle and furniture shop destroyed by fire in Kathmandu (Nepal):
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Fire+destroys+property+worth+Rs.92+lakhs+&NewsID=370995

2013-03-29 - Massive blaze rips through auto shop in Scarborough (Canada), $1 million in damage:
http://www.680news.com/2013/03/29/fire-crews-battling-blaze-at-scarborough-auto-body-shop/

Quote: "The Fire Marshal’s office is investigating after a fire at a Scarborough auto-body shop, marking the second one in the area in a week."

2013-03-29 - Barn destroyed by fire in Fallston (Maryland), near the coast:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/fallston-joppa/ph-ag-fallston-barn-fire-0402-20130329,0,2172293.story

2013-03-29 - Barn destroyed by fire in the Town of Seymour (Wisconsin):
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20130330/APC0101/303300311/Departments-respond-Seymour-barn-fire-story-video-

2013-03-29 - Barn destroyed by fire on Seneca Lake Road in Noble County (Ohio):
http://www.wtov9.com/news/news/barn-ruled-total-loss-after-fire/nW7kW/

2013-03-29 - Barn destroyed by fire in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.newsbug.info/monticello_herald_journal/news/local/article_3a94cc42-98b9-11e2-90db-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-29 - Horse barn destroyed by fire in Staley (North Carolina), 1500 feet east (downwind) of a creek:
http://courier-tribune.com/sections/news/local/wind-low-humidity-fuel-horse-barn-fire.html

Quote: "He estimated the barn had six to eight horse stalls and a workshop with wood-working equipment, two refrigerators and three or four chain saws. A 240 Massey-Ferguson tractor was damaged."

Note: Chainsaws are combustion engines and those are spontaneously combusting in ever-increasing numbers now. Also, a wood shop, and wood is an absorbent flammable material, and all such are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Lotsa vulnerabilities in this place, so it's no surprise that it burned up..

2013-03-29 - Barn damaged by fire on Big Seven Mile Road near Lesage (West Virginia), near the Ohio River:
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x1021207740/Barn-fire-reported-on-Big-Seven-Mile-Road
http://www.wowktv.com/story/21828484/barn-fire-reported-on-francis-branch-in-lesage

2013-03-29 - Piggery destroyed by fire at Seaborough Manor in Beaminster (Britain), 900 pigs killed:
http://www.wessexfm.com/news/dorset-news/933719/900-pigs-destroyed-by-fire-near-beaminster/
http://news.sky.com/story/1071647/nine-hundred-pigs-killed-in-dorset-farm-fire

Note: Learned a new word: piggery. Sounds like a barn for pigs...

2013-03-29 - Two businesses destroyed by fire in suburb of coastal Perth (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/16476488/explosion-fire-destroys-two-businesses/
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/industrial-explosion-fire-bug-and-house-fire-keep-firefighters-busy-20130330-2gzyk.html

Note: Perth is where bus drivers have threatened to walk due to all the transit buses bursting into flame...

2013-03-29 - Major fire damages packaging business in Birdsboro (Pennsylvania):
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9046414

Note: Birdsboro lies along the Schuylkill River. Also, packaging sounds like it might involve paper and cardboard, both flammable absorbent materials, all of which are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include wood, paper, cardboard, generic trash, clothing, wool, cotton, hay, straw, etc.

2013-03-29 - Laundry bag bursts into flame in kitchen at ballroom in Golden Valley (Minnesota), near Medicine Lake:
http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2980322.shtml

Note: Clothes are made of flammable absorbent materials. This is also surely why so many people have burst into flame in the last year or so - it's not the people spontaneously combusting, but their clothes...

2013-03-29 - Huge fire devastates thermal power plant in eastern Ukraine, 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.nzweek.com/world/thermal-power-plant-fire-kills-1-injures-3-in-ukraine-57070/

2013-03-29 - Four fires erupt in Bokaro (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Flames-destroy-property-worth-lakhs-in-Bokaro/articleshow/19282785.cms

Note: First fire, a home caught fire and killed a baby and critically injured the mother when she dove into the blaze to save the baby. Second fire, two thatched-roof houses destroyed. Third fire, two businesses destroyed, one of them a clothing shop. Fourth fire, a stack of hay burst into flame. Clothing and hay are both absorbent flammable materials. Roof thatching is too. The first fire, well, who knows, but multiple fires like that erupting in the same general area (same town) in the same general timeframe could be a sign of a flammable gas plume blowing through and igniting here and there as it goes. Also, India is a peninsula country, mostly surrounded by ocean...

2013-03-29 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/29/one-person-escapes-early-morning-fire/

2013-03-29 - House destroyed by blaze in coastal Riverview (Florida), 1 killed:
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/307826/8/Riverview-One-dead-in-fire-overnight

2013-03-29 - Home heavily damaged by fire near Little Creek Amphibious Base in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/30/house-fire-in-lincoln-military-housing/

2013-03-29 - Unoccupied mobile home burns in the Kates Bay area (South Carolina), near the East Coast:
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/03/29/3408943/no-injuries-reported-in-kates.html

2013-03-29 - Two vacant homes and a vacant commercial building burn near Chene and Ferry in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/detroit-fire-crews-battle-3-separate-fires

2013-03-29 - Vacant commercial building burns near Mountville (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/831898_Fire-strikes-vacant-commercial-building-near-Mountville.html
http://fox43.com/2013/03/29/fire-in-vacant-building-closes-columbia-avenue/

2013-03-29 - Vacant home burns in coastal Port Richmond (New York), 1 killed:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9045343

2013-03-29 - Massive inferno destroys vacant Saddleback Inn in Santa Ana (California), near the coast:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Huge-Fire-Guts-Vacant-Hotel-in-Santa-Ana-200710831.html
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=9046576

Quote: "There had been two other fires at the same building over the past two years."

2013-03-29 - Vacant home burns in Makiki Heights in the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii):
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Fire-damages-vacant-house-in-Makiki-Heights/eUEHgiiPBUyE71l8bQCCyA.cspx

2013-03-29 - Vacant house burns in rural Thorold, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/1598712--fire-rips-through-vacant-thorold-home

2013-03-29 - Vacant home burns on Candler Road in Decatur (Georgia):
http://www.crossroadsnews.com/view/full_story/22109778/article-Candler-fire-backs-up-Friday-traffic

2013-03-29 - Vacant commercial building destroyed in huge blaze in Birmingham (Alabama):
http://www.wsfa.com/story/21829232/raging-fire-burns-in-abandoned-building-downtown
http://www.wdef.com/news/state/story/Fire-tears-through-abandoned-Birmingham-building/8Co-_ZJgjEiDkEk2W8NbPQ.cspx
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/21832708/vacant-building-fire-highlights-an-epidemic-of-abandoned-structures

2013-03-28 - Around 400 seafront homes destroyed by massive inferno in Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), dozens injured:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/102774/8187554.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-03/28/c_132268845.htm

2013-03-28 - Explosion hits Crane Naval Base in Crane (Indiana), 4 or 5 injured:
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/mar/29/5-taken-hospital-following-fire-crane-naval-base/
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/5-taken-to-ind-hospital-following-fire-at-crane
http://www.indystar.com/viewart/20130329/NEWS/303290015/5-taken-Bloomington-hospital-following-fire-Crane

2013-03-28 - Home destroyed by explosion in coastal Glasgow (Scotland), 2 injured:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21964686
http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/uk-news/2013/03/28/pensioners-hurt-in-house-explosion/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/two-pensioners-hospitalised-after-suspected-gas-leak-explosion-demolishes-house-8552698.html

2013-03-28 - Building explodes and collapses in Belgaum (India), 2 killed, 5 injured:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/two-die-five-injured-in-lpg-explosion-in-belgaum/article4559088.ece

2013-03-28 - Three boats burst into flame at marina in coastal Pompano Beach (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Firefighters-Put-Out-Boat-Fires-at-Pompano-Beach-Marina-200522851.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/pompano-beach/fl-pompano-marina-fire-20130328,0,7242282.story

Note: Another boat burst into flame in Pompano Beach recently too, as mentioned in the 2013-01-12 update. Florida is downwind of the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, which are surely pluming highly flammable (and deadly) hydrogen suldide now. Lots of mysterious deaths all across Florida this past year too...

2013-03-28 - Boat bursts into flame at Chebogue River Aquatic Club in coastal Yarmouth (Canada):
http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2013-03-28/article-3209419/Boat-fire-very-suspicious/1

Quote: "Staff-Sgt. Lacroix said police suspect a connection between the boat fire and two grass fires they responded to late Tuesday night. All three calls came within a span of about 45 minutes..."

Note: Hmmm, what could possibly connect these three fires, in the same general area and the same general timeframe? Ah yes, the atmosphere...

2013-03-28 - Five fire trucks and fire station destroyed by blaze on Neely Ferry Road in Ekom Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/sc-fire-station-5-trucks-destroyed-blaze/nW7K3/
http://www.wbtw.com/story/21820516/sc-fire-station-destroyed-by-blaze
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=229815
http://www.kctv5.com/story/21819072/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-ekom-fire-department

Quote: "Firefighters at the scene said two engines, a tanker, a brush truck and a service truck were lost in the blaze."

2013-03-28 - At least a dozen cars incinerated in parking lot in Woodmead area of Johannesburg (South Africa):
http://ewn.co.za/2013/03/29/Woodmead-fire-sets-dozens-of-cars-alight
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cars-on-fire-in-Woodmead-parking-lot-20130329

2013-03-28 - Two trucks burst into flame near tire business warehouse building in West Bridgewater (Massachusetts):
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x694781715/Tire-trucks-burn-at-West-Bridgewater-warehouse

2013-03-28 - Four vehicles and two RVs incinerated in Chawleigh (Britain):
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/updated_fire_investigation_follows_multi_vehicle_blaze_involving_gas_cylinders_at_chawleigh_1_1996635

2013-03-28 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on Route 72 in East Hempfield Township (Pennsylvania), 5 cars on it destroyed:
http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/lancaster/Car-carrier-catches-fire-on-Route-72/-/9704306/19501780/-/uutahcz/-/index.html
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Car-carrier-fire-shuts-down-East-Hempfield-Twp/VTNbAXZvak2xQuF8FIfZKg.cspx
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/831452_Route-72-reopens-following-tractor-trailer-fire-near-East-Petersburg.html
http://fox43.com/2013/03/28/car-carrier-fire-closes-route-72-in-lancaster-county/

Quote: "The driver told News 8 the vehicle's rear brakes caught fire as he went through East Petersburg."

Note: There's the brake-friction and absorbency problem again. You can no longer count on your brakes functioning. You can't even count on them not catching fire and torching your entire vehicle, though this problem does hit massive vehicles with lots of tires the hardest. This problem is caused by tire rubber absorbing hydrogen sulfide, which burns very hot. Other possible effects of this problem include tires exploding or igniting and fluid lines rupturing (like brake lines or power steering lines or hydraulic lines)...

2013-03-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame, explodes, on Highway 102 near Oliver-Paipoonge, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/271357/Fire-destroys-truck

2013-03-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Long Island Expressway service road in Jericho (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-lie-service-road-1.4927091
http://nassaucountyroundup.blogspot.com/2013/03/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-lie-service.html

2013-03-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-75 in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/21815457/traffic-slow-on-i-75-northbound-at-alexis-rd-after-semi-fire

2013-03-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near coastal Mackay, Queensland (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-28/fire-destroys-truck-in-north-qld/4599796

2013-03-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road in Moonuperiya (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/trailer-catches-fire-in-kannur/article4561066.ece

2013-03-28 - Mail truck bursts into flame on West Illinois Street near Tuscon (Arizona):
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/mail-truck-catches-fire-postal-cargo-is-saved/article_ea40b882-9831-11e2-b25e-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-28 - Van bursts into flame in front of North Beach Elementary School in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://www.myballard.com/2013/03/28/ballard-boys-and-girls-club-van-catches-fire-in-front-of-north-beach-elementary/

2013-03-28 - Van bursts into flame in Annin Township (Pennsylvania), near Annin Creek:
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2013/03/vehicle-fire-reported-on-june-hollow.html

2013-03-28 - Van bursts into flame on Abbey Lane in Leicester (Britain):
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Van-catches-Abbey-Lane-near-Yamaha-garage/story-18555631-detail/story.html

2013-03-28 - SUV bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home in Tulsa (Oklahoma), fire spreads to home:
http://www.newson6.com/story/21815852/suv-parked-in-driveway-destroyed-by-fire
http://www.ktul.com/story/21815890/attic-and-car-damaged-during-house-fire

2013-03-28 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on street in Fort Erie (Canada), near Lake Erie:
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/03/28/car-damaged-by-fire-in-fort-erie
http://chch.com/home/item/12242-fort-erie-truck-fire

2013-03-28 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Route 1 in coastal Greenwich (Connecticut):
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/No-injuries-in-pickup-truck-fire-4393118.php

2013-03-28 - Pickup truck bursts into flame during test drive in Dallas (Texas):
http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2013/03/28/chrysler-investigates-truck-fire-that-ended-reporters-test-drive/

Note: It was a brand new $54,335 Dodge Ram 1500 Longhorn Edition...

2013-03-28 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Porterford Road in Union (Missouri):
http://www.emissourian.com/local_news/communities/union/article_c71343f0-97ed-11e2-abd3-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-28 - Car bursts into flame in airport parking garage in Indianapolis (Indiana), fire spreads to adjacent car:
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/car-fire-restricts-access-to-airport-parking-garage
http://fox59.com/2013/03/29/firefighters-battle-vehicle-fire-inside-airport-parking-garage/
http://www.wthr.com/story/21825868/car-fire-in-airport-garage

2013-03-28 - Car bursts into flame on Hollywood Highway in Habersham County (Georgia):
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=259901

2013-03-28 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in Decatur (Illinois):
http://www.wandtv.com/story/21828974/car-set-on-fire

2013-03-28 - Car bursts into flame in Midvale (Utah) in Salt Lake County:
http://fox13now.com/2013/03/28/suspicious-fires-reported-in-midvale/

Note: Two fences also burst into flame in the same general area in the same general timeframe. Fences made of wood? I bet they were, though the story doesn't specify. Wood is an absorbent flammable material and all such are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. And obviously vehicles of all kinds are bursting into flame all over, whether they're running or not. These types of events are what you'd expect to see when a flammable gas plume of some size wafts through an area. One wonders how many people quietly dropped dead of 'heart attacks' or 'natural causes' in their homes in that area on that night...

2013-03-28 - Car bursts into flame at St Paul’s Bay on the island of Malta:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130328/local/fire-destroys-car.463216

2013-03-28 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-285 in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/285719/40/Lanes-open-again-after-I-285-car-fire-
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/21822045/traffic-snarled-after-car-fire-on-i-285-nb

2013-03-28 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Highway N in Paris (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.westofthei.com/2013/03/28/units-responding-to-vehicle-fire-in-paris/40538

2013-03-28 - Motorcycle explodes and burns when man starts it, in coastal Mumbai (India), 1 killed:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Man-dies-in-bike-explosion/articleshow/19268093.cms

2013-03-28 - Motorcycle bursts into flame inside garage when man starts it, in Mount Horeb (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Motorcycle-starts-fire-that-damages-townhouses/-/1648/19504704/-/b7gxuaz/-/index.html
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/motorcycle-fire-in-garage-causes-damage-in-mount-horeb/article_cca407ac-97be-11e2-a3e0-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-28 - Scooter bursts into flame outside duplex in coastal Ft. Lauderdale (Florida), fire spreads to duplex:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-fort-lauderdale-duplex-fire-20130328,0,910324.story

2013-03-28 - Two RV trailers destroyed by fire and two more damaged, on Lake St. Clair in Eatonton (Georgia):
http://www.msgr.com/news/local_news/article_fa443d20-97dd-11e2-be9c-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-28 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at home in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/early_morning_fire_destroys_sp.html

2013-03-28 - Vehicle and garage destroyed by fire at home in Pittsfield Township (Michigan):
http://www.annarbor.com/news/garage-vehicle-destroyed-in-pittsfield-township-fire-thursday/

2013-03-28 - Truck and building destroyed by fire on Lakeside Drive in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://www.wral.com/crews-respond-to-raleigh-truck-fire/12280092/
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/03/28/2786168/fire-engulfs-building-and-truck.html

2013-03-28 - Barn destroyed by fire in Unity Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/Barn-destroyed-by-fire/-/9681086/19501182/-/as3ktw/-/index.html

Quote: "There were no livestock inside of the barn, but there were about 1,000 bales of hay that were destroyed."

Note: Hay, another flammable absorbent material...

2013-03-28 - Amish barn destroyed by fire in Oriskanny Falls (New York):
http://www.uticaod.com/news/x171168351/Barn-fire-reported-in-Oriskany-Falls

Note: What do virtually all Amish communities do very well? Carpentry, wood...

2013-03-28 - Barn destroyed by fire in Clear Creek (Wisconsin):
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Barn-a-total-loss-after-fire-200473691.html
http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_3c4a69f2-97ba-11e2-be31-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-28 - Barn destroyed by fire on Hollins Lane in Winwick (Britain):
http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/10322286.UPDATED__Fire_crews_tackling_major_barn_fire/

2013-03-28 - Barn and home destroyed by fire on Johnson Road in Flowerfield Township (Michigan):
http://www.sturgisjournal.com/article/20130328/NEWS/130329523/-1/sports

2013-03-28 - Barn damaged by fire in Watertown Township (Michigan):
http://www.wlns.com/story/21822672/crews-work-to-put-out-barn-fire

2013-03-28 - Blaze destroys building at golf business in Freeport (Michigan), near Grand Rapids:
http://www.freep.com/article/20130328/NEWS06/130328014

Quote: "A fire has destroyed a building housing a West Michigan business that's manufactured wood rakes and wooden golf flag sticks since the 1870s."

Note: Another wood-related fire. Wood is a flammable absorbent material and it is absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. There have been a whole lot of wood-related fires this past year: sawmills, lumber yards, pallets and pallet companies, wood shops of all kinds (school, private, commercial, prison), furniture and furniture businesses, wood carving businesses, door companies, cabinet companies, frame companies (for artwork), porches, gazebos, decks, barns, playgrounds, you name it...

2013-03-28 - Pile of wood bursts into flame at home in Valdosta (Georgia), fire spreads, barn, home and car destroyed:
http://valdostadailytimes.com/local/x2055652112/Fire-destroys-home

Quote: "Bradley is known in the downtown Valdosta area as a handyman and a skilled woodworker, and neighbors on scene said the barn housed his personal woodworking shop."

2013-03-28 - Explosion and fire damages gas well in Flushing (Ohio):
http://www.wtrf.com/story/21814647/small-gas-well-explosion

2013-03-28 - Building damaged by fire on Little Coal River Road in Alum Creek (West Virginia), near the Coal River:
http://www.wowktv.com/story/21815565/house-fire-burns-on-little-coal-river-road
http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201303280032

2013-03-28 - Two adjacent unoccupied homes heavily damaged by fire in coastal Belfast (Ireland):
http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=160573

2013-03-28 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Williamsport (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/544475/Trash-catches-fire-in-truck.html

2013-03-28 - Landfill erupts in huge fire in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), smoke blown over multiple cities:
http://kfor.com/2013/03/28/landfill-fire-blows-smoke-over-multiple-cities/

Note: Above two stories, trash and trash. Trash is generally full of absorbent flammable materials like paper, cardboard, wood, etc...

2013-03-28 - Home destroyed by blaze in Spokane Valley (Washington), 2 injured:
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/Fire-destroys-home-sends-two-to-hospital/-/101214/19516318/-/67xl33z/-/index.html

2013-03-28 - Three-family home destroyed by fire on Old Eagle Lake in Winter Haven (Florida), 3 families homeless:
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/307788/8/3-families-lose-home-to-Eagle-Lake-fire

Note: Winter Haven is virtually surrounded by lakes...

2013-03-28 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia), woman pulled out unconscious:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-virginia-beach-fire-0328,0,3707015.story
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/28/breaking-one-pulled-from-trailer-fire-in-virginia-beach/

2013-03-28 - Massive fire engulfs vacant Key Largo Casino in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/21822737/4-alarm-fire-engulfs-vacant-casino-near-strip
http://www.reviewjournal.com/celebrity-news/fire-shuttered-casino-near-hard-rock-hotel
http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/local/story/Fire-at-shuttered-Las-Vegas-casino-on-Flamingo/jhWHMZ4EQUWYVNRWMLOlLA.cspx

Quote: "Obviously it's a four alarm fire, and they don't happen that often..."

2013-03-28 - Two vacant houses burn within 45 minutes in Danville (Illinois):
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2013-03-28/firefighters-extinguish-two-suspicious-blazes-danville.html
http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=476202

2013-03-28 - Another vacant building burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, on Seaside Road, up to 75 since mid-November:
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_8a498a8b-c388-5948-bd32-116f14de2135.html
http://www.wboc.com/story/21824540/abandoned-structure-fire-in-accomack-county

2013-03-28 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/home-west-palm-beach-destroyed-fire-6215.shtml
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/abandoned-suburban-west-palm-beach-home-catches-fi/nW67W/

2013-03-27 - Explosion at marina shakes area in coastal Tutukaka (New Zealand):
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbnat/1837656546-tutukaka-marina-north-of-whangarei-evacuated-after-explosion

Note: They don't know what exploded. Might very well have been a pocket or cloud of hydrogen sulfide and/or methane, as with all the other mysterious explosions being heard, felt and sometimes seen around the world, shaking and sometimes damaging homes. Even if poison gas (hydrogen sulfide) and vicious fires weren't in our future (and our present, for that matter), these explosions alone might be enough to wipe human civilization from the surface of the Earth as they continue to escalate...

2013-03-27 - Massive blaze engulfs 3-story residential building in Jersey City (New Jersey), fire spreads to 4 more buildings:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Jersey-City-Fire-Belmont-Crescent-Blaze-200254701.html

Note: Jersey City is surrounded by bodies of water, and there have been quite a few serious fires since City Hall caught fire there, as mentioned in the 2012-11-03 update...

2013-03-27 - Underground electrical fire erupts beneath the Sheraton City Center Hotel in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-ci-hotel-fire-20130327,0,4604805.story
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/Underground-fire-causes-trouble-at-city-hotel/-/10131532/19488854/-/3a8yyi/-/index.html

2013-03-27 - Train car bursts into flame in South Bend (Indiana):
http://www.abc57.com/news/local/Train-car-on-fire-in-South-Bend-200178791.html

Note: South Bend derives its name from its location near the southernmost bend of the St. Joseph River...

2013-03-27 - Trolley bursts into flame in Castle Shannon, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-south/fire-forces-evacuation-of-t-vehicle-681039/
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/Trolley-catches-fire-on-Blue-Line/-/10927008/19489908/-/147jfrr/-/index.html

2013-03-27 - Tractor, truck, forklift and trailer catch fire in a field off the A417 near Birdlip (Britain):
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/10318322.Vehicles_damaged_in_fire_near_Birdlip/

2013-03-27 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on West Main Road in coastal Middletown (Rhode Island):
http://portsmouth.patch.com/articles/truck-containing-chemicals-catches-fire-on-west-main-road
http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2013/03/in-middletown-truck-carrying-commercial-chemical-methanol-catches-fire.html

2013-03-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-72 in Pike County (Illinois):
http://www.whig.com/story/21811486/semi-fire-temporarily-shuts-down-i-72

2013-03-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-5 in Mount Shasta (California):
http://www.mtshastanews.com/article/20130327/NEWS/130329825/-1/opinion

2013-03-27 - Truck bursts into flame on Boston Road in Bardstown (Kentucky):
http://www.kystandard.com/content/truck-fire-boston-road

Quote: "Bardstown-Nelson County firefighters were returning to the station from one truck fire Tuesday when they got the call about another one."

2013-03-27 - Truck bursts into flame on the M5 between Junctions 12 and 11A (Britain):
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Lorry-s-brakes-burst-flames-M5/story-18533111-detail/story.html

2013-03-27 - School bus bursts into flame on State Route 57 in Fullerton (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_22886181/orange-county-school-bus-fire-strands-children
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_22884715/chino-hills-students-stranded-freeway-after-bus-fire
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/03/27/school-bus-catches-on-fire-in-orange-county/

2013-03-27 - School bus bursts into flame on road in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/371876/3/School-bus-driver-escapes-fire
http://www.kmov.com/news/editors-pick/School-bus-goes-up-in-flames-in-north-St-Louis-200305791.html

2013-03-27 - RV bursts into flame at Bayview RV Park in coastal Port Mansfield (Texas):
http://www.raymondvillechroniclenews.com/news/2013-03-27/News/Fire_burns_RV_in_Port_Mansfield.html

2013-03-27 - RV bursts into flame in alley in Charleston (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/21808006/early-morning-fire-ruins-rv-in-charleston

2013-03-27 - RV bursts into flame at caravan site in Redbridge Hollow (Britain):
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/10318288.Firefighters_tackle_caravan_blaze/

2013-03-27 - RV bursts into flame on Hawksmoor Lane in Fulmer (Britain):
http://www.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/south-buckinghamshire-news/2013/03/27/firefighters-called-to-caravan-fire-82398-33071009/

2013-03-27 - Van bursts into flame while parked outside Rite Aid store in Fremont (Michigan), store damaged too:
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/03/fire_destroys_van_and_damages.html
http://www.wzzm13.com/video/2258548282001/50624700001/Van-fire-damages-Fremont-pharmacy

2013-03-27 - Van bursts into flame in parking lot in Castlegar (Canada), church catches fire nearby too:
http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2013/03/castlegar-church-fire-rcmp-investigate-possible-arson/

Note: Castlegar sits at the confluence of the Kootenay River and the Columbia River...

2013-03-27 - Van bursts into flame on the M4 near Slough (Britain):
http://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/03/27/87942-traffic-update-m4-lanes-reopened-after-vehicle-fire/

2013-03-27 - SUV bursts into flame on Second Avenue in Des Moines (Iowa), driver burned:
http://whotv.com/2013/03/27/vehicle-fire-one-man-injured/
http://ulocal.kcci.com/_Car-fire-on-2nd-ave-032713/photo/18859436/62904.html

2013-03-27 - SUV bursts into flame on Saugatuck Avenue near I-95 in coastal Westport (Connecticut):
http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/car_fire_shuts_down_saugatuck_ave._at_i-95/
http://www.thehour.com/_/crews-put-out-car-fire-in-westport-wednesday/article_456e2c4e-d759-531f-8b0a-30048c593a24.html

2013-03-27 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Sheid-Hopper Bypass near Mountain Home (Arkansas):
http://ktlo.com/wire/newswed/03058_Truck_burns_on_bypass_065853.php

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame on I-35 near Kearney (Missouri), driver, woman, takes off her clothes:
http://www.kearneycourier.com/news/article_ecf996fb-5472-5339-85ed-c75cabc5164d.html

Quote: "While first-responders were on their way, dispatch advised of a woman 'taking off her clothes.'"

Note: If hydrogen sulfide is indeed behind the recent spates of people stripping naked and acting crazy, as I highly suspect, then that would also potentially explain the car bursting into flame here, since it is an extremely flammable gas. I wish I could ask her why she took her clothes off. Was her body's heat-regulation system chemically disrupted, so she felt really hot, even though it was 30 degrees (F) outside?

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame while parked in parking lot in Mahwah (New Jersey):
http://mahwah.patch.com/articles/parked-car-destroyed-in-spontaneous-fire

Note: As mentioned, vehicles don't need to be running to spontaneously combust. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it, like the wiring in cars, especially those thick cables near batteries...

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame while parked in car park in coastal Feock (Britain), fire spreads to adjacent car:
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Car-spreads-Feock-Church-car-park/story-18543728-detail/story.html

Note: This is why it's probably not a great idea to park your vehicle next to other vehicles, or next to your residence...

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame, explodes, on I-80 near Rapid City (Illinois):
http://www.kwqc.com/story/21807284/car-explosion-near-rapids-city-il

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame on I-43 in River Hills (Wisconsin), 1 mile from Lake Michigan:
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/200198031.html
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/200198031.html

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame on the Central Expressway in McKinney (Texas), eventually explodes:
http://www.wfaa.com/younews/200338471.html

Quote: "The two young men decide to get further away after an explosion."

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame on I-195 in coastal Somerset (Massachusetts):
http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x2082720641/Car-fire-on-I-195-in-Seekonk-shuts-down-a-lane-for-20-minutes

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame on street in Evanston (Ohio):
http://www.fox19.com/story/21803991/crews-investigate-car-fire-in-evanston
http://www.19actionnews.com/story/21803991/crews-investigate-car-fire-in-evanston

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame on Route 287 in Boonton (New Jersey), near Boonton Reservoir:
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/03/exit_45_of_route_287_north_clo.html

2013-03-27 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 18 near Lake Arrowhead (California):
http://www.mountain-news.com/news/article_23d0d048-9736-11e2-9ecb-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-27 - Vehicle bursts into flame in Webb (Alabama):
http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/webb-fire-resonds-to-a-vehicle-fire-40800

2013-03-27 - Jeep and garage destroyed by fire at home in Yakima (Washington):
http://www.kapptv.com/article/2013/mar/27/fire-destroys-garage-vehicle/

2013-03-27 - Barn destroyed by fire in North Cornwall Township (Pennsylvania), 40,000 chickens killed:
http://www.abc27.com/story/21810654/barn-fire-kills-40000-chickens
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/After-fire-barn-reduced-to-rubble-and-40-000/HcggsGcnVUONbKTxi2Fq6g.cspx

2013-03-27 - Barn destroyed by fire in Simpsonville (Kentucky), 30 award-winning goats killed:
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/At-least-30-goats-die-in-Simpsonville-barn-fire-200283791.html
http://www.wlky.com/news/local-news/kentucky-news/Barn-fire-kills-dozens-of-award-winning-goats/-/9718420/19489268/-/hfuty2/-/index.html

2013-03-27 - Barn destroyed by fire in Dawson (Illinois):
http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1037528507/Fire-engulfs-barn-in-Dawson

2013-03-27 - Barn destroyed by fire in rural Batesville (Indiana):
http://batesvilleheraldtribune.com/local/x765748498/Blaze-destroys-rural-Batesville-barn

2013-03-27 - Barn destroyed by fire in Dixon (California):
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_22888968/animals-unhurt-fire-razes-dixon-barn
http://fox40.com/2013/03/27/2-alarm-barn-fire-threatening-rural-dixon-home/

2013-03-27 - Barn and apartments damaged by fire on Ferry Road in Plumstead Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/doylestown/plumstead-barn-apartments-damaged-by-fire/article_80c4acbf-76ce-5fdd-a0db-1be8b1845672.html

2013-03-27 - Two buildings destroyed by blaze at chicken plant on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 6000 chicks killed:
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130327/NEWS/130327031
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/Eastern-Shore-poultry-plant-fire-kills-6-000-chicks/-/15158402/19503190/-/bopswy/-/index.html

Note: This was on Maryland's Eastern Shore, as opposed to the dozens of fires at vacant structures on Virginia's Eastern Shore. I guess all of the coastal eastern states in the U.S. may have an Eastern Shore. And they didn't call these two buildings barns, but that's basically what they were...

2013-03-27 - Garbage can bursts into flame and explodes inside garage at home in coastal Santa Clara (California):
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2013/03/27/caldwell-explosion-takes-quiet-santa-clara-by-surprise/

Note: Garbage often contains paper and cardboard, both flammable absorbent materials...

2013-03-27 - Explosion hits business at oil patch in Ross (North Dakota), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://bismarcktribune.com/bakken/explosion-in-north-dakota-oil-patch-kills-one-injures-one/article_ba5e3ff2-97c0-11e2-b489-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-27 - Bottling plant rocked by explosion in Wada (India), 19 people injured:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/BOTTLING-PLANT-EXPLOSION/speednewsbytopic/keyid-1617415.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Explosion-in-cola-unit-19-hurt/articleshow/19249226.cms

2013-03-27 - Major fire tears through primary school in coastal Glasgow (Scotland):
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/55-firefighters-tackle-glasgow-primary-school-fire-1-2858566
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21940354

2013-03-27 - Apartment building erupts in flame in coastal Long Beach (California):
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_22882200/long-beach-firefighters-battle-apartment-fire

2013-03-27 - Apartment building heavily damaged by blaze on Morrison Springs Road in Chattanooga (Tennessee), several families homeless:
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/mar/27/firefighters-respond-fire-bluff-view-apartments-vi/

2013-03-27 - Three triple-decker homes heavily damaged by huge blaze in coastal Dorchester (Massachusetts), 30 people homeless:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/03/27/6-alarm-fire-damages-triple-deckers-in-dorchester/
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/27/six-alarm-fire-burns-three-triple-deckers-dorchester-people-are-displaced/LvMtjuiAaE9xmMKC0N6F7N/story.html

2013-03-27 - House destroyed by blaze on Kachina Drive in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Structure-Fire-in-Colorado-Springs-200365961.html

Quote: "It's not the first fire on Kachina Drive in the last couple of years. Cimarron Hills Fire Chief Matt Love couldn't give an exact number, but told 11 News there have been several on the street: some structure fires, some in nearby bushes. As recently as December two fires broke out at the same mobile home within a 24-hour period."

Note: That's what you'd expect to see in areas that are topographically vulnerable to fires caused by hydrogen sulfide: multiple fires at the same location, dried brush catching fire, repetition. Whatever this area's vulnerability, putting out a fire doesn't address it. The problem, if it's topographic, probably isn't fixable in which case eventually everything that can burn there WILL burn, but then that's probably true of all areas...

2013-03-27 - Huge fire tears through home in the Bayview District in coastal San Francisco (California), 7 people homeless:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/27/firefighters-contain-4-alarm-fire-in-san-franciscos-bayview-district/

2013-03-27 - Home damaged by basement fire in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-newport-news-house-fire-20130327,0,4557740.story

Quote: "The fire, which appears to have started in the area of the panel box, was contained to the basement of the two-story home..."

Note: Basements and underground areas are where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate, and hydrogen sulfide is also reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it, like the wiring found around panel boxes and the electrical facilities commonly found underground in cities and towns all over...

2013-03-27 - Two adjacent homes damaged by fire in coastal Lynn (Massachusetts), 28 people homeless:
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/north/10010215874651/fire-in-lynn-spreads-to-multiple-homes-several-displaced/
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/Another-city-fire-under-investigation-in-Lynn/-/11984708/19501268/-/pww9gu/-/index.html

2013-03-27 - Two adjacent vacant houses burn in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan, one destroyed:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-south-side-fire-destroys-building-20130327,0,952990.story

2013-03-27 - Vacant house burns in Reynoldsburg (Ohio):
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/03/27/pataskala-vacant-house-fire-closes-road.html

Quote: "There's no electric. No gas. It's vacant. Fires don't start by themselves, so I don't know..."

Note: Fires didn't USED to start by themselves. (Well, not often, anyway.) They do now, all the time. That's one consequence of our atmosphere filling up with hydrogen sulfide and methane, both flammable gases, e.g. accelerants...

2013-03-27 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Mt. Morris Township (Michigan):
http://www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=877227

2013-03-27 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Kansas City (Kansas):
http://www.wyandottedailynews.com/articles/vacant-home-fire-on-43rd-causes-$45,000-damage/

Note: Kansas City sits at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River...

2013-03-27 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Dunbar (Pennsylvania), two neighboring structures damaged:
http://triblive.com/news/fayette/3739085-74/fire-breakiron-dunbar
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/03/27/fayette-co-vacant-house-fire-under-investigation/

2013-03-26 - Underground fire breaks out beneath Sarawak General Hospital in coastal Kuching (Malaysia) on the island of Borneo:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/03/27/sgh-fire-ignited-by-sparks-from-underground-cable/

2013-03-26 - Tugboat explodes and burns at shipyard in coastal Singapore, fire spreads to 3 more tugboats, 4 injured:
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/tanoto-shipyard-fire-early-signs-show-fire-started-one-tug-boat-201303
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/man-injured-jurong-ship-fire-critical-condition

Quote: "There were four vessels berthed alongside one another at the Tanoto Shipyard at Jalan Samulun when the fire broke out at around 9pm last night, with workers reporting a deafening explosion. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that all four vessels were on fire when they arrived on the scene. One of the vessels sank."

2013-03-26 - Fishing boat bursts into flame off the coast of Ohka (India), boat sinks, crew rescued:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/six-fishermen-rescued-after-boat-catches-fire/1093952/

2013-03-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Route 80 in Wharton (New Jersey):
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20130326/NJNEWS10/303260036/1005/
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/03/truck_fire_closes_all_lanes_of.html

2013-03-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A37 in Frampton (Britain):
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/10314017.UPDATED__Lorry_on_fire_on_A37/
http://www.wessexfm.com/news/dorset-news/930553/lorry-fire-near-nursing-home-on-a37/

2013-03-26 - Box truck bursts into flame at business in Spokane (Washington):
http://www.krem.com/news/local/Spokane-delivery-truck-destroyed-in-overnight-fire-200035181.html

2013-03-26 - Pizza truck bursts into flame in Dallas (Texas):
http://sidedish.dmagazine.com/2013/03/26/tuttas-pizza-food-truck-on-fire/

2013-03-26 - RV bursts into flame while parked on street in Billings (Montana):
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/billings-fire-department-investigates-motor-home-fire/article_a0d2cf2c-113d-5c42-bc65-8c080180b59c.html

2013-03-26 - RV bursts into flame while parked near home in Danbury (Connecticut), RV destroyed, home slightly damaged:
http://www.newstimes.com/policereports/article/RV-destroyed-in-Danbury-fire-4385337.php

2013-03-26 - Van and car burst into flame within 15 minutes in coastal Largs Bay (Australia):
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/van-sedan-set-on-fire-at-largs-bay/story-e6frg12c-1226607561485

Note: They're assuming arson because the two vehicles caught fire within 15 minutes and the fires were in the ame general locale, yet that is exactly what we might expect to see when a flammable gas plume blows over an area. Of course, if they have any actual EVIDENCE of arson, they could always present it, like surveilllance footage, witnesses, motive. The fact that they offer nothing means they probably have only their assumption. Sorry, assumptions aren't good enough...

2013-03-26 - Van bursts into flame while parked outside store in coastal Staten Island (New York):
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/must-see_photo_staten_island_r.html

2013-03-26 - Van bursts into flame on Ninth Street in Charleston (Illinois):
http://www.dennews.com/news/university-vehicle-catches-fire/article_4862b5b2-963b-11e2-a871-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-26 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at apartment building in Southern Pines (North Carolina):
http://sandhillstribune.com/index.php/news-tribune-mainmenu/news-sections-tribune-header/all-news-sections-4/item/1284-vehicle-fire-catches-apartment-building-on-fire-early-tuesday

2013-03-26 - SUV bursts into flame on the M6 between Coventry and Birmingham (Britain):
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/m6-northbound-birmingham-brought-standstill-1982140

2013-03-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in gas station parking lot in coastal Pismo Beach (California):
http://www.ksby.com/news/early-morning-truck-fire-causes-no-structural-damage/

2013-03-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at gas station in Travis County (Texas):
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/car-catches-fire-at-travis-co-gas-station-7658.shtml

2013-03-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on road near Casino (Australia):
http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/car-fire-near-casino/1806245/

2013-03-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame inside garage, garage destroyed too, in Janesville (Wisconsin):
http://rock.channel3000.com/news/news/98462-truck-destroyed-fire-garage-damaged
http://www.wifr.com/news/headlines/Garage-Fire-in-Janesville--200049081.html
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/fire-destroys-janesville-garage-truck-inside/article_98b62f06-9610-11e2-a9ba-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-26 - Deputy's patrol car bursts into flame on road in Coachella (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/Deputy-s-patrol-car-catches-fire-in-Coachella/-/233092/19476762/-/byhqjsz/-/index.html

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked at shopping center in Minot (North Dakota):
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/574313/Car-lost-to-fire.html

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame on Kinghorne Street in coastal Greenwell Point (Australia):
http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/1390302/car-fire-in-nowra-cbd/

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame on I-91 in Enfield (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Vehicle-Fire-Closes-I-91-South-in-Enfield-200065861.html
http://www.wggb.com/2013/03/26/i-91-south-closed-due-to-car-fire/

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame in McDonald's parking lot in Jennings (Louisiana):
http://www.jenningsdailynews.net/2013/03/early-morning-car-fire-reported/

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame on Market Street in coastal Southport (Britain):
http://www.otsnews.co.uk/vehicle-fire-market-street-southport/

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame outside restaurant in Schaumburg (Illinois):
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2013/03/26/car-fire-in-parking-lot-in-front-of-texas-de-brazil-at-woodfield-mall/

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A30 near Okehampton (Britain):
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/lane-closed-A30-car/story-18522483-detail/story.html

2013-03-26 - Car bursts into flame on US 183 in Austin (Texas):
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/car-fire-shuts-down-us-183-northbound-at-loyola/nW448/

2013-03-26 - RV trailer bursts into flame in Ashill near Ilminster (Britain):
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Caravan-Ashill-near-Ilminster-destroyed/story-18532497-detail/story.html

2013-03-26 - Several vehicles and barn damaged by blaze in Woolwich Township (Canada):
http://www.570news.com/2013/03/26/a-barn-fire-in-woolwich-township-results-in-300000-of-damage/

2013-03-26 - Car, motorcycles and garage destroyed by fire in coastal Carlsbad (California):
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/26/fire-damages-carlsbad-home/

2013-03-26 - Cars, motorcycles and garage damaged by fire in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/garage_fire_causes_35000_damag.html

2013-03-26 - Truck tires burst into flame at garage in Ledbury (Britain):
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/local/ledbury/10311627.Lorry_fire_drama_at_garage/

2013-03-26 - Barn destroyed by fire in Barren Plains (Tennessee):
http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_17201.shtml

2013-03-26 - Barn destroyed by fire and explosion in Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes (France), 4 firefighters injured (3 critically):
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/184295

2013-03-26 - Barn destroyed by fire in Milton-under-Wychwood (Britain), 3 sows killed:
http://www.witneygazette.co.uk/news/wgheadlines/10315769.Firefighters_have_to_rescue_pigs_from_burning_barn/

2013-03-26 - Barn damaged by fire in the Town of Willing (New York):
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2013/03/barn-fire-in-town-of-willing.html

2013-03-26 - Two buildings engulfed in flame in coastal Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/Fire_engulfs_2_buildings_in_Bayonne.html

2013-03-26 - Propane tank explodes at home near Suwanee Dam Road in Suwanee (Georgia), 1 seriously burned:
http://www.macon.com/2013/03/27/2413951/man-burned-after-report-of-gas.html
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/21803805/man-burned-after-report-of-gas-explosion

2013-03-26 - Two businesses and 6 apartments destroyed hy fire in building in coastal Alameda (California), firefighter injured:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/rss/ci_22873177

2013-03-26 - Hotel damaged by blaze in coastal Galloway Township (New Jersey):
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9042446

2013-03-26 - Fire tears through the Preserve at Cedar River (apartments) in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), 19 people homeless:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/305698/3/Fire-displaces-19-people-no-injuries

2013-03-26 - Blaze destroys one home, damages three more, in McKeesport (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/mckeesport-house-fire-spreads-neighboring-homes/nW4bD/
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/03/26/4-homes-damaged-in-mckeesport-fire/

Note: McKeesport sits at the confluence of the Monongahela River and the Youghiogheny River...

2013-03-26 - House damaged by basement fire in Johns Creek (Georgia):
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/21799077/firefighters-battle-house-fire-in-johns-creek

2013-03-26 - Home destroyed by fire in North Port (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130326/breaking/130329713

2013-03-26 - House damaged by fire on East Winderbrook Way in Millcreek (Utah):
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56065691-78/fire-crews-millcreek-quickly.html.csp

2013-03-26 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Hampton (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-nws-hampton-house-fire-20130326,0,1257922.story

2013-03-26 - Vacant shed burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Fire-destroys-abandoned-shed-in-Accomack-Co-200005261.html
http://www.wboc.com/story/21791714/firefighters-battle-accomack-county-fire-early-tuesday

Note: Lost count of how many vacant structures have burned here since mid-November 2012, but I think we're in the 70s. All have been labeled arson,, yet there is no motive, no witnesses, no surveillance footage, no suspects, no fingerprints, no nothin'. They're probably calling these arson because they can't imagine that absorbent flammable materials (like wood, paper, cloth, etc) are simply spontaneously combusting...but they are.

2013-03-26 - Vacant house burns in Fresno (California):
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Vacant-house-fire-in-Fresno/B82Dzx8usUCm6zwbf8BPvw.cspx

2013-03-26 - Vacant power station building burns in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/fire-sweeps-through-old-georgia-power-building/nW4dd/

2013-03-26 - Vacant building burns in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://kfor.com/2013/03/27/fire-crews-fight-flames-at-abandoned-house/

2013-03-25 - Underground fire erupts at the Mayfair Hotel in downtown St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Fire-engulfs-underground-at-a-downtown-hotel-guests-evacuated-199823971.html

2013-03-25 - Underground explosion blows manhole off in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/explosion-blows-off-manhole-cover-near-washington-and-calhoun

Note: Underground explosions and fires blew manholes off in Louisville (Kentucky) and Albany (New York) recently too, as mentioned in the 2013-03-23 update. These underground explosions and fires are escalating, as should be expected as our atmosphere becomes increasingly contaminated with hydrogen sulfide and methane...

2013-03-25 - Fire erupts at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), 400+ evacuated, 1 injured:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/southern-maryland/400-evacuated-from-Bethesda-hotel-after-fire/-/15158892/19453220/-/rtyxuqz/-/index.html

2013-03-25 - Raging fire tears through Newington Library building in coastal London (Britain):
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/25/17460268-fire-engulfs-107-year-old-london-museum
http://news.sky.com/story/1069491/huge-fire-threatens-london-museum-artefacts
http://news.sky.com/story/1069491/london-fire-100-firefighters-in-walworth

Quote: "A fire service spokesman said the whole of the roof of the library and museum was ablaze."

2013-03-25 - Timber yard bursts into flame, fire spreads to adjacent factory, in Bangalore (India), 6 killed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21921946
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/Bangalore-Massive-fire-in-a-timber-factory-6-feared-dead/videoshow/19186788.cms

Note: Wood is an absorbent material and it's absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. As a consequence there have been a great many wood-related fires in the past year: sawmills, lumber yards, pallets and pallet companies, wood shops of all kinds (school, private, commercial, prison), furniture and furniture businesses, wood carving businesses, door companies, cabinet companies, frame companies (for artwork), porches, gazebos, decks, barns, playgrounds, you name it...

2013-03-25 - Tanker truck bursts into flame in downtown Savannah (Georgia):
http://www.gadailynews.com/news/savannah/153059-tanker-truck-catches-fire-in-savannah.html

2013-03-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at Dillard's at mall in North Little Rock (Arkansas):
http://www.thv11.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=256573
http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=648232

2013-03-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-24 in Trigg County (Kentucky), near the Muddy Fork bridge over Little River:
http://wkdzradio.com/pages/15880548.php?contentType=4&contentId=12673123
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/21785960/eb-i-24-in-trigg-county-restricted-after-truck-hauling-fish-catches-fire

Quote: "Montgomery Fire Chief Doug Latham says the fire likely started in the wheel area of the trailer..."

Note: There's the brake-friction and absorbency problem again. When this problem hits - which is caused by tire rubber absorbing hydrogen sulfide - sometimes the brakes burn up or ignite, or tires ignite or explode, or the entire vehicle burns up. Sometimes you can tell which fires are caused by this problem because of the burn marks around the wheel well(s), or when they simply tell you that's where the fire began, as in this case. In the accidents section below you will also see a number of accidents likely caused by this same problem, where the brakes burned out instead of the tires or the vehicle bursting into flame...

2013-03-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame after tire blowout, on I-264 in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/va_beach/blown-tire-causes-tractor-trailer-fire
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/03/no-injuries-tractortrailer-fire-va-beach

2013-03-25 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on road in coastal Rancho Palos Verdes (California):
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_22865395/fire-hits-trash-truck
http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_22865395/fire-hits-trash-truck

2013-03-25 - CSX railroad truck bursts into flame while parked in Salem (Illinois):
http://www.wjbdradio.com/LocalNews/Cause-of-Monday-Morning-Truck-Fire-In-Salem-Remains-Under-Investigation

2013-03-25 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on highway near Vandalur (India):
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130326/news-current-affairs/article/bus-catches-fire-36-escape-death

2013-03-25 - Several RVs hit by fire in Stretford, Greater Manchester (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21930894
http://www.fire.org.uk/news/2013/03/25/stretford-caravan-blaze-tackled-by-13-fire-crews.html

2013-03-25 - RV bursts into flame on Riverside Drive in Williston (North Dakota), 2 killed:
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=62815
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/66807/

2013-03-25 - RV bursts into flame in parking lot in Rogers (Ohio):
http://www.morningjournalnews.com/page/content.detail/id/546792/Man-escapes-camper-fire.html

2013-03-25 - RV bursts into flame at caravan park in coastal Nambucca Heads (Australia):
http://www.nambuccaguardian.com.au/story/1387523/caravan-destroyed-by-fire/
http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/fire-crews-tasked-caravan-park-reports-heavy-smoke/1804691/

2013-03-25 - Camper van bursts into flame, rolls into house, in Hull (Britain):
http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Pictures-Blazing-camper-van-crashes-Hull-house/story-18503686-detail/story.html

2013-03-25 - Two vans burst into flame outside home in Watlington (Britain), fire damages nearby car too:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/family_trapped_inside_home_after_watlington_fire_1_1990695

2013-03-25 - Van bursts into flame on road in Southborough (Britain):
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Dramatic-pictures-Southborough-van/story-18512016-detail/story.html

2013-03-25 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked outside condo in Lowell (Massachusetts), condo damaged too:
http://www.lowellsun.com/rss/ci_22871908

2013-03-25 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in intersection in Spring Hill (Florida), 5 miles from the Gulf Coast:
http://www.realnewsrealfast.com/article.php/truck-fire-glen-have-and-coronado-18598

2013-03-25 - Car bursts into flame on I-64 near the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/03/delays-continue-i64-west-after-road-repair-car-fire
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/hampton/car-fire-causes-hrbt-backup

2013-03-25 - Car explodes and burns in Delhi Township (Michigan):
http://www.fox47news.com/news/topstories/199840321.html

Quote: "...Sunday morning a woman went to start her car and it literally exploded."

2013-03-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked outside apartments in Russellville (Arkansas):
http://www.rivervalleyleader.com/news/article_d7f82f3c-9590-11e2-8b81-0019bb30f31a.html

Note: Russellville is right next to - and downwind of - Lake Dardanelle State Park...

2013-03-25 - Car bursts into flame on the A23 near Hickstead (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10311507.Traffic_delayed_following_car_fire_on_A23/

2013-03-25 - Car bursts into flame on Vicarage Lane near the A17 in Long Sutton (Britain):
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/firemen-use-breathing-gear-to-put-out-car-fire-1-4933198

2013-03-25 - Car bursts into flame on Fairview Avenue in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), nearby vehicle damaged too:
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20130325/NEWS01/303250036/Vehicle-fire-reported-Baltimore

2013-03-25 - Car bursts into flame on Marle Hill Road in Cheltenham (Britain):
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Car-Cheltenham/story-18521563-detail/story.html

2013-03-25 - Car bursts into flame in Paris, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.parisstaronline.com/2013/03/25/car-catches-fire-in-north-end-of-paris

2013-03-25 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Basin Road near the Federal Point Yacht Club in coastal Carolina Beach (North Carolina):
http://yellowtape.blogs.starnewsonline.com/26438/crews-respond-to-report-of-car-fire-threatening-structure/

2013-03-25 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-80 at mile marker 304.1 (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130325/NEWS/130329863

2013-03-25 - Car and car dealership damaged by blaze in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/908131--suspicious-fire-causes-200-000-damage-to-kitchener-car-dealership

2013-03-25 - Several vehicles and city vehicle maintenance facility damaged by blaze in Iowa City (Iowa):
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20130326/NEWS01/303260022/1079/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130327/NEWS/303270076/1001/
http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/Half-of-county-s-snowplow-fleet-lost/-/9357080/19486270/-/14rw9en/-/index.html

Quote: "...fire was confined to a single vehicle maintenance and storage facility. He said the building housed vehicles such as dump trucks and snow plows, and a few were damaged."

2013-03-25 - Two vehicles, boat and garage damaged by fire at home on McAdoo Creek Road in Clarksville (Tennessee):
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20130325/NEWS01/303250028/-1/

2013-03-25 - Man starts car, garage explodes and burns, at home in Charlotte (North Carolina), 1 injured:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/21783027/turn-of-a-vehicles-ignition-causes-explosion-fire-at-charlotte-home
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Small-car-explosion-sparks-fire-at-home-in---199834671.html

2013-03-25 - Antique snowmobiles and barn destroyed by fire on Elk Creek Road in Watertown Township (Michigan):
http://www.sanilacbroadcasting.com/about-us/item/1609-barn-housing-antiques-destroyed-by-fire-friday

2013-03-25 - Barn destroyed by fire in Brighton (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan, 1 goat killed:
http://www.westofthei.com/2013/03/25/update-barn-total-loss-one-goat-dead-in-brighton-fire/40464

2013-03-25 - Barn destroyed by fire in Bothell (Washington):
http://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/199959821.html
http://kirkland.patch.com/articles/see-smoke-barn-fire-in-kirkland

Note: A car burst into flame on a street in Bothell recently too, as mentioned in the 2013-03-13 update. Bothell is just 3 miles from the coast...

2013-03-25 - Barn destroyed by fire in northeast Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://www.news9.com/story/21788920/crews-battle-structure-fire-in-northeast-okc
http://kfor.com/2013/03/25/crews-working-to-put-out-barn-fire/

2013-03-25 - Barn damaged by fire in Merriman (Michigan):
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=876611
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=876791

Quote: "Firefighters say that spontaneous combustion of hay bales was the cause of a barn fire..."

2013-03-25 - Barn damaged by fire in Martinsville (New Jersey):
http://bridgewater.patch.com/articles/barn-apartment-fire-displaces-residents

2013-03-25 - Lawnmower repair shop hit by blaze in Delavan (Wisconsin), near Delavan Lake:
http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Emergency-crews-respond-to-store-fire-in-Delavan-199914031.html

Note: Gas lawnmowers are powered by combustion engines, like really small no-frills cars...

2013-03-25 - Cardboard bursts into flame at recycling center in Waterloo (Iowa):
http://www.woi-tv.com/story/21789587/officials-fire-smoldered-at-iowa-recycling-center

Note: Another absorbent flammable material spontaneously combusting...

2013-03-25 - Gas can explodes inside garage at home in Louisville (Kentucky), man critically burned:
http://www.wave3.com/story/21789146/man-burned-over-half-his-body-in-garage-fire

2013-03-25 - Transformer explodes and burns at substation in Ravensdale (Washington):
http://www.krem.com/news/northwest-news/199961751.html
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/No-injuries-in-Ravensdale-power-station-explosion-fire-199981821.html
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Explosion-fire-at-Ravensdale-electrical-substation-199958971.html

Note: There are seven lakes within 2 miles of there...

2013-03-25 - Chemical plant explodes and burns at Seberang Perai Industrial Park (Malaysia), man incinerated:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/3/25/nation/20130325135445

2013-03-25 - School destroyed by blaze in Barangay San Luis, Antipolo City in the Philippine Islands:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/379479/fire-razes-antipolo-school

2013-03-25 - Home damaged by fire in Swan Creek Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/03/swan_creek_residents_escape_fi.html

2013-03-25 - Vacant oceanfront home erupts in flame in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/va_beach/crews-fight-fire-at-oceanfront-home
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/25/crews-put-out-flames-at-vacant-oceanfront-home/

2013-03-25 - Vacant mobile home destroyed by fire in Hollister (Missouri):
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=784802

2013-03-25 - Vacant home burns in Eden (Maryland), near Wicomico Creek:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20130326/NEWS01/130326001/WICOMICO-Fire-damages-vacant-Eden-home

2013-03-25 - Vacant hotel burns in neighborhood of coastal Washington DC:
http://dcist.com/2013/03/fires_hits_vacant_transient_hotel_o.php
http://newcolumbiaheights.blogspot.com/2013/03/fire-tears-through-vacant-hotel-at-14th.html

2013-03-25 - Large fire rips through vacant building in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/NOFD-battles-3-alarm-fire-in-Mid-City/-/9853400/19452672/-/kxruapz/-/index.html

2013-03-24 - Wildfire erupts near coastal Port St. Lucie (Florida), hundreds evacuated, 4 homes destroyed:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Port-St-Lucie-wildfire-destroys-4-homes/-/1637132/19454592/-/d6scvx/-/index.html
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/updated-120acre-brush-fire-st-lucie-co-40-contained-6100.shtml

2013-03-24 - Brush fire breaks out at South Beach in coastal Staten Island (New York):
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/staten_island_south_beach_brus.html

Note: It's not even fire season yet. Look at the above fires: in low-lying areas where highly flammable heavier-than-air hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate. The gas will be absorbed into absorbent flammable materials, like brush, dried grass, dead trees, etc., and eventually spontaneously combust or find some other ignition source (rusty iron/steel, lightning, whatever) and then you'll see fires like this. Areas likely to be hardest hit by fires are coastal communities (like the one recently wiped out in South Carolina, as mentioned in the 2013-03-16 update), and communities that are downwind of low-lying areas like valleys, gorges, canyons, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, rivers, quays, harbors, etc. Also, communities on the western side of mountains may be hit hard too, at least at times, as the gas will not always blow over the mountains and will slide back down, sometimes accumulating on the side from which the wind comes...

2013-03-24 - Apartment explodes at apartment complex in Harrison Township (Michigan), 1 injured:
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/macomb_county/explosion-at-apartments-in-macomb-county-sends-at-least-one-person-to-the-hospital-with-burns

Quote: "A total of 16 units have been damaged and three units have major structural damage.  The fire chief said no one will be sleeping in the apartment building tonight.  They are unsure if it will have to be torn down because of the damage to the foundation."

Note: Harrison sits on the shore of Lake St. Clair...

2013-03-24 - Boat bursts into flame in Mission Bay near coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.10news.com/news/mission-bay-boat-fire-03242013
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/24/boat-fire-rescue-mission-bay/

2013-03-24 - Boat bursts into flame behind Maddigan’s Waterfront Grill in Occoquan (Virginia):
http://potomaclocal.com/2013/03/24/occoquan-boat-fire-cause-electrical/

Note: They say 'electrical fire'. Well, seeing as hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, a whole lot of fires are ostensibly going to be 'electrical fires', in the sense that the fires will break out near electrified copper, such as that near batteries in vehicles...

2013-03-24 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-44 at Vandeventer in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ktrs.com/news/local-news/item/7935-update-i-44-reopens-in-st-louis-after-semi-fire

2013-03-24 - Chartered prom bus bursts into flame on road in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Prom-Bus-Catches-Fire-199791681.html
http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/Bus-catches-fire-before-students-board-for-prom/-/9674510/19453934/-/4iupbbz/-/index.html

2013-03-24 - Transit bus bursts into flame on Welshpool Road in coastal Perth (Australia):
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/concerns-after-another-gas-bus-fire-in-wa/story-e6freono-1226605441505

Quote: "A month after Perth drivers threatened to walk off the job unless answers were given about the cause of several gas bus fires, another caught fire at a depot in Welshpool on Sunday night."

2013-03-24 - Passenger bus bursts into flame near Buddhist area in East Champaran District (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Lankan-monks-escape-unhurt-as-bus-catches-fire/articleshow/19179523.cms

2013-03-24 - SUV bursts into flame at Riverside Cemetery in coastal Norwalk (Connecticut):
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/fire-destroys-car-at-norwalk-cemetery-1.4888867
http://www.thehour.com/news/norwalk/car-fire-ignites-at-riverside-cemetery/article_24c7c08f-8de2-59ec-bcf8-403d605e9e6a.html

2013-03-24 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at church on Upper Bellbrook Road in Beavercreek (Ohio):
http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/news/news/local/pickup-catches-fire-in-church-lot/nW3Kq/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/gallery/news/arrowbrook-church-truck-fire/g8gF/
http://abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_vid_12139.shtml

2013-03-24 - Three cars destroyed by explosion, and two homes damaged, in the Lenten Pool area of Denbigh (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-21918726

Note: First they say an item placed under one of the cars caused the explosion, then they say they don't know what caused the explosion. So, they're guessing...

2013-03-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked in parking lot in Bethel Township (Pennsylvania):
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=463175

2013-03-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked in Kwik Trip parking lot in Beaver Dam (Wisconsin):
http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/local/article_135d2240-94eb-11e2-ad16-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home on Westfield Place in Yeovil (Britain):
http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/news/10310228.Suspicious_car_fire_in_Westfield_Close_in_Yeovil/

2013-03-24 - Car bursts into flame on Kilworthy Road in Tavistock (Britain), 2 injured:
http://www.tavistockpeople.co.uk/Vehicle-Tavistock/story-18509802-detail/story.html
www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/casualties-treated-car-Tavistock/story-18509891-detail/story.html

Note: Tavistock is named for the River Tavy, which runs along the city...

2013-03-24 - Two vehicles and garage destroyed by fire in Black Forest (Colorado):
http://www.gazette.com/articles/fire-152693-firefighters-forest.html

2013-03-24 - Town garage and 5 vehicles and ice cream shop destroyed by fire within 2 hours in Bingham (Maine):
http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Two-fires-in-Bingham-late-Saturday-subject-of-arson-investigation.html
http://www.pressherald.com/news/bingham-blazes-destroy-garage-damage-business_2013-03-25.html

Quote: "A tractor, a sewage tank truck, a trailer, a plow truck and a bucket loader were destroyed."

Quote: "The ice cream shop, Here's the Scoop, is owned by Scott and Vicki Stanchfield, who work and live next door at the Riverside Inn."

Note: They suspect arson because the fires were in non-running vehicles and because the two fires occurred within 2 hours. Well, as they obviously haven't noticed, non-running vehicles are spontaneously combusting everywhere. That's probably because hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper like that near the batteries on vehicles. And multiple fires in the same general area in a short period of time is what you might expect to see if a flammable hydrogen sulfide and/or methane atmospheric gas plume were to blow through an area. While their assumptions may have been reasonable in the past, such assumptions are going to be increasingly incorrect as time goes on. Also, Bingham is near Wyman Lake and sits along the eastern bank of the Kennebec River...

2013-03-24 - Barn destroyed by fire near Meherrin (Virginia):
http://wflo.net/?p=7670

2013-03-24 - Barn destroyed by fire near Mendota (Illinois):
http://wlponews.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/barn-fire-2/

2013-03-24 - Huge wooden water park erupts in flame on the Neuse River in James City (North Carolina):
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/cops-courts-and-calamity/suspicious-fire-damages-popular-water-park-along-the-neuse-river-1.116583

2013-03-24 - Cabinet-maker shop and home destroyed by fire in Mount Vernon (Maine):
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=236452

Quote: "...the building contained a first floor cabinet making business, and the second floor was the person's home."

Note: Wood is an absorbent flammable material and it is absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Also, Mount Vernon is surrounded by ponds and lakes...

2013-03-24 - Rubbish bursts into flame outside building in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Rubbish-fire-at-Remmington-quickly-doused-4382399.php

2013-03-24 - Transformer explodes on pole in Bethesda (Maryland), near the Potomac River:
http://www.bethesdanow.com/2013/03/24/utility-pole-transformer-causes-power-outages-sunday-afternoon/

2013-03-24 - Storage building catches fire on Coble Mill Road in Snow Camp (North Carolina):
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=276646
http://myfox8.com/2013/03/24/fire-reported-at-storage-building-in-alamance-county/

2013-03-24 - Food-drying unit bursts into flame at business in Marshfield (Wisconsin):
http://www.wbtv.com/story/21783027/turn-of-a-vehicles-ignition-causes-explosion-fire-at-charlotte-home

Quote: "Damage from a weekend fire at a food ingredient plant in central Wisconsin is estimated at $1 million."

2013-03-24 - Massive inferno destroys apartment building in coastal Lynn (Massachusetts), 37 people homeless:
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/25/lynn-firefighters-battling-alarm-blaze-apartment-complex/9qDusDBHVG7zH581TbfhIO/story.html
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/Fire-rips-through-3-story-apartment-building-in-Lynn/-/11984708/19451594/-/3vba8z/-/index.html

2013-03-24 - High-rise apartment building catches fire on North Lakeview in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan, 1 injured:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9039736
http://www.suntimes.com/news/19079408-418/man-critically-injured-in-lincoln-park-high-rise-fire.html

2013-03-24 - High-rise apartment building erupts in flame in Fort Worth (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/24/4724896/1-hurt-many-displaced-in-high.html
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Three-alarm-fire-at-Fort-Worth-senior-center-199754151.html

2013-03-24 - Fire ravages six apartments at apartment building in Brooklyn Center (Minnesota):
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/21778364/many-units

Note: Brooklyn Center sits on the bank of the Mississippi River...

2013-03-24 - Fire rips through apartment building in Beecher Falls (Vermont), 10 people homeless:
http://www.wcax.com/story/21780554/beecher-falls-fire-leaves-families-homeless

2013-03-24 - Home burns for second time in three days on Lakeshore Drive in Hudson (Massachusetts):
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x609792696/Second-fire-breaks-out-at-Hudson-home

2013-03-24 - House destroyed by fire near Cross Lake in Lysander (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/firefighters_battle_blaze_from.html

Quote: "Firefighters brought in water from a nearby creek using tanker trucks to douse the blaze. The fire was reported between Fire Lane 14 and Route 370, near the northeast corner of the lake, which straddles Onondaga and Cayuga counties."

2013-03-24 - Two vacant apartments catch fire hours apart at apartment complex in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-newport-news-apartment-fire-0324,0,5996276.story

2013-03-24 - Vacant garage burns on Whitesboro Street in Utica (New York):
http://www.uticaod.com/news/x1551270061/Fire-reported-on-Whitesboro-Street

2013-03-24 - Vacant structure burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, 73rd since mid-November:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-accomack-county-fire-0324,0,1950243.story

2013-03-24 - Vacant apartment building destroyed by fire in Old Forge (Pennsylvania):
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/fire-destroys-vacant-old-forge-apartment-1.1463087
http://wnep.com/2013/03/24/early-morning-fire-at-a-vacant-apartment-building/

2013-03-24 - Vacant home burns in Battle Creek (Michigan):
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20130324/NEWS01/303240011/Police-Fire-Report-Fire-damages-vacant-house

2013-03-24 - Vacant house burns in Elba (New York):
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_6d2ba7c4-954a-11e2-a9f0-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-24 - Vacant church burns in Elkins (West Virginia):
http://www.wboy.com/story/21780871/firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-vacant-randolph-county-church

2013-03-23 - Underground fire and explosion hits downtown Albany (New York), manhole covers blown off:
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S2973741.shtml
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Manhole-covers-fly-again-4378960.php

Quote: "But it's the third accident in just six months in downtown Albany. Last September, a burning cable led to an underground explosion in the afternoon, blowing a roughly three-hundred pound manhole cover into the air along Pearl Street. The following week, 3,700 people lost power after another underground fire."

2013-03-23 - RVs, campers and boats destroyed by huge blaze at Weber Creek Storage in Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51305886/
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/21777374/several-rvs-and-boats-destroyed-in-massive-blaze

Quote: "The first arriving officers described it as looking like Dante's inferno..."

Quote: "Several motor homes were destroyed in the fire, some of which cost half a million dollars each."

2013-03-23 - Boat explodes and burns inside storage facility at marina in Spring Lake (Michigan), 2 other boats damaged too:
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/03/man_seriously_burned_in_boat_e.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/03/boat_explosion_fire_damages_no.html
http://www.freep.com/article/20130323/NEWS06/130323049/Man-injured-during-explosion-fire-West-Michigan-marina-

Note: Look at the above two fires: both storage facilities for vehicles. As I've mentioned, it's not too safe to park your vehicle next to other vehicles, not with all the vehicles spontaneously combusting now. Well, that's ALL these places do: park vehicles next to each other. As a consequence, these fires can be devastating. The worst such fire so far was when 200 boats, RVs and collector cars went up in flames at a storage facility in Mishawaka (Indiana), as mentioned in the 2013-02-11 update. That's still the current record for most vehicles to be incinerated in one fire...

2013-03-23 - Boat bursts into flame near Malletts Bay on Lake Champlain, near Colchester (Vermont):
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20121026/NEWS02/310260014

2013-03-23 - Boat bursts into flame on the River Nene in Northampton (Britain):
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/canal-boat-in-northampton-completely-destroyed-by-fire-1-4931470

2013-03-23 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-10 on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge near Henderson (Louisiana):
http://www.wbrz.com/news/18-wheeler-fire-shuts-down-i-10-eastbound-on-basin-bridge/
http://www.katc.com/news/18-wheeler-on-fire-on-basin-bridge/

2013-03-23 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road near Lindale (Texas):
http://www.kltv.com/story/21775214/crews-responding-to-18-wheeler-fire-in-smith-county

2013-03-23 - Tractor bursts into flame in Monkleigh, near Bideford (Britain):
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/Tractor-damaged-Monkleigh/story-18503814-detail/story.html

2013-03-23 - Van bursts into flame while parked in car park at nature reserve in Othery (Britain):
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Transit-van-Othery-nature-reserve-car-park/story-18509732-detail/story.html
http://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/10310219.Van_on_fire_at_nature_reserve_near_Othery/

Note: Othery sits on a detached extension of Sowy Island and is near Bridgwater and Langport...

2013-03-23 - Van bursts into flame while parked outside Punjab Congress headquarters in Chandigarh (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/doordarshan-ob-van-catches-fire-113032300162_1.html

2013-03-23 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in commercial garage in Waltham (Massachusetts):
http://waltham.patch.com/articles/overnight-car-fire-reported-on-willow-street

Note: As you can see from the map/image in the story, this occurred about one block from the Charles River...

2013-03-23 - Four cars destroyed by blaze in garage in coastal Quidnessett (Rhode Island):
http://northkingstown.patch.com/articles/garage-fire-in-quidnessett-destroys-4-cars

2013-03-23 - Car bursts into flame on Morlaix Avenue in Truro (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Car-closes-Truro-road/story-18503421-detail/story.html

2013-03-23 - Car bursts into flame on New Hey Road in Rastrick (Britain):
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/local/car-fire-in-rastrick-1-5525378

2013-03-23 - Car bursts into flame near at home near Bowling Green (Ohio), garage slightly scorched too:
http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/car-fire-slightly-damages-home

2013-03-23 - Car bursts into flame at intersection in Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.kwch.com/photos/kwch-news-jlr-photos-car-fire-at-douglas-and-rock-rd-20130323,0,1602580.photogallery

2013-03-23 - Vehicle bursts into flame in restaurant parking lot in Ford City (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/03/23/fire-pours-from-vehicle-in-restaurant-parking-lot/

2013-03-23 - Massive blaze destroys trucking business in Van Wert (Ohio):
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130324/LOCAL07/303249883/1043/LOCAL07
http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/large-fire-breaks-out-in-van-wert-building

2013-03-23 - Vehicle, motorcycle and barn destroyed by fire in Ferguson (Iowa):
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/558550/Firefighters-douse-Melbourne-barn-blaze.html

2013-03-23 - Barn destroyed by fire in Barbourville (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Barn-a-total-loss-after-fire-199711601.html

2013-03-23 - Barn destroyed by fire in Gobles (Michigan), some animals killed:
http://www.wwmt.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wwmt_firefighters-battle-barn-fire-gobles-8664.shtml

2013-03-23 - Barn destroyed by fire near Warrensburg (Missouri):
http://groucho-karl-marx.blogspot.com/2013/03/barn-destroyed-by-fire-south-of.html

2013-03-23 - Barn destroyed by fire in Springfield (Illinois):
http://www.wics.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_10181.shtml

2013-03-23 - Pizzeria oven explodes at baseball field in Lithia (Florida), 10 miles from the coast, 1 injured:
http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2013/mar/23/man-burned-in-pizzeria-explosion-at-lithia-basebal-ar-668428/

2013-03-23 - One home destroyed by fire and second home damaged, in Cascade (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Two-Homes-On-Fire-In-Cascade-Firefighters-On-Scene-199731531.html

Quote: "The Cascade Fire Department requested backup from both the Green Mountain Falls/Chipita Park and Manitou Springs Fire Departments."

2013-03-23 - Fire tears through condo building twice in one day in Lakewood (New Jersey), 4 families homeless:
http://www.app.com/article/20130322/NJNEWS/303220129/1070/NEWS02

2013-03-23 - Blaze rips through home in Port Crane (New York):
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20130323/NEWS01/303230045/Fire-rips-through-Port-Crane-home

2013-03-23 - Home heavily damaged by fire on on Mill Road off Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/firefighters-fight-blaze-home-mill-road/nW22S/

2013-03-23 - Unoccupied home damaged by fire in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/House-Fire-Investigated-in-Colorado-Springs--199713671.html

Note: When I use the term 'unoccupied' I mean that the home or business is inhabited but people were away at the time. I use the term 'vacant' for homes and businesses that are abandoned and nobody lives or works there at all. In this case, a mother and her son were away when their home burst into flame...

2013-03-23 - Vacant home burns in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/vacant-house-fire-199680701.html

2013-03-23 - Vacant house burns in Dayton (Kentucky):
http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/news-northern-kentucky/-Suspicious-fire-burns-vacant-Campbell-County-house/-/13608792/19438956/-/q18y0jz/-/index.html

2013-03-23 - Vacant three-story building burns in Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/fire_erupted_inside_vacant_thr.html

2013-03-23 - Vacant home heavily damaged by fire in St. Charles (Illinois):
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2013/03/24/fire-causes-extensive-damage-to-vacant-st-charles-home/ax2vozg/

2013-03-23 - Vacant house and shed destroyed by fire in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/story/21777321/vacant-house-fire-under-investigation

2013-03-23 - Vacant home burns in Charleston (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/21776635/charleston-fire-crews-extinguished-a-blaze-at-a-vacant-home-saturday-evening

2013-03-23 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in District Heights (Maryland):
www.gazette.net/article/20130324/NEWS/130329420/1124/fire-consumes-vacant-district-heights-house-saturday

2013-03-22 - Mysterious explosion rattles homes around Gainesville (Florida), near Newmans Lake:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130322/ARTICLES/130329812/1182?Title=No-answers-just-theories-after-sonic-boom-rattles-Gainesville

Note: Probably more atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and/or methane exploding. People may be sleeping through these neighborhood-shaking explosions at the moment but that will all change once these explosions begin destroying entire towns or large portions of major cities...

2013-03-22 - Home explodes and burns in Penn Forest Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130323/NEWS90/130329908/-1/

2013-03-22 - Manufacturing facility explodes in coastal Tarapur (India), 4 killed, 16 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130323-38609-IND
http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/two-killed-in-explosion-in-maharashtra_837177.html

Quote: "The impact of the explosion was felt by residents in 10 km radius as asbestos sheets, glasses of nearby factories and homes were shattered."

Note: That's more than a 6-mile radius, so that was one huge explosion...

2013-03-22 - Apartment explodes in 9-story residential building in coastal St. Petersburg (Russia), 1 killed, 7 injured, 90 homeless:
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130323/180195928.html
http://rt.com/news/gas-explosion-st.petersburg-house-717/

2013-03-22 - Beverage factory explodes in Sukkur (Pakistan):
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-93399-Sukkur:-Explosion-at-a-beverage-factory-

2013-03-22 - Boat bursts into flame on Squaw Lake near Yuma (Arizona):
http://www.yumasun.com/news/fire-86238-boat-caught.html

2013-03-22 - School bus bursts into flame while parked near business in Monroe City (Indiana):
http://wvut.org/2013/03/firefighters-respond-to-school-bus-fire/

2013-03-22 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-84 near Fruitland (Idaho):
http://www.nwcn.com/news?fId=199603601&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10227
http://www.idahopress.com/news/local/truck-catches-fire-on-i/article_30c7c85a-9372-11e2-a411-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-22 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame inside business in Lincoln (Nebraska):
http://journalstar.com/news/local/semi-catches-fire-inside-sapp-bros/article_ecb1a582-7e66-577f-afcc-da93dc3e8782.html
http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/Truck-sparks-small-warehouse-blaze/-/9674510/19423998/-/10gwl70/-/index.html

2013-03-22 - Box truck bursts into flame near business in Rochester (Minnesota):
http://www.myfox47.com/story/21773002/2013/03/22/rochester-firefighters-respond-to-truck-fire
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/passerby-saves-rochester-business-from-fire-damage/article_d6f21b5f-a317-5ccf-bcfc-908948b952bb.html

2013-03-22 - Truck bursts into flame on Highway 12 near Montesano (Washington), in Grays Harbor County:
http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/truck-fire-leads-backup-collision.html

2013-03-22 - Two 4x4 SUVs burst into flame in Walker Valley (Washington), 1 mile from Big Lake:
http://washingtondnr.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/volunteers-to-the-rescue-after-a-bizarre-series-of-car-fires-in-walker-valley-orv-area/

2013-03-22 - SUV bursts into flame on Old Battleground Road in Greensboro (North Carolina):
http://www.news-record.com/news/948110-91/greensboro-car-fire-caught-on

2013-03-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked in backyard at home on Princeton Avenue in Liberal (Kansas):
http://www.kscbnews.net/news/?nk=22610

2013-03-22 - Classic car bursts into flame in driveway in coastal Benicia (California):
http://benicia.patch.com/articles/classic-car-catches-fire-on-sanborn-court-photos#photo-13759413

2013-03-22 - Car bursts into flame on the Florida Turnpike in coastal Boca Raton (Florida):
http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_6083.shtml

2013-03-22 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 331 near DeFuniak Springs (Florida):
http://fosterfollynews.com/2013/03/22/car-fire-friday-on-hwy-331-in-walton-county/
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/car-catches-fire-alongside-u-s-hwy-331-1.115701

2013-03-22 - Car bursts into flame on the Shoreway in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/traffic/traffic_news/car-on-fire-closes-east-and-westbound-lanes-of-clevelands-shoreway

2013-03-22 - Car bursts into flame at intersection in El Paso (Texas):
http://www.kdbc.com/news/overnight-fire-severely-damages-car

2013-03-22 - Car bursts into flame inside auto shop in Chittenango (New York), shop damaged too:
http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/3470/3990285?title=fire_news
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20130322/1205259/Burgun-Auto-Fire.htm

2013-03-22 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Ohio 161 in St. Albans Township (Ohio):
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20130322/NEWS01/303220021/Vehicle-fire-briefly-closes-westbound-Ohio-161

2013-03-22 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the M5 in Gloucestershire (Britain):
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Vehicle-M5-motorway-southbound-Gloucestershire/story-18493886-detail/story.html

2013-03-21 - Motorcycle bursts into flame while parked at apartment building in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2013/03/22/huge-apartment-fire-in-north-seattle/
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Crews-respond-to-fire-at-4-story-apartment-building-near-Northgate-199572631.html
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020621938_apartmentfirexml.html
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Fire-burns-large-apartment-building-in-North-Seattle-199572971.html

Note: The motorcycle fire spread to a car and dumpster then to the apartment building itself. As mentioned a number of times, you don't want to park your vehicle(s) near your residence so that you don't lose everything when either one bursts into flame. Of course, in an apartment building, even if YOU don't park near the building, others likely will, since they probably aren't aware of what's going on...

2013-03-22 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at home in Penn Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.eveningsun.com/news/ci_22852184/crews-working-at-two-alarm-fire-penn-twp

2013-03-22 - Towering fire destroys building at auto wrecking yard in Madras (Oregon):
http://www.ktvz.com/news/Madras-wrecking-yard-fire-sends-up-big-smoke-plume/-/413192/19434212/-/req81c/-/index.html

Quote: "The building that burned stored auto parts, NewsChannel 21 was told on scene."

2013-03-22 - Huge fire erupts at RV and boat parts dealer in Port Trevorton (Pennsylvania):
http://www.abc27.com/story/21769328/parts-of-route-1115
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/03/fire_destroys_warehouse_at_sny.html

Quote: "Keller Marine & RV owners say they’ll rebuild after a six-alarm fire destroyed the main warehouse and millions of dollars worth of inventory this morning."

2013-03-22 - Several cars and two homes damaged by blaze on Riverwalk Court in the Deer Creek neighborhood of Hebron (Ohio):
http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/news-northern-kentucky/Neighboring-homes-catch-fire-in-Hebron-community/-/13608792/19435998/-/gu8k7q/-/index.html

Note: The fire began in a garage at one home (probably in a vehicle) then spread to the home, then to an adjacent home, and a third home got a bit scorched too. And wow, people still park vehicles in attached garages? That seems kinda crazy, what with all the vehicles spontaneously combusting these days...

2013-03-22 - Five tractors and barn full of equipment destroyed by fire in Corinna (Maine):
http://www.wabi.tv/news/38634/update-fire-destroys-barn-at-corinna-farm
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/21/news/mid-maine/barn-on-fire-in-corinna/

Quote: "Two fully restored antique tractors were lost to the fire along with a loader tractor and two other tractors that were being restored."

2013-03-22 - Barn destroyed by massive blaze near downtown Hurricane (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Massive-Barn-Fire-Lights-Up-Night-Sky-199646451.html
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130322_14819.shtml

2013-03-22 - Barn destroyed by fire in Litchfield (New Hampshire):
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/No-one-hurt-in-barn-fire-at-Litchfield-farm/-/9857858/19427636/-/s6bs9oz/-/index.html
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/997794-469/three-alarm-fire-engulfs-litchfield-barn.html
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130322/NEWS07/130329682
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/03/22/fire-leaves-nearly-1-million-in-damage-to-wilson-farm-in-new-hampshire/

Quote: "Early estimates are that the fire caused nearly $1 million in damage."

Quote: "No one was hurt and the livestock are fine, but everything inside was destroyed, including tractors, seed and farm equipment."

Quote: "About 10 neighbors who gathered around the farm Friday shared rumors that the blaze started as a car fire."

2013-03-22 - Barn destroyed by fire in Burlington (Kentucky), several animals killed:
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Cows-Pigs-Die-in-Boone-County-Barn-Fire/cOs4YV3SZk2tc9fhqVZDnw.cspx
http://www.kypost.com/dpps/news/region_northern_kentucky/burlington/crews-fight-barn-fire-in-burlington_8343184
http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20130322/NEWS/303220062/Several-animals-feared-dead-Burlington-barn-fire

2013-03-22 - Barn destroyed by fire near rural Colton (South Dakota):
http://www.ksfy.com/story/21765452/crews-fight-barn-fire-near-colton

2013-03-22 - Barn destroyed by fire in Montrose (Michigan):
http://www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=875454
http://www.wnem.com/story/21771053/fire-destroys-barn-in-montrose-township

Quote: "That's when the building containing wood and heavy equipment went up in flames."

2013-03-22 - Barn, two outbuildings and trailer destroyed by fire near Irvine (Kentucky):
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/2d06c0df14974933957550ac9a947267/KY--Buildings-Burn

2013-03-22 - Hog barn destroyed by fire near Dell Rapids (South Dakota):
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20130323/NEWS/303230013/Hog-barn-engulfed-by-fire-near-Dell-Rapids

2013-03-22 - Garage and 2 or 3 other buildings housing equipment destroyed by fire in Westmoreland (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/21765775/several-buildings-catch-fire-in-westmoreland

Quote: "Crews said the fire spread to two or three others buildings that were filled with equipment."

2013-03-22 - Another gas station catches fire in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://www.wral.com/raleigh-gas-station-fire-billows-black-smoke/12257335/
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9037610

2013-03-22 - Transformer bursts into flame in Jean Lafitte (Louisiana), 200 homes lose power:
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/03/more_than_200_homes_lose_power.html

Note: Jean Lafitte is sandwiched between Lake Salvador and the Mississippi River, and is also near the Gulf Coast...

2013-03-22 - Wood bursts into flame in pickup truck bed near Arlington (Indiana):
http://rushvillerepublican.com/local/x1221096072/Truck-bed-fire-quickly-extinguished

2013-03-22 - Deck bursts into flame at home off River Road in Agawam (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/agawam_deck_fire_causes_30k_da.html

Note: Deck made of wood? I bet it was. Wood and other absorbent flammable materials (paper, cardboard, generic trash, clothing, hay, straw, mulch, etc.) are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Also, from the map in the story, this place is ONE BLOCK from the Connecticut River, a low-lying area where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate when the wind isn't blowing it on and from where any gas that has accumulated will blow when the wind picks up. So you probably don't want a big pile of wood attached to your residence, and especially not if you're a block from a big river like that. On the plus side, doesn't sound like this fire did anything but destroy the deck, so now they DON'T have a big pile of wood attached to their home. Of course, if their HOME is made of wood, or they park a vehicle next to it...

2013-03-22 - Deck bursts into flame at home in Middletown (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/article/20130322/NJNEWS/303220100/1004/NEWS01

Note: If you look this place up with mapping software, you will see it's right next to Poncy Brook, so close they could throw a rock into the brook from their deck, if it hadn't just burned up...

2013-03-22 - Goodwill store destroyed by fire in Searcy (Arkansas):
http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=647802

Note: Lotsa clothes in such places, another flammable absorbent material. Nobody was there at the time, off-hours...

2013-03-22 - Culvert bursts into flame beneath Cary Parkway in Cary (North Carolina):
http://www.wncn.com/story/21769187/culvert-fire-closes-section-of-cary-parkway

2013-03-22 - Deadly fire tears through bath house in coastal Yueqing (China), naked bathers flee, 1 killed, 6 injured:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/naked-bathers-flee-fire-leaking-gas-pipe-sparks-massive-fire-at-bathhouse-in-china-92407/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/naked-bathers-flee-building-fire-china-article-1.1296240

2013-03-22 - Inferno rages through refugee camp in Thailand, at least 60 killed, 100 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130322-38607-THA
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020625640_apasthailandmyanmarrefugees.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-03/23/c_132256955.htm

Quote: "More than 60 Karen refugees from Myanmar were killed and over 100 others wounded by a brushfire Friday night which engulfed their refugee camp in northwestern Thailand..."

2013-03-22 - Apartment catches fire in coastal Folly Beach (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=228658
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/21764172/early-morning-apartment-fire-on-folly-beach-leaves-one-dead

2013-03-22 - Small house erupts in flame at Hawaiian Ocean View Estates in the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii):
http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/community-bulletin/officials-investigating-hove-structure-fire.html

2013-03-22 - Fire erupts at unoccupied home under renovation in Spring Valley (Ohio):
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/greene_county/fire-burns-through-spring-valley-home

2013-03-22 - Vacant home burns in Medford (Oregon):
http://www.kdrv.com/vacant-home-fire-under-investigation/

2013-03-22 - Vacant house burns in Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/21771457/vacant-house-fire-on-peabody-determined-to-be-arson

2013-03-22 - Vacant mansion destroyed by huge fire in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://fox43.com/2013/03/23/vacant-mansion-goes-up-in-flames-in-manheim-township/

2013-03-22 - Vacant building burns in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local//item/52601-morning-fire-breaks-out-at-vacant-dwelling-in-mt-airy/

2013-03-21 - Mysterious explosion rocks neighborhood in East Brainerd (Tennessee):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/21763116/police-investigating-reported-explosion-in-east-brainerd
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/mysterious-explosion-east-brainerd-4671.shtml

2013-03-21 - Home explodes and burns in Eagle Butte (South Dakota), 1 injured:
http://www.drgnews.com/2013/03/21/woman-taken-to-hospital-after-home-explosion-in-eagle-butte-wednesday/

2013-03-21 - Six boats destroyed or damaged by fire in suburb of coastal Mandurah (Australia):
http://www.mandurahmail.com.au/story/1379336/another-suspicious-boat-fire/

2013-03-21 - Two boats burst into flame in the Coventry Canal near Foleshill (Britain):
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2013/03/21/two-boats-fires-at-coventry-canal-92746-33033121/

2013-03-21 - Boat bursts into flame outside home in coastal Spring Hill (Florida), fire spreads, home destroyed too:
http://www.realnewsrealfast.com/about/article.php/fire-engulfs-home-and-boat--officials-report-a-total-loss-18583
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fire/fire-destroys-mobile-home-in-spring-hill-birds-saved/2110464

2013-03-21 - School bus bursts into flame at intersection in Liberty Township (Ohio):
http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/crews-extinguish-school-bus-fire/nWzb3/

2013-03-21 - School bus bursts into flame while parked on street in Garfield (Pennsylvania), nearby home damaged too:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/school-bus-parked-street-goes-flames/nWzSR/

Quote: "It was intense, like post-apocalyptic sort of stuff..."

2013-03-21 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on Mysore Road near Bytarayanapura (India):
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article1512079.ece
http://www.indiaeveryday.in/karnataka/fullnews-bus-catches-fire-1-hurt-1164-5236980.htm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Bus-tyre-bursts-sparks-off-a-fire/articleshow/19118164.cms

Note: The fire started with the tires. That's the brake-friction and absorbency problem there. The problem is that tire rubber is absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane, probably the former because tires rest on the ground and hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas. Then when brakes are applied, the brake-friction generates more heat than usual (since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot), and then all sorts of bad things can happen: tires ignite or explode, fluid lines rupture, the brakes themselves ignite, the entire vehicle goes up in flame, or all of the above. This problem affects large and massive vehicles (like buses, tanker trucks, tractor trailers, etc.) more than smaller vehicles because big vehicles tend to have more tires (e.g. more rubber) and it takes more brake-friction to slow such vehicles so there is more chance that this problem will manifest...

2013-03-21 - Tractor bursts into flame on Balcombe Road near Crawley (Britain):
http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/county-news/tractor-fire-in-balcombe-road-1-4925410
http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/local/tractor-fire-closes-haywards-heath-road-1-4918520

2013-03-21 - RV bursts into flame at residence in Spokane (Washington), carport destroyed too:
http://www.krem.com/news/local/RV-fire-destroys-carport-on-Spokanes-South-Hill-199401611.html

2013-03-21 - RV and 2 cars burst into flame in Holsworthy (Britain):
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/police_and_fire_service_investigate_caravan_fire_in_holsworthy_1_1986920

2013-03-21 - Van bursts into flame at residence near St. Helena (California), in Napa Valley:
http://napavalleyregister.com/star/news/local/van-fire-put-out-on-property-near-st-helena/article_1acb32d0-9255-11e2-8a7f-0019bb2963f4.html

Note: It was a Volkswagon Vanagon that burned up. And looks like a nice solar panel installation there too. My Hippy Detector is going off! Heh, takes one to know one...

2013-03-21 - Van bursts into flame while parked at deli in North Webster (Indiana), fire damages deli too:
http://www.fox28.com/story/21754702/2013/03/21/north-webster-business-catches-fire-thursday-morning
http://www.staceypageonline.com/2013/03/21/vehicle-fire-damages-north-webster-business/

2013-03-21 - Van bursts into flame on Highway 28 in Kohler (Wisconsin), 2 miles from Lake Michigan:
http://www.sheboygandaily.com/2013/03/21/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-highway-28-during-thursday-lunch-hour/

2013-03-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at church on Forest Avenue in Ambler (Pennsylvania):
http://ambler.patch.com/articles/police-investigating-early-morning-vehicle-fire-on-forest-avenue

Note: That deli is about 500 feet from Webster Lake...

2013-03-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at school in Hayden (Colorado):
http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2013/mar/21/west-routt-firefighters-extinguish-vehicle-fire-ha/
http://www.steamboattoday.com/photos/galleries/2013/mar/21/truck-fire-hayden-high-school/

2013-03-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-10 in Metairie (Louisiana):
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2013/03/truck_fire_on_the_i-10_in_meta.html

2013-03-21 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home in Lawrence Township (New Jersey):
http://lawrenceville.patch.com/articles/early-morning-fire-destroys-car-video#photo-13744577

2013-03-21 - Car bursts into flame on Broadway in Pittsburg (Kansas):
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1433800005/Fires-take-Vilela-building-car-on-Broadway

Note: The story also mentions a fire at an auto body shop, but I mentioned that fire in the 2013-03-20 update...

2013-03-21 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Waterford (Connecticut):
http://www.theday.com/article/20130321/NWS04/130329899/1047

2013-03-21 - Car bursts into flame on I-35 in Emporia (Kansas):
http://www.emporiagazette.com/latest_news_and_features/article_c9db0628-9238-11e2-a066-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-21 - Vehicle bursts into flame while being towed, in Natchitoches Parish (Louisiana), fire spreads to another vehicle:
http://www.ktbs.com/news/Two-Vehicles-Total-Loss-After-Catching-Fire-On-Interstate/-/144844/19413202/-/5sjl0x/-/index.html

Note: The tow truck was damaged too, while the vehicle that burst into flame and another one were destroyed...

2013-03-21 - Vehicle bursts into flame near building in Brandon, Manitoba (Canada), fire lightly damages building too:
http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Building-evacuated-during-vehicle-fire-199355781.html

2013-03-21 - Vehicle bursts into flame on East Pennsville Street in Pennsville (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2013/03/pilesgrove_rubbish_fire_tops_l.html

Note: Pennsville is surrounded by bodies of water, almost an island...

2013-03-21 - Three vehicles and auto shop destroyed by fire in coastal Saint John (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/03/21/nb-saint-john-auto-shop-fire.html

2013-03-21 - Vehicle and garage damaged by fire at home in Rochester (Minnesota), 1 injured:
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130321/NEWS07/130329740
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/crime/fire-causes-to-northwest-rochester-garage-car/article_564d81a1-52d8-59df-adf5-35c79a18e2ec.html

2013-03-21 - Truck, forklift, digger, 1000 tires and shed burn at tire factory in Mayobridge (Ireland), 7 miles from the coast:
http://www.u.tv/News/Major-fire-at-Mayobridge-factory/13a62a9e-c64f-4bb2-aec3-b673a1a477d9

2013-03-21 - Semi's tire bursts into flame on Highway 93 near Curry (Nevada):
http://elkodaily.com/news/semi-on-fire-near-curry/article_f13f6e04-9263-11e2-a600-001a4bcf887a.html

Note: And again, the brake-friction and absorbency problem...

2013-03-21 - Tire shop damaged by fire in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.kpho.com/story/21759466/tire-shop-damaged-by-fire-thursday-morning

2013-03-21 - Airport hangar and 5 or 6 mobile homes destroyed by blaze in Dixon (California):
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/03/22/3-alarm-fire-breaks-out-at-small-dixon-airport-several-lose-homes/

Quote: "The hanger is usually used for maintenance on agricultural aircrafts — such as crop dusters — officials say."

Note: Were there any planes in there? If so then that'd be my guess on where the fire started. Just another kind of combustion vehicle, and those are spontaneously combusting everywhere now...

2013-03-21 - Barn destroyed by fire at equestrian center in Oregon (Ohio), 11 horses killed:
http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=874823
http://www.daytondailynews.com/ap/ap/ohio/fire-at-ohio-equestrian-center-kills-horses/nWywB/
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/03/21/Therapy-horse-riding-barn-burns-in-Oregon.html

2013-03-21 - Barn destroyed by fire in Warren County (Ohio), horse killed:
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/firefighters-battle-warren-county-barn-blaze/nWyxg/

2013-03-21 - Barn destroyed by fire in Sumner County (Tennessee):
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/21754637/barn-destroyed-by-fire-in-sumner-county
http://www.wsmv.com/story/21754396/barn-damaged-by-fire-in-sumner-county

Quote: "Investigators said hay inside the barn may have been what caught on fire..."

2013-03-21 - Barn damaged by fire near Willard (Missouri), several animals killed:
http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-several-animals-killed-in-barn-fire-near-willard-20130321,0,1204862.story

2013-03-21 - Barn damaged by fire at business on Barlow Road in Canby (Oregon):
http://canbyherald.com/news/2013/March/21/Local.News/fire.hits.barlow.road.barn.late.thursday.morning/news.aspx

2013-03-21 - Huge inferno burns through International Paper Company’s open-air paper storage warehouse in Red River Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130321/NEWS01/130321046/IP-warehouse-fire

Note: All flammable absorbent materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include wood, cardboard, paper, hay, straw, cotton, wool, clothing, pallets, frames for artwork, furniture, generic trash, etc.

2013-03-21 - Nine grass fires erupt in two weeks in Palo Pinto (Texas):
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Suspected-arsonist-turns-up-heat-on-Palo-Pinto-199431591.html

Quote: "There just is no reason for them to start..."

Note: Sure there is. Dried brush is a flammable absorbent material, it absorbs hydrogen sulfide and/or methane, and eventually spontaneous combustion occurs. This is just one consequence of our atmosphere filling up with accelerants. Eventually anything on the surface of the Earth that is combustible will burn: vehicles, homes, businesses, infrastructure, forests, brush. I used to think we might have five years left. That's starting to look optimistic...

2013-03-21 - Laundromat hit by major fire in coastal Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/two-alarm_fire_breaks_out_at_b.html

Note: And the day prior, two homes burned in Bayonne too...

2013-03-21 - Transformer explodes in Boardman (Ohio), near Mill Creek Park:
http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/mar/22/transformer-explosion-spills-oil-in-boar/

2013-03-21 - Gas main bursts into flame on Rivers Avenue in coastal North Charleston (South Carolina):
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/21762177/ncfd-responds-to-gas-main-fire

2013-03-21 - Massive fire rips through stage theater in Johnson County (Illinois):
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Massive-blaze-burns-building-in-Vienna-Illinois-area-199417511.html

Quote: "Morris said they were there Thursday morning and heard a pop in the attic, then saw smoke."

Note: There's that popping sound again, heard just before many fires this past year. That is probably a small hydrogen sulfide and/or methane plume finding an ignition source - possibly electrified copper - and igniting. When the plumes are large then you have entire neighborhoods shaking from the explosion, as with the 'mystery explosion' in East Brainerd, listed above...

2013-03-21 - Huge blaze engulfs factory in Krasnoyarsk (Russia):
http://www.nzweek.com/world/massive-fire-engulfs-factory-in-russias-siberian-city-55861/
http://www.ubalert.com/gzxb

2013-03-21 - House destroyed by fire on the waterfront in coastal Longboat Key (Florida):
http://article.wn.com/view/2013/03/21/NEW_Fire_destroys_home_on_Longboat_Key/
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130321/breaking/130329931

2013-03-21 - Three homes destroyed by blaze in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.freep.com/article/20130321/NEWS01/130321023/Firefighters-battle-blaze-in-Detroit

2013-03-21 - Home burns twice in four hours, destroyed, in Ewing (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/03/ewing_house_catches_fire_twice.html

2013-03-21 - Home burns twice in one day in Golden Gate City (Florida):
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/21749717/fire-crews-called-to-same-house-twice-in-one-day

2013-03-21 - House damaged by fire on Stonebrooke Drive in Troy (Illinois), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/House-fire-consumes-family-garage-family-out-safe-199339921.html

2013-03-21 - Home destroyed by fire on Red Barn Lane in coastal Port Jefferson (New York):
http://portjefferson.patch.com/articles/house-fire-on-red-barn-lane-video#video-13752537

2013-03-21 - Vacant home burns in Granite City (Illinois):
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/370619/3/Vacant-house-claimed-by-Granite-City-blaze

2013-03-21 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Las Vegas (Nevada), second fire since December:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/mar/21/vacant-house-destroyed-after-catching-fire-second-/

2013-03-21 - Vacant house burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, 72nd vacant structure fire there since November:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/accomack-199539471.html
http://www.wboc.com/story/21765091/mappsville-fire-under-investigation

2013-03-21 - Vacant building burns at Ballast Quay in coastal Sligo (Ireland):
http://www.eveningecho.ie/2013/03/21/residents-advised-to-close-windows-after-fire-in-derelict-building/

2013-03-20 - Mystery explosions baffle experts and residents in southern Illinois:
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/unexplained-boom-baffles-experts-residents/article_4fdeaa8c-9053-11e2-8c64-001a4bcf887a.html

Note: These community-shaking explosions, sometimes accompanied by flashes of light in the sky, are very likely atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and/or methane plumes finding an ignition source and detonating. As the Earth continues to belch forth more of both gases, these explosions will continue to increase in frequency and power. Eventually these explosions may equal the destructive force of small thermonuclear explosions like that which destroyed Hiroshima, but minus the radiation. (Unless an explosion destroys a nuclear plant, in which case there will be radiation too.)

2013-03-20 - Blaze destroys or damages nearly a dozen boats at business in coastal Dartmouth (Canada):
http://www.globalmaritimes.com/fire+rips+through+dartmouth+boat+depot/6442832035/story.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/03/20/ns-boat-fire.html

2013-03-20 - Tugboat bursts into flame near coastal Alameda (California), 3 injured:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/20/3-hospitalized-after-engine-fire-on-alameda-tugboat/
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22833396/alameda-three-hurt-when-fire-breaks-out-aboard
http://alameda.patch.com/articles/three-hospitalized-after-morning-fire-on-tugboat-docked-at-alameda

2013-03-20 - Boat bursts into flame at the Gangplank Marina in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/03/capital-yacht-club-boat-fire-reported-86461.html
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Fire-Battles-Blaze-on-Boat-Docked-at-Waterfront-199207731.html

2013-03-20 - Fire truck bursts into flame on Avenue H in Nederland (Texas):
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/21752620/fire-truck-goes-up-in-flames

Quote: "Nederland fire officials were wrestling with a very discouraging situation Wednesday night after a virtually new fire truck caught fire."

2013-03-20 - Construction vehicle bursts into flame at site on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_6015.shtml

2013-03-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at business in Frankford (West Virginia):
http://www.wvva.com/story/21750066/2013/03/20/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-219

2013-03-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Omand's Creek Boulevard, in Winnipeg (Canada), 1 injured:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/03/20/mb-fire-semi-trailer-winnipeg.html

Note: Winnipeg sits at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River...

2013-03-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-83 in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/tractor-trailer-fire-shuts-down-portion-of-i-83
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/-/10136486/19393506/-/format/rsss_2.0/-/lwds5xz/-/index.html

2013-03-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-35 in Georgetown (Texas):
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/williamson/truck-fire-shuts-down-lanes-of-i-35
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/21731308/truck-fire-causing-major-delays-on-sb-i-35
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/truck-fire-causing-delays-on-i-35-in-georgetown/nWyJR/

2013-03-20 - Heavy truck bursts into flame on Illinois 78 in Canton (Illinois):
http://www.cantondailyledger.com/article/20130320/NEWS/130329880/1001/NEWS

2013-03-20 - Heavy truck bursts into flame at roundabout in Yeovil (Britain):
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Crews-fight-seven-tonne-paper-lorry-Yeovil/story-18470823-detail/story.html

2013-03-20 - Plow truck bursts into flame on road in the Town of Seneca (New York):
http://the390.com/vehicle-fire-on-state-rt-520-in-the-town-of-seneca/

2013-03-20 - Van bursts into flame, explodes, at business in Bedford (Virginia):
http://www.bedfordfd.com/news/fullstory/newsid/183911

2013-03-20 - Van bursts into flame on road in South Ealing (Britain), driver burned:
http://www.ealinggazette.co.uk/ealing-news/local-ealing-news/2013/03/20/driver-suffers-burns-as-van-catches-fire-in-south-ealing-road-64767-33027721/

2013-03-20 - Van bursts into flame in Marshwood, West Dorset (Britain):
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10300478.Van_fire_in_West_Dorset/

2013-03-20 - SUV bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal West Haven (Connecticut):
http://nhregister.com/articles/2013/03/20/blotter/doc514a4d8be2421199944679.txt

2013-03-20 - SUV bursts into flame on US 60 near Mill Avenue in Tempe (Arizona):
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/tempe/dps-vehicle-fire-snarls-traffic-on-the-us-60
http://ww2.cox.com/myconnection/arizona/today/news/local/article.cox?moduleType=localNews&articleId=4325843
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20130320car-fire-blocks-lane-us-near-mill-ave-abrk.html

2013-03-20 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-84 in Montgomery (New York):
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130320/NEWS/130329979

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame on car-hauler truck in Temple (Texas), fire damages 3 other vehicles:
http://www.kxxv.com/story/21750907/car-on-top-vehicle-transporter-catches-fire-wednesday-afternoon

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame on Lancaster Drive in Salem (Oregon):
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130321/NEWS/303210039/1103

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame on I-435 near Roe Avenue in Leawood (Kansas):
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/Motorist-Assist-vehicle-catches-fire-on-I-435-near-Roe-Avenue/-/11664182/19394634/-/isy5shz/-/index.html

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame in parking lot in Harrah (Oklahoma), 1 person burned:
http://www.news9.com/story/21749812/one-injured-in-car-fire-in-harrah
http://kfor.com/2013/03/20/crews-on-scene-of-car-fire-in-harrah/

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame in medical center parking garage in Charlottesville (Virginia):
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Car-Catches-on-Fire-Inside-Parking-Garage-199164491.html
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2013/03/car-catches-fire-in-health-system-parking-lot

Quote: "According to one of the officers on the scene, the cause of the car fire was a 'mysterious circumstance.'"

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame in Lebanon (Pennsylvania):
http://www.ldnews.com/lebanonnews/ci_22828107/car-fire-lebanon-considered-suspicious

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame on I-75 in Corbin (Kentucky):
http://thetimestribune.com/x765741793/Car-fire-stalls-interstate-traffic

2013-03-20 - Car bursts into flame in driveway of home in Bideford (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=23972&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-03-20 - In separate incidents, two vehicles burst into flame in Moose Jaw (Canada):
http://www.discovermoosejaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28409&Itemid=902

2013-03-20 - RV trailer bursts into flame on Goldwell Lane in Aldington (Britain), near Ashford:
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/crews-battle-Aldington-caravan-blaze/story-18482079-detail/story.html

2013-03-20 - Semi trailer bursts into flame in La Salle (Illinois):
http://newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=28&ArticleID=27498

2013-03-20 - Three vehicles and auto shop destroyed by fire in Pittsburg (Kansas):
http://www.joplinglobe.com/crime_and_courts/x2000917509/Fire-destroys-auto-body-shop-in-Pittsburg

2013-03-20 - Two vehicles and auto business destroyed by fire in Decatur (Indiana):
http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/decatur-business-destroyed-by-fire
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Decatur-Auto-Shop-Fire--199137811.html

2013-03-20 - Boat, two golf carts, scooter and shed destroyed by fire in Moncks Corner (South Carolina), near Lake Moultrie:
http://www.berkeleyind.com/article/20130320/BI01/130329939

2013-03-20 - Two tractors, car, lawn mower and garage/apartment destroyed by fire in Lowell (Ohio):
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/550601/Fire-destroys-vacant-garage-apartment-at-Lowell.html

2013-03-20 - Trucks, tractors and two barns destroyed by blaze at farm in Venango Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.erietvnews.com/story/21750822/fire-destroys-two-barns-at-dairy-farm
http://yourerie.com/fulltext?nxd_id=292142

Quote: " It started in a massive metal storage barn and with lots of farm vehicles and fuel inside, flames spread quickly to a wooden barn right beside it. Just a few timbers are left standing from the wooden barn and the other barn, with several trucks and tractors inside is also a total loss."

2013-03-20 - Two pickup trucks, dump truck and barn destroyed by fire in Ferris (Texas):
http://www.waxahachietx.com/news/ellis_county/ferris-property-destroyed-in-fires/article_752d70ea-91a0-11e2-8fbb-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-20 - Huge inferno destroys barn in Bradford (Canada):
http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/2510423-spectacular-horse-barn-fire-in-bradford/

Quote: "...Ms Hood believes it may have started in the hay loft."

Note: Hay, an absorbent flammable material and all such are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include wood, paper, cardboard, hay, straw, cloth, clothing, cotton, wool, generic trash, mulch, etc.

2013-03-20 - Barn destroyed by fire in Dugger (Indiana), 3 horses and 5 goats killed:
http://mymixfm.com/news/articles/2013/mar/21/dugger-barn-fire-kills-several-animals/
http://mywabashvalley.com/fulltext?nxd_id=299702

2013-03-20 - Electrical explosion hits CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo (California), 1 injured:
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/mar/20/man-58-injured-in-electrical-explosion-at-cal/

2013-03-20 - Construction trailer bursts into flame, fire spreads to 2 sheds, garage, in Bridgewater (Massachusetts):
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x1893342950/Bridgewater-firefighters-battle-barn-fire

2013-03-20 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Dennison (Ohio):
http://www.timesreporter.com/newsnow/x898152238/Trash-truck-fire-put-out

2013-03-20 - Woman's clothes catch on fire at home in Jackson County (West Virginia), 1 seriously burned:
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130320_14749.shtml

2013-03-20 - Huge inferno guts family timber firm in Llaithddu (Britain):
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2013/03/21/massive-blaze-guts-family-timber-firm/

Quote: "Stagecraft is a family business which designs and manufactures timber-based shop fittings and retail merchandising displays."

Note: And another wood-related business goes up in flames...

2013-03-20 - Warehouse erupts in flame at the Port of Wilmington in coastal Wilmington (Delaware):
http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=49808
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/03/20/wilmington-warehouse-catches-on-fire-with-hazardous-materials-inside/

2013-03-20 - Business burns twice in two days, destroyed, in Antigo (Wisconsin):
http://www.waow.com/story/21750606/2013/03/20/businesses-evacuated-after-antigo-fire

2013-03-20 - Blaze tears through apartment complex in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Crews-respond-to-2-alarm-fire-at-north-Houston-apartment-complex-199228771.html

Quote: "Houston fire officials said a passerby noticed flames coming from an outside patio area..."

Note: Wonder what they had on the patio. Copper, rusty iron? Wood, paper, cardboard? Maybe the patio itself was made of wood, and wood is absorbing hyrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting...

2013-03-20 - Home explodes in coastal Bangaldesh, child killed, 8 injured:
http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/huge-house-explosion-kills-child-hurts-8/

2013-03-20 - Two adjacent homes damaged by fire in coastal Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/bayonne_fire_reaches_three-ala.html

2013-03-20 - Home destroyed by fire in Ainaloa (Hawaii), 5 miles from the coast:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/home-destroyed-fire.html
http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/local-news/pahoa-housefire-causes-100k-damage.html

2013-03-20 - House damaged by fire in Devils Lake (North Dakota), half a mile from a reservoir:
http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130320/NEWS/130329850/1001/NEWS

2013-03-20 - Fire and explosion tear through home in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River, young boy killed:
http://fox2now.com/2013/03/20/house-explosion-in-north-st-louis-child-taken-to-hospital/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/boy-dies-after-being-pulled-from-st-louis-house-fire/article_3132ef6b-8fb6-5c2f-b167-ba9702e61980.html

2013-03-20 - Vacant house burns in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130329980

2013-03-20 - Vacant home burns in Richmond (Virginia):
http://www.nbc12.com/story/21728754/vacant-house-catches-fire-in-richmond

2013-03-20 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Baltic (South Dakota), near the Big Sioux River:
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20130321/NEWS/303210036/Fire-guts-vacant-home-Baltic-by-river

2013-03-20 - Small explosion and fire damage vacant home in Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines/Small-explosion-heard-by-neighbors-before-house-fire-199100001.html

2013-03-20 - Vacant structure burns in Pinellas Park (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/3/20/_33_units_onscene_pi.html

2013-03-20 - Basement fire erupts in vacant commercial building in Lindenhurst (New York):
http://lindenhurst.patch.com/articles/nlfd-responds-to-basement-fire-in-vacant-commercial-building

2013-03-20 - Vacant industrial building damaged by major fire in Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://www.wate.com/story/21752246/fire-engulfs-industrial-building-near-knoxvilles-old-city

Quote: "The building was empty except for paper and office materials."

2013-03-20 - Vacant commercial building burns in Ilion (New York):
http://www.uticaod.com/news/x2082716009/Firefighters-at-the-scene-of-former-Morgan-Duofold-site

2013-03-19 - Residential 7- or 8-story building explodes, partially collapses, in Wuhan (China):
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-03/19/c_132246500.htm
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/769322.shtml

Note: Wuhan lies at the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Han River. Injuries not mentioned, but with a large residential building like that collapsing, there have to be some...

2013-03-19 - Commercial building explodes, corner blown off, in Pekin (Illinois), 4 injured:
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1037524867/Explosion-at-Enviro-Safe-in-Pekin-reportedly-injures-4-people
http://www.pekintimes.com/article/20130319/NEWS/130319579/1001/NEWS

2013-03-19 - Boat bursts into flame at marina in coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.3news.co.nz/Boat-fire-at-Auckland-marina/tabid/423/articleID/291047/Default.aspx
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/16403464/crews-attend-okahu-bay-marina-boat-fire/

2013-03-19 - Nine vehicles catch fire at car dealership in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://www.wmctv.com/story/21724415/fire-damages-9-cars-at-downtown-dealership

Note: And five other auto businesses (and 20+ vehicles) burned up the day prior, as mentioned in the 2013-02-18 update...

2013-03-19 - Tour bus bursts into flame on I-15 in Barstow (California):
http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/injury-39524-tour-barstow.html

2013-03-19 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the Laneville Bridge in Freeport (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/03/19/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-part-of-route-356-in-armstrong-co/
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/tanker-truck-catches-fire-freeport/nWxQm/

2013-03-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at truck stop along I-84 in Willington (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/21677718/tractor-trailer-destroyed-by-fire-in-willington

2013-03-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-94 in Marshall (Michigan), 1 injured:
http://wincountry.com/news/articles/2013/mar/20/man-suffers-burns-in-semi-fire/
http://cdllife.com/2013/top-trucking-news/driver-injured-in-overnight-truck-fire/
http://www.wwmt.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wwmt_semi-truck-fire-injures-driver-shuts-down-i94-8539.shtml

2013-03-19 - Heavy truck bursts into flame on Highway 283 in Donna (Texas):
http://www.kveo.com/news/truck-catches-fire-highway-283-donna

Note: The truck was hauling a carnival ride...

2013-03-19 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg (Illinois):
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2013/03/19/garbage-truck-fire-in-parking-lot-near-india-house-banquets-near-schaumburg-rd-and-springinsguth-rd-schaumburg/

2013-03-19 - Dump truck bursts into flame at facility in coastal Kingston (Washington):
http://www.kingstoncommunitynews.com/news/199077571.html
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/mar/19/fire-destroys-dump-truck-at-nk-facility/

2013-03-19 - Plow truck bursts into flame on Medway Road in Milford (Massachusetts):
http://www.milforddailynews.com/newsnow/x1433798767/Milford-plow-truck-catches-fire
http://milford-ma.patch.com/articles/plow-truck-catches-fire-driver-unharmed

2013-03-19 - Truck bursts into flame on Toodyay Road in coastal Perth (Australia):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/truck-fire-sparks-small-blaze-road-closure/story-e6frf7jo-1226600695636
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/top-stories/truck-fire-sparks-small-blaze-road-closure/story-e6frg12l-1226600695636

2013-03-19 - Truck bursts into flame on road near Parasi (Nepal):
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Chemical-laden+truck+catches+fire&NewsID=369934

2013-03-19 - RV bursts into flame while parked on North Camino Alto in coastal Vallejo (California):
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_22821506/recreational-vehicle-catches-fire-no-one-hurt-but

2013-03-19 - SUV bursts into flame on South Padre Island Drive in Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/21725106/spid-traffic-backed-up-due-to-vehicle-fire-near-la-palmera
http://www.caller.com/news/2013/mar/19/truck-fire-backs-traffic-tuesday-evening-south-pad/

2013-03-19 - SUV bursts into flame on the Merritt Parkway in New Canaan (Connecticut), near the East Coast:
http://www.ncadvertiser.com/20432/new-canaan-firefighters-respond-to-car-fire-on-merritt/

2013-03-19 - In separate incidents, two cars burst into flame, one in Southwater and one in Horsham (Britain):
http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/car-fires-at-southwater-and-horsham-1-4915858

2013-03-19 - Car bursts into flame on US 36 near Boulder (Colorado):
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_22825624/car-fire-closes-u-s-36-at-mccaslin

2013-03-19 - Car bursts into flame in driveway at home on Hartshorn Road in East Pembroke (New York):
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_2911d802-90cb-11e2-90f5-0019bb2963f4.html
http://thebatavian.com/billie-owens/car-fire-next-house-hartshorn-road/36563

2013-03-19 - Car bursts into flame on road near restaurant in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/south-tulsa-car-fire-results-total-loss-owner/nWxfc/

2013-03-19 - Car bursts into flame at auto salvage yard in Erie (Pennsylvania), near Lake Erie:
http://www.goerie.com/No-injuries-in-car-fire-at-Erie-salvage-yard

2013-03-19 - Car bursts into flame while parked in coastal Lincolnshire (Britain), two adjacent vehicles damaged too:
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2013/03/cars-damaged-in-suspicious-lincoln-fire/

2013-03-19 - Car bursts into flame on street in coastal Shirley (New York):
http://trihamletnews.com/archives/5643

2013-03-19 - Car bursts into flame on Exeter Road in Honiton (Britain):
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/devon_news/10299804.Car_fire_in_Honiton/

2013-03-19 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-10 near the Port Allen exit on the Mississippi River Bridge (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/story/21678733/car-fire-on-brige-causes-heavy-traffic-delays
http://theadvocate.com/news/5479686-123/all-lanes-open-after-vehicle

2013-03-19 - Vehicle bursts into flame near store in Olowalu on the island of Maui (Hawaii):
http://mauinow.com/2013/03/19/vehicle-fire-burns-an-acre-of-brush-in-olowalu/

2013-03-19 - Vehicle bursts into flame on US 22 in South Whitehall Township (Pennsylvania):
http://articles.mcall.com/2013-03-19/news/mc-traffic-alerts-22-fire-20130319_1_vehicle-fire-cedar-crest-blvd-shoulder

2013-03-19 - Front loader bursts into flame at business in Martell (California):
http://www.kvgcradio.com/local-daily-headlines/1102-firefighters-roll-out-to-vehicle-fire-at-ampine-property-last-night

2013-03-19 - RV trailer bursts into flame in coastal Ingoldmells (Britain):
http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/skegness-firefighters-attend-ingoldmells-caravan-blaze-1-4909478

2013-03-19 - Generator explodes inside van, van catches fire, fire spreads to 2 townhomes, in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/20/van-town-home-catch-fire-in-rosemont-forest-section-of-virginia-beach/
http://www.wvec.com/my-city/vabeach/Van-catches-fire-spreads-to-two-homes-199121511.html

Quote: "Officials say the generator explosion caused a fire, which spread behind the white van. The flames destroyed two town houses there."

2013-03-19 - Barn destroyed by fire in Greenbrier (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/21678498/fire-destroys-robertson-county-barn
http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_17069.shtml

2013-03-19 - Barn destroyed by fire in Northfield Township (Michigan), a few chickens killed:
http://www.annarbor.com/news/chickens-perish-in-northfield-township-barn-fire/

2013-03-19 - Vacant barn destroyed by fire near West Whitmarsh Road in Burlington (Washington):
http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/fire-burns-down-burlington-barn/article_023830b0-90ca-11e2-a8fd-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-19 - Picture frame business heavily damaged by blaze on Lake Street in LaPorte (Indiana):
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/sbt-fire-damages-laporte-business-20130319,0,4198966.story

2013-03-19 - Two buildings destroyed by fire at business in Middleton (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130319/NEWS07/130318975
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130319/GJNEWS_01/130319208/0/FOSNEWS

Quote: "...one of the outbuildings stored machinery while the other was used for sawdust."

2013-03-19 - Allegheny Wood Products sawmill damaged by fire in Cowen (West Virginia):
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130319_14691.shtml

Note: All three of the above fires: wood, wood, wood. Wood is a flammable absorbent material and it is absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. In the past year there have been tons of wood-related fires: pallets, pallet companies, cabinet makers, personal wood shops, professional wood shops, prison and school wood shops, door companies, train ties, playgrounds, utility poles, gazebos, porches, log homes, vacation cabins, art galleries (frames), wood-carving businesses, lumber companies, sawmills, you name it...

2013-03-19 - Warehouse erupts in flame in McKees Rocks (Pennsylvania), near the Ohio River:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/firefighters-battles-blaze-mckees-rocks-building/nWxnY/
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/03/19/crews-battle-fire-at-aztec-steel-corporation/

Quote: "Channel 11’s Brandon Hudson reported that the fire started on the inside of the building where cardboard is piled up."

Note: Cardboard is another flammable absorbent material...

2013-03-19 - Mulch bursts into flame at facility in Bordeaux (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/21728273/mulch-fire-extinguished-in-bordeaux

Note: And so is mulch...

2013-03-19 - Large pile of mulch bursts into flame at recycling facility in northeast Harris County (Texas):
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9033558

2013-03-19 - Fire rips through WOAI news building during morning TV broadcast in San Antonio (Texas), broadcast halted:
http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Fire-rips-through-news-station-during-newscast-198964541.html

Note: 'We're interrupting this broadcast to bring you a breaking story: WE'RE ON FIRE! AHHHH!'

2013-03-19 - Two condos damaged by blaze on Heron Marsh Drive in coastal Litchfield Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/03/19/3389472/litchfield-beach-condo-damaged.html

Note: Not far from where that entire community was wiped out by fire recently, as mentioned in the 2013-03-16 update...

2013-03-19 - Vacant home burns in Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://www.wbir.com/rss/article/260603/2/KFD-Fire-in-vacant-house-may-have-been-caused-by-squatters
http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines/Arson-suspected-in-vacant-house-fire-199079811.html

Quote: "The house didn't have power, so firefighters think a squatter may have started it."

Note: Obviously they're still using that defunct equation, IF (NO_UTILITIES) THEN (ARSON=TRUE). Not anymore, not with absorbent flammable materials absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Their assumption may or may not be accurate...

2013-03-19 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Gurnee (Illinois):
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130320/news/703209953/

2013-03-19 - Vacant home burns in Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/21725022/fire-officials-investigate-vacant-house-fire-on-dusty-dawn

2013-03-18 - Home explodes and burns in San Bernardino (California):
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_22817834/possible-explosion-san-bernardino-home-causes-about-90k
http://www.pe.com/local-news/san-bernardino-county/san-bernardino-county-headlines-index/20130318-san-bernardino-explosion-apparently-ignited-house-fire.ece

Quote: "Initially, officials suspected that the cause was a drug lab explosion, but fire officials say a hazardous materials team found no evidence of a drug lab. The cause remains unknown."

2013-03-18 - Mortar explodes during training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot (Nevada), 7 Marines killed, 8 wounded:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130319-38575-USA
http://rt.com/news/nevada-military-depot-explosion-486/
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/03/seven_marines_killed_in_live-f.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/19/explosion-during-training-at-hawthorne-army-depot/

2013-03-18 - USS Miami nuclear sub catches fire in the sonar room, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in coastal Kittery (Maine):
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130318-NEWS-130319723

2013-03-18 - Massive blaze destroys strip mall in coastal Calabash (North Carolina):
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/03/18/3387621/fire-destroys-calabash-strip-mall.html

2013-03-18 - School bus bursts into flame while parked at bus depot in Turtle Creek (Pennsylvania), 2 adjacent buses damaged too:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/fire-turtle-creek-garage-damages-3-school-buses/nWwnC/
http://foresthills-regentsquare.patch.com/articles/buses-catch-fire-in-turtle-creek

2013-03-18 - Twenty-two vehicles incinerated at travel agency in Murugeshpalya (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/fire-destroys-22-vehicles-of-travel-firm/article4524136.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/fire-guts-22-vehicles-of-transport-firm/article4522784.ece

Quote: "The fire started from a Mazda bus and then started spreading. We called the fire officials immediately..."

2013-03-18 - Nine cars damaged or destroyed by fire at auto dealership in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/mar/19/fire-damages-cars-its-all-good-auto-sales/

2013-03-18 - Six vehicles destroyed by fire, and auto shop damaged, in Fair Haven (Vermont):
http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20130318/THISJUSTIN/130319972

2013-03-18 - Three vehicles and vehicle repair shop destroyed by huge fire in Randolph (New York):
http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/619434/Historic-Barn-Burns.html
http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/619424/Update--Barn-Destroyed-In-Four-Alarm-Randolph-Fire.html

Quote: "Finch said the barn housed two cows and two horses. Her husband, Robert, also worked on vehicles part-time in the front of the structure."

2013-03-18 - Two vehicles and auto repair shop damaged by fire in Oxnard (California):
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/mar/18/oxnard-firefighters-investigate-suspicious-blaze/

Note: See those four stories above? That's 20 vehicles and four auto businesses hit by fire in one day. Another auto business fire is listed below too, so that's five auto businesses burning in one day, six if you count the travel agency, and those are just the ones I was able to find news stories for...

2013-03-18 - Three trucks destroyed by fire at business in Woodend (New Zealand), 1 mile from the coast:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/northern-outlook/8445118/Truck-fire-fuels-rage

Note: Police say arson, but don't mention any evidence. They may simply be assuming, as others have, because the vehicles were 'cold', not running. Welp, vehicles don't NEED to be running to burst into flame; hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like that near battery cables. LOTS of non-running vehicles are going up in flames: boats at dock, RVs in storage facilities, cars in car parks and parking lots and garages, autos at auto repair shops, vehicles in junkyards and scrapyards, etc. Sadly, the people whose job it is to be aware of such things have not noticed that this is the case, which means their assumptions and conclusions must be suspect from now on unless they have compelling evidence like surveillance footage or witnesses or at the very least a motive, and they offer none of that here...

2013-03-18 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on Georgia 49 near Warner Robins (Georgia):
http://www.macon.com/2013/03/18/2401200/truck-fire-sparks-brush-fire-on.html
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/article/223624/153/Tanker-Fire-Closes-Section-of-Hwy-49-in-Peach-Co

2013-03-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame in downtown Guntersville (Alabama):
http://www.waff.com/story/21676492/truck-catches-fire-overnight-in-marshall-co
http://guntersville.waff.com/news/news/102343-truck-catches-fire-overnight-marshall-co

2013-03-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 390 near Brooks Avenue in Gates (New York):
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Tractor-Trailer-Fire-390-Near-Brooks/ZI-aRFcH6kGZ5NK_ghDJKw.cspx

2013-03-18 - In separate incidents, recycling truck and car burst into flame in Shropshire (Britain):
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2013/03/18/lorry-fire-causes-m54-delays-as-lane-closed/

2013-03-18 - Truck bursts into flame on the A55 near Holywell (Britain):
http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/120905/lane-on-a55-closed-following-lorry-fire.aspx

2013-03-18 - Van bursts into flame on Highway 60 near Wyandotte (Oklahoma):
http://www.miamiok.com/news/image_da29bfbf-4f32-565e-bcd4-765a6c20e97e.html

2013-03-18 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on East Maple in Enid (Oklahoma):
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x1499305970/EFD-investigates-pickup-truck-fire

2013-03-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in coastal Hyannis (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130319/NEWS/303190329

2013-03-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked at church in Tilehurst (Britain):
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2131052_fire_crew_attend_car_fire_in_tilehurst

2013-03-18 - Car bursts into flame in downtown Old Windsor (Britain):
http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/windsor/articles/2013/03/18/87664-firefighters-called-out-to-car-fire-and-mcdonalds-grill-blaze/

2013-03-18 - Car bursts into flame on St. Martin’s Street in Hereford (Britain):
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/10296078.Car_fire_in_Hereford/

2013-03-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Chinnaswamy Stadium (India):
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/319955/parked-car-catches-fire.html

2013-03-18 - Car bursts into flame on road near coastal Gadong on the island of Borneo:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/03/19/lucky-woman-saved-as-car-engine-catches-fire/

2013-03-18 - Car bursts into flame on road near Fred Meyer store in University Place (Washington):
http://universityplace.patch.com/articles/photos-car-fire-in-fred-meyer-parking-lot#photo-13719505

2013-03-18 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the M61 near Chorley (Britain):
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10295823.Vehicle_fire_causes_M61_delays/

2013-03-18 - Mine truck bursts into flame inside gold mine on Woolshed Gully Drive in Ballarat (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-19/truck-catches-fire-inside-ballarat-gold-mine/4582562
http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/1374382/truck-fire-at-ballarat-mine-site/

2013-03-18 - Semi-trailer bursts into flame in Isabella County (Michigan):
http://www.themorningsun.com/article/20130318/NEWS01/130319589/fire-destroys-hay-and-trailer

2013-03-18 - Auto business damaged by blaze on Busti-Stillwater Road in Busti (New York):
http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/619425/Firefighters-Respond-To-Fire-At-Busti-Auto-Sales.html
http://buffalo.ynn.com/content/top_stories/648646/fire-at-busti-auto-parts-yard/
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/local/smoky-blaze-at-busti-auto-dealer

2013-03-18 - Barn destroyed by fire near Indian Creek Road in Reily Township (Ohio):
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Old-Barn-Catches-Fire-in-Reily-Township/SGlNyAwKyEKHbxfHwOqSqQ.cspx

2013-03-18 - Barn destroyed by fire near Holmes City (Minnesota), some chickens killed:
http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/102887/group/News/
http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/2013/03/18/11-chickens-perish-in-barn-fire/
http://www.kmrskkok.com/2013/03/18/holmes-city-fire-destroys-barn/

2013-03-18 - Barn, backhoe and two other pieces of equipment destroyed by fire in Edison (New Jersey):
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Edison-Public-Works-fire-destroys-equipment-4365917.php
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130318/NJNEWS/130318001/Fire-Edison-Department-Public-Works-under-investigation
http://special.app.com/article/CN/20130318/NJNEWS/130318001/Video-Firefighters-extinguish-fire-at-Edison-Department-of-Public-Works

Quote: "A John Deere tractor survived the current fire, but three other pieces of equipment, including a backhoe, were lost in the Monday morning fire..."

2013-03-18 - Barn damaged by fire in Litchfield (New York):
http://www.uticaod.com/latestnews/x2082714679/Crews-battle-early-morning-barn-fire-in-Litchfield

2013-03-18 - Two barns damaged by fire on Sheep Pasture Road in Southwick (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/southwick_firefighters_battlin.html
http://www.wggb.com/2013/03/19/southwick-farmer-talks-about-losing-2-barns-in-suspicious-fire/

Quote: "Sheep Pasture Road runs between Route 57 and Route 168 near the Middle Pond of the Congamond Lakes."

2013-03-18 - Huge fire rips through Fulton Street building in coastal Manhattan (New York). firefighter lightly injured:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/firefighters_battle_lower_manhattan_dhQqVQWUeR3cTTgC7YqRSI

Note: It burned the day prior too...

2013-03-18 - Blaze tears through stores near the University of Cape Coast (Ghana), about 1000 feet from the ocean:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130319-38573-GHA

2013-03-18 - Water heater catches fire at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), one floor evacuated:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/small-fire-leads-evacuation-upmc-mercy-hospital/nWwpQ/

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is water-soluble. Therefore, it may infiltrate buildings via the water supply. In fact, it has done so. A library in Ohio was closed because hydrogen sulfide was entering the building via contaminated water, as mentioned in the 2012-11-29 update. Water heaters often have pilot lights. So hydrogen sulfide comes in via the water supply, evaporates out near the water heater, pilot light, rusty iron/steel or electrified copper ignites the gas. In this case it was the engine for a water pump that caught fire, and an engine is like a vehicle without any perks...

2013-03-18 - Roof bursts into flame at FedEx warehouse in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.kpho.com/story/21671215/fire-breaks-out-at-fedex-freight-warehouse

2013-03-18 - Fire erupts at The Palms of Bay Beach Condominiums in coastal Fort Myers Beach (Florida):
www.nbc-2.com/story/21671472/condo-fire-under-investigation-in-ft-myers-beach

2013-03-18 - Mobile home burns and explodes on West Grand River Avenue in Meridian Township (Michigan):
http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/Explosion-Heard-from-Inside-Burning-Mobile-Home-198886141.html

2013-03-18 - Home erupts in flame in Salt Lake City (Utah):
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56022914-78/lake-salt-fire-alarm.html.csp

2013-03-18 - Blaze destroys riverfront home on the St. Croix River near Houlton (Wisconsin):
http://www.rivertowns.net/event/article/id/49970/publisher_ID/9/

2013-03-18 - Mobile home destroyed by fire at Shamrock Shores in Lake Brownwood (Texas), 3 killed:
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2013/mar/18/lake-brownwood-fire-claims-3-lives-officials-ident/

2013-03-18 - Vacant two-story wood house burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Fire-destroys-vacant-building--198931811.html
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20130319/NEWS01/130319003/ACCOMACK-Another-arson-Monday-near-Parksley

2013-03-18 - Vacant mobile home destroyed by fire in coastal Hampton (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-nws-hampton-fire-20130318,0,4879649.story

2013-03-18 - Vacant house burns in Harrisburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Blaze-heavily-damages-vacant-home-in-Harrisburg/C9uzEfTW0UGpFEnZkKhXKA.cspx

2013-03-18 - Vacant convenience store and apartments hit by explosion and fire in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/21669712/fire-badly-damages-vacant-apartment-store

2013-03-18 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in coastal Fort Myers (Florida):
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/21667493/overnight-fire-destroys-fort-myers-home

2013-03-18 - Vacant bar destroyed by fire in Conception Bay, Newfoundland (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2013/03/19/nl-avondale-fire-apartments-destroyed-319.html

2013-03-17 - Massive blaze destroys 500 homes in coastal Tondo, Manila, in the Philippine Islands:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/375307/500-families-left-homeless-in-tondo-fire
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130318-409375.html

2013-03-17 - Mobile home explodes in Romulus (Michigan), adjacent homes damaged, 1 killed:
http://www.freep.com/article/20130318/NEWS02/130318005/1-dead-after-fire-explosion-at-Romulus-home-authorities-say

Quote: "There was reports of (an explosion), but we don’t believe it was anything utility related."

2013-03-17 - Shed explodes and burns at chemical company in Sheboygan (Wisconsin):
http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Shed-storing-chemicals-explodes-198695371.html
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20130318/SHE0101/303180161/No-injuries-after-shed-explodes-on-Sheboygan-s-south-side

Note: Sheboygan is right on the shore of Lake Michigan...

2013-03-17 - Laundry room explodes at Lakeview Apartments in Westminster (Colorado), 6 injured:
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22811017/explosion-at-westminster-apartment-injures-six-one-seriously
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/03/17/explosion-at-apartment-complex-injures-6-in-westminster/

Quote: "When Buszta's wife, Syndi, 22, looked out the window after the explosion, she said, she saw a man running from the laundry room on fire. 'I could see the skin hanging off his hand,' she said. The man's face was blackened, she said, and his sweat shirt was in tatters."

2013-03-17 - Oil well explodes on Knox-School Road in Minerva (Ohio):
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_stark/minerva-police-department-confirms-an-oil-well-exploded-in-the-8000-block-of-knox-school-road

2013-03-17 - Explosion hits housing project in coastal Bangkok (Thailand), 1 killed:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Man-killed-in-Lad-Krabang-explosion-30202176.html

2013-03-17 - Heater explodes at oil facility near Tilden (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Explosion-injures-South-Texas-oilfield-worker-4362229.php

2013-03-17 - Boat bursts into flame in Fremantle Harbour (Australia):
http://www.centraladvocate.com.au/story/1369012/boat-catches-fire-in-fremantle-harbour/
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/boat-catches-fire-in-fremantle-harbour-20130317-2g8l1.html

2013-03-17 - Semi bursts into flame inside trucking business, fire spreads, business destroyed, in Auburn (Wisconsin):
http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20130317/FON01/303170383/
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20130317/OSH0101/303170398

Quote: "An early morning fire Sunday destroyed a structure housing five semi tractors, a large boat, truck parts and a small office."

2013-03-17 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-75 in Lowndes County (Georgia), 1 injured:
http://www.wtxl.com/news/tractor-trailer-fire-on-i--closes-parts-of-interstate/article_4aa5e79a-8f47-11e2-a9b4-0019bb30f31a.html
http://valdostadailytimes.com/local/x1221091602/Truck-fire-injures-driver

2013-03-17 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on Harts Road in unincorporated Richmond (Wisconsin):
http://mystatelinereport.com/wordpress/?p=3654

2013-03-17 - Commercial truck bursts into flame on highway in Sumter County (Alabama):
http://www.southsumterfire.org/?p=1670

2013-03-17 - RV bursts into flame at caravan park in coastal Alexandra Headland (Australia), 500 feet from the ocean:
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/van-park-battles-blaze-tourists-caravan-park/1795374/
http://thegreynomads.com.au/2013/03/quick-thinking-campers-act-to-stop-van-park-fire-spreading/

2013-03-17 - RV bursts into flame on Tillicum Road in Vernon, British Columbia (Canada):
http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-88936-2-.htm

2013-03-17 - Van bursts into flame while parked on Graham Avenue, off Carden Avenue, in Brighton (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10295010.Van_gutted_in_Brighton_fire/

2013-03-17 - Truck bursts into flame, fire spreads to garage and camper, all destroyed, at home in Scriba (New York):
http://www.palltimes.com/front_page_remaining/article_5e5c5dfc-a96f-547e-ae80-6aa97e59dfc0.html

2013-03-17 - Car bursts into flame in coastal Picton, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.quintenews.com/2013/03/county-car-fire/42364/

2013-03-17 - Car bursts into flame on Llewellyn Street in coastal Llanelli (Britain):
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Car-Tyisha-Llanelli-early-morning/story-18441997-detail/story.html

2013-03-17 - Car bursts into flame on the M23 near Crawley (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10295025.Driver_has_lucky_escape_in_M23_car_fire/

2013-03-17 - Car bursts into flame on the M6 near Sandbach (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-on-m6-southbound_18-03-2013_9-19-32

2013-03-17 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Oak Street in Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-03-17/firefighters-respond-car-fires-crashes-and-chimney-fire-craguns

2013-03-17 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Salisbury Terrace in coastal Teignmouth (Britain):
http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Firemen-called-Teignmouth-car/story-18442188-detail/story.html
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=23937&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-03-17 - Vehicle bursts into flame on North School Street in Gassville (Arkansas):
http://ktlo.com/wire/newsmon/02972_Vehicle_fire_Sunday_night_no_pi_065816.php

2013-03-17 - RV trailer bursts into flame on Park Lake in Halifax (Britain):
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/local/caravan-burnt-out-in-halifax-1-5503811

2013-03-17 - Car trailer bursts into flame right by Indian Point Pier in coastal Portland (Texas):
http://www.kristv.com/news/trailer-catches-on-fire-in-portland/
http://www.caller.com/news/2013/mar/17/trailor-truck-flames-portland/

Note: A pickup was pulling a trailer used for transporting cars, and the trailer caught fire, which damaged the truck too...

2013-03-17 - Golf carts and barn destroyed by fire at golf course on West Otsego Lake in Otsego County (Michigan):
http://www.9and10news.com/story/21667594/barn-fire-at-an-otsego-golf-course

2013-03-17 - Pickup truck and home heavily damaged by fire on North River Road in Howland (Ohio):
http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/mar/18/fire-damages-home-truck-in-howland/

2013-03-17 - Auto shop destroyed by fire in Cherry Hill (New Jersey), 3 miles east of the Delaware River:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-Alarm-Fire-Destroys-Cherry-Hill-Auto-Shop--198668361.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9030535

2013-03-17 - City-owned maintenance building and equipment destroyed by fire in Graysville (Alabama):
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/03/fire_destroys_graysville_maint.html

Note: Destroyed equipment included a pickup truck, lawn mowers, and a trench-digger...

2013-03-17 - Barn damaged by fire in the Hamptonburgh hamlet of Campbell Hall (New York):
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130318/NEWS/303180332

2013-03-17 - Enormous fire breaks out at the Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://plusnineone.com/new/up-major-fire-at-mughalsarai-railway-station/

2013-03-17 - Blaze breaks out in Irish restaurant in coastal Pasadena (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/305201/8/Fire-strikes-Irish-pub-on-St-Paddys-weekend

2013-03-17 - Boat house damaged by fire on Lake Mendota in Madison (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Fire-at-UW-Madison-Boat-House-under-investigation/-/1648/19355030/-/15rxhwg/-/index.html

2013-03-17 - Home under construction destroyed by fire in Adams County (Illinois):
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=873317

Quote: "They had invested a year of construction on the home for Brian's mother."

Note: Homes under construction are inherently more vulnerable to flammable hydrogen sulfide and methane blowing through the atmosphere than are well-sealed, completed occupied homes. That's especially true in the framing stage when all that wood is fully exposed to the atmosphere. So building construction is sort of a race now - can one complete a building and get it sealed up before it burns down? In this case, the answer to that question was 'no'...

2013-03-17 - Deadly fire tears through mobile home in Falls Township (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9031035

2013-03-17 - Landmark historic home destroyed by intense fire in Loris (South Carolina), near the East Coast:
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/03/17/3386167/loris-area-landmark-home-destroyed.html

2013-03-17 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Toms River (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/article/20130317/NJNEWS/303170074/1001/

2013-03-17 - Two townhouses damaged by fire in Silver Spring (Maryland), 2 injured:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Two-Alarm-House-Fire-in-Montgomery-County-198689651.html

2013-03-17 - Apartment building hit by fire and explosions in Emmaus (Pennsylvania), 4 killed:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Coroner-Called-Explosions-Heard-During-Apartment-Fire-198698701.html

2013-03-17 - Apartment building catches fire in coastal Providence (Rhode Island), couple jump out window with baby:
http://www.abc6.com/story/21665087/fire-forces-providence-couple-to-jump-out-window-with-their-baby

2013-03-17 - Massive fire destroys resort hotel in Gordonsville (Virginia), near Lake Anna, 100 people displaced:
http://www.wric.com/story/21663531/fire-destroys-resort-in-gordonsville
http://wtvr.com/2013/03/17/fire-at-a-virginian-resort-displaces-over-a-hundred-people/

2013-03-17 - Two adjacent vacant structures burn on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, up to 70-ish now since November in this area:
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/17/double-structure-fire-in-accomack-county/
http://wtvr.com/2013/03/18/police-investigate-another-accomack-fire/

2013-03-17 - Vacant home burns in St. Catharines, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130317/CITYANDREGION/130319264/1010

Note: St. Catharines sits on the shore of Lake Ontario...

2013-03-17 - Vacant house burns in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.lex18.com/news/firefighters-battle-flames-at-abandoned-lexington-home/

2013-03-17 - Vacant home burns in the Town of Thompson (New York):
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130317/NEWS/130319734

2013-03-17 - Vacant house burns in coastal Greymouth (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8436784/Vacant-Greymouth-house-fire-suspicious

2013-03-17 - Vacant home burns in Mesa (Arizona), fire spreads to adjoining occupied home:
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/mesa/fire-at-vacant-mesa-house-spreads-to-home-next-door

2013-03-17 - Vacant apartment building burns in Waterbury (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/21666625/fire-crews-in-waterbury-battle-large-fire

2013-03-17 - Vacant fourplex burns in Modesto (California):
http://www.modbee.com/2013/03/17/2626386/fire-hits-vacant-modesto-fourplex.html

2013-03-17 - Vacant duplex destroyed by fire on Ravenwood Avenue in Dayton (Ohio):
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/montgomery/vacant-house-fire-called-suspicious
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/dayton-duplex-a-total-loss-after-fire/nWttg/

2013-03-16 - Massive brush fire destroys dozens of buildings and condos near coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20130318-38551-USA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294682/South-Carolina-Entire-community-wiped-huge-blaze-destroyed-180-homes.html
http://www.wistv.com/story/21660786/breaking-news-fire-at-carolina-forest

Quote: "Entire community wiped out in huge blaze across South Carolina which destroyed up to 180 homes..."

Quote: "The fire wiped out entire condo buildings Britewater Court, Twin Pond Court, Pond Shoals - aside from one building - and parts of Crab Pond Court."

2013-03-16 - Multiple brush fires erupt in coastal Volusia County (Florida):
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130316/NEWS/130319822?Title=Fire-crews-battling-100-acre-brush-fire-in-Oak-Hill

Quote: "Crews from Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach, Deltona, Brevard County and the Florida Forest Service were called to battle the blaze. By 5 p.m. a helicopter from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge was called to assist."

Quote: "The fire claimed a pole barn and two vehicles by 4:30 p.m."

2013-03-16 - Brush fire erupts in coastal St. Johns County (Florida), near Jacksonville, 3 homes evacuated:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/303996/3/Brush-fire-forces-evacuation

2013-03-16 - Brush fire erupts on the Eastern Shore in Virginia:
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/16/brush-fire-in-accomack-ruled-arson/

Note: The East Coast is looking kinda burny there, especially considering fire season hasn't even begun yet...

2013-03-16 - Brush fire breaks out by Russell Park, just west of Lake Georgetown (Texas):
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/williamson/georgetown-contains-fire-at-lake-park

2013-03-16 - Explosions and fire destroy unoccupied home in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/21659470/2013/03/16/house-fire-raging-in-central-phoenix

2013-03-16 - Boat explodes at marina on Saguaro Lake in Mesa (Arizona), 2 seriously burned:
http://www.kpho.com/story/21662272/two-severely-burned-in-saguaro-lake-boat-explosion
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20130316saguaro-lake-marina-explosion-injuries.html

2013-03-16 - Converted van bursts into flame between two homes in coastal Imperial Beach (California):
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/16/converted-van-catches-fire-imperial-beach/
http://imperialbeach.patch.com/articles/fire-mobile-home-dahlia-avenue
http://www.cbs8.com/story/21661332/fire-rips-through-mobile-home-in-imperial-beach

2013-03-16 - Van bursts into flame on High Street in coastal Swanage (Britain):
http://www.wessexfm.com/news/dorset-news/921798/van-fire-believed-to-be-arson/

2013-03-16 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked near business in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Vehicle-Fire-Kept-From-Spreading-198618821.html

2013-03-16 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at food kitchen in Alstead (New Hampshire), building damaged too:
http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/fire-destroys-nonprofit-s-truck-damages-kitchen/article_28ef7cd5-0c4d-5c7f-8d9f-916e7d7c6d19.html

2013-03-16 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in Sandpoint (Idaho):
http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/news/local/image_a7be33bc-8dfb-11e2-9573-001a4bcf887a.html

Note: Sandpoint sits on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille...

2013-03-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked outside apartment building in Winooski (Vermont), 2 adjacent cars damaged too:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130316/NEWS02/303160007/

Note: Winooski is near the Winooski River and is also just 1 mile due east of Lake Champlain...

2013-03-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked near residence in Bethel Township (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://delcotimes.com/articles/2013/03/16/news/doc5145380fec52a235215059.txt

2013-03-16 - Car bursts into flame on street in Linda Vista (California), near the coast:
http://www.10news.com/news/driver-escapes-car-fire-in-linda-vista-unharmed03162013

2013-03-16 - Car bursts into flame on I-94 in Taylor (Michigan), firefighter injured:
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2013/03/16/news/doc5143869a76719014887774.txt

2013-03-16 - RV trailer bursts into flame on Highway 77 near Sebastian (Texas):
http://www.valleycentral.com/sports/story.aspx?id=872876

2013-03-16 - Several vehicles and auto shop damaged by blaze in Belle Glade (Florida), near Lake Okeechobee:
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_the_glades/belle_glade/several-vehicles-damaged-in-belle-glade-auto-repair-shop-fire
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/fire-at-belle-glade-auto-shop-5937.shtml
http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_5937.shtml

Quote: "On arrival they found dark black smoke billowing from the shop and several vehicles inside the shop on fire."

2013-03-16 - Car, garage and home damaged by fire in Sun Valley suburb of coastal Los Angeles (California), possible explosion too:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9030445
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22804701/sun-valley-fire-burns-garage-part-house

Quote: "The homeowner says the family heard a bang before the fire started."

2013-03-16 - Explosion hits towing company near Jeffersonville (Ohio), 1 critically injured:
http://www.nbc4i.com/story/21659641/explosion-reported-at-towing-company
http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wsyx_business-owner-injured-after-explosion-jeffersonville-22798.shtml

2013-03-16 - Jet ski dealership erupts in flame in coastal City Island (New York):
http://www.cimages.me/content/fire-damages-city-island-building

Quote: "An early afternoon two alarm fire has seriously damaged a City Island building just as members of this small nautical community are making headway in their recovery from Super-storms."

2013-03-16 - Barn destroyed by fire in Janesville (Wisconsin), 55 goats killed:
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Janesville-Barn-Fire-Kills-55-Goats-198667601.html
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/latest-news/2013/mar/16/highway-14-west-closed-due-barn-fire/

2013-03-16 - Barn destroyed by fire in Washington County (West Virginia), 24 goats killed:
http://www.thenewscenter.tv/home/headlines/24-Goats-Killed-In-Washington-County-Barn-Fire-198619621.html

2013-03-16 - Barn destroyed by fire in coastal Napanee, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.quintenews.com/2013/03/barn-destroyed-in-napanee-fire/42361/

2013-03-16 - Furnace explodes at home in Conyngham Township (Pennsylvania), family of 5 flees:
http://wnep.com/2013/03/16/five-forced-out-of-home-in-fire/

2013-03-16 - Wood shop destroyed by fire in Terre Hill (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/826816_Fire-destroys-Terre-Hill-wood-shop.html

2013-03-16 - Debris bursts into flame at Wood Resources Recovery in Gainesville (Florida), nearby highways affected:
http://www.wcjb.com/local-news/2013/03/update-debris-fire-continues-burn-smoke-441

2013-03-16 - Blaze rips through commercial building in coastal Sunnyvale (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/sunnyvale/ci_22806574/sunnyvale-fire-crews-responding-two-alarm-fire-at

2013-03-16 - Fire damages commercial building in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_22807124/san-jose-fire-damages-commercial-building-willow-glen

Note: California looking kinda burny too...

2013-03-16 - Major fire rips through office building in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/21659889/three-alarm-fire-damages-office-building

2013-03-16 - Blaze tears through commercial building in Bethel Park (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/03/16/bethel-park-business-ablaze/

2013-03-16 - Storage room gutted by fire at apartment building in Coral Springs (Florida), 5 miles from the coast:
http://www.local10.com/news/Fire-forces-out-residents-in-Coral-Springs/-/1717324/19343620/-/w343iyz/-/index.html

2013-03-16 - Fire breaks out at employee clubhouse at DTE Energy plant in River Rouge (Michigan):
http://www.freep.com/article/20130316/NEWS02/130316036/Fire-breaks-out-DTE-Energy-River-Rouge-plant-employees-clubhouse

2013-03-16 - Home destroyed by fire in Millville (Delaware):
http://www.wboc.com/story/21661952/del-fire-marshal-probes-house-fire-in-millville

Note: I highlight the word 'mill' because mills are virtually always built near bodies of flowing water to provide free energy for millwork. That means they are near low-lying areas where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will accumulate when the wind isn't blowing and from where it will blow when the wind picks up...

2013-03-16 - Home damage by fire in McKeesport (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/fire-marshal-looking-mckeesport-house-fire/nWtJy/
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmckeesport/yourmckeesportmore/3672859-74/fire-cortazzo-morning

Note: McKeesport sits at the confluence of the Monongahela River and the Youghiogheny River...

2013-03-16 - Vacant four-story commercial building destroyed by massive blaze in Taunton (Massachusetts):
http://www.tauntongazette.com/topstories/x766881540/Columbia-Electrical-Supply-building-on-fire
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/16/tauntonnib/etyB4HepkminyvFNB0K41K/story.html
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-south/Fire-guts-former-Columbia-Electric-Supply-in-Taunton/-/9848842/19347352/-/xyvlk3/-/index.html

Note: Taunton is surrounded by bays, coves, ponds, rivers, streams, and is also near the East Coast...

2013-02-15 - Major wildfire erupts along the western edge of Horsetooth Reservoir (Colorado), west of Fort Collins, homes threatened:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20130316-38536-USA
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/15/colo-fire-threatens-homes/1991889/
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22799244/sodier-canyon-fire-burns-near-fort-collins
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_b2b2418c-7800-594f-843a-7b4a40bd6acd.html
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/videos/news/colorado-wildfire-forces-100-from-their-homes/vtbZc/

Quote: "A wind-driven wildfire scorched its way through Lory State Park west of Fort Collins on Friday, threatening hundreds of homes south of its path as flames flared above Horsetooth Reservoir."

2013-03-15 - Home explodes and burns in Fort Smith (Arkansas), 2 injured:
http://www.firehouse.com/news/10895072/couple-injured-in-arkansas-explosion
http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/river-valley/Gas-pocket-explosion-may-have-caused-house-fire/-/14498626/19336582/-/11ku24j/-/index.html

Quote: "LaMonte Scaife, 18, was walking to the backyard of his home next door when he said the explosion erupted, knocking him off his feet."

Note: Fort Smith sits at the junction of the Arkansas River and Poteau River...

2013-03-15 - Oil well explodes in Chippewa Township (Ohio):
http://www.ohio.com/news/well-explodes-in-eastern-wayne-county-1.381615

Quote: "Jenkins said the force of the explosion about a half a mile away was so great he thought something had fallen onto his truck."

2013-03-15 - School bus bursts into flame while parked in parking lot at Hardee's Ice Plex in Chesterfield (Missouri):
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/369470/3/Hockey-teams-bus-catches-fire-in-Chesterfield

Note: Bus was being used by The Grand Valley State University hockey team...

2013-03-15 - School bus bursts into flame on US 385 near Sonora (California):
http://www.oaoa.com/oavarsity/article_027b891a-8de5-11e2-99b0-001a4bcf6878.html
http://www.newswest9.com/story/21652134/crane
http://permianbasin360.com/fulltext?nxd_id=256612

Note: Bus was being used by Crane High School’s varsity boys and girls track teams...

2013-03-15 - Charter bus bursts into flame on I-25 near Cheyenne (Wyoming):
http://k2radio.com/casper-group-escapes-bus-fire/

Note: Bus was being used by the Casper Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps...

2013-03-15 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked in lot near Jack In The Box in Yuma (Arizona):
http://www.yumasun.com/news/truck-86071-fire-flames.html

2013-03-15 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-75 in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/21651010/semi-truck-fire-delays-traffic-on-i-75-sb

2013-03-15 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-64 in Rockbridge County (Virginia):
http://articles.wdbj7.com/2013-03-15/tractor-trailer-fire_37753068

2013-03-15 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-65 in Morgan County (Alabama):
http://www.wect.com/story/21655261/truck-catches-fire-on-i-65
http://www.waff.com/story/21655261/truck-catches-fire-on-i-65
http://www.abc3340.com/story/21655355/18-wheeler-catches-fire-on-i-65-north-near-falkville

2013-03-15 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-57, near the Mississippi River, in Alexander County (Illinois):
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/21653687/nb-lanes-of-i-57-back-open-after-tractor-trailer-fire
http://mississippi.kfvs12.com/news/news/64243-nb-lanes-i-57-back-open-after-tractor-trailer-fire

2013-03-15 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the M5 near Exeter (Britain):
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/Pictures-Lorry-closes-lanes-M5-near-Exeter/story-18421696-detail/story.html
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Lorry-M5-Exeter-causing-major-disruption/story-18422438-detail/story.html

2013-03-15 - Box truck bursts into flame in Calgary (Canada):
http://mynews.ctvnews.ca/mediadetails/10469243?collection=742

2013-03-15 - RV bursts into flame on Green Valley Road in Kenney (Illinois):
http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=69396

2013-03-15 - Van bursts into flame on Avenue D in coastal New York City (New York):
http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2013/03/firefighters-respond-after-van-catches-fire-on-avenue-d.html

2013-03-15 - SUV bursts into flame, explodes, on the island of Jersey (Britain):
http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_jerseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=504343

2013-03-15 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked on East 3rd Street in coastal Aberdeen (Washington):
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5233

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on US 17 in coastal Briarcliff Acres (South Carolina):
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/03/16/3384688/police-stop-car-driving-while.html

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/mostpopular/story/Car-fire-on-Interstate-95/Z18ExsSOS0aMxWX91_GTMQ.cspx
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/303647/483/Caught-on-camera-Vehicle-fire-blocked-lanes-on-I-95-NB

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on Frontage Road in Racine (Wisconsin):
http://racineuncovered.org/2013/03/car-fire-temporarily-shuts-down-frontage-road/

Note: Racine is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River...

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on 307th Street in Marysville (Canada):
http://www.e-know.ca/news/rcmp-seek-info-on-car-fire/

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on road in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://www.kvoa.com/news/car-fire-closed-westbound-speedway-at-stone/

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on I-29 in Fargo (North Dakota):
http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/76996/

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on Route 15 near Orange (Connecticut), near the coast:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/traffic/incidents/car-fire-on-wilbur-cross-parkway
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Car-Fire-Slows-Traffic-on-Route-5-Orange-198436721.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51193156/ns/local_news-hartford_ct/

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on the M4 near Maidenhead (Britain):
http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/03/15/87592-traffic-update-m4-delays-due-to-car-fire/
http://www.thevillager.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/03/15/87592-traffic-update-m4-cleared-after-delays-due-to-car-fire/

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame in Waimakariri District in Canterbury (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10871645

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on Holly Road in Lowestoft (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/lowestoft_firefighters_tackle_car_fire_1_1981389
http://www.waveneyadvertiser24.co.uk/news/lowestoft_firefighters_tackle_car_fire_1_1981389

2013-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on Wheelock Avenue in Norwood (Massachusetts):
http://norwood.patch.com/articles/norwood-police-log-car-fire-larceny-and-more

2013-03-15 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-287 near the Hutchinson River Parkway (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130315/NEWS02/303150105/1018

2013-03-15 - Two cars and unoccupied home destroyed by fire in Ahwatukee (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Massive-fire-tears-through-Ahwatukee-home-198453961.html

Note: The family had just left on vacation...

2013-03-15 - Vehicles and tires catch fire behind National Guard armory in La Cienega (New Mexico):
http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/Fire-sparks-near-National-Guard-armory/-/9153728/19338550/-/8lot3lz/-/index.html

2013-03-15 - Barn destroyed by fire near Carroll, in Fairfield County (Ohio):
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/03/15/carroll-firefighters-fighting-barn-fire.html
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20130315/NEWS01/303150002/Fire-destroys-barn-southwest-Carroll

2013-03-15 - Barn destroyed by fire in Kewaskum (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.wbkvam.com/news

2013-03-15 - Barn damaged by fire near Poolsbrook Road in the Town of Sullivan (New York):
http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/story/Firefighters-responded-to-Madison-County-blaze/0B1sQwwWh0-IKeQ7CzT3lQ.cspx

2013-03-15 - Transformer explodes and burns, starts grass fire, in Sauget (Illinois), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.bnd.com/2013/03/15/2536121/transformer-explodes-causes-fire.html

2013-03-15 - Fire breaks out at clothing store in Creston (Iowa):
http://whotv.com/2013/03/15/morning-fire-creston-clothing-store-damaged/

Note: Clothing is an absorbent flammable material and all such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane now and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include wood, paper, cardboard, generic trash, hay, straw, mulch, generic trash, cloth of all kinds, cotton, wool, and more, including items derived from those materials like furniture, pallets, log cabins, porches, gazebos, playgrounds, etc.

2013-03-15 - Old field house near Licking Valley High School destroyed by huge fire in Hanover (Ohio):
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20130315/NEWS01/303160005/Large-fire-engulfs-old-fieldhouse-Licking-Valley

2013-03-15 - Fire erupts at homeless camp beneath the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130316/NEWS/303160316/-1/

Note: Stroudsburg is located at the confluence of Brodhead Creek and Pocono Creek...

2013-03-15 - Massive fire destroys 4-story apartment building under construction in Greensboro (North Carolina):
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=274768
http://www.news-record.com/news/latestnewsnews/906285-91/update-homes-evacuated-in-fire

Note: Buildings under construction are inherently more vulnerable to flammable hydrogen sulfide and methane blowing around the atmosphere than completed and well-insulated occupied buildings, especially in the framing stage when lots of absorbent wood is fully exposed...

2013-03-15 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Langlois (Oregon), 1 killed:
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/03/woman_dies_in_house_fire_in_la.html

2013-03-15 - Historic home damaged by fire on Grant Creek Road near Missoula (Montana):
http://missoulian.com/news/local/fire-burns-historic-grant-creek-home-person-inside-escapes/article_52dd1d4c-8dd6-11e2-8246-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-15 - Unoccupied bungalow destroyed by fire, second bungalow, garage and home damaged, in coastal Bradley Beach (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/article/20130315/NJNEWS/303150104/1001/

2013-03-15 - Vacant building burns in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/4-story-building-about-undergo-renovations-catches/nWsZ9/

2013-03-15 - Vacant home destroyed by large blaze in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.fox8live.com/story/21651827/three-alarm-fire-destroys-vacant-home

2013-03-15 - Vacant house burns in Lansing (Michigan):
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20130315/NEWS01/303150047/Vacant-Lansing-house-fire-suspicious-

2013-03-15 - Vacant commercial building destroyed by fire in Flint (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/03/flint_firefighters_battle_larg.html

2013-03-15 - Vacant warehouse burns in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/18882510-418/two-alarm-blaze-at-south-side-warehouse-extinguished.html

2013-03-14 - Huge explosion rocks chemical plant in coastal Yeosu (South Korea), 7 killed, 13 injured:
http://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/56911/South-Korean-chemical-plant-explosion-kills-seven.aspx?AreaID=2

2013-03-14 - Explosion hits Asphalt Recovery Lake (business) in coastal Willemstad (Curaçao), 1 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.curacaochronicle.com/local/identity-deceased-victim-asphalt-lake-explosion-known/

Note: As the pic shows, this business is right on the coast...

2013-03-14 - Explosion and fire damage school in coastal Grays (Britain):
http://www.brentwoodweeklynews.co.uk/news/basildon/10290469.Fire_at_school_in_Grays/

2013-03-14 - Massive inferno destroys 600 shanties near coastal Cape Town (South Africa), 2 killed, 2500 people homeless:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/2013315151216832915.html

2013-03-14 - Shed explodes and burns in suburb of coastal Perth (Australia), 2 injured:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/16379118/one-injured-in-west-swan-explosion/

2013-03-14 - Battery factory explodes and burns in coastal Galilee (Israel), 3 injured:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4356653,00.html

2013-03-14 - Tanker ship bursts into flame in the Yellow Sea near Buan (South Korea):
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/130314/ship-fire

2013-03-14 - Seven trailered boats burst into flame in coastal Mandurah (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-14/boat-fire-in-mandurah/4572476

2013-03-14 - Four cars burst into flame at junkyard in Hamilton (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/03/hamilton_firefighters_quickly.html

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it. These were scrap cars so they probably didn't have batteries. Hydrogen sulfide is also reactive with rusty iron/steel. These were junk cars so they probably DID have some rust on them, and that's likely the cause of this fire. There have been a whole lot of fires just like this in scrapyards and junkyards around the world, even scrap iron catching fire on cargo ships. There is no other rational explanation for piles of iron and steel bursting into flame; only hydrogen sulfide explains that...

2013-03-14 - Tour bus bursts into flame on I-10 near Robersdale (Alabama):
http://www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com/area_news/article_3343df5e-8d20-11e2-b607-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/story/UPDATE-Passengers-on-Burning-Bus-Returning-from/c-_KQopk3UyaSOiApvrktg.cspx
http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/Tour-bus-carrying-Holmes-County-residents-goes-up-in-flames/-/9156946/19328800/-/m5cnvr/-/index.html

2013-03-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 101 near Los Alamos (California):
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/031413_tractor_trailer_rig_catches_fire_on_highway_101/
http://syvnews.com/news/local/flat-bed-truck-hauling-cardboard-catches-fire/article_6d8dc02e-8cd7-11e2-b8c8-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the 210 Highway in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kshb.com/dpp/traffic/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-210-highway-in-kansas-city
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/Tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-Highway-210-near-I-435/-/11664182/19314196/-/bpma9tz/-/index.html

Note: Kansas City sits at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River and the Missouri side of Kansas City is downwind of both...

2013-03-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Pacific Highway near Tabbimoble (Australia):
http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/truck-fire-leads-to-explosion/1791665/
http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/pacific-hwy-reopened-tabbimoble-after-truck-fire/1791648/

Quote: "Evans Head ambulance arrived on the scene to check the driver who had stomach pains possibly as a result of the explosion."

2013-03-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road near Simcoe (Canada):
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2013/03/14/350000-damage-in-truck--fire-near-simcoe

2013-03-14 - Flatbed truck bursts into flame near road in Loveland (Colorado):
http://www.reporterherald.com/news/loveland-local-news/ci_22790492/loveland-fire-rescue-authority-respond-vehicle-fire

2013-03-14 - Van and truck burst into flame near home in Mt. Healthy (Ohio):
http://www.fox19.com/story/21649938/truck-van-set-on-fire-in-mt-healthy-friday-on-clovernook

Quote: "Investigators on the scene say the engine blocks were cold so they believe the fires were intentionally set."

Note: These investigators obviously are not paying any attention to what's been happening around the world in the last year or two. Vehicles do not have to be running, and need not have been running recently, in order to spontaneously combust now. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, like battery cables, and it is reactive with rusty iron/steel, as is found on many vehicles. MANY non-running vehicles have been bursting into flame: boats at docks, cars in parking lots, garages, car parks, buses in bus depots, trucks at trucking firms, golf carts in storage buildings, tractors in barns, you name it. That town might wanna hire some better investigators...

2013-03-14 - Minivan bursts into flame in Moose Jaw (Canada), near the Moose Jaw River:
http://www.discovermoosejaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28289&Itemid=902

2013-03-14 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Honoapiilani Highway on the island of Maui (Hawaii):
http://mauinow.com/2013/03/14/afternoon-vehicle-fire-impedes-honoapiilani-traffic/

2013-03-14 - Car bursts into flame on street in Phillipsburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/phillipsburg/index.ssf/2013/03/phillipsburg_fire_fighters_bat.html

2013-03-14 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home on Hemlock Street in Rhinelander (Wisconsin):
http://www.wjfw.com/localnews.html

Quote: "The car was not running at the time. The fire department says there's no way of telling how it started because it's burnt so badly."

2013-03-14 - Car bursts into flame on the Garden State Parkway in Hazlet (New Jersey):
http://holmdel-hazlet.patch.com/articles/right-lane-temporarily-closed-for-car-fire-on-garden-state-parkway-near-mile-118
http://matawan-aberdeen.patch.com/articles/right-lane-temporarily-closed-for-car-fire-on-garden-state-parkway-near-mile-118

2013-03-14 - Car bursts into flame on road in Clayton (Georgia), driver drives to fire department:
http://sky104.com/car-burns-at-fire-department/

2013-03-14 - Car bursts into flame on the A379 near Powderham (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=23899&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-03-14 - Car bursts into flame off Lodge Road in Hurst (Britain), 1 seriously burned:
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2130885_driver_in_serious_condition_after_car_fire

2013-03-14 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Highway 240 in Portage la Prairie (Canada), near Lake Manitoba:
http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2013/03/14/vehicle-fire-on-hwy-240

2013-03-14 - Vehicle bursts into flame in parking lot in Niagara Falls (Canada):
http://www.bulletnewsniagara.ca/2013/03/15/crime-police-investigating-suspicious-vehicle-fire/
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/03/15/police-looking-for-information-on-niagara-falls-fire

2013-03-14 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Coonpath Road near Lancaster (Ohio):
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20130314/NEWS01/303140017/Vehicle-fire-reported-along-Coonpath-Road

2013-03-14 - Farm vehicle bursts into flame, fire spreads, destroys barn, in Lebanon (Oregon):
http://lebanon-express.com/news/local/no-injuries-at-barn-fire/article_a4271bb4-8d02-11e2-9afe-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.kptv.com/story/21647426/barn-fire-causes-thousands-in-damages

2013-03-14 - SUV and garage destroyed by fire at home in Great Bend (Kansas), near the Arkansas River:
http://www.greatbendpost.com/2013/03/14/great-bend-fire-department-extinguishes-vehicle-and-structure-fire-on-wednesday/

2013-03-14 - Three vehicles and two sheds destroyed by fire in coastal Johns Island (South Carolina):
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/21644496/johns-island-fire-destroys-2-sheds-3-vehicles

2013-03-14 - Barn and snowmobile destroyed by fire on Houle Creek Road near Frenchtown (Montana):
http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/fire-destroys-barn-near-frenchtown/article_a6bf202c-8ce1-11e2-80f6-001a4bcf887a.html
http://missoulian.com/news/local/fire-destroys-barn-near-frenchtown/article_aefa44c2-8cd4-11e2-ab53-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "Meeks said the barn contained 'a little bit of hay and some other equipment,' including a snowmobile."

2013-03-14 - Barn destroyed by fire in coastal Hantsport, Nova Scotia (Canada), 1 lightly injured:
http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/2013-03-14/article-3200212/Barn-destroyed-by-fire-house-damaged,-firefighter-injured/1
http://www.hantsjournal.ca/News/2013-03-14/article-3200224/Fire-rips-through-barn,-spreads-to-house/1
http://www.kingscountynews.ca/News/2013-03-14/article-3200212/Barn-destroyed-by-fire-house-damaged,-firefighter-injured/1

2013-03-14 - Barn destroyed by fire near Humboldt (Kansas), near the Neosho River:
http://www.mscnews.net/news/?nk=22317

2013-03-14 - Barn destroyed by fire in Coffee County (Alabama):
http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/Coffee-Co-Barn-Fire-198243801.html

2013-03-14 - Barn destroyed by fire on Forrister Road in Rollin Township (Michigan):
http://www.lenconnect.com/article/20130314/NEWS/130319732

2013-03-14 - Barn damaged by fire in Wroxeter (Canada), near Wroxeter Mill Pond:
http://www.country1073.ca/news/latest/19199-chickens-saved-in-wroexeter-barn-fire.html
http://www.1017theone.ca/news.php?area=details&art_id=28379

2013-03-14 - Moving sidewalk bursts into flame at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/rss/article/283110/3/Electrical-fire-strands-travelers-at-Hartsfield-Jackson

2013-03-14 - Huge blaze destroys commercial building in Toronto (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/03/15/toronto-fire-auto.html

Quote: "Fire officials told CBC News the businesses were still operating but neighbours say the used car sales business had moved out recently. The building, they say, was being used to store clothes."

Note: Clothes are made of flammable absorbent materials and all such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include cloth, paper, wood, brush, mulch, generic trash, cardboard, cotton, straw, hay, etc.

2013-03-14 - Storage unit bursts into flame near hotel in coastal Daytona Beach (Florida):
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130314/news/130319874

Quote: "The investigation would later reveal the fire started in a storage unit, which contained old furniture and other items, used by the hotel while renovations are performed."

Note: Furniture is another flammable absorbent 'material'...

2013-03-14 - Large pile of tires bursts into flame at company in Ridgefield (Washington):
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/mar/14/firefighters-attack-large-tire-fire-ridgefield/

2013-03-14 - Power plant hit by small fire, residents lose power in Fairbanks (Alaska):
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/article_adbdf994-8d0d-11e2-b185-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-14 - Massive fire devours warehouse and three businesses in Coal City (Illinois), near the Kankakee River:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/03/14/extra-alarm-fire-engulfs-vacant-warehouse-in-coal-city/

Quote: "...water had to be hauled in with portable tanks fed by tanker trucks that were filling up from the Kankakee River a few blocks away."

2013-03-14 - Mattress catches fire in Zellers store at Semiahmoo Mall in Surrey (Canada), near Semiahmoo Bay, mall closed:
http://www.vancourier.com/news/Semiahmoo+Mall+evacuated+following+Zellers+fire/8100156/story.html

Note: Mattresses are made of flammable absorbent materials...

2013-03-14 - Huge blaze devours several businesses at strip mall in Gastonia (North Carolina), explosion mentioned:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/firefighters-battle-massive-fire-gastonia-strip-ma/nWrZp/
http://www.wbtv.com/story/21638323/fire-destroys-gastonia-strip-mall

2013-03-14 - Restaurant catches fire in Bridgewater (Massachusetts):
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x694779050/Fire-at-restaurant-in-Bridgewater

2013-03-14 - Raging fire destroys three-story mixed-use building in coastal Port Washington (New York), on Long Island, dozens homeless:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Firefighters-Battle-Large-Blaze-Fire-Port-Washington-Main-Street-Long-Island-198190691.html

2013-03-14 - Two adjacent homes destroyed by fire near downtown Houston (Texas):
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9025588

2013-03-14 - Basement fire erupts at home in Wappingers Falls (New York), near Wappingers Creek, 1 critically injured:
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130314/NEWS01/130314004

2013-03-14 - Home destroyed by fire in Tupper Lake (New York):
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/plattsburgh/Fire-destroys-Tupper-Lake-home-garage/-/9277622/19330454/-/bjx7b5/-/index.html

2013-03-14 - Home erupts in flame in Benton Harbor (Michigan), near Lake Michigan, 1 injured:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/sbt-benton-harbor-officer-injured-in-earlymorning-house-fire-20130314,0,7319517.story

2013-03-14 - Deadly fire tears through mobile home on Mud Fork Road in Chloe (West Virginia), 4 killed (3 children), 2 injured:
http://www.wowktv.com/story/21646699/calhoun-rire-kills-three-children-grandmother-injures-two

Note: Chloe lies along the West Fork Little Kanawha River...

2013-03-14 - Home destroyed by massive fire near Cambridge Springs (Pennsylvania):
http://yourerie.com/fulltext?nxd_id=291072

2013-03-14 - Unoccupied home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2013/mar/14/tampa-home-heavily-damaged-by-fire-ar-658688/

2013-03-14 - Unoccupied home destroyed by fire and explosion in Lutz (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/304578/8/Lutz-fire-Report-of-explosion-possible-victim-inside

Quote: "A caller told authorities they heard an explosion..."

Note: By 'unoccupied' I mean the someone lives there (or works there if it's a business), but wasn't there at the time. In this case the family was out shopping...

2013-03-14 - Vacant building burns in Omaha (Nebraska), body found inside:
http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/Body-found-after-fire-in-abandoned-building/-/9674510/19311884/-/vq37ycz/-/index.html

2013-03-14 - Vacant home and two occupied homes burn in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.freep.com/article/20130314/NEWS01/130314015/3-Detroit-homes-burn-in-early-morning-fire

Note: Did the fire start in the vacant home?

2013-03-14 - Vacant house burns in Brockton (Massachusetts):
http://www.enterprisenews.com/topstories/x694779236/Fire-at-vacant-Brockton-home-considered-suspicious

2013-03-14 - Vacant wooden schoolhouse burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, 68th vacant structure fire in this area since November:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20130315/NEWS01/130315001/ACCOMACK-Former-Cashville-schoolhouse-destroyed-suspected-arson

2013-03-13 - Explosion and fire damage powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam (Washington), on the Columbia River:
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020552681_couleefirexml.html

2013-03-13 - More than 30 homes and a school building destroyed by blaze in coastal Jakarta (Indonesia):
http://www.demotix.com/news/1869098/32-houses-1-school-burned-massive-fire-jakarta#media-1869019

2013-03-13 - Explosion and fire destroy unoccupied summer home in Moultonborough (New Hampshire), near Lake Winnipesaukee:
http://www.necn.com/03/13/13/NH-firefighters-at-scene-of-house-explos/landing.html?&apID=50fadc2d181c4cf39af4727762f30bd5
http://www.wcax.com/story/21626765/nh-firefighters-at-scene-of-house-explosion-fire

Quote: "The community of about 4,000 located along Lake Winnipesaukee is about 50 miles northeast of Concord."

2013-03-13 - School bus explodes into flame while parked in lot in Valley Stream (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/unoccupied-school-bus-catches-fire-in-valley-stream-1.4804264

Note: Vehicles don't have to be running to burst into flame. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it, like the thick battery cables that connect to batteries in vehicles. (And there are other sources of copper in vehicles too, running to the lights and the dashboard and so on.) This is highly likely why so many non-running vehicles are bursting into flame in parking garages and parking lots, in driveways and inside peoples' garages, boats at docks, etc. It is because of this problem that I think it's wise to park your vehicle, when possible, away from your residence and away from other vehicles. I've seen untold numbers of stories where a non-running vehicle has burst into flame and burned down a home, sometimes killing everyone in the house. Those people might still be alive, if only they'd understood the danger...

2013-03-13 - School bus bursts into flame while parked at school in Winterville (North Carolina):
http://www.wnct.com/story/21627063/crews-respond-to-bus-fire-in-winterville
http://www.reflector.com/crimerescue/crews-dispatched-creekside-bus-fire-1891819

Quote: "Flames were coming from a parked and unoccupied Creekside Elementary School bus when the first teacher arrived on campus about 6:10 a.m."

2013-03-13 - School bus bursts into flame in coastal Bourne (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/03/13/bus-carrying-middle-students-catches-fire-in-bourne/
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-south/Students-escape-school-bus-fire-in-Bourne/-/9848842/19303616/-/qekuwjz/-/index.html

2013-03-13 - Semi bursts into flame on Highway 24 near Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Semi-Truck-on-Fire-on--197836521.html
http://www.fireengineering.com/news/2013/03/14/semi-truck-fire-blocks-highway-24.html
http://www.gazette.com/articles/fire-152211-truck-department.html

2013-03-13 - Box truck bursts into flame on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County (New Jersey):
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9025435
http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2013/03/middlesex_county_morning_traff_23.html

2013-03-13 - Box truck bursts into flame at business in Union (Missouri):
http://www.emissourian.com/local_news/communities/union/article_c42dc116-4005-54ea-aed7-9fc07bb6ab16.html

2013-03-13 - RV bursts into flame at residence in Weaverville (California):
http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/local/article_2a8e604a-8b91-11e2-8c6e-0019bb30f31a.html

2013-03-13 - Van bursts into flame on the New Jersey Turnpike near East Windsor (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/03/oxygen_tanks_nitro_burn_during.html
http://www.trentonian.com/article/20130313/NEWS01/130319854/truck-bursts-into-flames-on-turnpike

2013-03-13 - Van bursts into flame on M53 slip road at Woodchurch (Britain), near the Mersey Tunnels:
http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10286101.Van_fire_closes_M53_slip_road_at_Woodchurch/
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2013/03/13/fire-crews-called-to-scene-after-van-catches-fire-on-m53-at-woodchurch-100252-32982083/

2013-03-13 - SUV bursts into flame in driveway at home on Harbor Road in coastal Hampton Bays (New York):
http://westhampton-hamptonbays.patch.com/articles/hampton-bays-firefighters-extinguish-suv-fire#photo-13635283

2013-03-13 - SUV bursts into flame on the A3124 in Dolton Beacon (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=23885&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-03-13 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in parking lot in Lower Lake (California), two adjacent vehicles damaged too:
http://www.record-bee.com/ci_22784791/truck-catches-fire-scorches-other-vehicles-parking-lot

Note: Might not wanna park your vehicle next to other vehicles (or next to your residence). Not a ton you can do about other vehicles parking next to yours in public parking lots though...

2013-03-13 - Car bursts into flame on street in Bothell (Washington), 3 miles from the coast:
http://woodinville.patch.com/articles/car-fire-reported-on-westbound-exit-of-522-in-bothell#photo-13663156

2013-03-13 - Car bursts into flame on the 101 Freeway in coastal North Hollywood (California):
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22789202/fire-engulfs-car-101-freeway-photos

2013-03-13 - Car bursts into flame on I-84 in Tolland (Connecticut):
http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2013/03/13/towns/tolland/doc5140ab82b88cd323335424.txt

Note: A tractor trailer had overturned earlier on I-84 (see the accidents section for this day), then just as they got that cleared up, this car fire erupted...

2013-03-13 - Car bursts into flame on road in Diamond Valley (Australia), 1 injured:
http://www.thesatellite.com.au/news/man-suffers-burns-car-goes-flames-diamond-valley/1790384/
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/videos/car-fire-diamond-valley/17986/

2013-03-13 - Car bursts into flame in car park at ski center in Matson (Britain):
http://www.quedgeleypeople.co.uk/Car-Matson-ski-centre/story-18403278-detail/story.html

2013-03-13 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-10 on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in coastal St. Charles Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.wwl.com/Car-fire-closes-I-10-eastbound-on-Spillway/15789281

2013-03-13 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the A1 in coastal County Durham (Britain):
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/a1-closed-near-chester-le-street-after-1741830

2013-03-13 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Bay State Road in Lynnfield (Massachusetts):
http://lynnfield.patch.com/articles/house-fire-car-fire-two-vehicle-break-ins-reported

2013-03-13 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-595 in Davie (Florida):
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-13/news/fl-highway-headaches-20130313_1_vehicle-burns-truck-rollover-interstate-595

Note: Also mentioned, a separate incident involving an overturned tractor trailer on I-595 near Pine Island Road...

2013-03-13 - RV trailer bursts into flame at caravan park on Harbour Road in coastal Fraserburgh (Scotland):
http://www.fraserburghherald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/second-suspicious-fire-at-caravan-park-1-2834705

Note: And a few days prior, two RVs burned at that same place...

2013-03-13 - Massive fire destroys barn in Springfield (Vermont), 20,000 quail and 30 pigs killed:
http://7d.blogs.com/biteclub/2013/03/barn-fire-devastates-springfields-cavendish-game-birds.html
http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/fire-tears-through-vermont-barn/article_a86297aa-d1e2-513f-b788-35b8c81a492d.html
http://www.kjonline.com/news/Fire-at-Vt-game-farm-kills-20000-quails-.html

2013-03-13 - Barn destroyed by fire in New Brockton (Alabama):
http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/barn-fire-in-new-brockton-fire-marshal-called-40388

2013-03-13 - Barn damaged by fire near Millfield (Ohio):
http://www.athensohiotoday.com/news/millfield-barn-fire/image_2b0b3036-3f52-56d4-819e-bcff99a90124.html

2013-03-13 - Barn destroyed by fire in Hicksville (Ohio):
http://bryantimes.com/news/local/article_f72871a0-8c71-11e2-9f24-0019bb2963f4.html

Quote: "...flames broke out in the barn’s east end, in the vicinity of a generator, officials said."

Note: Combustion engine, battery, copper, like a really stripped-down vehicle...

2013-03-13 - Barn and residence under construction destroyed by fire on Koehler Lane near Burton (Mississippi):
http://www.brenhambanner.com/news/fire-destroys-barn/image_2a684eae-8bfb-11e2-ab84-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "The fire destroyed the structure, which included a barn and living quarters. The building was about two weeks from being finished..."

2013-03-13 - Barn destroyed by spectacular fire in Astwood (Britain):
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/videos/fire-destroys-barn-at-astwood-1-4898572

Quote: "Witnesses said the scene was a spectacular ball of flames rising high into the night sky and could be seen for miles. Passing motorists stopped to take photos and videos and some said the heat could be felt from the road."

2013-03-13 - Massive fire erupts at leather factory in Kanpur (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/massive-fire-in-kanpur-factory-no-casualties-341860

2013-03-13 - Drilling rig erupts in flame near Starvation State Park (Utah), near Starvation Reservoir:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865575701/Firefighters-extinguish-blaze-at-drilling-rig-near-Starvation-State-Park.html

Quote: "Wednesday's fire comes almost two months after a drilling rig operated by Frontier Drilling caught fire two miles north of Roosevelt. That fire, which started Jan. 22 at a well site owned by Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy, forced the evacuation of several nearby homes. It took almost two weeks to bring that blaze under control."

2013-03-13 - Brush fire breaks out near River Ranch Road in Hillsborough County (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/304255/8/Fire-Rescue-Large-brush-fire-may-be-over-40-acres

2013-03-13 - Three adjacent homes damaged by blaze in coastal Mobile (Alabama):
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/03/mobile_fire_rescue_responding_1.html

2013-03-13 - Home burns twice in one day in Van Buren (Maine), near the Saint John River:
http://fiddleheadfocus.com/content/0015344-house-burns-twice-one-day

2013-03-13 - Vacant restaurant burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, 67th vacant structure fire there since November:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20130314/NEWS01/130314002/Arson-suspected-Hunger-Haven-fire-Accomack
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-arson-67-easter-shore,0,7680672.story

Note: And still, nobody's ever seen anyone near these fires, there is no motive, there is no surveillance footage. Apparently these fire officials are completely unaware that flammable absorbent materials (like wood, paper, cardboard, etc) are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. And there's also the copper and rusty iron/steel reactivity problem with hydrogen sulfide too. Let's see if they figure things out before the destroyed building count reaches 1000...

2013-03-13 - Vacant commercial building burns in Santa Rosa (California):
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130313/ARTICLES/130319856/1010/sports

2013-03-13 - Vacant house burns in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Crews-respond-to-abandoned-house-fire/ucT7FycrVE-qRPUElYoQ_g.cspx

2013-03-13 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Tacoma (Washington), near Gig Harbor:
http://q13fox.com/2013/03/13/fire-destroys-vacant-tacoma-home/

2013-03-13 - Vacant house burns in Florence (South Carolina):
http://www.fireengineering.com/news/2013/03/14/vacant-home-burns-on-hoffmeyer-road-in-florence.html

2013-03-12 - Explosion damages power substation in Anderbolt, Boksburg (South Africa), 4 injured:
http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/boksburg/boksburg-news-general?oid=7076344&sn=Detail&pid=217460&Boksburg-power-station-explosion-injures-four

Quote: "Jackson adds that the four men were badly injured, some had sustained severe burns, and the others injuries from shrapnel that had come from the transmitter."

2013-03-12 - Explosion reported at recycling company in Cottenham (Britain):
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Explosion-at-Cottenham-recycling-company-12032013.htm

2013-03-12 - Underground fire erupts in mine in Monongalia County (West Virginia):
http://wvmetronews.com/underground-fire-reported-at-monongalia-county-mine/
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130312_14533.shtml

Quote: "The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a statement Tuesday saying there appeared to be a fire burning underground at the mine. A mine rescue team and backup team went underground to try to find the source of the flames, but withdrew after finding heat and smoke..."

2013-03-12 - Underground oil tank explodes in coastal Zhuhai (China), massive fireball lights up the sky:
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2013/0312/570836.html

2013-03-12 - Explosion blows balconies off three-story building in coastal Tel Aviv (Israel):
http://www.timesofisrael.com/explosion-topples-balconies-off-tel-aviv-building/

Note: Hundreds of undersea gas leaks were recently discovered off the coast of Israel...

2013-03-12 - Explosion rocks chemical plant in the Fengxian district of coastal Shanghai (China), 3 injured:
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/767718.shtml

2013-03-12 - Sailboat bursts into flame while docked at boatyard in Allen (Maryland):
http://www.wboc.com/story/21583905/sailboat-fire-cause-7000-worth-of-damage

2013-03-12 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame, 5 cars on it incinerated too, on I-30 in Hope (Arkansas):
http://www.hopeprescott.com/blowout-causes-fire-that-destroys-car-carrier/

Note: And yet another tire exploding. This is obviously going to be an ongoing and escalating problem, and it will hit massive vehicles the hardest, working its way down over time to smaller vehicles. The problem is that tire rubber is absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane, probably the former because tires rest on the ground and hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas. Then when brakes are applied, the brake-friction generates more heat than usual (since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot), and then all sorts of bad things can happen: tires ignite or explode, fluid lines (brake, hydraulic, power steering) rupture, the brakes themselves ignite, the entire vehicle goes up in flame, or all of the above. The more massive the vehicle and the more tire rubber it has, the more likely this problem will manifest. It affects planes too; they've been having landing gear problems and tires exploding, especially after landing, when they tend to hit their brakes the hardest...

2013-03-12 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on Route 78 in Hunterdon County (New Jersey):
http://special.app.com/article/CN/20130312/NJNEWS/303120007/Truck-fire-closes-Route-78-in-Hunterdon-County-for-41-2-hours

2013-03-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Palm Coast (Florida):
http://www.palmcoastobserver.com/news/palm-coast/News/031220136470/Cantaloupe-truck-catches-fire-on-I-95

2013-03-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame outside IBM facility in the Town of Poughkeepsie (New York):
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130312/NEWS01/130312013

2013-03-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-64 near Fern Valley Road in Louisville (Kentucky):
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Crew-working-semi-fire-on-I-65N-at-Fern-Valley-Road-197274021.html

2013-03-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-495 in Marlborough (Massachusetts):
http://marlborough.patch.com/articles/truck-fire-slowed-morning-traffic-on-495

2013-03-12 - Box truck bursts into flame on Long Beach Road in coastal Oceanside (New York):
http://www.liherald.com/stories/Oceanside-volies-fight-truck-fire-,46477

2013-03-12 - Garbage truck bursts into flame in coastal Georgetown (Guyana):
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/stories/03/12/garbage-truck-catches-fire-on-woolford-ave/

2013-03-12 - Truck bursts into flame on I-75 near Indian Trace (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Delays-on-I-75-After-Truck-Carrying-Trees-Catches-Fire-197292811.html

Note: The truck had a tire explode, then the trees it was hauling caught fire. They were palm trees. There have been multiple incidents where palm trees have spontaneously combusted. Their skin is kinda rubbery and may be absorbing hydrogen sulfide just like tire rubber is doing (which is sometimes causing tires to ignite and/or explode, among other things, when brakes are applied)...

2013-03-12 - Truck bursts into flame in parking lot at Trex Mart near Carrollton (Missouri):
http://www.kmzu.com/vehicle-fire-along-i-35/

2013-03-12 - School bus bursts into flame on the island of Fiji:
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=227632

Quote: "About 60 students had to jump out of the company's bus when it caught fire near the Deuba Village junction in Navua about 4.30pm on Monday."

2013-03-12 - RV bursts into flame in Twentynine Palms (California), 2 killed:
http://www.kcdzfm.com/news/fullstory031213.html

2013-03-12 - Van bursts into flame while parked outside apartment building in Wyoming (Michigan), building evacuated:
http://fox17online.com/2013/03/13/vehicle-destroyed-in-wyoming-fire-apartment-building-evacuated/

2013-03-12 - Minivan bursts into flame on Hicksville Road in coastal Massapequa (New York):
http://massapequa.patch.com/articles/vehicle-fire-on-hicksville-road#photo-13646522

2013-03-12 - SUV bursts into flame in Ramona (California):
http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2013/03/12/firefighters-extinguish-vehicle-fire/

2013-03-12 - Car bursts into flame while parked in lot in Napa (California):
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/car-fire/image_3101e1ee-8b9c-11e2-a15f-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-12 - Car bursts into flame on Merritt Parkway in Wallingford (Connecticut):
http://wallingford.patch.com/articles/two-people-escape-car-fire-on-route-15-wallingford

2013-03-12 - Car bursts into flame inside garage at home in Vicksburg (Michigan), fire spreads to garage:
http://wwmt.com/news/features/featured/stories/burning-car-catches-garage-fire-100.shtml

2013-03-12 - Car bursts into flame on the M25 at Leatherhead (Britain):
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10283175.Dozy_lorry_driver_refuses_to_let_through_fire_engines_because__he_needed_sleep_/

2013-03-12 - Car bursts into flame inside auto shop in Wolcott (Connecticut), fire damages auto shop too:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51152048/ns/local_news-hartford_ct/
http://www.onestopnewsstand.com/hartford/fire-damages-wolcott-auto-body-shop-2

Note: That's about half a mile from Cedar Lake...

2013-03-12 - Car bursts into flame on road near Duncan, British Columbia (Canada):
http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/news/197459731.html

2013-03-12 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Pali Highway in coastal Honolulu (Hawaii):
http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/Pali-Hwy-reopened-after-vehicle-fire/-/8905354/19286624/-/lnuja5z/-/index.html

2013-03-12 - Four motorcycles burst into flame at car park near beach in coastal Phuket (Thailand):
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/motorcycles-blaze-suspicious-fire-contentious-phuket-beach-car-park-17726/

Quote: "Swimmers at the beach, which has a steep stairs descent to the sea, returned to see a pall of smoke and a large area blackened by the blaze."

Quote: "We've never seen anything like it."

2013-03-12 - Tractor and machine shed destroyed by fire near Wagner (South Dakota):
http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/77311/group/homepage/

2013-03-12 - Tractor, truck and barn destroyed by fire in Easton Township (Michigan):
http://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20130312/NEWS/130319871

2013-03-12 - Sailboat, barn and farm equipment destroyed by huge fire in Bethany (New York), in Genesee County:
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/local/truck-driver-spots-barn-fire
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Large-Barn-Fire-Burning-In-Genesee-County/3j47QlTCi02s1QGmKPZc-A.cspx
http://rochesterhomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=377062
http://buffalo.ynn.com/content/all_news/647058/several-fire-departments-help-put-out-barn-fire/

Quote: "...there was a lot of equipment in the barn that’s now gone, including a sailboat."

2013-03-12 - Barn destroyed by fire in Jasper (Indiana), some animals killed:
http://dcbroadcasting.com/2013/03/jasper-barn-fire/

2013-03-12 - Barn destroyed by fire in the Town of Isabelle (Wisconsin), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/event/article/id/51910/

2013-03-12 - Barn destroyed by fire outside Bradworthy (Britain), 5 animals killed:
www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/Pony-killed-Bradworthy-barn/story-18392673-detail/story.html

2013-03-12 - Barn destroyed by fire in New Lebanon (Ohio), some rabbits killed:
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_pets-killed-barn-fire-11920.shtml

2013-03-12 - Trash can bursts into flame next to shed at Northshore High School in Slidell (Louisiana), fire spreads to shed:
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/03/st_tammany_fire_officials_inve_1.html

Quote: "Wood pallets and an old desk were stored on one side of the shed, and gas cans and equipment were on the other side, he said. The fire broke out on the side of the shed where the wood pallets were stored, Duffaut said."

Note: Pallets have been bursting into flame all throughout this past year, including some seriously mammoth pallet fires involving tens of thousands of pallets. Trash is also spontaneously combusting, at landfills, recycling centers, in trash cans and garbage trucks. The cause is the same for the pallet fires and the trash fires: they are both absorbent flammable materials and such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. These materials include: wood, mulch, generic trash, cotton, wool, cloth, clothing, paper, cardboard, brush, dried dead trees, and much more...

2013-03-12 - Fire rips through night club in coastal Norrköping (Sweden), upcoming orgy cancelled:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/fire-ends-bid-by-200-swingers-to-break-group-sex-record-in-sweden-8531634.html

Quote: "An attempt by 200 swingers in Sweden to break the national record for group sex has been thwarted after a fire ripped through the nightclub that was due to host the steamy gathering."

2013-03-12 - Seafood restaurant destroyed by fire in Chesapeake (Virginia), near the coast:
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/12/chesapeake-seafood-restaurant-damaged-during-early-morning-fire/

Note: It caught fire in the late hours, nobody there...

2013-03-12 - 'Fluke electrical issue' causes fire at two homes in Fruitport Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/03/fluke_electrical_issue_causes.html

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a charge running through it. This town is about two miles east of - e.g. downwind of - Lake Michigan...

2013-03-12 - House erupts in flame in coastal Fort Lauderdale (Florida), 2 puppies saved:
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Pair-of-Puppies-Saved-From-Fort-Lauderdale-House-Fire-197437321.html

2013-03-12 - Huge fire and possible explosion destroy vacant mill in Opelika (Alabama):
http://www.wtvm.com/story/21614076/massive-fire-burns-at-old-opelika-mill
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/3/13/massive_fire_at_vaca.html

Note: Mills are virtually always built near bodies of flowing water, to provide free energy for millwork. Such low-lying areas are where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate when the wind isn't blowing and from where any accumulated gas will blow when the wind picks up...

2013-03-12 - Vacant home destroyed by fire on Terry Coal Road in Crofton (Kentucky):
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/news/article_5a3a8ec6-8b2e-11e2-9947-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-12 - Vacant motel destroyed by fire on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, 66th vacant building to burn here since mid-November:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-accomack-county-arson-investigation-0313,0,5720397.story
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Accomack-motel-destroyed-by-fire-197742761.html

2013-03-12 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Vestal (New York):
http://www.wbng.com/news/video/Fire-destroys-unoccupied-home-197385211.html

2013-03-12 - Vacant home burns in Jasonville (Indiana):
http://www.gcdailyworld.com/story/1949033.html

2013-03-11 - Explosion in home blows out windows in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Window-Blown-Out-in-Explosion-at-House-Miami-Fire-Rescue-197079111.html

Note: Luckily the family of six that lives there wasn't home at the time...

2013-03-11 - Fuel truck bursts into flame at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fuel-Truck-Catches-Fire-at-Philly-International-197242351.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/03/11/truck-catches-fire-at-philadelphia-international-airport/
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9023686

2013-03-11 - In separate incidents, tractor trailer and vehicle burst into flame on Route 78:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/phillipsburg/index.ssf/2013/03/interstate_78_truck_fire_in_po.html
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2013/03/truck_fire_blocks_right_lane_o.html
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/phillipsburg/index.ssf/2013/03/cement_truck_catches_fire_on_i.html

Note: Tractor trailer burst into flame near the Route 78 toll bridge in Pohatcong Township (New Jersey). Vehicle burst into flame on the eastbound side of Route 78 between Exit 71 (Route 33) in Pennsylvania and Route 22 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

2013-03-11 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-81 near Waverly (Pennsylvania):
http://www.neagle.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319994
http://wnep.com/2013/03/11/interstate-traffic-slowed-by-truck-fire/
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/interstate-81-reopens-in-abingtons-after-tractor-trailer-fire-1.1456726

2013-03-11 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-64 in Cabell County near Huntington (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/news/huntingtonnews/headlines/BREAKING-NEWS-Eastbound-I64-Shut-Down-for-Tractor-Trailer-Fire-197134241.html
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x2070320827/Tractor-trailer-fire-closes-I-64

2013-03-11 - Tractor bursts into flame in abandoned orange grove in coastal Mims (Florida), fire spreads, brush fire erupts:
http://news.brevardtimes.com/2013/03/tractor-starts-fire-in-abandoned.html

2013-03-11 - RV bursts into flame on I-40 in Dickson County (Tennessee):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51140583/
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/21579146/rv-fire-creates-backup-on-i-40
http://www.wsmv.com/story/21578172/rv-fire-closes-eastbound-i-40-in-dickson-co

Note: Looks like it was once a nice RV there...

2013-03-11 - RV bursts into flame on I-75 in Lockland (Ohio):
http://www.19actionnews.com/story/21576887/nb-75-shepherd-lane-exit-blocked-after-rv-fire-on-monday
http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_central_cincinnati/lockland/traffic-slows-down-on-nb-i-75-as-crews-battle-rv-fire

2013-03-11 - Van bursts into flame on road in Tifton (Georgia):
http://tiftongazette.com/x624712283/Fire-claims-van-at-off-ramp

2013-03-11 - Van bursts into flame on the M50 near Junction 10 (Ireland):
http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/pic-yet-another-car-on-fire-on-the-m50-0035292-1

Quote: "Just last week we brought you this picture of a car on fire on the M50. And the same thing has happened this evening, on the southbound direction near Junction 10."

Note: Sounds like people are starting to wake up a little bit...

2013-03-11 - SUV bursts into flame near school in coastal Laguna Beach (California):
http://www.coastlinepilot.com/news/tn-cpt-0315-car-fire-20130312,0,921997.story

2013-03-11 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-10 in Tallahassee (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Vehicle-Fire-on-I-10-196932581.html
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130311011/Truck-catches-fire-while-traveling-10

2013-03-11 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in Joppa (Maryland):
http://belair.patch.com/articles/joppa-truck-fire-causes-16k-damage

2013-03-11 - Car bursts into flame on Orangeburg Road in Summerville (South Carolina):
http://summerville.patch.com/articles/watch-vehicle-goes-up-in-flames-on-orangeburg-road#video-13641911

2013-03-11 - Car bursts into flame on I-270 in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/news/editors-pick/Southbound-270-backed-up-for-miles-following-car-fire-197190781.html

2013-03-11 - Car bursts into flame in shopping center parking lot on Brookdale Avenue in Cornwall (Canada):
http://www.thecornwalldaily.com/news/cornwall/story.aspx?ID=1909052

2013-03-11 - Car bursts into flame while parked at apartment complex in El Paso (Texas):
http://www.kdbc.com/news/el-paso-fire-fighters-investigate-overnight-car-fire

2013-03-11 - Car bursts into flame on Skelton Road in Diss (Britain):
http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/crew-called-to-extinguish-car-fire-in-diss-1-4886946

2013-03-11 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home in Spring Creek (Nevada):
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/firefighters-find-corvette-in-flames/article_7c9d061e-8abc-11e2-bb22-0019bb2963f4.html

Quote: "Heavy, black smoke crawled into the air Sunday morning in the housing section of Spring Creek where a Corvette was fully engulfed in flames in a driveway..."

2013-03-11 - Car bursts into flame on the A90 near coastal Stonehaven (Scotland):
http://news.stv.tv/north/217202-car-badly-damaged-after-catching-fire-on-a90-aberdeen-dundee-road/

2013-03-11 - Truck trailer bursts into flame near supermarket in Aylesbury (Britain):
http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/local-news/lorry-trailer-bursts-into-flames-near-aylesbury-supermarket-1-4886137

2013-03-11 - Tractor trailer destroyed by fire and storage shop damaged, in Neponset (Illinois):
http://www.bcrnews.com/2013/03/11/neponset-storage-shop-catches-fire/a7cx82p/

2013-03-11 - Fire and explosions destroy barn in Montgomery County (Ohio):
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/explosions-reported-at-montgomery-co-barn-fire/nWpsq/

2013-03-11 - Three barns hit by fire in the area of Pocklington (Britain):
http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/more-barn-fires-in-local-area-1-5490324

2013-03-11 - Barn destroyed by fire in Liberty Township (Pennsylvania), 30 chickens, horse and 2 goats killed:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2013/03/liberty_township_barn_fire_cla.html

2013-03-11 - Barn destroyed by fire on Hardie Road in Conklin (New York), 50 animals killed:
http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=27095

2013-03-11 - Barn used for events destroyed by fire near Gainsville (Georgia):
http://www.wsav.com/story/21581495/fire-destroys-barn-that-hosts-events-in-ne-georgia
http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/georgia/fire-destroys-barn-that-hosts-events-in-ne-georgia/nWphY/
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/80858/

2013-03-11 - Transformer explodes and burns in Claremore (Oklahoma), residents lose water supply:
http://claremoreprogress.com/local/x2016921325/Transformer-explosion-shuts-off-Claremore-water-supply

2013-03-11 - Electrical explosion in coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base (California), 2 injured:
http://www.floridatoday.com/viewart/20130312/SPACE/130312006/2-ULA-workers-hurt-explosion-Vandenberg-AFB

2013-03-11 - Machinery bursts into flame at business in Auburn (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/central/Machine-fire-clears-Auburn-factory/-/8791976/19273452/-/5ri03xz/-/index.html

2013-03-11 - Trash can bursts into flame at home in Redlands (California), fire spreads to vehicle, garage:
http://blog.pe.com/redlands/2013/03/11/redlands-fire-damages-vehicle-garage-on-fairmont-drive/
http://redlands.patch.com/articles/waste-bin-fire-spreads-damaging-vehicle-part-of-garage-off-west-sunset-drive

2013-03-11 - Trash can bursts into flame at home in Prestbury (Britain), fire spreads to car:
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-prestbury

Note: Hmmm, I guess don't park next to your home, or next to other vehicles, or next to trash cans either...

2013-03-11 - Large pile of debris bursts into flame at wood center in Gainesville (Florida), near Newmans Lake:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130311/articles/130319962

2013-03-11 - Three playgrounds catch fire in a week in Laurel (Maryland):
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Third-Playground-Fire-in-Laurel-197248231.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/howard/publications/laurel-leader/ph-ll-third-playground-fire-laurel-emancipation-park-monday-20130311,0,7405848.story

Note: Any wood stuff, or mulch, at these playgrounds? Or rusted iron or steel? Hydrogen sulfide is being absorbed into flammable absorbent materials and spontaneously combusting. It's also reactive with rusty iron or steel...

2013-03-11 - Wildfire erupts and burns 500 acres in coastal Croatan National Forest (North Carolina):
http://www.reflector.com/ap/staten/nc-firefighters-battling-croatan-forest-fire-1889763
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9023561

2013-03-11 - Brush fire erupts near school and near canal in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.fox4now.com/news/local/197170591.html

Quote: "The fire happened in a wooded area near the school and a nearby canal."

2013-03-11 - Blaze erupts in basement of the Trinity Repertory Company in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://fox2now.com/2013/03/11/five-dead-in-afghanistan-helicopter-crash/

Note: Nobody was there at the time, off-hours. Basements are where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate once it infiltrates a building. Basements are also where water heaters are usually located and the pilot light may provide an ignition source. Basements are also where electrical boxes are often located, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it...

2013-03-11 - Home damaged by fire on Breezy Lane in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/1-person-left-homeless-after-fire-in-suburban-west/nWn7w/

2013-03-11 - Townhouse catches fire on Lake Edward Drive in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/11/one-transported-for-smoke-inhalation-after-fire-at-beach-home/

2013-03-11 - Vacant house burns in Brownsville (Texas):
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_ab25b5ce-8b27-11e2-aecd-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-11 - Vacant home burns on Nocks Landing Road in Oak Hall (Virginia), in the Eastern Shore area:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Fire-damages-abandoned-building-in-Accomack-Co-197303221.html

2013-03-11 - Vacant building burns, collapses, on Saint Johns Road in Worcester (Massachusetts):
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/worcester-area/10010077776430/vacant-worcester-building-collapses-due-to-fire/

2013-03-10 - Massive explosion rocks port city of Bandar Imam Khomeini (Iran), cars and buildings damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130310-38471-IRN
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166061
http://www.albawaba.com/news/iran-blast-476210

Quote: "Several cars were damaged and windows in nearby buildings were shattered, including those at a hotel, according to the report late Saturday by the semi-official Iranian news agency ILNA."

2013-03-10 - Explosion damages police building in Taytay in the Philippine Islands, 4 injured:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/298692/news/regions/4-hurt-in-explosion-at-rizal-provincial-police-office-in-taytay
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/03/12/4-people-hurt-in-soco-explosion/

Note: Taytay sits on the banks of the Laguna de Bay and is about 5 miles from ocean waters too. The explosion happened inside the Explosives and Ordnance Division office. I mentioned ammo depots burning and exploding specifically in the full hypothesis. That was over a year ago. In this past year there have been ammo depot explosions in Russia (huge one, mushroom cloud), Congo, the island of Cyprus, Louisiana, Turkey, and fireworks factories (the civilian equivalent) have exploded in China, Indonesia, Nigeria, and more. You probably don't want to be living anywhere near any kind of facility that makes or stores munitions or fireworks of any kind...

2013-03-10 - Raging wildfire devastating farming villages in coastal Ulsan (South Korea), homes, buildings, forests destroyed, livestock killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20130310-38465-KOR

Quote: "Three people were injured after inhaling smoke while hundreds of dogs and chickens were killed in the fire, which also consumed 23 buildings and houses and burnt 50 hectares of forests spanning several villages."

2013-03-10 - Huge fire engulfs building in Harrison (New Jersey), near the Passaic River, explosion blows 5 firefighters out:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/11/stunning-vid-shows-explosion-that-rocked-nj-literally-threw-firefighters-out-of-a-burning-building/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/firefighters-hurt-building-explosion-video-article-1.1284909

2013-03-10 - Boat bursts into flame at dock in coastal Dania Beach (Florida), 2 injured:
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21010065671742/father-son-injured-after-boat-fire/
http://www.local10.com/news/2-injured-after-boat-catches-fire-at-Dania-Beach-dock/-/1717324/19259892/-/ajh98y/-/index.html

Quote: "He was just fueling then out of nowhere the boat just bursts into flames and he was on fire. Him and his son were on the boat, and jumped into the water, luckily they jumped in and were able to put themselves out."

2013-03-10 - Several vehicles bursts into flame at junkyard in Selinsgrove (Pennsylvania):
http://dailyitem.com/0100_news/x2101726289/Fire-crews-put-out-11-fires

Quote: "An evening junkyard fire near Selinsgrove also had crews out into the night, with a tractor-trailer and several cars catching fire..."

Quote: "There were at least 10 brush fires reported in the Valley on Sunday..."

2013-03-10 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame inside lumber yard building in Branchburg (New Jersey), fire spreads to lumber:
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130311/NJNEWS/303110034/1001/RSS09

2013-03-10 - Charter bus bursts into flame on I-70 near Breezewood (Pennsylvania), Penn State students stranded:
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/mc-martz-bus-fire-penn-state-students-0311-20130311,0,5902429.story
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Penn-State-Bus-Fire-196830271.html

2013-03-10 - RV bursts into flame on Hornby Road in Blackpool (Britain):
http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/2013/03/caravan-fire-in-blackpool-at-0054/

2013-03-10 - Van bursts into flame at car dealership in Newtown Square (Pennsylvania):
http://marplenewtown.patch.com/articles/fire-engulfs-cleaners-van-at-car-dealership

2013-03-10 - Car bursts into flame in driveway at home in Copperfield Manaor in Calgary (Canada):
http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2013/03/burning-car-moved-by-heroic-neighbour-saves-copperfield-home/

2013-03-10 - Car bursts into flame on the Trenton Connector near Alma (Canada):
http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2013-03-10/article-3197014/Car-fire-on-Trenton-connector/1

Note: Alma is near Lac Saint-Jean...

2013-03-10 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home in coastal Bexhill-On-Sea (Britain):
http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/bexhill-news/car-fire-in-the-early-hours-1-4883799

2013-03-10 - Car bursts into flame on the M4 in Carmarthenshire (Britain):
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Car-causes-long-delays-M4-South-Wales/story-18374318-detail/story.html
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Car-sparks-long-tailbacks-M4-Hendy-Penllergaer/story-18381301-detail/story.html

2013-03-10 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-12 near Baton Rouge (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/story/21567890/i-12-open-after

2013-03-10 - RV trailer bursts into flame in Medford (Oregon):
http://pdxfanews.blogspot.com/2013/03/medford-fire-rescue-sun-1206pm.html

2013-03-10 - Barn damaged by major fire in the Town of Georgetown (New York), some livestock killed:
http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/646288/some-livestock-lost-in-barn-fire-in-georgetown/

2013-03-10 - Barn destroyed by fire in Piney Flats (Tennessee):
http://www.capitalbay.com/news/washington-dc/virginia/bristol/317998-barn-fire-sparks-investigation-into-arson.html

Quote: "We've had a couple of barn fires recently, we had a small yard-barn fire last week. Just across the county line into Gray, what's the Boone's Creek area, they had a couple of barn fires as well..."

2013-03-10 - Barn and apartment building destroyed by fire in Howell Township (Michigan):
http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20130311/NEWS01/130311005/Fire-destroys-Howell-Twp-apartment-complex-barn

2013-03-10 - Converted barn damaged by fire in Bodmin, Cornwall (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-21732767

2013-03-10 - Major fire devastates machine shop in Fulton (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/fulton_firefighters_look_for_c.html

Quote: "Pathfinder Industries is a manufacturer of sheet metal and machine parts..."

Note: Any battery-powered or combustion-powered machines or vehicles in there? Rusted steel or iron?

2013-03-10 - Huge fire destroys 15-room motel in Pearisburg (Virginia):
http://www.wsls.com/story/21567620/giles-county-motel-destroyed-in-overnight-fire

Note: Pearisburg is right next to a stream or river...

2013-03-10 - Home heavily damaged by blaze in coastal Delray Beach (Florida), family of 5 homeless:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/breaking-news/family-of-five-homeless-after-delray-beach-fire/nWnYN/

2013-03-10 - House hit by explosion and fire in Frame (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/21567538/multiple-homes-on-fire-in-frame

Note: Water-heater again. Water heaters are a serious explosion and fire risk now. Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and water heaters are usually on the bottom floor, often the basement. Hydrogen sulfide is also water-soluble and may get inside buildings via the water supply. And with a pilot light right there, if the water supply DOES get contaminated then over time enough gas may ooze out of the water heater to cause a fire or explosion or both...

2013-03-10 - Fire destroys vacant home, another fire damages vacant home, near each other, in East St. Louis (Illinois):
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/One-house-burned-out-a-nearby-house-damaged-in-Metro-East-fire-196756591.html

Note: East St. Louis is on the downwind side of the Mississippi River, so any hydrogen sulfide accumulating at the river will tend to blow toward East St. Louis when the wind picks up. From the story it doesn't sound like these homes were adjacent but were in the same general area. That's what you might expect to see if a flammable atmospheric gas plume - hydrogen sulfide or methane or both - were blowing through the area...

2013-03-10 - Vacant house burns in Flint (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/03/large_fire_at_flint_home_sched.html

2013-03-10 - Vacant home bursts into flame, twice in same day, in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/ifd-crews-investigating-vacant-house-fire-on-dequincy

2013-03-10 - Vacant building burns on East Valley Parkway in Escondido (California):
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/10/escondido-fire-vacant-building/

2013-03-10 - Vacant apartment building burns in Shreveport (Louisiana), near the Red River:
http://www.ktbs.com/news/Late-Night-Fire-Damages-Vacant-Apartment-Building/-/144844/19249368/-/celfag/-/index.html

2013-03-09 - Massive blaze destroys a dozen businesses in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan, 1 firefighter injured:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Firefighter-Injured-Businesses-Ruined-in-East-Chicago-Fire-196758101.html
http://www.indystar.com/viewart/20130310/NEWS02/303100052/Fire-explosions-hit-downtown-East-Chicago
http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130319985

Quote: "The building housed various offices, a body shop, a glass company, a metal shop, a recycling company and other businesses."

Note: Lots of potential vulnerabilities there: body shop means vehicles may have been present, and vehicles are spontaneously combusting everywhere now; metal shop could mean copper or rusted iron/steel were present and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper and rusted iron/steel (thus all the piles of metal and scrap vehicles bursting into flame in junkyards and scrapyards around the world); recycling company could mean metals or absorbent flammable materials like paper, cardboard, etc.

2013-03-09 - Explosion takes out power to part of Milwaukee (Wisconsin), concert disrupted, band goes acoustic in the dark:
http://fox6now.com/2013/03/09/explosion-cuts-power-to-concert-band-plays-anyway/

2013-03-09 - 'Vapor explosion' ensues when man opens garage in northeast Houston (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Man-hospitalized-after-vapor-explosion-in-northest-Houston-196700821.html

2013-03-09 - Several boats burn while docked at Dubai Festival City in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://www.emirates247.com/news/update-floating-bridge-reopens-boat-fire-near-dubai-festival-city-under-control-2013-03-10-1.497950
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/emergencies/three-boats-loaded-with-diesel-caught-fire-in-al-jaddaf-dubai-1.1156193

2013-03-09 - Boat explodes and burns near Plash Island, close to coastal Gulf Shores (Alabama), 2 injured:
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/03/boat_fire_in_gulf_shores_injur.html
http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/story/Two-in-Hospital-After-Boat-Fire-in-Gulf-Shores/0Ht_WSWFf0e_23xE0gwNXw.cspx
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/baldwin_county/two-injured-in-explosion-fire-on-boat

2013-03-09 - Boat bursts into flame at the Sea Landing in the Santa Barbara Harbor in coastal Santa Barbara (California):
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=110307

2013-03-09 - Dump truck bursts into flame at business in Monmouth County (New Jersey):
http://www.hopefirecompany.com/news/fullstory/newsid/183221

2013-03-09 - Heavy truck bursts into flame at business near Rolling Fork (Kentucky), in LaRue County:
http://www.nelsoncountygazette.com/?p=16625

2013-03-09 - RV bursts into flame at firefighter's home in Orangevale (California), fire spreads, home damaged too:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/03/09/orangevale-motor-home-fire-spreads-to-nearby-home/
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/10/5250546/blaze-destroys-motor-home-spreads.html
http://fairoaks-carmichael.patch.com/articles/fire-torches-metro-fire-staffer-s-rv-damages-home

Note: Another RV burst into flame at a firefighter's home not long ago, in West Wodonga (Australia), as mentioned in the 2012-12-05 update. I guess firefighters don't know what's going on at all, else they'd park their vehicles farther from their buildings, especially RVs which have some vulnerabilities that other vehicles don't, like pilot lights for propane-powered appliances and large amounts of copper wiring. Two firefighters have dropped dead in the last 4 days too, that I know of. One firefighter collapsed and died in coastal League City (Texas), as mentioned in the 2013-03-06 update, and a firefighter cadet collapsed and died at an accident scene he was responding to in Marietta (Georgia), as mentioned in the 2013-03-07 update...

2013-03-09 - Van bursts into flame on Highway 11E in Bristol (Tennessee):
http://www.wcyb.com/news/Van-fire-on-Highway-11E/-/14590844/19255246/-/q47k11/-/index.html

2013-03-09 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Route 22 in Palmer Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2013/03/torched_pick-up_truck_on_route.html

2013-03-09 - Pickup truck bursts into flame near pizza restaurant in coastal Silverdale (Washington):
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/mar/09/fire-destroys-pickup-truck-at-silverdale/

2013-03-09 - Car bursts into flame on the I-295 East loop near Monument Road in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Car-fire-caught-on-camera/sQbZL1nGtkSku9JXZ8Bt4Q.cspx

2013-03-09 - Car bursts into flame on I-90 in Utica (New York):
http://wibx950.com/car-fire-on-i-90-eastbound-between-exits-24-and-25/

2013-03-09 - Car bursts into flame near Lakeshore Drive in Lake Elsinore (California):
http://lakeelsinore-wildomar.patch.com/articles/citizen-reporter-car-fire-ignites-following-trip-to-mechanic

2013-03-09 - Car bursts into flame on I-44 in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), driver slams on brakes, other cars then crash:
http://www.news9.com/story/21560867/car-on-fire-causes-multi-car-crash-on-i-44

2013-03-09 - Car bursts into flame on Trevaunance Road in St. Agnes (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Arson-suspected-St-Agnes-car/story-18365878-detail/story.html

2013-03-09 - Car bursts into flame on the A34 near Alderley (Britain):
http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/8090/man-treated-for-smoke-inhalation-after-car-fire

2013-03-09 - Car bursts into flame at Sticker, near St. Austell (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/service-called-car-blaze-Sticker-near-St-Austell/story-18374311-detail/story.html

2013-03-09 - RV trailer bursts into flame in coastal Imperial Beach (California), 1 killed:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/Man-Found-Dead-Inside-Burned-Out-Travel-Trailer-in-IB-196697781.html

2013-03-09 - Pickup truck, barn and two outbuildings destroyed by fire in Onslow County (North Carolina):
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Fire-Engulfs-Buildings-Truck-In-Onslow-County-196699011.html

2013-03-09 - Barn damaged by blaze at Palm Beach Polo Club in Lake Worth (Florida), nearly a dozen polo horses killed:
http://www2.tbo.com/news/business/2013/mar/09/2/dozen-horses-die-in-wellington-barn-fire-ar-654240/

2013-03-09 - Rooftop heating unit bursts into flame at Home Depot in Franklin (Wisconsin), store evacuated:
http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Fire-forces-evacuation-at-Home-Depot/-/10148890/19255512/-/g0hy7cz/-/index.html

2013-03-09 - Fire tears through gas station in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://www.wncn.com/story/21562100/crews-battle-blaze-at-raleigh-gas-station

2013-03-09 - Blaze erupts at high-rise in coastal Manhattan (New York), 19 injured (including 9 firefighters):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130309-38460-USA
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/19-People-Injured-in-2-Alarm-UES-Fire-196679871.html
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/13-People-Injured-2-Alarm-Upper-East-Side-Manhattan-Fire-196678371.html

2013-03-09 - Fire rips through mobile home on Presque Isle (Maine), 1 killed:
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/10/news/aroostook/one-dead-in-early-morning-fire-in-presque-isle/

2013-03-09 - Fire engulfs home in coastal Strathmere (New Jersey), military vehicles called in to help:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9021464

2013-03-09 - Deadly fire tears through home in Gray (Kentucky), 7 killed (2 adults, 5 children):
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/7-People-Killed-in-Killed-in-Kentucky-House-Fire-196698471.html

Note: That's within a mile of East Fork Lynn Camp Creek...

2013-03-09 - Building erupts in flame on Bergen Beach Road, near Gladstone Beach Road in Fond du Lac County (Wisconsin):
http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20130310/FON0101/303100361

2013-03-09 - Two-story attached garage destroyed by fire at unoccupied home under renovation in coastal Hyannisport (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130310/NEWS11/130319988/-1/

2013-03-09 - Unoccupied home destroyed by fire on Seaside Road in coastal Lady's Island-St. Helena (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/03/09/2412475/fire-destroys-unoccupied-home.html

2013-03-09 - Vacant home burns in Scammon (Kansas), about half a mile from four reservoirs:
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x898146431/Fire-in-vacant-Scammon-home

2013-03-09 - Vacant house burns on Lake Shore Drive in Long Lake (Mississippi), near Vicksburg:
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/news/article_8def4636-8939-11e2-90b5-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-08 - Underground blaze erupts at Harvard Square in coastal Boston (Massachusetts), evacuations ensue:
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/08/manhole-fire-forces-evacuations-harvard-square-police-say/HGjX5BL1v0ntJpPNTN5ZlN/story.html
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/03/08/harvard-square-evacuated-because-of-manhole-fire/

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it. Hydrogen sulfide is also a heavier-than-air gas and will seek out low-lying areas such as underground facilities, which just happens to be where we put a lot of our copper-using electrical infrastructure. As a consequence, there are a rising number of underground fires much like this one...

2013-03-08 - Fishing boat bursts into flame off the coast near Gunsan (South Korea), 9 killed, 1 missing:
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_03_09/Fishing-boat-fire-claims-9-lives-in-S-Korea/
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130309/nine-dead-one-missing-s-korea-fishing-boat-fire
http://english.sina.com/world/2013/0308/569613.html
http://www.ubalert.com/OEwb

2013-03-08 - Four vehicles erupt in flames at St. Luke's Hospital's campus parking lot in Allentown (Pennsylvania):
http://articles.mcall.com/2013-03-08/news/mc-f-allentown-car-fire-arson-20130308_1_suspicious-fire-car-fire-emergency-crews

2013-03-08 - Grand River Transit bus bursts into flame in Cambridge (Canada):
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/899772--nobody-hurt-as-engine-fire-causes-125-000-damage-to-grt-bus-in-cambridge

Note: Cambridge sits at the confluence of the Grand River and the Speed River...

2013-03-08 - Greyhound bus bursts into flame on I-40 west of Craig (Colorado):
http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2013/mar/08/bus-catches-fire-west-craig-none-injured/

2013-03-08 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at gas station in Swift Current (Canada):
http://ckom.com/story/semi-hauling-gasoline-catches-fire-swift-current-gas-station/99846
http://www.swbooster.com/News/Local/2013-03-08/article-3196019/No-injuries-reported-after-semi-unit-fire-near-fuel-pumps-in-Swift-Current/1

2013-03-08 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-540 near Six Forks Road in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://www.wncn.com/story/21559307/truck-catches-fire-on-raleighs-540
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9020991

2013-03-08 - Semi bursts into flame while parked inside business in Oakland (Nebraska), 2 other trucks saved:
http://www.enterprisepub.com/burtcounty/news/fire-destroys-semi-two-trucks-saved/article_c9bb25c0-8828-11e2-b925-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-08 - Wastewater truck bursts into flame in Magnolia (Arkansas):
http://www.bannernews.net/news/2013/03/08/city-truck-catches-fire-thursday-824703.php

2013-03-08 - Van bursts into flame on 56th street in Temple-Terrace (Florida):
http://templeterrace.patch.com/articles/van-fire-on-56th-street-what-are-you-seeing#photo-13609441

2013-03-08 - Van bursts into flame in dry cleaner's parking lot in Santa Maria (California):
http://www.ksby.com/news/van-goes-up-in-flames-in-santa-maria/

Note: Methane was detected in the soil near 19 homes in Santa Maria recently, as mentioned in the 2013-01-18 update. This city is close to the West Coast...

2013-03-08 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked inside business in Centerville (Iowa):
http://dailyiowegian.com/local/x2016918688/Truck-fire-Friday-at-Flywheel-in-Centerville

2013-03-08 - Car bursts into flame on Lake Parkway in Milwaukee (Wisconsin):
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/traffic-and-weather-information-for-the-milwaukee-area-3e92su6-196275081.html

2013-03-08 - Car bursts into flame in mall parking lot in Kirkwood (Missouri):
http://townandcountry-manchester.patch.com/articles/fire-crews-respond-to-blaze-at-west-county-mall
http://kirkwood.patch.com/articles/fire-crews-respond-to-blaze-at-west-county-mall

2013-03-08 - RV trailer bursts into flame at Witton Castle Country Park, at Witton-le-Wear, near Bishop Auckland (Britain), 1 killed:
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10277678.Caravan_fire_death_at_Witton_Castle/
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/breaking-news/2013/03/08/body-found-in-county-durham-caravan-park-61634-32950833/
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/bishopauckland/10279397.Fatal_caravan_park_fire_near_Bishop_Auckland_not_suspicious__police_believe/

2013-03-08 - Farm vehicle bursts into flame inside barn at Ingfield Farm in Wharfedale (Britain), barn damaged too, 30 cows saved:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-fire-crews-save-30-cows-in-barn-blaze-1-5478169

Quote: "The fire is believed to have spread from a farm vehicle parked in the 10m by 25m building."

2013-03-08 - Commercial vehicle bursts into flame while parked at business in Bound Brook (New Jersey):
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130308/NJNEWS/303080040/Bound-Brook-commercial-vehicle-fire-under-investigation
http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2013/03/spray_paint_truck_catches_fire.html

2013-03-08 - USPS Jeep bursts into flame on road in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Mailman-saves-mail-during-Jeep-fire-196529061.html

2013-03-08 - Vehicle bursts into flame in auto shop in Jonesville (South Carolina), fire spreads to auto shop:
http://www.uniondailytimes.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Fire+destroys+Jonesville+body+shop%20&id=21924952
http://www.uniondailytimes.com/view/full_story/21924952/article-Fire-destroys-Jonesville-body-shop

2013-03-08 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-79 in Franklin Park (Pennsylvania):
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/crash-fire-back-up-interstate-79-traffic-from-franklin-park-to-pa-turnpike-678476/

2013-03-08 - Lawn mower bursts into flame, starts grass fire, in Cleburne (Texas):
http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/local/x986706861/Lawn-mower-lost-in-fire

2013-03-08 - Six classic cars and barn destroyed by fire in Bloomington (Illinois):
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/classic-cars-barn-destroyed-in-b-n-fire/article_df4f1008-8860-11e2-a168-001a4bcf887a.html

Note: If you look at that specific address in Google Maps or whatever, you can see there is a pond less about one block from there, to the west and south a bit, meaning his barn is - well, was - downwind of that pond...

2013-03-08 - Attached garage destroyed by fire in Coon Rapids (Minnesota):
http://twincitiesfirewire.com/2013/03/08/fire-consumes-attached-garage-in-coon-rapids/

Note: Car in there? Hard to tell for sure from the pics...

2013-03-08 - Barn destroyed by fire in Sandstone Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2013/03/fire_destroys_fully_working_ba.html

2013-03-08 - Barn and farm equipment destroyed by fire near Toronto:
http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=76&story_id=17170

2013-03-08 - Old mill building erupts in flame in Fitchburg (Massachusetts):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/firefighters-respond-blaze-old-mill-building/nWkcS/
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/ci_22754589/fire-fitchburg-mill-quickly-contained

Quote: "Westminster Millwork Corp. has hundreds of thousands of dollars of carpentry equipment in the building."

Note: And I'm sure they had lots of lumber in there too then. And yet another mill fire. The previous one was the day prior, where a mill filled with hay was consumed by a mammoth blaze in Grover (North Carolina). Hay and wood, both absorbent flammable materials that are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting...

2013-03-08 - Bamboo patch bursts into flame near home in coastal Mary Esther (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/bamboo-fire-damages-shed-1.108189

2013-03-08 - Pecan field erupts in flame in Green Valley (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/21559812/fire-near-green-valley-fueled-by-pecan-shells-high-winds

2013-03-08 - Brush fire breaks out, spreads to 150+ acres, near Blacks Creek Reservoir (Idaho):
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/03/08/2483231/fire-growing-near-blacks-creek.html

2013-03-08 - AC unit explodes on business's roof in Hershey (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://www.abc27.com/story/21557202/1-injured-in-ac-unit-explosion-in-hershey

2013-03-08 - Massive blaze destroys home near Harding Lake (Alaska):
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/article_92fa6d3e-889b-11e2-9df4-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-08 - House heavily damaged by fire in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/firefighters-battle-fire-bees-west-palm-beach-5746.shtml

2013-03-08 - Unoccupied log home destroyed by inferno near Riverton (Illinois):
http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x930811494/Log-home-destroyed-by-fire

2013-03-08 - Another vacant building burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, 63 vacant structure fires since mid-November:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Fire-destroyed-vacant-house-in-Accomack-Co-196286141.html

2013-03-08 - Vacant building burns, partially collapses, in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/367718/3/Building-partially-collapses-after-catching-fire

Note: This area of St. Louis has had dozens of fires in the last three months or so. Not as bad as Virginia's Eastern Shore region, but...pretty bad.

2013-03-08 - Vacant home burns in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/okc/OKC-firefighters-Vacant-home-severely-damaged-in-blaze/-/11777584/19234284/-/s606yy/-/index.html

2013-03-08 - Vacant house burns in Porterville (California):
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/fire-56311-street-home.html

2013-03-08 - Vacant house burns in coastal Brisbane (Australia):
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/suspicious-fire-at-vacant-house-in-brisbane/story-e6freoof-1226593747295

2013-03-08 - Vacant condo unit bursts into flame in building in coastal Kihei (Hawaii):
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/570564.html

2013-03-08 - Vacant duplex burns twice in a week in Dayton (Ohio):
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/duplex-catches-fire-twice-in-one-week/nWkw2/
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_fire-guts-vacant-duplex-daytons-east-side-11843.shtml

2013-03-08 - Vacant home burns in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.indystar.com/article/20130308/LOCAL18/303080112/1001/NEWS

2013-03-07 - Home explodes and burns in Bruceville-Eddy (Texas), family flees:
http://www.kwtx.com/news/local/headlines/Home-Considered-Total-Loss-After-Explosion-196252651.html

2013-03-07 - Home explodes and burns in Las Vegas (Nevada), 1 lightly injured:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/mar/07/explosion-reverberates-through/

2013-03-07 - Explosion and freon leak at business at Springstowne Center in coastal Vallejo (California):
http://fox40.com/2013/03/07/firefighters-respond-to-explosion-freon-leak-in-vallejo/

2013-03-07 - Explosion damages Amsted Rail facility in Granite City (Illinois), near the Mississippi River, 9 injured:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/367424/3/Firefighters-investigating-report-of-explosion-in-Granite-City

2013-03-07 - Massive fire destroys former mill filled with hay in Grover (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/firefighters-respond-blaze-old-mill-building/nWkcS/

Note: I highlight the word 'mill' because mills are virtually always built near bodies of flowing water to provide free energy for millwork. That means they are near low-lying areas where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will accumulate when the wind isn't blowing and from where it will blow when the wind picks up. Hay is an absorbent flammable material and all such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Other such materials include wood, paper, cardboard, generic trash, lumber, pallets, frames for art, furniture, cotton, cloth and clothing, straw, mulch, train ties, utility poles, dried brush, etc.

2013-03-07 - Coal ship bursts into flame at coastal Immingham Dock (Britain):
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Coal-ship-Immingham-Docks/story-18346951-detail/story.html

2013-03-07 - Boat bursts into flame outside home in coastal Antioch (California), fire spreads, home damaged too:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22740760/antioch-fire-starts-boat-spreads-home

2013-03-07 - Tractor bursts into flame in field in Enoree (South Carolina), fire spreads, 58 acres burned:
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2013/mar/07/wild-fire-sparks-from-tractor-fire-in-en-40298-vi-163886/

2013-03-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 501 in Cluster Springs (Virginia):
http://www.yourgv.com/index.php/news/local-news/7462-baby-wipe-fabric-catches-fire-in-tractor-trailer

Note: Fire started when the brakes ignited, then the fire spread to the trailer full of baby wipes fabric. This is exactly what I've been saying: tire rubber absorbs hydrogen sulfide, that makes brake-friction burn hotter, so sometimes brakes ignite, or tires ignite or explode, etc. And the trailer was filled with flammable absorbent materials, and all such materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting, or simply combusting easier, with the slightest amount of heat, like that generated by burning brakes. This same scenario is playing out over and over again. This one small facet of the problems we face could ultimately bring down our transportation infrastructure...

2013-03-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Route 222 in Wyomissing (Pennsylvania):
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=457501
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-berks/Caught-on-camera-Truck-fire-snarls-rush-hour-traffic-on-Route-222/-/121418/19226552/-/t1ru2h/-/index.html

Note: Fire started once again in the brakes, caught the trailer on fire, and turned into an inferno...

2013-03-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Massachusetts Turnpike near Blandford (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/truck_fire_slowing_westbound_t.html

2013-03-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-40 in West Knox County (Tennessee):
http://www.wate.com/story/21543873/truck-fire-stalls-traffic-in-west-knox-county
http://www.local8now.com/home/headlines/No-injuries-in-I-40-truck-fire-195894541.html

2013-03-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-81 in Botetourt County (Virginia):
http://articles.wdbj7.com/2013-03-07/botetourt-county_37540990

2013-03-07 - Truck bursts into flame on the Hume Freeway in Wallan (Australia):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/truck-causes-grassfire-beside-freeway/story-e6frf7kx-1226592780172

2013-03-07 - Truck bursts into flame on the A417 near the Cowley roundabout (Britain):
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Lorry-A417-Southbound-carriageway/story-18354500-detail/story.html

2013-03-07 - Truck bursts into flame on the M53 near coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/lorrys-brakes-overheat-on-m53

Quote: "Firefighters from Ellesmere Port and Chester were called to a report of a lorry on fire on M53. The incident was reported as being one mile before junction 12, heading towards M55.  The brakes of a lorry had overheated."

Note: This is how some of the vehicular fires involving moving vehicles are starting. Tire rubber is absorbing hydrogen sulfide which causes the heat from brake-friction to be hotter than normal and brakes burn up, tires ignite or explode, fluid lines rupture and leak, and sometimes the entire vehicle goes up in flames. You can sometimes tell which vehicles burn that way by the images; sometimes it's obvious that the fire broke out in the wheel well(s)...

2013-03-07 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on highway near Ankara (Turkey), passengers panic:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bus-fire-sparks-panic-in-ankara.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42578&NewsCatID=341
http://english.sina.com/world/2013/0308/569407.html

2013-03-07 - RV bursts into flame outside home in coastal Bremerton (Washington):
http://www.centralkitsapreporter.com/news/196127841.html

2013-03-07 - Van bursts into flame on road in the Town of Springfield (Wisconsin):
http://www.hngnews.com/waunakee_tribune/image_05682f0c-8741-11e2-a827-001a4bcf6878.html

Note: That's near White River State Trail...

2013-03-07 - Van bursts into flame in driveway at home in Hauppauge (New York), fire spreads, damages home too:
http://www.suburbanfiremarshal.org/news-feed/van-fire-damages-house-in.html

2013-03-07 - SUV bursts into flame on Mabry Mill Drive in North Canton (Ohio):
http://northcanton.patch.com/articles/firefighters-knock-down-car-fire-on-mabry-mill-drive

2013-03-07 - Pickup truck bursts into flame near mansion on Blennerhassett Island (West Virginia):
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/571620/Vehicle-catches-fire-on-Blennerhassett-Island.html

2013-03-07 - Car bursts into flame outside pub in Raynes Park (Britain):
http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/10275171.Raging_car_fire_outside_pub/
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10275171.Raging_car_fire_outside_pub/

2013-03-07 - Car bursts into flame in driveway at apartment building in Buffalo (New York), fire spreads, building destroyed:
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130307/CITYANDREGION/130309376/1010

Note: Buffalo sits on the shore of Lake Erie, which has had its own dead zone problem for years, and Buffalo is also right next to the Niagara River...

2013-03-07 - Car bursts into flame on Lumber Street in Lower Swatara Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/03/fire_crews_respond_to_car_fire_1.html

2013-03-07 - Car bursts into flame at Walmart in Durant (Oklahoma), 2 grass fires also mentioned:
http://www.durantdemocrat.com/view/full_story/21906884/article-Firefighters-hose-down-car-and-grass-fires

2013-03-07 - Van, garage and home damaged by blaze in Sale Creek (Tennessee):
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/mar/08/sale-creek-fire-damages-house-garage-and-van-tune-/

Quote: "...a family member preparing for work at 5 a.m. heard a popping sound coming from the garage."

Note: That popping sound has been heard at a great many fires. That is likely hydrogen sulfide and/or methane igniting, causing little explosions. This fire probably started in that van, most likely around the battery cables, since hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper. In a lot of the non-running vehicle fires, the fire is beginning under the hood. That's right where those thick copper battery cables are. Also, you might want to park your vehicle away from your residence, else this same thing could happen to you...

2013-03-07 - Auto shop catches fire in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/3470/3970746
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Crews-respond-to-fire-at-auto-body-shop-in/CDccvf0OwUq_plLGVF0G-w.cspx
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/823377_Firefighters-battle-blaze-in-auto-body-shop-outside-Lancaster-city.html

2013-03-07 - Barn destroyed by fire on Baseline Road in Posey County (Indiana):
http://www.14news.com/story/21542046/firefighters-battle-barn-fire
http://poseycounty.14news.com/news/news/76123-firefighters-battle-barn-fire
http://tristatehomepage.com/fulltext-news?nxd_id=593932

Quote: "Close to ten thousand bales of hay in the barn helped the fire spread."

2013-03-07 - Barn damaged by fire near Belmont (Wisconsin):
http://www.myrjonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=6116

2013-03-07 - Barn damaged by fire on Rock River Road in Barnesville (Ohio):
http://www.wtov9.com/news/news/fire-crews-respond-fully-involved-structure-fire/nWj2k/

2013-03-07 - Barn damaged by fire off US 224 near Wren (Ohio):
http://timesbulletin.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=178963

2013-03-07 - Barn destroyed by fire in coastal Camden County (North Carolina), 5 goats killed:
http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/camden-man-loses-5-goats-barn-fire-1882879

2013-03-07 - Mobile home burns down at Cozy Cove Mobile Home and RV Park in San Antonio (Texas), dog and 4 puppies killed:
http://www.woai.com/mostpopular/story/Dog-and-four-puppies-die-in-mobile-home-fire/hq7fmvyF3UKSjQRKUk5AAw.cspx

2013-03-07 - Home destroyed by fire in Sams Valley (Oregon):
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130308/NEWS/303080328/-1/

2013-03-07 - Fire tears through home in Lake Ridge (Virginia), 1 seriously burned:
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=247480

2013-03-07 - Unoccupied row home erupts in flame in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), firefighter lightly injured:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/03/07/rowhome-catches-fire-in-north-baltimore/

Note: By 'unoccupied' I mean nobody was there at the time but the building isn't vacant...

2013-03-07 - Vacant building burns in North Houston (Texas):
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9020180

2013-03-07 - Vacant building burns in Exeter (New Hampshire), body found inside:
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/Body-found-after-fire-at-vacant-building-in-Exeter/-/9857858/19218344/-/qwubk0z/-/index.html
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/Body-found-in-vacant-New-Hampshire-building-after-fire/-/11984708/19232726/-/u9g613z/-/index.html

2013-03-07 - Another vacant structure burns on the Eastern Shore in Virginia, now 63 since mid-November:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20130307/NEWS01/130307001/ACCOMACK-Police-probe-Thursday-morning-blaze-Lankford-Highway-Melfa

2013-03-06 - Home explodes and burns on Mapleridge Drive in Lake Highlands (Texas):
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/No-one-injured-in-fire-gas-leak-at-Lake-Highlands-residence-195647321.html
http://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2013/03/gas-leak-causes-explosion-and-fire-on-mapleridge/
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/03/06/residential-gas-line-catches-fire-in-northeast-dallas/

Quote: "Firefighters say a gas meter in the backyard was spewing flames, but it's unclear if the gas line was the source or if it was exposed to a flame that was caused by something else."

2013-03-06 - Explosions damage Fox Valley Systems Inc., brick wall blown out, in Cary (Illinois), 3 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130308-38444-USA
http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/illinois/3-injured-in-explosion-at-paint-factory_70133058
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130306/news/703069729/photos/
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9018126

Note: Cary is next to Lake Barrington, Lake in the Hills, and Crystal Lake...

2013-03-06 - Two more brush fires erupt in Florida, in coastal Charlotte County (Florida), homes threatened:
http://www.abc-7.com/story/21536705/two-brush-fires-burning-in-charlotte-county
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/brevard-county/Blaze-jumps-fire-lines-threatens-homes-in-Brevard/-/11788124/19195994/-/8f3mqez/-/index.html

Quote: "At least 14 wildfires were reported in central Florida on Tuesday, including a fast-moving fire that authorities said is still a threat to a neighborhood. On Wednesday, fire crews said a blaze in Port St. John had jumped the fire lines and is threatening houses a half a mile away to the south."

Note: Fire after fire after fire in Florida the last month, mostly near coasts, as predicted. I wonder what fire season will look like when it begins...

2013-03-06 - Luxury cruise ship bursts into flame while moored in coastal Munster (Australia), passengers evacuated:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/16321897/cruise-vessel-catches-fire/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/16321897/boat-catches-fire-off-munster/

2013-03-06 - Cruise ship under construction bursts into flame at shipyard in Papenburg (Germany):
http://www.marinelink.com/news/shipbuilders-building352275.aspx
http://www.motorship.com/news101/industry-news/fire-breaks-out-on-norwegian-getaway

Note: Papenburg sits along the River Ems and is known for its large shipyard, the Meyer-Werft, which specializes in building cruise liners.

2013-03-06 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on the A273 near Pyecombe (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10269338.Bus_catches_on_fire_near_Pyecombe/

2013-03-06 - Fuel tanker truck bursts into flame on the M32 near Bristol (Britain):
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Fuel-tanker-closed-lane-M32/story-18344939-detail/story.html

2013-03-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Carlisle (Pennsylvania):
http://www.abc27.com/story/21421685/pa-turnpike-shut-down-for-tractor-trailer-fire

Note: It was carrying used tires...

2013-03-06 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-10 in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.fox30jax.com/content/topstories/story/Semi-fire-causing-backup-on-I-10/jtgwFivMjkqnEelqDF3kJg.cspx
http://www.news4jax.com/news/Big-rig-burns-on-I-10-near-Winn-Dixie-facility/-/475880/19199256/-/nggutwz/-/index.html

2013-03-06 - Semi bursts into flame on road in Bells (Texas):
http://www.kten.com/story/21538985/driver-escapes-burning-truck-in-bells

2013-03-06 - Garbage truck bursts into flame near Richmond (Illinois):
http://www.nwherald.com/2013/03/06/garbage-truck-catches-fire-near-richmond/awqwfbn/

2013-03-06 - Heavy truck bursts into flame on I-64 in West Virginia:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8d2_1362606071

2013-03-06 - Truck bursts into flame at construction site in coastal Long Island (New York):
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130306/willowbrook/staten-island-worker-burned-during-truck-fire

2013-03-06 - RV bursts into flame on Prickly Pear Avenue in Benson (Arizona):
http://www.bensonnews-sun.com/news/article_1e30d696-86b1-11e2-a1dd-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-03-06 - Day care van bursts into flame on South Hairston in unincorporated Decatur (Georgia):
http://stonemountain.patch.com/articles/day-care-van-on-s-hairston-catches-fire
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/daycare-bus-catches-fire-interstate/nWjR9/

2013-03-06 - Van bursts into flame on the M40 near Banbury (Britain):
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10269913.Van_fire_causes_queues_on_M40/

2013-03-06 - Van bursts into flame on Silverberry Road in Worle (Britain):
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/crews_tackle_van_fire_1_1968921

2013-03-06 - SUV bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home in Durham (Maine), house and garage saved:
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/03/06/electrical-fire-parked-toyota-sparks-response-durh/1330101

2013-03-06 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked in coastal Lighthouse Point (Florida), adjacent car damaged too:
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21010030225229/

Note: And that's why I recommend you avoid parking your vehicle next to other vehicles, or next to your home...

2013-03-06 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Madison Avenue in Arkansas City (Kansas):
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130306/news/703069729/photos/

Note: Arkansas City sits at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Walnut River...

2013-03-06 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on James Fork near Arnoldsburg (West Virginia):
http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=articles_hurherald&id=51524

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame in driveway at home in Fall River (Massachusetts), home destroyed, 11 homeless, 2 injured:
http://www.turnto10.com/story/21553027/car-fire-spread-to-house
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/capeandislands/10010034715191/firefighters-injured-in-fall-river-fire/
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/07/two-firefighters-injured-battling-three-alarm-blaze-fall-river/DacYUaQ65R8SCmSKgEDMSJ/story.html

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Mitchell Avenue in Hackettstown (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2013/03/no_injuries_reported_in_hacket.html

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame inside garage at home in coastal Corte Madera (California), fire spreads to home:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/06/prius-catches-fire-in-corte-madera-garage-causes-explosion/
http://www.marinij.com/larkspurcortemadera/ci_22726572/corte-madera-home-damaged-after-car-fire-sets

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame inside garage at home in Whitehorn, Calgary (Canada):
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/crews-douse-car-fire-saving-house-1.1184722

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame in garage at gas station in Mildenhall (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/mildenhall_firefighters_mobilised_after_reports_of_car_fire_in_garage_forecourt_1_1968130

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame on road near Film City (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Car-on-fire-triggers-jam-at-Film-City/articleshow/18840089.cms

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame in driveway at home in Sheffield (Michigan):
http://www.candgnews.com/news/car-fire-driveway-sparks-blaze-garage

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame on the A23 at Handcross (Britain):
http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/a23-lanes-blocked-after-car-fire-at-handcross-1-4855679

2013-03-06 - Car bursts into flame in ditch in Huxford (Alabama), woman badly burned found nearby:
http://www.atmoreadvance.com/2013/03/07/woman-badly-burned-in-car-fire/

Quote: "We were all kind of trying to figure it out. It didn’t look too beat up, like it had been in a crash. The roof was kind of beat up, but that was about it."

2013-03-06 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-4 near SeaWorld in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/3/6/vehicle_fire_snarlin.html

2013-03-06 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-15 near Pocatello Valley (Idaho), fire spreads to brush:
http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/article_56443d30-869c-11e2-9372-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-06 - Vehicle bursts into flame at intersection near Concordia University in St. Paul (Minnesota):
http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/195548951.html

2013-03-06 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Brent Road in coastal Burnham-on-Sea (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=23793&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-03-06 - Fuel trucks and garage go up in flames at Laurel Oil and Heating Company in Laurel (Maryland):
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=247256

Quote: "...the fire was showing from a garage that houses fuel trucks."

2013-03-06 - Shredded car parts burst into flame at vehicle recycling facility in Houston (Texas), major fire ensues:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9018868
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Northeast-Houston-vehicle-recycling-facility-catches-fire-195858871.html

Quote: "When fire crews they arrived they found a 30-foot high pile of crushed cars and tires on fire."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is being absorbed into tires, and hydrogen sulfide can also ignite in the presence of rusted iron/steel. The rust problem was likely the ignition source here then the contaminated tires went up in flames and the fire spread from there. There have been many fires very much like this one at junkyards, salvage yards, wrecking yards, and recycling businesses over the last year and the cause is probably the same in most or all of them...

2013-03-06 - Major fire tears through building at Chevy dealership in Winchester (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Large-fire-at-Winchester-car-lot-195525661.html

2013-03-06 - Boat, vehicle and barn destroyed by fire in Gratis Township (Ohio), dogs saved:
http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/news/breaking-news/crews-respond-to-barn-fire-near-gratis/nWjgq/
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/breaking-news/crews-respond-to-barn-fire-near-gratis/nWjgq/

2013-03-06 - Barn and 10 tons of hay destroyed by fire in Upper Oddington (Britain):
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Barn-Upper-Oddington/story-18333645-detail/story.html
http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/10270387.Tonnes_of_straw_destroyed_in_Upper_Oddington_barn_fire/

2013-03-06 - Barn destroyed by fire on Briscoe Turn Road in Owings (Maryland):
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/50988
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/31284

2013-03-06 - Barn destroyed by fire on South Frank Smith Road in Chase (Michigan):
http://news.pioneergroup.com/bigrapidsnews/2013/03/07/fire-destroys-chase-barn/

2013-03-06 - Barn destroyed by fire off Old Stage Road in Gray (Tennessee):
http://www.wjhl.com/story/21534636/fire-destroys-washington-county-tn-barn

Quote: "Back in January, two other barns went up in flames on Pickens Bridge Road. Lt. Morrow says he doesn't think those fires are connected to this one."

Note: Well, they're all connected by our atmosphere...

2013-03-06 - Transformer explodes and burns in Charlottesville (Virginia), block loses power:
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Transformer-Explosion-Causes-Power-Outage-195704531.html

2013-03-06 - Garbage bursts into flame inside garbage truck in Branson (Missouri):
http://articles.kspr.com/2013-03-06/dump_37509471

2013-03-06 - Two hotels catch fire in two days along the Gordon Highway in Augusta (Georgia):
http://www2.nbc26.tv/news/2013/mar/06/second-motel-fire-two-days-gordon-highway-ar-5743441/

2013-03-06 - Huge blaze tears through apartment building in Columbia (South Carolina), near Lake Murray, 2 injured, 22 people homeless:
http://www.wistv.com/story/21531013/massive-morning-fire-sends-2-people-to-the-hospital

2013-03-06 - Home seriously damaged by fire in Fruit Cove (Florida), near Old Bull Bay:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/301739/3/Fruit-Cove-family-displaced-by-fire

2013-03-06 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Merritt Island (Florida):
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130306/NEWS01/130306015/Merritt-Island-home-destroyed-by-fire

2013-03-06 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Port Charlotte (Florida):
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/21531079/overnight-fire-damages-port-charlotte-home

Quote: "According to the homeowner, the fire started near the air-conditioning unit outside of the home."

Note: What do air conditioners do? They move heat around but more generally they move the atmosphere around. And they also have copper in them, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially 'hot' copper with a current running through it. I've been noticing lots of similar fires involving equipment that manipulates the atmosphere in some way: heating units, air conditioners, ventilation shafts like the one that erupted in flame at the State Department in coastal Washington DC and injured 3 people, as mentioned in the 2012-11-24 update. It appears that such equipment is going to be increasingly fire-prone going forward...

2013-03-06 - Home destroyed by fire on Lakeshore Drive in Middlebury (Connecticut):
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/fire-engulfs-single-family-home

Quote: "The cause is unknown but early indications found it may have started in the garage, basement area."

Note: Basements are where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will accumulate. And obviously, vehicles are bursting into flame pretty much everywhere...

2013-03-06 - Ninth vacant building burns in the last 6 days on the Eastern Shore in Virginia:
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/ap/th-suspicious-fire-in-days-on-va-eastern-shore/article_ecae44f3-6e8a-5d8c-a9e9-a03b1a13a432.html

2013-03-06 - Massive fire starts in vacant building, spreads, damages three business and apartment building in Shelbyville (Kentucky):
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Crews-respond-to-fire-in-Shelbville-195521261.html

Quote: "The fire started in a vacant building under renovations and spread to the Mexican restaurant, Creative Spirits Counseling Center, a thrift shop and an apartment building on the second floor."

2013-03-06 - Vacant home burns in Springfield (Missouri), adjacent occupied home damaged:
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=777022

Note: It is increasingly dangerous to live next door to vacant structures, which are inherently more vulnerable to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem...

2013-03-06 - Huge fire devours vacant 2-story building in San Antonio (Texas), nearby hotel evacuated:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Dramatic-downtown-blaze-destroys-vacant-2-story-4334409.php
http://www.foxsanantonio.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/vid_14520.shtml

2013-03-06 - Two vacant homes go up in flames in Detroit (Michigan), near Lake St. Clair:
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/03/06/fire-rips-through-vacant-houses-in-detroit/
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2013/03/detroit-firefighters-respond-to-fires-at-two-vacant-houses.html

2013-03-06 - Vacant house burns in Odessa (Texas), fire damages nearby occupied home:
http://www.oaoa.com/news/fire_and_rescue/article_0f7003fa-85f0-11e2-a72b-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-06 - Huge fire destroys vacant apartment building in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/vacant-apartment-building-goes-up-in-flames-in-nor/nWhzm/

2013-03-06 - Vacant home burns in Birmingham (Alabama), damages nearby church:
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/vacant-apartment-building-goes-up-in-flames-in-nor/nWhzm/

2013-03-06 - Vacant house under renovation burns in Akron (Ohio):
http://akronnewsnow.com/news/local/itemlist/tag/Akron%20vacant%20fire

2013-03-06 - Vacant building burns for third time in two months in coastal Saint John (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/03/07/nb-saint-john-vacant-building-fire-626.html

2013-03-05 - Home explodes and burns in Temple (Oklahoma), 1 killed:
http://www.swoknews.com/news-top/local/item/5407-temple-house-explosion-kills-1

2013-03-05 - Yacht explodes and burns at dock in coastal Hillsboro Beach (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.southflorida.com/news/fl-yacht-explosion-hillsboro-beach-20130305,0,2735331.story
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-yacht-explosion-hillsboro-beach-20130305,0,524371.story
http://www.local10.com/news/Fishing-boat-explodes-Captain-injured/-/1717324/19188996/-/dxlocs/-/index.html

Quote: "It was quite an explosion that blew a hole in the hull..."

2013-03-05 - Boat bursts into flame on the Sacramento River in Sacramento (California):
http://www.news10.net/news/article/233916/2/Boat-catches-fire-on-Sacramento-River

2013-03-05 - Train locomotive bursts into flame near Maxwell (Nebraska):
http://www.1011now.com/news/headlines/Crew-Members-OK-After-Nebraska-Train-Fire-195532901.html
http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/Crew-members-OK-after-Nebraska-locomotive-fire/-/9674510/19200436/-/rp2aqc/-/index.html

2013-03-05 - School bus bursts into flame in bus lot in Bryant (Arkansas), fire spreads, damages 2 nearby buses:
http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=642982
http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/3-Bryant-School-Buses-Burned/VQO4QUjXJE6rU9-UOznsWQ.cspx

2013-03-05 - Transit bus bursts into flame in Manchester (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130305/NEWS07/130309556

2013-03-05 - Transit bus bursts into flame on the island of Malta, boy lightly injured:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130305/local/arriva-bus-catches-fire.460311
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-03-05/news/teenager-injured-after-bus-catches-fire-1061322754/

2013-03-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 52 in Rochester (Minnesota):
http://www.kimt.com/content/localnews/story/Late-Night-Semi-Fire/kXBx1x6PuU2WhSw_t8YmeA.cspx
http://www.kttc.com/story/21529447/2013/03/06/semi

2013-03-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A458 near Shrewsbury (Britain):
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2013/03/05/hgv-lorry-fire-near-shrewsbury-shuts-road-to-all-traffic/
http://shropshirelocalnews.co.uk/2013/03/05/hgv-lorry-fire-near-shrewsbury-shuts-road-to-all-traffic/

Note: They use the term HGV, which stands for Heavy Goods Vehicle, which is basically the equivalent of a tractor trailer, so I use the term tractor trailer for the sake of consistency...

2013-03-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-70 in Ohio County (West Virginia):
http://www.wtov9.com/news/news/interstate-shut-down-during-tractor-trailer-fire/nWhrX/

2013-03-05 - Box truck bursts into flame on I-75 near Calhoun (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/281203/3/All-lanes-blocked-due-to-truck-fire-on-I-75-SB

2013-03-05 - Tractor bursts into flame inside barn in Pleasant Valley (West Virginia), fire spreads, barn destroyed too:
http://timeswv.com/local/x657746541/Fire-destroys-barn-in-Pleasant-Valley
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51056869/ns/local_news-clarksburg_wv/

2013-03-05 - Two RVs burst into flame in Bloomington (California):
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_22720734/fire-destroys-bloomington-motorhomes

2013-03-05 - RV bursts into flame in carport at home in Illahee (Washington):
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/mar/05/neighbors-douse-flames-until-firefighters-arrive/

2013-03-05 - Two RVs burst into flame on Harbour Road in coastal Fraserburgh (Scotland):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21674839

2013-03-05 - RV bursts into flame in Merriott, near Crewkerne (Britain):
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/10268549.Caravan_damaged_in_Merriott_fire/

2013-03-05 - Van bursts into flame at school in West Melbourne (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130305/NEWS01/130305018/No-injuries-reported-after-van-catches-fire-Meadowlane-Elementary

2013-03-05 - Van bursts into flame in Coppell (Texas):
http://www.wfaa.com/younews/195484401.html

2013-03-05 - Minivan bursts into flame on Ohio 4 near Springfield (Ohio):
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/car-fire-slows-traffic-on-ohio-4-near-i-70/nWhGN/

2013-03-05 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at school in Tomahawk (Wisconsin):
http://www.wjjq.com/2013/03/05/truck-fire-in-tomahawk-school-parking-lot/

2013-03-05 - Car bursts into flame in basement parking area at apartment building in Madison (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Car-fire-damages-apartment-building/-/1648/19182702/-/format/rss_2.0/-/a0785c/-/index.html
http://www.nbc15.com/news/headlines/Sprinklers-Limit-Damage-to-Apartment-Building-195242161.html

Quote: "Two cars were damaged by the fire and the building suffered light smoke damage."

2013-03-05 - Car bursts into flame in Effingham County (Georgia):
http://www.wtoc.com/story/21528845/authorities-investigate-car-fire-at-reid-and-medrim

2013-03-05 - Vehicle bursts into flame at intersection in Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-03-05/vehicle-lost-fire

2013-03-05 - Truck's tire bursts into flame at bridge in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/truck-tires-catch-fire-at-sunshine-skyway-toll-plaza/2107055

Quote: "A truck reportedly pulled up to a Sunshine Skyway bridge toll plaza Tuesday with a tire on fire."

Note: Tire rubber is semi-absorbent and is absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane, most likely hydrogen sulfide since it's a heavier-than-air gas and tires sit on the ground. Then when brakes are applied the brake-friction generates more heat than normal (since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot) and then bad things happen: tires ignite or explode, brakes burn up, hydraulic lines and power steering lines and brake lines rupture, and sometimes the entire vehicle goes up in flames. This area is also downwind of the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, which are surely pluming hydrogen sulfide now...

2013-03-05 - Tractor, pickup truck, farm equipment and machine shed destroyed by fire near Norfolk (Wisconsin):
http://www.106kix.com/news/fire-destroys-machine-shed-pickup-tractor-farm-equipment/

2013-03-05 - Vehicle destroyed and garage and car showroom badly damaged by fire in Blackpool (Britain):
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/car-destroyed-by-fire-in-garage-workshop-1-5470573

2013-03-05 - Fire breaks out at auto factory in Roseville (Michigan), 2 miles from Lake Michigan:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130305/METRO03/303050411/1014/
http://www.freep.com/article/20130305/NEWS04/130305073

2013-03-05 - Tire shop catches fire in Little Rock (Arkansas):
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/mar/05/tire-shop-fire-clogs-base-line-little-rock/

2013-03-05 - Gas station and car wash erupt in flame in Lenexa (Kansas):
http://www.kctv5.com/story/21523524/firefighters-battle-fire-at-lenexa-car-wash

2013-03-05 - Boat house and pier go up in flames at Port Jefferson on coastal Long Island (New York):
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/long_island
http://longisland.news12.com/news/fire-rips-through-pier-dock-house-in-port-jefferson-behind-danfords-1.4752552?qr=1

2013-03-05 - Multiple vehicles and barn destroyed by fire near Nora Springs (Iowa):
http://www.kimt.com/content/localnews/story/Barn-Destroyed-in-Fire-Near-Nora-Springs/-BvPT7kKW0uGlS8TIeJQeg.cspx

2013-03-05 - Barn destroyed by fire in Princeton Township (Minnesota):
http://unioneagle.com/2013/03/march-4-barn-fire/

2013-03-05 - Barn destroyed by fire on Otter Creek Road in Sam Black (West Virginia):
http://www.wvva.com/story/21525305/2013/03/05/barn-in-greenbrier-co-destroyed-by-fire

2013-03-05 - Barn damaged by fire at Dairy View Country Store in Carlsville (Wisconsin), baby goat killed:
http://www.doorcountyadvocate.com/article/20130305/ADV01/303050299/Goat-dies-barn-fire-Dairy-View-Country-Store

2013-03-05 - Stable destroyed by fire near Farmoor Reservoir (Britain), 2 lambs and horse killed:
http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/10266090.Animals_killed_in_Farmoor_stables_fire/

2013-03-05 - Clothing store bursts into flame in commercial building in Houston (Texas):
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9015950

Note: More absorbent flammable materials combusting...

2013-03-05 - Mattress and garbage bursts into flame outside high-rise in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), evacuations ensue:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/03/05/fire-forces-evacuation-of-center-city-high-rise/

2013-03-05 - Trees burst into flame in field in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Trees-Catch-Fire-in-Field-in-Miami-195521911.html

Note: Not a huge fire or anything, but this is a sign of things to come. Not only is this not the first time trees have spontaneously combusted, but there are now 500 million dead trees in Texas alone which died from drought and have been drying out for going on a year now. Those could begin spontaneously combusting en masse anytime now, so this summer's fire season may be quite a show...

2013-03-05 - Shredded paper bursts into flame inside document shredder truck in Ellensburg (Washington):
http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/paywall/news/shredder-truck-catches-fire/article_67fdcba2-85d1-11e2-9169-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-05 - Brush fire erupts near St. Cloud (Florida), RV and shed destroyed, homes threatened:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Authorities-battle-75-acre-brush-fire-in-Osceola-County/-/1637132/19185732/-/e8by23/-/index.html
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/osceola-county/-/17565894/19186276/-/yyf3mdz/-/index.html
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/3/5/holopaw_brush_fire_d.html

Quote: "Osceola County Fire Rescue says homes on Harris Road off of Crabgrass Road near Bull Creek Wildlife in St. Cloud are affected by the fire, which ignited after 11 a.m. Tuesday."

Note: This place is just crazy with lakes. East Lake Tohopekaliga is directly to the north. To the east lies Lake Runnymede, Live Oak Lake, Lake Center, Cloon Lake, Trout Lake, Lake Lizzie, Bay Lake, Sardine Lake, Alligator Lake, Buck Lake, Lake Joel, Lake Myrtle, Lake Preston, Lake Conin, Cat Lake, Pearl Lake and Brick Lake. To the south lies Fanny Bass Pond and Lake Gentry. And to the west lies Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake Russell, Brown Lake, and Lake Cecile.

2013-03-05 - Fire breaks out at high-rise building under construction at Temple University in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/03/05/another-fire-hits-high-rise-dorm-under-construction-at-temple-u/

Note: This is the sixth fire there in the last month. Buildings under construction are much more vulnerable to atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane than completed well-sealed occupied buildings, and that's especially true when they're in the framing stage with all that wood open to the air...

2013-03-05 - Major fire hits entertainment hub in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130305/LOCAL07/130309780/-1/LOCAL11

2013-03-05 - Church gutted by fire in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/366889/3/North-city-church-gutted-by-fire
http://fox2now.com/2013/03/05/north-st-louis-church-heavily-damaged-by-fire/

Note: There have been a whole lot of fires in this area of St. Louis - dozens - in the last 3 months or so...

2013-03-05 - Two businesses hit by fire in South Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines/Two-South-Knoxville-businesses-damaged-by-fire-195235101.html

Note: The business that took the brunt of the damage (meaning the fire probably started there) was a tobacco shop. What do they sell? Dried tobacco, papers, wood pipes, all absorbent flammable materials...

2013-03-05 - Trash can bursts into flame outside garage at home in Topeka (Kansas), fire spreads to garage:
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Fire-Crews-Make-Quick-Work-of-Garage-Fire-195214131.html

Note: Trash is usually full of flammable absorbent materials like paper, cardboard, tampons, etc.

2013-03-05 - Massive blaze erupts at landfill in Kearny (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/03/landfill_blaze_in_kearny_burne.html

Note: More trash bursting into flame...

2013-03-05 - Track fire disrupts train service in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9017133

2013-03-05 - Grill explodes at home in Bellevue (Nebraska), ignites home:
http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/Grill-tank-explodes-causes-fire/-/9674510/19192930/-/9vp1erz/-/index.html

2013-03-05 - String of deadly fires across Middle Tennessee causes concern:
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/21527764/ten-fire-fatalities-in-six-days-how-to-stay-safe

Quote: Ten fatalities in 6 days...

2013-03-05 - Apartment building damaged by blaze in coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/Fire-damages-South-Portland-apartment-building/-/8792012/19196270/-/ie8xmx/-/index.html

2013-03-05 - Explosions and fire ravage home in Claymore (Australia), 4-year-old girl killed by 'explosion of flame':
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/explosion-of-flame-claimed-little-girl/story-e6freuy9-1226591942585
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/nsw-act/explosion-of-flame-claimed-little-girl/story-fndo4bst-1226591942585

Quote: "Friends and neighbours said that Tanika's mother Chevon Norton spoke of explosions inside the house as she tried in vain to rescue her daughter."

2013-03-05 - Blaze tears through house in Springfield (Missouri), 2 killed:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/2-die-in-Springfield-house-fire-195269171.html

2013-03-05 - Home catches fire in Grand Junction (Colorado), fire spreads to second home:
http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/Firefighters-knock-down-structure-fire-on-Grand-Ave-195442711.html

Quote: "At this point, fire officials believe the blaze started outside the home, but are unsure what caused it."

Note: He may have had some wood pallets, dried brush, exposed copper or rusty iron near the home. Absorbent materials (like wood, paper, cloth, etc) are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Hydrogen sulfide is also reactive with copper (especially with a charge running through it) and rusty iron/steel. The house itself may have had some exposed wood too, so it's also possible the house spontaneously combusted all by itself...

2013-03-05 - Vacant building burns in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/Fire-damages-vacant-building-near-31st-Baltimore/-/11664182/19185546/-/15cdo0n/-/index.html?absolute=true

Note: Kansas City sits at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River and the Missouri side of Kansas City is downwind of both...

2013-03-05 - Vacant building burns in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Abandoned-building-catches-fire/ZwKa77Mby0yLetyI1WCCog.cspx

2013-03-05 - Two more vacant homes burn down in Virginia's Eastern Shore region:
http://www.wboc.com/story/21501900/two-arson-fires-in-accomack-county-monday-night
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/04/vsp-dispatch-crews-on-the-scene-of-structure-fire-in-accomack-county/
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Three-fires-on-Eastern-Shore-this-weekend-two-confirmed-arsons-194704631.html

Note: So, about 60 fires at vacant structures in this area since mid-November 2012, and still, no witnesses, no fingerprints, no surveillance footage, no leads, no motives, but they still think these are all arson? Why do they think these are arson anyway? They never explain that. Is it because there's evidence of accelerants, or because these buildings have no power or electricity? Because if that's their only reason then A) hydrogen sulfide and methane are accelerants; and B) once those gases absorb into stuff, spontaneous combustion can occur, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with rusty iron/steel and copper; and C) there are nearly 4,000 square miles of methane hydrate deposits blowing their highly flammable load off the coast there...

2013-03-05 - Large vacant building burns on Genesee Street in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130305/CITYANDREGION/130309580/1010

2013-03-05 - Vacant home burns in the West Bluff area of Peoria (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1522331859/Fire-at-vacant-West-Bluff-home-causes-80-000-damage-Tuesday

2013-03-05 - Vacant structure burns in Warner Robins (Georgia):
http://www.macon.com/2013/03/05/2381870/secondary-fire-under-investigation.html

2013-03-04 - Explosion and fire damage AkzoNobel plant in coastal La Porte (Texas), 1 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130305-38415-USA
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9015094
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/article_6073230e-6260-56ec-b9b0-353d6b8cbd40.html

2013-03-04 - Home explodes and burns in Xenia (Ohio), 1 injured:
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/reports-home-on-fire-may-have-exploded/nWgH4/

2013-03-04 - Boat bursts into flame in driveway at home in Prospect (Australia):
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1341429/boat-lost-in-fire-quick-action-saves-homes/

2013-03-04 - School bus bursts into flame in South Harrison Township (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/03/school_bus_catches_fire_in_sou.html

2013-03-04 - Transit bus bursts into flame on the Garden State Parkway in Sayreville (New Jersey):
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130304/NJNEWS/303040047/Bus-catches-fire-Garden-State-Parkway-Sayreville

2013-03-04 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame near Hungerford (Britain):
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/lorry-catches-fire-at-chieveley-services

2013-03-04 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on US 93 near Wells (Nevada):
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/semi-engulfed-in-flames-sunday-outside-of-wells/article_080a3d5e-8543-11e2-ae95-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-04 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Mark Twain Avenue in Hannibal (Missouri):
http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130304/NEWS/130309688/-1/Columns
http://www.hannibal.net/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=MO&Date=20130304&Category=PHOTOGALLERY&ArtNo=304009996&Ref=PH&taxoid=358_629

2013-03-04 - Semi bursts into flame at Yellow Freight terminal in Morton (Illinois), fire spreads to second semi:
http://www.mortontimesnews.com/article/20130304/NEWS/130309904

2013-03-04 - Truck bursts into flame on boat docked at Zonguldak (Turkey), on the Black Sea, fire spreads to 3 more trucks:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/fire-on-ro-ro-ship-causes-panic-at-zonguldak-port.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42348&NewsCatID=341

2013-03-04 - Truck bursts into flame on Hey Head Lane near Todmorden Golf Club in Todmorden (Britain):
http://www.todmordennews.co.uk/news/local/lorry-on-fire-in-todmorden-1-5466847
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/local/lorry-on-fire-in-todmorden-1-5466847

2013-03-04 - Truck air conditioner explodes, truck catches fire, in Tai Wai (Hong Kong), 2 injured:
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=32665&icid=3&d_str=20130304

2013-03-04 - RV bursts into flame in driveway at home on Beachview Drive in Albany (Georgia):
http://www.walb.com/story/21453360/rv-catches-fire-2301-beachview

2013-03-04 - RV bursts into flame at RV park in East Naples (Florida), near the Gulf Coast, 1 killed:
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/mar/04/woman-dies-after-rv-fire-monday-east-naples/
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/21451549/woman-killed-in-rv-fire

2013-03-04 - RV bursts into flame in Stourport (Britain):
http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/10266600.print/

2013-03-04 - Van bursts into flame on the A46 in Leek Wootton (Britain):
http://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/news/local/van-catches-fire-near-leek-wooton-1-4851092

2013-03-04 - SUV bursts into flame on Ocean Heights Avenue in coastal Egg Harbor Township (New Jersey):
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/eht/egg-harbor-township-firefighters-douse-car-fire-on-ocean-heights/article_9791d114-850f-11e2-9461-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-04 - SUV bursts into flame inside garage at home on Darby Drive in Laconia (New Hampshire):
http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index.php/newsx/local-news/66205-garage-fire-on-darby-drive-quickly-extinguished

2013-03-04 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo (California):
http://www.kcoy.com/story/21453916/chp-and-cal-fire-respond-to-car-fire-northbound-of-the-cuesta-sumitt

2013-03-04 - Pickup truck bursts into flame inside business in Hazleton (Pennsylvania):
http://republicanherald.com/news/fire-destroys-truck-damages-train-bay-at-pet-food-plant-1.1453837
http://standardspeaker.com/news/indoor-truck-fire-threatens-humboldt-plant-1.1453567

2013-03-04 - Car bursts into flame in Tesco car park in Dedworth (Britain):
http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/windsor/articles/2013/03/05/87242-car-fire-in-dedworth-supermarket-car-park-tackled-by-firefighters/

2013-03-04 - Car bursts into flame on White Horse Pike near coastal Galloway (New Jersey):
http://galloway.patch.com/articles/germania-pomona-firefighters-extinguish-car-fire-in-cvs-parking-lot

2013-03-04 - Car bursts into flame in elementary school parking lot in Cambria County (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/car-catches-fire-greater-johnstown-elementary-scho/nWgNt/

2013-03-04 - Car and trailer burst into flame on Kings Road in Devonport, Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=23760&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2013-03-04 - Car bursts into flame in parking garage at university in College Park (Maryland):
http://collegepark.patch.com/articles/car-fire-temporarily-closes-regents-drive-garage

2013-03-04 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 in Cathedral City (California):
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130304/NEWS01/303040009/Car-fire-reported-10-between-Gene-Autry-Date-Palm

2013-03-04 - Car bursts into flame on side of road near the Bay of Plenty (New Zealand):
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/mysterious-car-fire/1780205/

Note: Nobody was there with the car. Maybe they got hit by some hydrogen sulfide, got poisoned, and ran off? If so then they may find a corpse somewhere around there eventually...

2013-03-04 - Car bursts into flame at Highway 63 and I-70 in Columbia (Missouri):
http://www.abc17news.com/news.php?id=9198

2013-03-04 - Vehicle bursts into flame inside BMW dealership on Broadneck Peninsula in coastal Annapolis (Maryland):
http://broadneck.patch.com/articles/car-fire-starts-inside-bmw-building
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/arundel_digest/fire-at-annapolis-bmw-dealership-causes-in-damage/article_1cf70cc0-303e-5399-b880-da3741df837c.html

Note: The fire spread and did $750,000 damage to the dealership...

2013-03-04 - Fire destroys hangar, experimental plane, pickup truck, RV, 2 tractors and an ATV in Cisco (Illinois):
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2013-03-04/fire-near-cisco-destroys-hangar-experimental-plane-vehicles.h
http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=468632

Note: That was a Vehicular Fire Variety Pack there...

2013-03-04 - Tractor, barn and 1000 bales of hay destroyed by fire on the island of Tasmania (Australia):
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1342595/hay-tractor-destroyed-in-barn-fire/

2013-03-04 - Fire erupts at the Park One Whitney Garage building in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/03/new_orleans_firefighters_are_b_1.html

Note: Parking garage? Any vehicles involved?

2013-03-04 - Auto shop catches fire in Missoula (Montana), firefighter injured:
http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-firefighter-injured-in-fall-at-auto-shop-fire/article_bb84c546-8455-11e2-9628-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-04 - Auto shop catches fire in Swainsboro (Georgia):
http://www.forest-blade.com/news/community/article_ab413464-8520-11e2-bb43-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-04 - Barn destroyed by fire on Greenspring Valley Road in Lutherville-Timonium (Maryland), pet and some animals killed:
http://pikesville.patch.com/articles/a-pet-livestock-killed-in-farm-fire

2013-03-04 - Garage containing wood shop destroyed by fire in South Bristol (New York):
http://www.mpnnow.com/topstories/x1551259934/Barn-fire-on-Mosher-Road-in-South-Bristol

Note: Wood and other flammable absorbent materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. There have been MANY wood-related fires in the past months: door companies, furniture companies, cabinet makers, school and prison wood shops, railroad ties, pallets and pallet companies, wood-carving businesses, art warehouses (frames), utility poles, gazebos, porches, barns, lumber companies, sawmills, and more...

2013-03-04 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck on Tiln Lane in Retford (Britain):
http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/bin-lorry-catches-fire-in-early-morning-blaze-1-5466742
http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/local-news/bin-lorry-catches-fire-in-early-morning-blaze-1-5466742

2013-03-04 - Brush fire breaks out along I-64 in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/04/all-lanes-reopened-after-newport-news-brush-fire-near-i-64/

2013-03-04 - Deadly fire rips through school in Dakar (Senegal), 9 children incinerated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130304-38413-SEN
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21664482

2013-03-04 - Commercial building and three businesses destroyed by blaze in downtown Valparaiso (Indiana):
http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130309825

Quote: "...the building housed a mortgage company, tailoring business and barber shop."

Note: Tailoring business means clothing, e.g. flammable absorbent materials, all of which are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. Such materials include wood, paper, cloth and clothing, furniture, pallets, utility poles, railroad ties, hay, straw, cotton bales, etc.

2013-03-04 - Several businesses damaged by fire at strip mall in Lawrenceville (Georgia):
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/fire-breaks-out-lawrenceville-square/nWgj3/

Quote: "Meg Earhart, owner of Sparkles Designs, said she smelled a strange odor in the morning. Then, neighbors saw smoke."

2013-03-04 - High-rise catches fire near Sloan Lake in Denver (Colorado):
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-fire-fighters-tackle-fire-reported-in-high-rise-near-sloan-lake

2013-03-04 - Fire tears through condo on Edgewater Drive in coastal Clearwater (Florida):
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_north_pinellas/clearwater/three-people-displaced-after-fire-damages-clearwater-condo

2013-03-04 - Home damaged and garage destroyed by fire on Shore Trail Lane in Prior Lake (Minnesota):
http://www.kare11.com/rss/article/1014268/14/Fire-causes-significant-damage-to-Prior-Lake-home

2013-03-04 - Home destroyed by fire in Spring Creek (Nevada):
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/fire-claims-home-in-spring-creek/article_11292902-8545-11e2-87ab-0019bb2963f4.html

Quote: "She said Schell’s son heard a popping noise before smelling smoke."

Note: There's that popping sound again. That's probably hydrogen sulfide and/or methane gas igniting in a small explosion. When the gas plumes are a little bigger then the explosions may sound like - and be mistaken for - fireworks or gunfire. When they're REALLY big pockets of gas then you get those thunderous house-shaking explosions that people are hearing and feeling around the world...

2013-03-04 - Vacant home burns in Oakbrook Terrace (Illinois):
http://oakbrook.suntimes.com/news/18632913-418/vacant-oakbrook-terrace-house-damaged-in-fire.html

2013-03-04 - Vacant house burns in Trenton (New Jersey), firefighter injured:
http://www.trentonian.com/article/20130305/NEWS01/130309856/fireman-injured-in-vacant-blaze

2013-03-04 - Vacant home destroyed by fire near Farmington (West Virginia):
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=5-NEWS-UDPATE-Overnight-Fire-Destroys-Abandoned-Home-in-Marion-County8470

2013-03-04 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Pekin (Illinois):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50932644/ns/local_news-peoria_il/

2013-03-03 - Mysterious explosions rattling residents of Flint (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/03/mysterious_explosion_sounds_al.html

Quote: "It comes unannounced. It shakes the walls and the floors and freaks out the pets.
People who have experienced it all describe it the same way. 'Explosions,' said Juan Lara, a 67-year-old man who lives near Center Road and Davison Road. Lara and others said it's been happening off and on for about a year. It usually happens in the afternoon, maybe once every few weeks. But, lately, it's more frequent."

Note: These explosions being heard and felt around the world are very likely atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and/or methane plumes igniting and detonating. When they explode high in the sky then they are accompanied by a flash of light. When they explode nearer the ground then people may not see the flash of light, but the shaking of the ground and homes nearby may be more intense. Eventually these explosions may equal the destructive force of small thermonuclear weapons, like the Hiroshima blast but minus the radiation...

2013-03-03 - Fishing boat bursts into flame at dock in harbor in coastal Cape Town (South Africa):
http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/fishing-boat-gutted-in-dock-blaze-1.1480112

2013-03-03 - Fishing boat bursts into flame at Rassada Port in coastal Phuket (Thailand):
http://www.thephuketnews.com/fishing-boat-bursts-into-flame-in-phuket-37480.php

2013-03-03 - Boat bursts into flame at coastal Orange Beach (Alabama):
http://www.rsshog.com/a/2013-03-03/boat-fire-on-the-water-orange-beach-alabama/ijx7orjfUfI2j0q3kd9JpbGjJwZe8otzRI24rJ-gVSw_/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNhSMYtMjtg

2013-03-03 - Several tractor trailers destroyed by fire at business in Portage County (Wisconsin):
http://www.wjfw.com/stories.html?sku=20130303234538
http://www.waow.com/story/21447091/2013/03/03/fire-destroys-building-equipment-in-town-of-pine-grove

2013-03-03 - Semi bursts into flame outside shopping center in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Truck-Catches-Fire-Outside-Shopping-Center-194685071.html

2013-03-03 - Semi bursts into flame while parked on Kendall Street in Waldorf (Maryland):
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/31253
http://www.star983.com/star-fm-local-news-/52710

2013-03-03 - Truck bursts into flame on Highway 36 in Potosi (Texas):
http://www.ktxs.com/news/Truck-catches-fire-near-Potosi-spreading-to-surrounding-areas/-/14769632/19159574/-/aehvg9/-/index.html

2013-03-03 - Luxury bus bursts into flame on highway in Virar, near coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_great-escape-for-owner-son-as-bus-catches-fire_1807064

2013-03-03 - Two parked SUVs burst into flame in Albuquerque (New Mexico):
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/central/police-investigate-overnight-car-fires

Note: It was actually probably one of them that burst into flame and the fire spread to the other. That's also why it's probably not wise to park your vehicle next to someone else's vehicle, or next to your residence...

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame inside garage at home in Bel Air (Maryland), fire spreads, home devastated too:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/harford-county/Car-fire-causes-120K-in-damage-to-Bel-Air-home/-/10635956/19165938/-/159ws7x/-/index.html

Note: Got an attached garage and park your vehicle in it? You could soon be facing the same problem...

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame outside home in Maplewood (New Jersey):
http://maplewood.patch.com/articles/car-fire-on-clinton-avenue-photos

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame near coastal Christchurch (New Zealand), fire spreads, brush fire breaks out:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/129548/car-fire-spreads-to-scrub

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame near Whole Foods store in Austin (Texas):
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/car-catches-fire-at-whole-foods

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame at the Toowoomba Range near Toowoomba (Australia):
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/car-bursts-flame-range/1776855/

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame in mall parking garage in Bridgewater Township (New Jersey):
http://www.nbvfc.org/news/fullstory/newsid/182800
http://bridgewater.patch.com/articles/car-catches-fire-in-mall-parking-deck

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame while parked in Bourne (Britain):
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/electrical-fault-causes-car-fire-in-bourne-1-4848159

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame on Church Lane in Little Driffield (Britain):
http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/news/local/car-fire-in-driffield-1-5466898

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame in Sainsbury’s parking lot in Timperley (Britain):
http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/10265250.Car_fire_outside_Sainsbury_s_Timperley/

2013-03-03 - Car bursts into flame on street in Slough (Britain), fire damages 2 nearby cars too:
http://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/03/04/87208-three-cars-damaged-in-culdesac-car-fire/
2013-05-03 - Car bursts into flame on the M1 near Alfreton (Britain):
http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/local/m1-car-fire-1-5465567

2013-03-03 - Two vehicles burst into flame on same block of Hammonds Avenue in Huntsville (Alabama):
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/03/huntsville_police_blotter_mult_2.html

2013-03-03 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-64 in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/03/vehicle-fire-backing-traffic-i64-newport-news

2013-03-03 - Three snowmobiles burst into flame inside transport trailer in Tangent (Oregon):
http://democratherald.com/news/local/blaze-ruins-trailer-full-of-snowmobiles/article_24298ee8-83bf-11e2-89a3-0019bb2963f4.html

2013-03-03 - RV trailer bursts into flame at RV park in Indio (California):
http://www.swrnn.com/2013/03/03/indio-fire-envelops-trailer-at-rv-park/

2013-03-03 - Car, several snowmobiles and garage destroyed by fire in Troy (New Hampshire):
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/Car-snowmobiles-destroyed-after-garage-fire/-/9857858/19157462/-/8id6l9z/-/index.html

2013-03-03 - Truck, tractor, combine, forklift and barn destroyed by fire in Kinderhook (New York):
http://www.registerstar.com/news/article_9ee48db8-8478-11e2-ab14-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.columbiapage.com/id987.html
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/top-stories/stories/barn-fire-burns-most-day-6611.shtml

2013-03-03 - Barn destroyed by fire in Morris (Minnesota), 1800 hogs incinerated:
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/392034/group/homepage/
http://www.wctrib.com/content/weekend-barn-fire-stevens-county-kills-1800-hogs

2013-03-03 - Barn destroyed by fire in Meeker County (Minnesota), 11 pigs and cow killed:
http://kwlm.com/Cow-pigs-lost-in-Meeker-County-barn-fire/15707225

2013-03-03 - Barn destroyed by fire in Canaveral Groves (Florida), 2 miles from the coast, horse killed:
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130304/NEWS01/303040008/Pregnant-mare-killed-by-fire-Canaveral-Groves

2013-03-03 - Barn damaged by fire in Hooper (Utah):
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865574741/Water-heater-starts-horse-barn-fire.html

Note: Lots of water heater-related fires lately. One reason for that is that they have pilot lights, so when any flammable hydrogen sulfide and/or methane accumulates near one, fire breaks out. Another reason is that hydrogen sulfide is water soluble and it is getting into the water supply, so even if the building is 100% airtight, the gas can still infiltrate the building via the water supply then evaporate out near water heaters, which have that pilot light burning right there to cause ignition once enough gas accumulates...

2013-03-03 - Sewer plant damaged by fire in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana), boil water advisory issued:
http://theadvocate.com/news/5337523-123/fire-at-sewer-plant-causes

2013-03-03 - Four classrooms destroyed by fire at Sun Valley High School in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/03/03/fire-causes-750k-damage-to-sun-valley-high-school/

2013-03-03 - Unoccupied Boy Scout cabin bursts into flame at campground near Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.abc6.com/story/21449518/fire-tears-through-cabin

2013-03-03 - High school building damaged by fire in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Jose-fire-damages-high-school-4324754.php

2013-03-03 - Organic materials burst into flame at business in Covington (Washington):
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/crews-control-fire-covington-business/nWf5w/

2013-03-03 - Dumpster bursts into flame at mall in Barboursville (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/21448800/dumpster-fire-at-jc-penney-at-barboursville-mall

2013-03-03 - Unoccupied home seriously damaged by fire in Bayou Cane (Louisiana):
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130303/HURBLOG/130309904?Title=Car-fire-spreads-damages-Bayou-Cane-home

Note: When I say 'unoccupied' I mean someone lives there (or works there if it's a business), but nobody was there at the time. When I use the term 'vacant' I mean that nobody lives or works there at all. So in this case the fire broke out while the occupants were away somewhere...

2013-03-03 - Blaze damages home in coastal Middle River (Maryland), 1 injured:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-fire-woman-injured-20130303,0,6543028.story

2013-03-03 - Log cabin home burns down in Harrison (Maine), 1 injured:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Log-cabin-home-in-Harrison-destroyed-by-fire.html

Note: Harrison straddles Long Lake and Crystal Lake...

2013-03-03 - Deadly fire tears through home in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), 1 killed:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-briefs-fire-0304-20130303,0,4585053.story

2013-03-03 - Vacant home burns in Lynn (Massachusetts):
http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2013/03/04/news/news01.txt

2013-03-03 - Vacant house burns in Garden City (Idaho):
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/03/03/2475489/fire-destroys-garden-city-house.html

2013-03-03 - Vacant trailer burns in the Eastern Shore area of Virginia:
http://www.wboc.com/story/21447349/va-state-police-investigates-trailer-fire-in-accomack-county

2013-03-02 - Mysterious 'light from the sky' ignites fire on the island of Tasmania (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-03/mysterious-light-ignites-fire-in-tasmania/4550142

Quote: "Early Saturday morning police and fire crews received calls from concerned residents in Carnegie Street at Claremont, who reported seeing a bright light igniting a fire in a nearby paddock."

Note: That may have been an atmospheric gas plume - hydrogen sulfide or methane or both - igniting as the plume reached the ground, then burning upward (what they call 'flashback'). Or it may have ignited in the sky above via static electricity or lightning and burned down through a tendril of gas that had extended to the ground...

2013-03-02 - Massive pile of around 200 recycled cars bursts into flame in suburb of coastal Perth (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/16283524/recycled-cars-on-fire-at-steel-factory-blaze/
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/cars-on-fire-at-welshpool-steel-factory/story-e6frf7jo-1226589369498
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National-Regional/2013/03/03/Health_fears_over_car_fire_at_factory_850926.html

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with rusty iron/steel, no flame or spark needed for ignition. There have been many fires like this, some just 'piles of metal' igniting. There is no other rational explanation for piles of metal igniting. They say this fire involved 'around' 200 vehicles. The current record for most vehicles burning stands at 200, which were RVs, boats and collector cars, which burned up in a huge fire at a storage facility in Mishawaka (Indiana), as mentioned in the 2013-02-11 update, so that record still stands...

2013-03-02 - Massive explosion rocks industrial park in Jensen (Utah), 1 building destroyed, 11 more damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20130303-38393-USA
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55935153-78/oil-hot-industrial-vernal.html.csp
http://fox13now.com/2013/03/02/explosion-near-vernal/
http://www.vernal.com/stories/Massive-explosion-fire-at-Adler-Hot-Oil-in-Jensen,3725699

2013-03-02 - Fire truck bursts into flame at fish fry event in Rogersville (Alabama), 1 injured:
http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/fire-truck-catches-fire-in-rogersville-one-fireman-injured/article_034c23ac-83ab-11e2-90c3-001a4bcf6878.html

Quote: "A viewer submitted video showing firemen using their other truck to try to put out the fire."

2013-03-02 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on seaside highway in coastal Lagos (Nigeria):
http://www.nairaland.com/1212657/tanker-fire-marina-bridge

2013-03-02 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on Highway 78 in Marshall County (Mississippi):
http://www.wmctv.com/story/21444460/highway-178-shut-down-for-possible-truck-fire
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Tanker-truck-fire-causes-Highway-78-shutdown/sSL6DrCW7kqw9hvdGO7J6w.cspx

Note: This fire began with the tires igniting and/or exploding. As mentioned, tire rubber is somewhat absorbent and it is absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane, probably the former because hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and tires rest on the ground. Then when brakes are applied, the brake-friction produces more heat than it normally would (since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot) and then bad things happen: brakes burn up, tires ignite or explode or both, brake lines or hydraulic lines or power steering lines rupture and leak, the vehicle itself catches fire and burns up, or all of the above. This affects large vehicles the most, like tankers and buses and tractor trailers, because they involve large amounts of mass, which means more brake-friction is required to slow the vehicle and thus there is more chance that this problem will manifest...

2013-03-02 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-95 in Savannah (Georgia):
http://www.thecoastalsource.com/mostpopular/story/Tractor-Trailer-on-Fire/9kzbbBBdtk-JnV-UuFreoA.cspx

2013-03-02 - Camper van bursts into flame on the A38 near Bridgwater (Britain):
http://somerset-news.co.uk/2013/03/02/vehicle-fire-90/
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=23389&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

2013-03-02 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at home in Lafayette (Louisiana), fire spreads to home:
http://www.katc.com/news/car-fire-turns-into-house-fire-in-lafayette/
http://www.klfy.com/story/21444365/lafayette-car-fire-damages-part-of-house

2013-03-02 - Car bursts into flame in carport in coastal Pacifica (California), fire damages carport, 2 adjacent vehicles too:
http://pacifica.patch.com/articles/car-fire-damages-carport-vehicles

Note: And that's why I've been recommending you not park your vehicle next to your residence or next to other vehicles. Why compound the risk and enhance the potential damage? But easier said than done sometimes, I know...

2013-03-02 - Car bursts into flame on Route 2 in Fitchburg (Massachusetts):
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/breakingnews/ci_22704447/car-fire-snarls-traffic-route-2

2013-03-02 - Vehicle bursts into flame near building in coastal West Haven (Connecticut), fire spreads to building:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/03/02/news/doc5131fac453877261313759.txt

2013-03-02 - Barn damaged by fire in Feniton (Britain):
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Firefighters-called-Feniton-barn/story-18300049-detail/story.html

2013-03-02 - Fire breaks out at woodworking and furniture business in Portland (Oregon):
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/03/portland_fire_bureau_responds.html
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/2-Alarm-Fire-in-Southeast-Portland-194579561.html

Note: Absorbent flammable materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. These materials include wood, clothing, upholstery, cotton, cardboard, paper, generic trash, pallets, furniture, hay, straw, mulch, brush, etc.

2013-03-02 - Shed bursts into flame at gardening business in Masterton (New Zealand), on the North Island:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wairarapa/8257480/Masterton-garden-centre-catches-fire

2013-03-02 - Fast-growing brush fire erupts near coastal Daytona Beach in Flagler County (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20130303-38395-USA
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/Brush-fire-grows-to-100-acres-in-Flagler-County/-/11788162/19151732/-/yxb2fvz/-/index.html

Quote: "A fast-moving brush fire near Daytona Beach at one point forced the evacuation of 300 homes and spread to 1,000 acres Saturday..."

2013-03-02 - High-rise under construction hit by major fire in coastal Dubai:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/international/194487031_Fire_damages_high-rise_under_construction_in_Dubai.html

2013-03-02 - Blaze damages home in coastal Lake City (Washington):
http://q13fox.com/2013/03/02/family-escapes-lake-city-house-fire/

2013-03-02 - House damaged by fire on Howard Mill Road near Ascauga Lake Road in Aiken (South Carolina):
http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2013/mar/02/breaking-6-house-fire-aiken-howard-mill-road-ar-5712966/

Note: Aiken (South Carolina) and Augusta (Georgia) are the two biggest cities in the Central Savannah River Area...

2013-03-02 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Newport News (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/02/crews-put-out-fire-at-newport-news-home/

2013-03-02 - Fire tears through home in Teaneck (New Jersey), near the Hudson River, 5 injured:
http://www.northjersey.com/teaneck/Several_hospitalized_following_Teaneck_house_fire.html

2013-03-02 - Basement fire erupts at home in Minneapolis (Minnesota), 9 injured:
http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_22704241/nine-injured-north-minneapolis-fire

2013-03-02 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal North Falmouth (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130302/NEWS11/130309953/-1/
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-south/Falmouth-home-destroyed-in-2-alarm-blaze/-/9848842/19151978/-/fn13a2z/-/index.html

2013-03-02 - Vacant commercial building burns in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://www.okcfox.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ok/3aeb89c5-www.okcfox.com.shtml
http://www.newson6.com/story/21445446/fire-at-vacant-building-in-south-oklahoma-city

2013-03-02 - Vacant home burns in Clifton (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/news/194116151_Fire_in_vacant_Clifton_home.html

2013-03-01 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Kingston (New York):
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/02/28/blotter/doc512fbe5b8e4ca154603092.txt

2013-03-01 - Explosion rips through Sport Chalet in La Canada Flintridge (California), 2 injured:
http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2013/03/01/12762/sport-chalet-comments-after-la-canada-explosion-ba/
http://articles.lacanadaonline.com/2013-03-01/news/tsn-vsl-0301-explosion-burns-two-sports-chalet-workers_1_explosion-burns-two-leak-customers-smell-gas

2013-03-01 - Explosion aboard boat in coastal Jensen Beach (Florida), 1 seriously burned:
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_martin_county/jensen_beach/man-suffers-burns-in-jensen-beach-boat-gas-explosion
http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/treasure-coast/1-injured-in-reported-boat-explosion-near-Jensen-Beach/-/8882916/19147322/-/format/rsss_2.0/-/vstet8/-/index.html

2013-03-01 - Boat bursts into flame in storage facility in Moses Lake (Washington), fire spreads, other boats and vehicles damaged too:
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/crime-fire/article_234f1da8-81e9-11e2-8135-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "The boat sustained extensive damage. Numerous boats, as well as an RV and other vehicles, were damaged in the fire."

2013-03-01 - Seven vehicles incinerated in auto shop in Abilene (Texas):
http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=576042&nxd_237113_start=5

2013-03-01 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 93 near Kingman (Arizona):
http://pinionpinefire.blogspot.com/2013/03/semi-fire-on-highway-93.html

2013-03-01 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 20 in Gadsden County (Florida):
http://www.wtxl.com/news/semi-tractor-trailer-catches-fire-in-gadsden-county/article_b127a30e-8296-11e2-9130-001a4bcf6878.html

2013-03-01 - Truck bursts into flame on I-10 in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.fox8live.com/story/21436873/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-i-10-eb

2013-03-01 - Van bursts into flame on Cottonbrook Road in Derby (Britain):
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Derbyshire-firefighters-tackle-vehicle-fires/story-18299718-detail/story.html

2013-03-01 - SUV bursts into flame on I-90 near Winona (Minnesota):
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/article_788344a6-82e9-11e2-a0ba-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/car-destroyed-by-fire-on-i/article_a0c6182a-82b3-11e2-bd2d-0019bb30f31a.html

2013-03-01 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at bank drive-thru in Philippi (West Virginia):
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=Truck-Fire-Breaks-Out-Near-Area-Bank8432

Note: Another pickup truck recently burst into flame at a bank drive thru, in coastal Somers Point (New Jersey), as mentioned in the 2013-02-26 update...

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame in front of Family Dollar store in San Bernardino (California):
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_22699212/car-fire-reported-san-bernardino
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_22699212/car-fire-reported-san-bernardino

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame on 18th Street in Austin (Minnesota):
http://www.myaustinminnesota.com/Car-fire-in-Austin/15690388

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame on I-295 near coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.pressherald.com/news/I-295-car-fire-at-Portland-Falmouth-line.html

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame outside pub near Old Sarum in Salisbury (Britain):
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/10261599.Car_fire_causes_traffic_delays/

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame on Garlands Road in coastal Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/regch/878567310-services-attend-chch-car-fire

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame on street in El Paso (Texas):
http://www.kdbc.com/news/fire-fighters-investigate-early-morning-car-fire

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame in coastal St. Dogmaels (Britain):
http://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/10261466.Car_fire_in_St_Dogmaels/

2013-03-01 - Car bursts into flame on Russet Drive in St. Albans (Britain):
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/10260914.Firefighters_attend_car_fire/

2013-03-01 - RV trailer bursts into flame in front of home in Niceville (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/camper-trailer-catches-fire-1.104208

2013-03-01 - Barn destroyed by fire on Turtle Creek Road in Benton (Arkansas):
http://www.bentoncourier.com/content/barn-burned-ground-home-cowboy-church-pastor-greg-spann-turtle-creek-road

2013-03-01 - Barn damaged by fire on Spring Creek Road in Putnam County (Tennessee), 3 goats killed:
http://www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/21852652/article--White-C-Fire-engulfs-barn--kills-goats

2013-03-01 - Massive fire rages through nightclub in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/massive-fire-57-heaven/nWfD7/

2013-03-01 - Two machines burst into flame at business in Plattsburgh (New York):
http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x1837420575/Pactiv-building-damaged-in-fire

2013-03-01 - Marsh fire breaks out near coastal Mobile Bay (Alabama):
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/03/fire_burns_in_north_mobile_bay.html

2013-03-01 - Historic art gallery damaged by fire in coastal Portsmouth (Maine):
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130302-NEWS-303020318
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130301/NEWS07/130309891

2013-03-01 - Basement fire erupts at home in La Porte (Indiana), home destroyed:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/wsbt-home-at-laporte-event-venue-destroyed-in-fire-20130301,0,535281.story

2013-03-01 - Fire tears through four townhomes in North Lauderdale (Florida), 5 miles from the coast:
http://www.local10.com/news/Fire-damages-North-Lauderdale-townhomes/-/1717324/19135306/-/1336uyaz/-/index.html
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21009983533412/fire-at-quadplex-displaces-12-residents/

2013-03-01 - Blaze rips through home in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Fire-forces-North-Seattle-family-out-of-home-194505651.html

2013-03-01 - Home destroyed by fire in St. Albans (Maine), near Indian Pond:
http://www.kjonline.com/news/Fire-destroys-two-story-home-in-St-Albans.html