2014 - AUG - Fires And Explosions 1

2014-08-31 - Landfill hit by huge fire in coastal Wareham (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-29008989
http://www.heart.co.uk/dorset/news/local/wareham-large-fire-at-landfill-site/
http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/Dorset-residents-urged-windows-shut-large-plume/story-22858382-detail/story.html
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11443255.UPDATE__30_firefighters_tackling_a_blaze_at_Wareham_landfill_site/
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11443621.LIVE__Residents_warned_over_Wareham_landfill_fire__traffic_delays_and_roadworks/
http://m.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11443255.UPDATE__Smoke_from_landfill_site_could_worsen_this_evening_as_Environment_Agency_keeps__watching_eye__on_Air_Quality/

2014-08-31 - Trash facility erupts in flame in Sacramento (California), two homes burn separately in other incidents:
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/01/6670211/string-of-blazes-hits-south-sacramento.html
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/31/6669509/fire-smolders-at-elder-creek-transfer.html
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/09/01/sacramento-family-of-5-escapes-fire-burning-in-their-garage/

Quote: "A fire that started at the Elder Creek Transfer Station in south Sacramento Sunday evening has been contained."

2014-08-31 - Recycling facility hit by fire in Marietta (Georgia), nobody there:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/marietta-firefighters-battle-blaze-recycling-facil/nhCtF/
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/31/4320126/firefighters-monitor-recycling.html
http://www.georgianewsday.com/news/atlanta/286049-firefighters-monitor-recycling-blaze-in-marietta.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/31/firefighters-monitor-recycling-blaze-in-marietta/
http://www.thestate.com/2014/08/31/3651575_firefighters-monitor-recycling.html
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/story/26415775/firefighters-monitor-recycling-blaze-in-marietta

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

2014-08-31 - Home destroyed by explosion and fire before 6:30 AM in Beavercreek (Ohio), nobody there:
http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/explosion-fire-destroys-home-beavercreek/nhCtK/
http://wdtn.com/2014/08/31/beavercreek-home-leveled-by-explosion/
http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2014/08/31/Fire-officials-say-explosion-fire-destroys-SW-Ohio-house-no-injuries-reported.html
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_firefighters-investigating-early-morning-house-explosion-beavercreek-township-22061.shtml

2014-08-31 - Four-story residential building explodes at 7 AM, partially collapses, in Seine-Saint-Denis (France), 8+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20140831-45087-FRA
http://www.thelocal.fr/20140901/paris-rosny-rescuers-hunt-survivors
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/death-toll-from-building-explosion-in-paris-suburb-rises-to-8-1.1985620
http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20140901-seventh-body-found-after-paris-apartment-block-blast
http://news.msn.co.nz/glanceview/442375/explosion-in-paris-building-kills-six.glance
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/death-toll-rises-in-paris-apartment-block-explosion

Quote: "French rescue workers pulled an eighth body out of the rubble of a four-storey building near Paris on Monday. The apartment block collapsed on Sunday after an explosion. Rescuers don't believe anyone else is still missing."

2014-08-31 - Customs building explodes and burns near Rio Grande bridge in Piedras Negras (Mexico), 1 killed, 5 injured:
http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=1090698
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/state/2014/08/31/explosion-in-mexican-customs-office-closes-bridge/14907435/
http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/texas/explosion-in-mexican-customs-office-closes-bridge/nhC2D/
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/article_09d38749-6e70-5e65-bbe8-757f0a6bbaa3.html

2014-08-31 - Gas pipeline explodes in San Miguel Xoxtla in Puebla State (Mexico), 500 workers evacuated:
http://www.laprensasa.com/309_america-in-english/2687325_pipeline-explosion-forces-evacuation-of-hundreds-in-central-mexico.html
http://world.einnews.com/article__detail/221297357?lcode=a6DyxOzpwFsrEgKFqFNEuw%3D%3D

2014-08-31 - Work shed explodes in coastal Invercargill (New Zealand), bloody good bloke injured:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/10448608/Explosion-investigated-as-worker-recovers

2014-08-31 - Underground electrical fire closes South Fourth and Ferry Streets in Easton (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2014/08/underground_electrical_fire_cl.html
http://www.dailynewsen.com/breaking/underground-electrical-fire-closes-off-south-4th-and-ferry-streets-in-easton-h2589167.html
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/31/Underground_electrical_fire_closes_off_South_4th_and_Ferry_S/

2014-08-31 - Electrical substation damaged by blaze in Benin City (Nigeria):
http://primechronicle.com/?p=12024
http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/31082014/news/news3.html
http://nigeriatell.com/news/fire-guts-bedc-substation
http://www.dailynews-ng.com/item/119409_fire-guts-electricity-sub-station-in-benin

2014-08-31 - Truck maintenance facility devastated by mammoth explosion(s) and fire in coastal Southampton (Britain), nobody there:
http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11443383.UPDATED__Major_fire_sparks_explosions_that_rock_city/
http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11444391.Five_firefighters_injured_and_one_taken_to_hospital_after_explosion_rips_through_warehouse/
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11443761.UPDATE__Investigation_underway_after_explosion_at_factory_on_edge_of_New_Forest_injures_five_fire_fighters/

Quote: "Chloe Adams, 28, an assistant merchandiser who lives in a block of flats in Briton Street, In the centre of Southampton, said: 'The entire flat jolted but without any obvious cause. There was a sudden gust of wind that blew through but for no reason. It was all a bit eerie. I can't believe it was caused by a fire so far away. It must have be such a big explosion to be felt this distance.' The warehouse, which is home to a lorry servicing unit, is located on an industrial park in Cracknore Hard, close to the military base in Marchwood. It is understood that the one-storey steel structure, which measures 35m x 25m, was empty when the fire started and there have been no reports of any injuries."

Quote: "Heidi Rehman, 41, a fundraiser for The Haven Wessex, who lives in Kestrel Close, Marchwood: "It shook every house in the village and was heard the other side of Southampton. 'It smells of gas. Our whole house shook. We felt all the doors and the windows shake for several seconds like a mini earthquake.'"

Note: 'Smells of gas' means 'rotten egg' odor. Right on the coast, a vehicle facility, massive explosions and fire - that smell may have been hydrogen sulfide, probably blowing in off the ocean with some methane...

2014-08-31 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, at least four cars burn, in Aldergrove (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/1537091/cars-catch-fire-in-aldergrove-at-auto-wrecking-yard/
http://canadanews.center/item/24571_cars-catch-fire-in-aldergrove-at-auto-wrecking-yard

2014-08-31 - Tow lot filled with cars goes up in flames in Evanston (Illinois):
http://abc7chicago.com/news/firefighters-battle-tow-lot-fire-in-evanston/288824/
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/29605361-761/firefighters-extinguish-blaze-at-evanston-towing-company.html
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Firefighters-Battle-Blaze-in-Evanston-Several-Cars-on-Fire-273398851.html
http://www.chicagofiremap.net/2014/08/fire-at-north-shore-towing-on-oakton-st.html

Note: Also see the woman who had a seizure or lost consciousness while driving and crashed her SUV into a fire truck in Evanston on this day...

2014-08-31 - Boat explodes and burns in coastal Ocean Pines (Maryland), 5 injured:
http://abc11.com/news/five-hurt-in-boat-fire/289342/
http://www.wboc.com/story/26415535/5-injured-in-ocean-pines-boat-explosion
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/maryland/2014/08/31/5-injured-after-ocean-pines-boat-explosion/14905749/
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2014/08/31/boat-explodes-ocean-pines/14905425/
http://www.delmarvanow.com/videos/news/local/maryland/2014/08/31/14910697/
http://www.wmdt.com/story/26415899/four-hospitalized-following-boat-fire
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/26415743/several-people-hospitalized-after-boat-explosion-in-ocean-pines
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Boat-Explosion-Sends-5-to-Hospital-273392761.html
http://www.abc2news.com/news/region/eastern-shore/5-injured-in-eastern-shore-boat-explosion-sunday

Quote: "He told police he opened up the hatches and turned on the blower to ventilate the engine, then went back into the house to finish getting ready. Thompson says Edwards was inside the house for about ten to fifteen minutes, which she says is plenty of time to properly ventilate the system in normal circumstances. Edwards told police he, his wife, his daughter, and his two friends from California boarded the boat and backed up preparing to leave the dock, but he says when he shifted the boat forward, the boat burst into flames. Thomson says all five people were thrown overboard when the boat exploded. It was not clear if they were thrown by the force of the explosion or they jumped overboard."

2014-08-31 - Boat bursts into flame in the St. Lucie River in coastal Stuart (Florida), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/01/4321708/police-boy-with-autism-dies-in.html
http://www.local10.com/news/boy-with-autism-dies-in-sailboat-fire-in-martin-county/27823040
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/stuart-police-boy-11-died-in-sunday-boat-fire-pare/nhDBf/
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/child-dies-stuart-sailboat-fire-parents-hospitalized-18875.shtml
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/boat-on-fire-in-waters-off-stuart/nhCwd/
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/large-boat-fire-stuart-injures-child-adult-18872.shtml
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-martin-county/stuart/boat-fire-in-stuart
http://www.wpbf.com/news/crews-battle-boat-fire-in-stuart/27814762

2014-08-31 - Boat bursts into flame on the Mississippi River near Grafton (Illinois):
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/home_top-news/50237924/Firefighters-extinguish-boat-blaze-on-Mississippi
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/31/boat-catches-fire-on-river-near-grafton/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/slideshow/Photos-of-the-Day-92630.php
http://stlouis.gotnewswire.com/news/boat-catches-fire-on-river-near-grafton
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=141804

Quote: "Firefighters from QEM Fire Rescue and the Alton Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to a boat fire on the Mississippi near Grafton, successfully extinguishing the blaze with no reported injuries."

2014-08-31 - Boat explodes and burns at Lake Thunderbird in Norman (Oklahoma):
http://kfor.com/2014/09/01/officials-offering-boat-safety-tips-after-boat-bursts-into-flames/

2014-08-31 - Train car bursts into flame, smoke fills coaches, people freak out, near Obaidullaganj (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bhopal/Chandigarh-Express-fire-sparks-panic/articleshow/41404071.cms

Quote: "Panic gripped passengers onboard Itarsi-bound Chhattisgarh Express when few coaches of the train were filled with smoke on Sunday. Thereafter, passengers pulled chain to stoptrain near Obaidullaganj. Later, it was reported that fire started in brake van attached to S3 coach and smoke soon filled other coaches."

Note: I don't blame people for freaking out, what with all the buses that have been bursting into flame and burning people to death in India (and elsewhere) in recent times. Speaking of which...

2014-08-31 - Passenger bus bursts into flame in the wee hours in Tamil Nadu (India), 5 people incinerated, 6 injured:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/2-Kids-Among-Four-Killed-in-Bus-Blaze/2014/08/31/article2406983.ece
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bus-fire-mishap-bengal-pilgrims-return-by-train-114090101247_1.html
http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/five-pilgrims-killed-after-their-bus-catches-fire-in-tamil-nadu-584370
http://www.greatandhra.com/politics/political-news/5-pilgrims-killed-after-their-bus-catches-fire-59415.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/5-bengal-pilgrims-killed-in-tn-bus-fire/
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tamil-nadu-bus-mishap-pilgrims-kanyakumari-rameswaram/1/380043.html
http://www.businessballa.com/news/2014/08/pilgrims-killed-bus-catches-5-fire-nadu-tamil-carrying
http://www.findka.com/web/e606e1593e6ffcafb3141034be240723.htm
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140831/nation-current-affairs/article/tamil-nadu-five-killed-gas-cylinder-explodes-bus
http://www.samachar.com/Five-Pilgrims-Killed-After-Their-Bus-Catches-Fire-in-Tamil-Nadu-oi5dLbgffbh.html
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/31/5_pilgrims_die_in_Tamil_Nadu_as_bus_catches_fire/

2014-08-31 - Minibus destroyed by fire, 8 vehicles damaged, while parked in coastal Byron Bay (Australia), parked car burns in Casino too:
http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/van-blazea-minibus-was-destroyed-by-fire-and-eight/2370334/

Quote: "A minibus has been destroyed by fire and eight vehicles damaged at Byron Bay and a car has been destroyed in a fire at Casino."

2014-08-31 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the 405 Freeway in Westminster (California), near the coast:
http://abc7.com/news/tanker-truck-fire-closes-405-fwy-in-westminster/288600/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-633378-tanker-lanes.html
http://taxiofsantamonica.com/2014/08/31/tanker-truck-fire-closes-405-freeway-in-westminster/

2014-08-31 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-45 in Ellis County (Texas):
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26414323/driver-safely-exits-truck-fire-in-ellis-county
http://fortworth.cityandpress.com/node/8264388
http://dallas.thedailydigest.org/2014/08/31/driver-safely-exits-truck-fire-in-ellis-county/
http://dfwliving.com/driver-safely-exits-truck-fire-in-ellis-county-2/
http://dallas.gotnewswire.com/news/driver-safely-exits-truck-fire-in-ellis-county

2014-08-31 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at truck stop in Knightstown (Indiana):
http://fox59.com/2014/08/31/knightstown-crews-battle-truck-stop-fire/

2014-08-31 - RV bursts into flame at 3 AM while parked at home in Albuquerque (New Mexico):
http://krqe.com/2014/08/31/rv-catches-fire-over-weekend/
http://denver.thedailydigest.org/2014/08/31/rv-catches-fire-over-weekend/

2014-08-31 - RV bursts into flame while parked in Texarkana (Arkansas):
http://txktoday.com/news/tafd-responds-rv-fire-38th-street/

2014-08-31 - Van bursts into flame on Foxwist Green in Winsford (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/van-fire-in-winsford
http://www.newsnorthwest.org.uk/news/van-fire-in-winsford

2014-08-31 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 2:15 AM while parked at home in Santa Ana (California), near the coast:
http://abc7.com/news/santa-ana-truck-garage-damaged-in-fire/288556/
http://ktla.com/2014/08/31/fire-rips-through-vehicle-garage-leaving-santa-ana-residents-displaced/
http://losangeles.cityandpress.com/node/8264395

2014-08-31 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Maine Turnpike between Scarborough and Saco (Maine):
http://www.wlbz2.com/story/news/local/2014/08/31/maine-turnpike-traffic-backed-up/14907497/
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/31/truck-fire-stops-traffic-on-maine-turnpike/
http://www.wmtw.com/news/vehicle-fire-jams-traffic-on-turnpike/27817168
http://bangor.gotnewswire.com/news/vehicle-fire-jams-traffic-on-turnpike

2014-08-31 - Ferrari Spider bursts into flame on I-15 near the Valley of Fire (Nevada):
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/31/two-passengers-escape-ferrari-fire-interstate-15/

Quote: "A Ferrari caught on fire this morning on northbound Interstate 15 about 5 miles south of the Valley of Fire."

2014-08-31 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 near coastal Lake Worth (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/northbound-traffic-moving-again-on-i-95-after-lake/nhCwk/

2014-08-31 - Car bursts into flame on the Florida Turnpike in coastal Miami (Florida), nearby car crashes separately:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/deadline-miami/2014/08/car-fire-crash-shuts-down-turnpike-in-nw-miami-dade.html

Quote: "A car fire caused chaos and gridlock on Florida's Turnpike Sunday afternoon in Northwest Miami-Dade. Both directions were shut down just south of the 57th Avenue exit, the southbound side for the car fire and the northbound lanes for a car that slowed down and was hit. The driver of the crashed car was airlifted to the hospital from the road."

2014-08-31 - Car bursts into flame in the wee hours on Woodman Street in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.abc6.com/story/26414730/crews-respond-to-car-fire-in-providence

2014-08-31 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 281 in Aberdeen (South Dakota):
http://www.aberdeennews.com/news/local/car-totaled-in-vehicle-fire-saturday/article_99ea394c-e334-5c0b-9e16-f996f782772a.html

2014-08-31 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 103 near coastal Halifax (Canada):
http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1233271-electrical-malfunction-may-have-caused-car-fire-on-hwy-103

2014-08-31 - In separate incidents, two cars burst into flame in the wee hours while parked in Staffordshire (Britain):
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Warning-car-fires-Norton-Kidsgrove/story-22855120-detail/story.html

Quote: "Crews from Sandyford were called out just after 12.30am to a car fire at Thursfield Place in Norton. Later that morning, at roughly 3.30am, they were once again out on the road to respond to a car that was ablaze at Kidsgrove's Bathpool Park."

2014-08-31 - Car bursts into flame on the M1 near Loughborough (Britain):
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Firefighters-called-car-M1-near-Loughborough/story-22855362-detail/story.html
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/firefighters-called-to-car-fire-on-the-m1-near-loughborough

2014-08-31 - Car bursts into flame on Barnfield Hill in Exeter (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30217&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-31 - Forklift bursts into flame at Ocean Spray factory in Middleborough (Massachusetts), near the coast:
http://www.wcvb.com/news/woman-injured-in-ocean-spray-factory-fire/27814708

2014-08-31 - Barn and two silos go up in flames at 6:45 AM  in Upper Bern Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-berks/barn-fire-reported-in-upper-bern-township/27812718
http://readingeagle.com/news/article/flames-destroy-barn-in-upper-bern-township-fire-official-says
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-berks/hot-hay-sparks-barn-fire-in-upper-bern/27827284

2014-08-31 - Barn erupts in flame, fire spreads to silo, on Gum Tree Road in Highland (Pennsylvania):
http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20140831/barn-fire-breaks-out-quickly-turns-into-silo-fire

2014-08-31 - Electrical meter ignites on East Bay Street in coastal Charleston (South Carolina), blackouts ensue:
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/26414413/electrical-fire-shuts-down-east-bay-street-for-2-hours-saturday

2014-08-31 - Spate of fires breaks out in before 7 AM in Denver (Colorado):
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/3-suspicious-alley-fires-investigated-in-denver-2-garages-car-damaged

Note: Two garages, car, dumpster, fence, couch, mattress, same types of stuff that's been bursting into flame all over the place, especially in the wee hours...

2014-08-31 - Deck bursts into flame before 6:47 AM, fire spreads to home, in Glen Allen (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2014/08/31/glen-allen-house-fire/
http://www.14news.com/story/26414343/glen-allen-family-escapes-early-morning-fire
http://www.wdam.com/story/26414343/glen-allen-family-escapes-early-morning-fire

2014-08-31 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Pasadena (California):
http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvcrime/2014/08/31/fire-scorched-home-in-pasaden/

2014-08-31 - Home damaged by fire just before midnight, second fire in four days, in Pittsfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_26444148/two-from-pittsfield-left-homeless-after-second-fire

2014-08-31 - Home destroyed by fire in Prescott (Arizona):
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/prescott/dogs-alert-family-of-large-fire-that-erupted-in-prescott-home-sunday

2014-08-31 - Six homes go up in flames in coastal Chelsea (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/08/31/crews-battling-5-alarm-fire-in-chelsea-neighborhood/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/08/31/report-alarm-fire-chelsea/rZO4rZqYzGR01uWf0yyz5K/story.html

2014-08-31 - Condo complex damaged by fire in the wee hours, at the Bay Island Inn on Longport Boulevard in coastal Egg Harbor Township (New Jersey):
http://6abc.com/news/fire-erupts-inside-egg-harbor-township-condos/288380/

2014-08-31 - AC unit bursts into flame, fire spreads, hotel destroyed, in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/local-news/memphis-motel-destroyed-in-fire_52573632
http://wreg.com/2014/08/31/crew-responds-to-fire-at-super-8-hotel/

2014-08-31 - Four vacant structures burn in August in Barre City (Vermont):
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/vermont/2014/08/31/alarm-arson-fires-barre/14915217/

Quote: "After decades of living in Barre, Walters said he has never seen a rash of arson fires like this one."

Note: Assumed arson fires, since they haven't eliminated accidental causes. It's unwise of them to be making assumptions like that these days...

2014-08-31 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/fire-guts-vacant-northwest-las-vegas-home
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/sep/01/vacant-home-northwest-valley-destroyed-fire/
http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/local/story/Vacant-home-on-west-side-destroyed-by-fire/MVQMbFDOF0eteer0ZsnwvA.cspx

2014-08-31 - Vacant home burns just before 4:30 AM in Racine (Wisconsin):
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/vacant-house-damaged-in-early-morning-fire/article_57b43d20-945d-5fe3-8a2d-42d8d29f682e.html
http://milwaukee.gotnewswire.com/news/a-tough-fire-fight-newspaper-carrier-sees-vacant-home-on-fire-in-racine-alerts-fire-crews

2014-08-31 - Vacant condo building burns in Orlando (Florida), near Lake Catherine:
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/fire-marshal-investigates-cause-troubled-tymbersca/nhDBH/
http://www.wesh.com/news/troubled-condo-complex-caught-fire-again-in-orange-county-fire-officials-say/27821250

2014-08-31 - Man burns to death in burning car at 12:30 AM on Stone Valley Road in Alamo (California):
http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_26444063/alamo-driver-killed-vehicle-fire
http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_26443335/driver-killed-vehicle-fire-alamo

Quote: "An unidentified man died early Sunday morning after being trapped in a vehicle fire in Alamo, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. near the intersection of Stone Valley Road and Miranda Avenue, blocking the roadway in both directions."

2014-08-31 - Person found burned to death in burning car at brush fire on Iron Mountain Road in Franklinville (North Carolina):
http://courier-tribune.com/news/suspicious-death-fire-under-investigation
http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/local/2014/08/31/firefigthers-body-in-car-fire-randolph-county/14910289/
http://myfox8.com/2014/08/31/body-found-in-car-in-randolph-county/

2014-08-31 - Girl, 15, found burned and dead in backyard at home in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/badly-burned-body-found-on-west-side
http://wishtv.com/2014/08/31/burned-body-found-behind-home-on-northwest-side/
http://www.wthr.com/story/26416654/2014/08/31/burned-body-found-behind-indianapolis-home

Quote: "Detectives do not believe the victim was killed at the location she was found, but killed elsewhere and brought to the location where she was found."

Quote: "Authorities said the 15-year-old was last seen at on the porch of a relative's house near the corner of 16th and Mount streets at 6 a.m. Sunday."

Note: They ASSUME she was killed, then burned, then someone decided to try to sneak her corpse into this populated area and leave it in a backyard. It is extremely doubtful that anybody would risk getting caught transporting a little girl's corpse into a populated area like this when there are remote areas that are easily accessible for such purposes. She disappeared during the wee hours, which is right when a lot of fires are happening, since that's when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which pushes flammable methane and hydrogen sulfide floating in the air above closer to the ground. This looks just like all the other people that have been burning to death in recent times. It's unfortunate that they don't let people be cops if they score too HIGH on intelligence tests because it's really starting to look like our mentally handicapped schools and our detective schools got mixed up somehow...

2014-08-30 - Mysterious explosion and flash of light alarms residents in coastal Porto-Vecchio (France):
http://www.corsenetinfos.fr/Porto-Vecchio-Mais-quelle-etait-cette-mysterieuse-explosion_a11018.html
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.corsenetinfos.fr/Porto-Vecchio-Mais-quelle-etait-cette-mysterieuse-explosion_a11018.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dexplosion%26start%3D10%26sa%3DN%26noj%3D1%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D631%26tbs%3Dqdr:d

2014-08-30 - Underground electrical explosion rocks Winnipeg (Canada), blackouts ensue:
http://globalnews.ca/news/1536162/electrical-fire-causes-traffic-nightmare/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/emergency-crews-close-downtown-section-of-main-street-1.2751625
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/power-line-fire-shuts-down-main-street-273359061.html
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/possible-explosion-shuts-down-main-street-1.1984368
http://interpeg.com/news/winnipeg-police-fire-crews-close-section-of-main-street/
http://canadanews.center/item/18812_winnipeg-police-fire-crews-close-section-of-main-street
http://news.ca.msn.com/local/manitoba/emergency-crews-close-downtown-section-of-main-street
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-hydro-investigating-underground-fire-in-downtown-winnipeg-1.2751901

2014-08-30 - Transformer explodes and burns in Ekurhuleni (South Africa), blackouts ensue:
http://citizen.co.za/236220/explosion-causes-ekurhuleni-power-outages/

2014-08-30 - Chemical plant erupts in flame in Mapleton (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140830/NEWS/140839971/1994/NEWS

Quote: "Evonik Industries is an industrial corporation headquartered in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies, owned by RAG Foundation."

2014-08-30 - Recycling facility damaged by fire at 5 AM in the Town of Seneca (New York), in the Finger Lakes area:
http://fingerlakesdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=16&id=141675#.VALPGfldXh4

2014-08-30 - Landfill hit by explosion in Tiruvannamalai (India), 2 killed:
http://newstodaynet.com/tamil-nadu/workers-killed-explosion
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/workers-killed-in-explosion-114083000279_1.html

2014-08-30 - Hosiery plant damaged by explosion near Barasat (India), 2 killed, 2 injured:
http://news.oneindia.in/india/2-dead-2-seriously-injured-boiler-explosion-wb-1512430.html
http://news.theindiansubcontinent.com/india-news/item/46456-2-dead-2-seriously-injured-in-boiler-explosion-in-wb

2014-08-30 - Construction site hit by explosion in coastal Sydney (Australia), 1 injured:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-suffers-burns-to-60-per-cent-of-his-body-after-gas-explosion-in-zetland-20140830-10ail5.html

2014-08-30 - Ship bursts into flame near coastal Sørvær (Norway):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Rescue-G.-Wilhelmsen-I217465.html
http://twitter.com/NSSR/status/504965150513049600/photo/1

Quote: "On Aug 28, 2014, the Norwegian f/v 'Nordsandgutt - N 0102MS' (CS: LM2389) suffered an engine room fire off Soervaer. The NSSR-lifeboat 'Gjert Wilhelmsen' was called from Hammerfest and assistered the vessel."

2014-08-30 - Boat explodes and burns at Lake Sam Rayburn (Texas):
http://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_801830a0-308f-11e4-907a-0017a43b2370.html

Quote: "Texas Parks & Wildlife says an Orange County boater and his passenger escaped injury in a Labor Day weekend explosion and fire aboard a boat on Lake Sam Rayburn. The incident occurred shortly before 3:00 on Saturday afternoon between Rattlesnake Island and Twin Dykes Marina."

2014-08-30 - Boat bursts into flame just before 3 AM on the River Soar in Leicester (Britain):
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Boat-moored-River-Soar-completely-destroyed/story-22852542-detail/story.html

Quote: "A boat moored on the River Soar was completely destroyed after arsonists set fire to it in the early hours."

Note: And what did these arsonists look like? Oh, nobody actually saw anyone. Surveillance video? Nope. Any evidence that there were people involved at all? Nope. Looks just like all the other parked vehicles that have been spontaneously igniting around the world, especially in the wee hours and especially in, near or downwind of low-lying areas like rivers. Somebody might wanna start a fund-raiser and buy these people a clue...

2014-08-30 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on I-10 in Jackson County (Florida):
http://www.wmbb.com/story/26413648/tractor-trailer-fire-engulfs-brand-new-bmws-in-transport

Quote: "The tractor trailer was carrying eight brand new BMW's valued at $70,000 a piece. Two of the eight cars were saved by the driver who disconnected the cab of the truck from it's trailer."

Note: Cha-ching x 6!

2014-08-30 - Tractor bursts into flame between Porlockford and Porlock Weir (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30210&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Tractor-sparks-environmental-alert/story-22852915-detail/story.html
http://www.news.nom.co/tractor-fire-sparks-environmental-11824350-news/

2014-08-30 - RV bursts into flame at 1:30 AM while parked at home on Barrow Road in New Holland (Britain):
http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Firefighters-respond-caravan-incident/story-22852588-detail/story.html
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/firefighters-respond-to-caravan-incident
http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/firefighters-respond-to-caravan-incident-2589334.html

Note: This area is located on the banks of the River Humber where it meets the ocean...

2014-08-30 - Van bursts into flame while locked inside MOT garage near coastal Southsea (Britain):
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/electrical-fault-causes-van-to-go-up-in-flames-1-6269707

2014-08-30 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-5 near coastal Marysville (Washington):
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/vehicle-fire-blocks-all-lanes-sb-i-5-near-marysvil/nhCmJ/
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140830/NEWS01/140839877
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=159812.0
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140830/NEWS01/140839877/Car-fire-shuts-down-I-5-south-near-Marysville
http://seattle.gotnewswire.com/news/vehicle-fire-blocks-all-lanes-of-sb-i5-near-marysville

2014-08-30 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland (Tennessee):
http://clevelandbanner.com/bookmark/25698773-Car-fire-at-Skyridge-Medical-Center
http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/25698773/article-Car-fire-at-Skyridge-Medical-Center

2014-08-30 - Car bursts into flame on I-91 in Holyoke (Massachusetts):
http://www.wggb.com/2014/08/30/car-fire-causes-traffic-on-i-91s/
http://springfield-massachusetts.yourlocalnews.us/index.php?zfcategory=WGGB%20abc40-FOX%206&zftitle=Car+Fire+Causes+Traffic+on+I-91S

2014-08-30 - Car bursts into flame just after midnight at Wildwood Place off of Woodbridge Road in Oak Hill (West Virginia):
http://www.wvnstv.com/story/26401466/car-fire-investigation-in-fayette-county

2014-08-30 - Car bursts into flame on street near viaduct in Heping District, Tianjin (China):
http://www.wantinews.com/news-8799451-Spontaneous-combustion-cars-traveling-in-the-security-hold-fire-extinguishers-rushed-forward.html

2014-08-30 - Car bursts into flame on the A30 near Okehampton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30207&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-30 - Car bursts into flame at Stamps Hill, Brixton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30212&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-30 - Two cars and four garages destroyed by fire at 12:30 AM in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://abc7.com/news/carport-fire-breaks-out-in-south-los-angeles/287858/

Quote: "The fire was reported at about 12:30 a.m. in the 10800 block of South Western Avenue. Four garages and two cars were destroyed before firefighters were able to put out the flames."

2014-08-30 - Oil tanker erupts in flame just after midnight near Ripley (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/news/2-firefighters-injured-in-oil-tanker-fire/27803976
http://kfor.com/2014/08/30/officials-two-firefighters-injured-while-battling-oil-tanker-fire/

Note: Not sure if they mean an oil tank or a tanker truck...

2014-08-30 - Barn and 700 bales of hay destroyed by fire at 3:59 AM in Long Whatton (Britain):
http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/major-barn-fire-long-whatton-7687871
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/major-barn-fire-in-long-whatton

2014-08-30 - Brush fire ignites along the American River Parkway in Sacramento (California):
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-sacramento/part-of-garden-hwy-closed-in-sacramento-due-to-fire/27809308#!bM8z35

2014-08-30 - Corn silo damaged by massive blaze near Cullman (Alabama):
http://www.wrbl.com/story/26410669/crews-battle-fire-raging-in-silo-filled-with-corn
http://whnt.com/2014/08/30/firefighters-battle-a-corn-silo-fire-for-over-6-hours/

2014-08-30 - High-rise commercial building erupts in flame at midnight in Des Moines (Iowa):
http://whotv.com/2014/08/30/crews-battle-fire-in-downtown-des-moines/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2014/08/30/downtown-fire/14853953/
http://www.kcci.com/news/3-firefighters-hurt-in-fire-at-equitable-building/27803632
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/2014/08/30/14857927/

Quote: "Security officers from Conley first called the Des Moines Fire Department around midnight after hearing what sounded like an explosion and strange noises from the Equitable Building, said Brian O'Keefe, spokesperson for the Des Moines Fire Department. Firefighters have been working at the scene for more than seven hours."

2014-08-30 - Rash of fires breaks out in Columbia (South Carolina):
http://www.wistv.com/story/26410426/arson-investigators-looking-into-string-of-suspicious-fires

2014-08-30 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads, home heavily damaged, in Veirs Mill Village (Maryland):
http://www.mymcmedia.org/family-of-five-displaced-by-bennion-road-house-fire/

2014-08-30 - Mobile home damaged by fire at 5:30 AM in coastal Riviera Beach (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/red-cross-mobile-home-fire-in-riviera-beach-displa/nhCYF/

2014-08-30 - Home destroyed by fire at 1:30 AM in Gastonia (North Carolina), nobody there:
http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/local/2014/08/30/gastonia-house-fire/14861799/

2014-08-30 - Home destroyed by fire in Jackson (Mississippi):
http://www.wlox.com/story/26412591/fire-destroys-west-jackson-home
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/26412591/fire-destroys-west-jackson-home

2014-08-30 - Home destroyed by fire in Coram (New York), on coastal Long Island:
http://7online.com/news/home-destroyed-by-fire-in-coram-long-island/288481/

2014-08-30 - Waterfront home goes up in flames in Dickinson (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/firefighters-put-out-waterside-house-fire-in-dickinson/27810372

2014-08-30 - Hotel damaged by series of small fires at midnight in Woodley Park area of coastal Washington DC:
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2014/08/30/dc-crews-respond-to-marriott-wardman-hotel-fire/14861981/

2014-08-30 - Deadly blaze rips through mobile home just after 1 AM near Garland (North Carolina), 6 killed:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/30/4108571_house-fire-kills-6-in-garland.html
http://abc11.com/news/six-dead-in-house-fire/287692/
http://myfox8.com/2014/08/30/six-dead-in-nc-house-fire/
http://www.wral.com/six-dead-in-sampson-county-house-fire/13938365/
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/30/Six_Die_in_Mobile_Home_Fire_in_North_Carolina/

2014-08-30 - Deadly fire burns home in Vernon Township (Michigan), 1 killed:
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/michigan/2014/08/31/Man-dead-after-fire-in-Shiawassee-County-home.html
http://www.argus-press.com/news/community/durand/article_6b00567e-30a4-11e4-93d4-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-30 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 12:26 AM near Windsor (Canada):
http://www.hantsjournal.ca/News/Local/2014-08-30/article-3853984/Fire-destroys-vacant-Sweets-Corner-house/1

2014-08-29 - Passenger plane reports possible engine fire, makes emergency landing in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2014/08/29/flight-lands-in-indy-reports-possible-engine-fire/

Note: Lots of planes are coming down smoking too, although the last smoking plane that came down was waaaaay back in...the day prior, at Gatwick Airport (Britain), mentioned in the 2014-08-28 update...

2014-08-29 - Smoke in cockpit sends C-17 cargo plane to emergency landing at McCarran International Airport (Nevada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20140830-45074-USA
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/29/military-plane-makes-emergency-landing-mccarran/
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/military-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-mccarran

Quote: "A military aircraft made an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport this afternoon after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit."

Note: Planes coming down on fire or smoking is getting to be a regular thing nowadays! That may have been what happened to missing passenger plane MH370 too: caught fire, everyone on board was struck dead or rendered unconscious, then the plane flew on until it ran out of fuel and crashed or hit something and crashed. I'm sure we'll see more disappearing planes too...

2014-08-29 - Apartment building explodes at 5:30 AM in Beijing (China), 2 killed, 8 injured:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2014-08/29/content_33373857.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/29/c_133605527.htm
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/national/1-dead-7-injured-in-Beijing-residence-explosion/shdaily.shtml
http://english.cri.cn/12394/2014/08/29/2702s842315.htm
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140829/eight-injured-beijing-residence-explosion

Quote: "Two people were killed and another eight injured in an explosion in a Beijing residential building early on Friday."

2014-08-29 - Propane tank explodes at Liberty Bowl Stadium in Memphis (Tennessee), 1 injured:
http://www.wistv.com/story/26406992/one-injured-in-propane-tank-explosion-at-liberty-bowl-stadium
http://www.kait8.com/story/26406992/one-injured-in-propane-tank-explosion-at-liberty-bowl-stadium

2014-08-29 - Boardwalk damaged by fire on the oceanfront in coastal Wildwood (New Jersey):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/08/29/blaze-breaks-out-in-wildwood-just-before-holiday-weekend/
http://6abc.com/news/fire-causing-power-outage-on-wildwood-boardwalk/286354/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Wildwood-Deli-Fire-Causing-Power-Outages-273192661.html

2014-08-29 - Recycling facility erupts in flame under the Oak Street Bridge in coastal Vancouver (Canada):
http://inagist.com/all/505322016204148736/
http://twitter.com/GS_Harper/status/505322016204148736/photo/1

Note: This bridge is located just east of Sea Island near the confluence of FOUR river tributaries...

2014-08-29 - Yacht 'Botox' bursts into flame under the Kemah Bridge in coastal Kemah (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/boat-catches-fire-near-kemah-bridge/27795776
http://abc13.com/news/yacht-catches-fire-coming-into-kemah/286812/
http://abc13.com/news/yacht-catches-fire-under-kemah-bridge/286909/
http://news92fm.com/472628/boat-goes-up-in-flames/
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11674499/coast-guard-firefighters-battle-luxury-yacht-fire
http://www.dvidshub.net/image/1529110/boat-fire-under-kemah-bridge
http://news92fm.com/472544/3-escape-burning-boat-in-kemah/
http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/Burning-boat-under-Kemah-Bridge-was-more-smoke-5722012.php

Quote: "There were four people on board at the time of the fire -- a doctor and his wife who own the boat and two people who were considering buying it."

Note: 'Soooo...still interested?!'

2014-08-29 - Boat bursts into flame near coastal Westerly (Rhode Island):
http://www.turnto10.com/story/26404289/5-people-jump-overboard-after-boat-fire

2014-08-29 - Barge bursts into flame shortly after midnight on canal in New Islington (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/watch-canal-boat-goes-up-7687928
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/watch-flames-destroy-docked-canal-4131942

2014-08-29 - School bus bursts into flame in Medicine Hat (Canada):
http://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2014/08/30/hat-high-mohawks-bus-starts-on-fire/

2014-08-29 - School bus bursts into flame at elementary school in Cottonport (Louisiana):
http://www.avoyellestoday.com/index.php/news/1369-children-saved-from-special-ed-bus-fire

Note: These are the 30th and 31st school buses to go up in flames in August, and the 86th and 87th since May 1...

2014-08-29 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on I-95 near White Marsh (Maryland):
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/bus-fire-jams-i95-near-beltways-northeast-corner/27792910
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/08/29/tour-bus-catches-on-fire-on-i-95-near-baltimore-beltway/

2014-08-29 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on I-94 in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140829/METRO05/308290085/Car-hauler-fire-closes-down-EB-94-Detroit

Quote: "A car hauler that caught fire early Friday afternoon has caused a partial shutdown of eastbound Interstate 94 near Cadieux, police said."

2014-08-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Loop 202 near Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azcentral.com/videos/news/local/phoenix/2014/08/29/14839199/
http://www.newstucson.com/2-lanes-reopen-after-Loop-202-truck-fire-1104814
http://www.newstucson.com/Loop-202-westbound-closed-at-44th-Street-due-to-semi-truck-fire-1104777
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/08/29/loop-westbound-closed-th-street-due-semi-truck-fire/14837267/
http://www.onenewspage.us/n/US/750l0lnqj/lanes-reopen-after-Loop-202-truck-fire.htm

Quote: "A Phoenix Fire official said the truck had been carrying wooden pallets. What caused the fire wasn't immediately clear."

2014-08-29 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame inside building at farm on Turf Fen Lane in Doddington (Britain):
http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/lorry_fire_at_doddington_1_3747686
http://cambridgeshire.localroundup.co.uk/article/1149147/lorry-fire-at-doddington/
http://www.fenlandcitizen.co.uk/news/latest-news/fire-in-doddington-1-6267510

2014-08-29 - Tractor (excavator) bursts into flame at Combe Raleigh Cross Roads, Combe Raleigh, Honiton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30202&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-29 - Tractor and field go up in flames along the A1071 at Hintlesham (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/hintlesham_two_acres_of_land_burn_as_fire_also_damages_tractor_1_3750508

2014-08-29 - Cement truck bursts into flame on US 50 in Chillicothe (Ohio):
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2014/08/29/us-traffic-delayed-truck-fire/14793831/

2014-08-29 - U-Haul box truck bursts into flame, fire spreads to building in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/news/u-haul-truck-fire-in-north-philadelphia/287466/
http://news.yahoo.com/u-haul-truck-fire-north-033402715.html
http://philadelphia.gotnewswire.com/news/uhaul-truck-fire-in-north-philadelphia
http://www.louisvilletelegraph.com/2014/08/29/u-haul-truck-fire-in-north-philadelphia/

2014-08-29 - Tarmac truck bursts into flame on the M1 near Ashfield (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Tarmac-lorry-catches-M1-near-Nottingham/story-22850034-detail/story.html

2014-08-29 - RV bursts into flame on I-40 near Roland (Oklahoma):
http://5newsonline.com/2014/08/29/burning-rv-slows-traffic-on-i-40-eastbound-near-roland/

2014-08-29 - RV bursts into flame, fire spreads to barn, in Topeka (Kansas), near Shunganunga Creek:
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/RV-Fire-Spreads-To-Nearby-Barn-273257101.html
http://cjonline.com/news/2014-08-29/mans-rv-catches-fire-he-prepares-leave-trip

Note: Map shows proximity to the creek...

2014-08-29 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home on Hanson Road in White Plains (Maryland), 1 injured:
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/38892

2014-08-29 - RV bursts into flame on Delph Road near Penycae (Britain):
http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/137591/firefighters-called-out-to-caravan-fire-near-penycae.aspx

2014-08-29 - Camper-van bursts into flame on the A34 in Wilmslow (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/camper-van-fire-in-wilmslow
http://www.newsnorthwest.org.uk/news/camper-van-fire-in-wilmslow

2014-08-29 - SUV bursts into flame at Walmart in Sioux City (Iowa):
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/firefighters-respond-to-burning-truck-at-singing-hills-walmart-in/article_c565d8da-70c5-5408-9be3-60d52f47449f.html

Quote: "A newer Cadillac Escalade pickup caught fire shortly before 6 p.m. while its owner was visiting the store."

Note: Cha-ching!

2014-08-29 - SUV bursts into flame on Ridge Road in Warrenton (Oregon):
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20140829/car-fire-temporarily-closes-ridge-road

2014-08-29 - SUV bursts into flame on the M27 near coastal Southampton (Britain):
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11440823.Car_fire_causing_long_delays_on_motorway/
http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11440823.Car_fire_causing_long_delays_on_motorway/

Quote: "A Land Rover was travelling east along the motorway when the blaze broke out just after 10.45am."

Note: Cha-ching!

2014-08-29 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Jerome Bridge in McKeesport (Pennsylvania):
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmckeesport/yourmckeesportmore/6694429-74/fire-barnes-electrical

Note: The Jerome Bridge goes over the Youghiogheny River...

2014-08-29 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Chetolah Gold Road near Hays (Kansas):
http://www.hayspost.com/2014/08/29/pickup-lost-in-thursday-morning-fire/
https://ksffa.wordpress.com/2014/08/29/pickup-lost-in-thursday-morning-fire/

2014-08-29 - At least 11 cars burst into flame in last 2 years while parked in coastal East Naples (Florida):
http://www.abc-7.com/story/26407311/deputies-investigating-rash-of-vehicle-fires-at-e-naples-apartment-complex

Quote: "A day before the most recent fires and a couple parking spots away, neighbor Dan Karen captured a scene becoming all too familiar there- another car fire. 'I've seen at least 11 go up in flames,' said Heron Park resident Dan Karen."

Note: This will get a lot worse and not just here, but everywhere. But this area IS on the Gulf Coast in Florida, downwind of the Gulf of Mexico, North America's sewer, so it's not surprising that this area is getting hit early and hard. A lot of people and animals have been mysteriously dying up and down the Gulf Coast in Florida too, which is also not surprising...

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame on Moores Mill Road in Huntsville (Alabama):
http://whnt.com/2014/08/29/video-car-fire-blocks-traffic-on-moores-mill-road/

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame on I-40 in Carson County (Texas):
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/26404824/car-fire-delays-traffic
http://www.kswo.com/story/26404824/car-fire-delays-traffic

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame at 6 AM on Michigan 6 in Gaines Township (Michigan):
http://fox17online.com/2014/08/29/car-catches-fire-friday-morning-along-m-6/

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame on the Zak Lentz Parkway in Victoria (Texas), near the coast:
http://www.crossroadstoday.com/content/news/local/story/Car-Fire-Engulfs-Vehicle/oNT4XtdbqEejXf4xKrHSrg.cspx

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame on Forest Avenue in Lynbrook (New York), near the coast:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lynbrook-firefighters-extinguish-car-fire-authorities-say-1.9190342
http://newyork.gotnewswire.com/news/lynbrook-firefighters-extinguish-car-fire-authorities-say

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame at 12:30 AM in warehouse parking lot in Rockford (Illinois), near the Rock River:
http://rockfordscanner.com/2014/08/29/car-fire-in-rockford-3/

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame while parked at bank in Warrens, St Michael, on the island of Barbados:
http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/car-destroyed-by-fire/

Quote: "The quiet environs of an office complex at Warrens, St Michael, was disturbed when an alarm went up that a car parked alongside CIBC First Caribbean International Bank’s head office was in flames."

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame at 6:58 AM while parked at Tesco in Feltham (Britain):
http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/parked-car-fire-feltham-tesco-7687970

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame at 2:07 AM on Abercromby Avenue in High Wycombe (Britain):
http://www.wycombetoday.com/2014-08-30-car-caught-fire-in-abercromby-avenue-high-wycombe/

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame on the A127 in Harold Wood (Britain):
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/car_fire_causes_tailbacks_on_the_a127_harold_wood_1_3750344

2014-08-29 - Car bursts into flame near crematorium in Yeovil (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30204&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-29 - Pickup truck and barn destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM in East Liberty (Ohio):
http://www.peakofohio.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=5&id=141602
http://www.examiner.org/news/40347-barn-contents-destroyed-in-fire

Quote: "Perry Township officials said the 30' by 40' barn and all of its contents, including a 2015 Ford pickup, were destroyed."

2014-08-29 - Vehicle bursts into flame on road in Hamilton Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140829/NEWS/140829793
http://pennsylvania.icito.com/vehicle-fire-reported-in-hamilton-township/

2014-08-29 - Three vehicles and carport destroyed by fire, home damaged, on Taylors Landing Road in Sharpsburg (Maryland):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/breaking/fire-damages-home-vehicles-in-sharpsburg/article_8c560e74-2fa8-11e4-9283-0017a43b2370.html
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/fire-damages-home-vehicles-in-sharpsburg/article_8c560e74-2fa8-11e4-9283-0017a43b2370.html

Note: This road runs right along the banks of the Potomac River...

2014-08-29 - Auto shop heavily damaged by fire that began outside, in Sacramento (California), firefighter injured:
http://fox40.com/2014/08/29/firefighter-injured-fighting-car-shop-fire-auburn-boulevard-closed/
http://fox40.com/2014/08/29/metro-firefighter-falls-20-feet-at-warehouse-fire/

2014-08-29 - Shop garage destroyed by fire on Sage Creek Road south of Nampa (Idaho):
http://www.idahopress.com/news/local/firefighters-respond-to-garage-fire-south-of-nampa/article_b74d4c70-2fab-11e4-82bf-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-29 - Barn destroyed by fire in the Town of Yorkville, near Union Grove (Wisconsin):
http://racineuncovered.org/2014/08/multiple-agencies-battling-barn-fire-in-union-grove/
http://milwaukee.gotnewswire.com/news/several-fire-departments-called-out-to-barn-fire-in-town-of-yorkville
http://fox6now.com/2014/08/29/several-fire-departments-called-out-to-barn-fire-in-town-of-yorkville/
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/large-fire-reported-at-union-grove-area-farm-building/article_11ad8fc6-0f3a-5c9f-8024-8d8682618b76.html

2014-08-29 - Barn destroyed by fire on Laurel Grove Road in Federalsburg (Maryland):
http://www.wmdt.com/story/26404051/federalsburg-barn-fire-causes-150k-in-damages

2014-08-29 - Barn destroyed by fire in Moira (New York), 30 cows killed:
http://www.mymalonetelegram.com/news/local/article_16021d54-5797-5df5-9ff4-642c12496581.html
http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/article_c438c963-82b5-56e8-ac52-6f9486400b68.html
http://www.wnbz.com/2014/08/fire-destroys-moira-barn/

2014-08-29 - Brush fire ignites in coastal Kihei (Hawaii), transformer explodes and burns, blackouts ensue:
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/589148.html
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/589178/Crews-respond-to-report-of-brush-fire.html

Quote: "Emergency dispatchers were reporting a possible explosion of an electrical transformer, and there were reports of people being stuck in elevators in South Maui."

Note: Could be that the transformer exploding and burning is what ignited the brush fire...

2014-08-29 - Garbage bursts into flame in garbage truck in Logan (Utah):
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_a0dc873a-2fab-11e4-beab-0017a43b2370.html

2014-08-29 - Restaurant damaged by fire on Fall River Avenue in Rehoboth (Massachusetts):
http://www.turnto10.com/story/26408321/fire-reported-at-palmer-river-clam-shack

2014-08-29 - Shopping center ravaged by massive blaze in Santiago (Chile):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24ugdq_massive-fire-rips-through-chile-shopping-center_news
http://www.kirotv.com/videos/news/massive-fire-rips-through-chile-shopping-center/vCqFDx/
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/videos/news/massive-fire-rips-through-chile-shopping-center/vCqFHL/

2014-08-29 - Porch bursts into flame just before 1 AM at home in Muscatine (Iowa):
http://www.kwqc.com/story/26402427/porch-fire-in-muscatine
http://wqad.com/2014/08/29/porch-fire-damages-home-in-muscatine/
http://muscatinejournal.com/news/local/no-injuries-in-early-morning-house-fire/article_67df4971-e0ff-500b-8a33-bc4579f8002a.html

2014-08-29 - Porch bursts into flame at 4:50 AM in Greenfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.recorder.com/home/13336436-95/quick-reaction-call-stops-greenfield-porch-fire

2014-08-29 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Union City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/08/firefighters_put_out_porch_blaze_in_union_city.html

2014-08-29 - Bungalow burns for second time in two months, on Thetford Road in Watton (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/fire_ravages_watton_bungalow_for_second_time_in_two_months_1_3749867

2014-08-29 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 2 AM in Clearcreek Township (Ohio):
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_firefighters-fight-huge-flames-clearcreek-township-22041.shtml

2014-08-29 - Home destroyed by fire on Mercer Island (Washington):
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/08/fire-engulfs-mercer-island-home/?syndication=rss

Note: Mercer Island is in the middle of Lake Washington, near the coast...

2014-08-29 - Apartment building damaged by fire at 1 AM in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.kens5.com/story/news/local/2014/08/28/east-apartment-fire-35000-damages/14729177/

2014-08-29 - Deadly blaze burns aparment at 5:35 AM in Waco (Texas), 1 killed:
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/fire/updated-man-s-body-found-after-fire-at-waco-apartment/article_84c7590a-e6cb-5c85-8373-1716bbbf90f2.html

2014-08-29 - Vacant home burns just before 5 AM in Spokane (Washington):
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/fire-breaks-out-in-unoccupied-home-friday/27789484

Quote: "Firefighters say the fire was contained to mostly the basement. At this time, they do not believe the fire was suspicious. But, they say the windows were boarded up and no one lived in the home, leaving them to wonder how it could have started."

Note: There's some rusty iron/steel in the basement of that house: nails, hinge, bracket, pipes, old applicance, rusty grill, something like that...

2014-08-29 - Man burns to death in burning pickup truck on Day Street in Norwood (Massachusetts):
http://norwood.wickedlocal.com/article/20140829/NEWS/140826192

Quote: "'We received a report of a car fire with a victim inside, and the victim did not make it,' Norwood Police spokesman Kevin Grasso said on Aug. 29. The man’s name has not been released at this time. The fire occurred in a pickup truck in the area of 107 Day St."

Note: Not everyone survives all the car fires that are occurring...

2014-08-29 - Man found on fire and dead outside home in Thousand Oaks (California):
http://abc7.com/news/burned-body-found-at-thousand-oaks-home/287052/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Firefighters-Discover-Body-After-Thousand-Oaks-Blaze-273246361.html
http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/body-small-fire-found-near-thousand-oaks-house_55257796
http://www.kclu.org/2014/08/29/body-found-at-scene-of-fire-in-conejo-valley/

Quote: "Firefighters in Thousand Oaks discovered a body on fire outside of a house Friday afternoon, a spokesman said. Capt. Mike Lindbery said firefighters responded to a call of a small fire outside of a house in the 3100 Foothill Road at 1:25 p.m. When they arrived, they discovered that it was a body on fire. The gender and any other details are not yet known."

Quote: "Authorities first believed the incident was suspicious in nature, but later said it was a possible suicide."

Note: Doesn't look any different from the woman who burned to death on her porch in The Woodlands (Texas), mentioned in the 2013-12-12 update. Or the man who burned to death in his kitchen at home in Asheville (North Carolina), mentioned in the 2014-06-04 update. Or the woman found burned to death at 5:13 AM near a retention pond in Pasadena (Texas), mentioned in the 2014-07-21 update. Or the man found burned to death at 5:20 AM near the Georges River in coastal Sydney (Australia), mentioned in the 2014-07-21 update. Or the 34-year-old woman found burned to death in her home in coastal Chennai (India), mentioned in the 2013-09-22 update. And so on and so on and so on...

2014-08-28 - Home explodes and burns at 11 PM in Arlington (Texas), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/08/29/one-man-dead-another-burned-after-explosion-fire/

2014-08-28 - Home damaged by explosion and fire at 10:30 PM in Guilford Township (Pennsylvania), 2 injured:
http://www.wgal.com/news/two-injured-in-franklin-co-house-explosion/27784192
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/local/ci_26431345/two-women-hurt-marion-explosion
http://www.abc27.com/story/26400273/2-injured-in-explosion-fire
http://fox43.com/2014/08/29/two-injured-in-franklin-county-house-explosion/
http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/2-women-critically-injured-home-explosion-fire-11551.shtml
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/pennsylvania/two-women-hurt-in-marion-pa-house-explosion/article_10da80fa-2f75-11e4-8aea-001a4bcf6878.html

2014-08-28 - Apartment building damaged by explosion in Vienna (Austria):
http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/Gasexplosion_in_Wien_Dach_von_Wohnhaus_abgehoben-Bewohner_evakuiert-Story-417290
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/Explosion_in_Wien_Dach_von_Wohnhaus_abgehoben-Bewohner_evakuiert-Story-417290&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dexplosion%26start%3D90%26sa%3DN%26noj%3D1%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D631%26tbs%3Dqdr:d

2014-08-28 - Pallet warehouse destroyed by fire at 3 AM on Lake Avenue in Blasdell (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/hamburg/fire-destroys-warehouse-in-blasdell-20140828
http://www.wben.com/Massive-Pallet-Warehouse-Fire-in-Hamburg/19787282

Quote: "Some 70 firefighters responded to the scene of an overnight blaze that destroyed a warehouse on Lake Avenue in Blasdell. Fire officials said the fire began around 3 a.m. and firefighters from 13 local departments responded to the scene. The warehouse was fully engulfed in flames. It is on an industrial site on Lake Avenue with other warehouses and the flames did not spread to other buildings. Blasdell Assistant Fire Chief Lenny Fusco said the blaze, in a warehouse used to store pallets..."

Note: Lake Avenue, wee hours, pallets...

2014-08-28 - Chemical landfill erupts in flame near Robstown (Texas):
http://www.caller.com/news/local-news/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-hazardous-chemical-landfill_72959858

2014-08-28 - Pipeline explodes and burns at 5:48 AM, fire spreads to homes, in Subang (Malaysia), 3 killed, nice pic:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pipeline-explosion-kills-three-indonesia-n190816
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/28/gas-line-explosion-causes-huge-fire-subang.html
http://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/81000/Indonesian-gas-pipeline-explosion-kills-three.aspx

Quote: "The explosion of the pipeline, installed along Java’s northern coastal highway and located in Kampung Batang, Madalawangi village, Sukasari district, Subang, occurred on 5:48 a.m. local time on Thursday."

Note: Su-BANG!

2014-08-28 - Electrical plant damaged by explosion in the wee hours near Harare (Zimbabwe), 3 injured:
http://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/08/28/zpc-employees-injured-boiler-explosion/

2014-08-28 - Yacht-building business damaged by fire in coastal Gulfport (Mississippi), home burns separately, nobody there:
http://www.wlox.com/story/26400496/firefighters-battle-multiple-fires-in-gulfport
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/28/5769158/fire-crews-battle-blaze-at-gulfport.html
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/28/5769195_crews-battle-blaze-at-gulfport.html

2014-08-28 - Smoke in cockpit sends passenger plane to emergency landing at Gatwick Airport near Crawley (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20140828-45057-GBR
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-28963672
http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2014/08/28/blasdell-warehouse-fire/14726345/
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/easyjet-plane-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-after-smoke-on-flight-deck-9696518.html

Quote: "An easyJet passenger plane was this morning forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport after smoke was detected in the cockpit."

2014-08-28 - Cargo ship 'Century' bursts into flame while docked in coastal Werkendam (Netherlands):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Century-I882092.html
http://www.hetkontakt.nl/land-van-heusden-en-altena/nieuws/brand-in-machinekamer-schip

Quote: "In the midday hours of Aug 28, 2014, the fire rescue was alerted after a fire in the engine room of the 'Century' on the slipway at the shipyard Jooren in Werkendam. The fire rescue attended with two engines, and the fire which had caused development of dense smoke at the Sleeuwikse Dike, was reported out at 3.30 p.m."

2014-08-28 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street near the University of Northen Iowa in Cedar Falls (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/fire-destroys-black-hawk-county-bus-on-uni-campus-20140828
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2014/08/28/bus-carrying-college-students-catches-fire-in-cedar-falls/14732973/
http://www.kwwl.com/story/26392702/2014/08/28/bus-catches-fire-in-cedar-falls
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/29/riders-scramble-to-safety-when-bus-catches-fire/
http://whotv.com/2014/08/28/bus-catches-on-fire-while-transporting-college-students/
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-fire-destroys-met-bus-near-uni-campus/article_0a9413d9-1d17-5955-8711-04a432dd0f03.html
http://siouxcityjournal.com/ap/state/riders-scramble-to-safety-when-bus-catches-fire/article_1b7715e8-8d26-5824-8aac-ea19a4d81053.html

2014-08-28 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street in Central Jakarta (Indonesia):
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/28/transjakarta-bus-catches-fire.html
http://ban.jo/News/Asia/20140828/Bus-Catches-Fire-In-Jakarta-Jakarta-Pusat/
http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2014/08/28/057602873/TransJakarta-Bus-with-Blok-M-Kota-Route-Catches-Fire
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/29/buses-suspended-after-fire.html
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/editorial-transjakarta-bus-fire-highlights-frustration/

2014-08-28 - Passenger bus bursts into flame in Macroom (Ireland), near the River Shillane:
http://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/driver-praised-after-bus-fire-30543478.html

Quote: "The driver of a bus that caught fire in Macroom has been praised for his bravery and quick thinking after he drove the burning vehicle away from the town centre - averting a potential disaster."

2014-08-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Route 30 in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/update-lanes-reopened-after-tractor-trailer-fire-closes-part-of/article_67eede5a-2f01-11e4-83b5-001a4bcf6878.html

Quote: "The trailer, loaded with bottled water, was not damaged."

2014-08-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame shortly before 5:30 AM on I-35 in Fort Worth (Texas):
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/08/28/6074122/truck-hauling-wine-catches-fire.html
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/08/28/big-rig-fire-shuts-down-i-35-in-north-fort-worth/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Big-Rig-Fire-Shuts-Down-Interestate-35W-in-Fort-Worth-273001921.html

2014-08-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near gas station in Fairmont (West Virginia):
http://www.timeswv.com/news/article_f0d1d1bc-2eb8-11e4-9cf7-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.timeswv.com/news/article_7f5ea074-2f4d-11e4-a335-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-90 in Hoffman Estates (Illinois):
http://www.chicagofiremap.net/2014/08/truck-fire-on-westbound-i-90-near.html
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140828/news/140828388/

2014-08-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 5 AM on I-5 near Ashland (Oregon):
http://kobi5.com/component/zoo/item/fedex-catches-fire-on-the-i5.html
http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20140828/NEWS/140829493/101033/NEWS
http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20140828/NEWS/140829493/101065/NEWS

Note: Also see the parked van and SUV that were destroyed by fire at a home in Ashland...

2014-08-28 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road near Kangaroo Flat (Australia):
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2521980/truck-driver-navigates-burning-vehicle/

2014-08-28 - Tractor bursts into flame at layby between Stretton and Greetham (Britain):
http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/local/tractor-destroyed-in-layby-blaze-near-stretton-1-6264790

2014-08-28 - RV bursts into flame on I-15 near Great Falls (Montana):
http://www.ktvq.com/news/motorhome-catches-fire-near-great-falls/
http://www.kxlh.com/news/motorhome-catches-fire-near-great-falls/
http://www.krtv.com/news/motorhome-catches-fire-on-i-15-near-great-falls/
http://www.facebook.com/krtv3/posts/10152309561919397

2014-08-28 - RV bursts into flame while parked near shed in Blocksburg (California):
http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20140605/cause-of-blocksburg-fire-still-under-investigation

2014-08-28 - Van and SUV burst into flame while parked at home in Ashland (Oregon), family flees:
http://www.dailytidings.com/article/20140828/NEWS/140829731

2014-08-28 - Van bursts into flame on the A30 between Cloverleaf and Turks Head, near Honiton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30190&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Van-A30-near-Honiton/story-22843521-detail/story.html
http://devonlocalnews.co.uk/2014/08/28/van-fire-on-a30-near-honiton/

2014-08-28 - SUV bursts into flame on I-495 in Raynham (Massachusetts):
http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20140828/NEWS/140826395/1994/NEWS

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame while parked in driveway at home in Westminster (Maryland):
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-vehicle-fire-082914-20140828,0,3427185.story

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame in Sonic drive-thru, fire spreads to building, in coastal Middletown (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2014/08/28/middletown-sonic-fire/14764147/

Quote: "A Sonic fast food drive-through ramp turned into an inferno Thursday when a vehicle ignited near the order window..."

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame on I-65 in Brentwood (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/26394631/i-65-near-concord-road-closed-after-car-fire
http://www.coolsprings.com/news/i-65-near-concord-road-closed-after-car-fire/
http://nashville-tennessee.yourlocalnews.us/index.php?zfcategory=WKRN%20News%202&zftitle=I-65+near+Concord+Road+closed+after+car+fire

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame, ignites grass fire, on Highway 129 near Salinas (California):
http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/car-fire-sparks-grass-fire-along-highway-129/27784436

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame on Center Avenue in Los Banos (California):
http://www.losbanosenterprise.com/2014/08/29/221364/vehicle-catches-fire-on-tuesday.html
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/08/29/3819807/vehicle-catches-fire-on-tuesday.html

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame at 3:30 AM on Hanson Road in White Plains (Maryland):
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/38863
http://www.somdnews.com/article/20140829/NEWS/140829043/1043

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame on street in coastal Valletta on the island of Malta:
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/42833/car_catches_fire_in_valletta

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame on street in Ayutthaya (Thailand), near the Chao Phraya River:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/most-recent/429219/ex-envoy-car-on-fire-on-pleasure-trip

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame at 6:53 AM on Park Road in Crowborough (Britain):
http://www.courier.co.uk/Car-blaze-Crowborough/story-22842699-detail/story.html
http://crowboroughlife.com/car-fire-4421/

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame on Blackall Road in Exeter (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30189&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame on the M11 near Bishop's Stortford (Britain), 2 injured:
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/taken-hospital-car-M11-near-Stortford/story-22843706-detail/story.html
http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/taken-Princess-Alexandra-Hospital-car-M11/story-22843705-detail/story.html

2014-08-28 - Car bursts into flame near store in Sutton Wickes (Britain):
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11437885.Dramatic_car_fire_captured_on_video/
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/NEWS/11437885.Dramatic_car_fire_captured_on_video/

2014-08-28 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Harford County (Maryland):
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/vehicle-fire-closes-northbound-i95-in-harford-county/27775254
http://baltimore.cityandpress.com/node/8251271

2014-08-28 - Hay trailer bursts into flame while being towed on road in West Gardiner (Maine):
http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/08/28/hay-catches-fire-in-hauled-trailer-in-west-gardiner/
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/29/hay-catches-fire-in-hauled-trailer-in-west-gardiner/

2014-08-28 - Car and auto upholstery business destroyed by fire, home damaged, in Hot Springs (Arkansas):
http://arkansas911news.com/fire-consumes-auto-upholstery-shop-hot-springs/

Quote: "The building suffered extensive smoke and fire damage. I was told by one of the bystanders that an old 1957 era Chevy Automobile had just been restored and was believed to have been in this fire. I later discovered the car was inside and had been completely destroyed."

Note: That car probably spontaneously ignited and started this fire...

2014-08-28 - Four-wheelers and home destroyed by grass fire near Golden (Texas):
http://www.cbs19.tv/story/26393486/house-destroyed-in-large-grass-fire-and-explosion

2014-08-28 - Four-wheelers, riding mower and barn destroyed by fire at 1:40 AM in Pocatello (Idaho):
http://www.eastidahonews.com/2014/08/early-morning-fire-destroys-pocatello-barn/
http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/early-morning-blaze-destroys-barn/article_b3d2b3da-2ea4-11e4-984a-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-28 - Small tractors and barn destroyed by fire at 3 AM in Berrien County (Michigan):
http://www.abc57.com/news/local/Well-known-local-farmers-barn-catches-fire-273010091.html
http://www.abc57.com/home/top-stories/Well-known-local-farmers-barn-catches-fire-273010091.html

Quote: "The structure housed small tractors, car parts and some potentially hazardous chemicals."

2014-08-28 - Barn destroyed by fire at 5 AM near Nichols in Horry County (South Carolina):
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1089322
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/26392632/firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-tobacco-barn-in-horry-county
http://www.topix.com/county/horry-sc/2014/08/firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-tobacco-barn-in-horry-county
http://themyrtlebeachpost.com/2014/08/28/firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-tobacco-barn-in-horry-county/

2014-08-28 - Barn and hay destroyed by fire in Buena Vista County near Alta (Iowa):
http://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/08/28/barn-catches-fire-near-alta
http://cd1077fm.com/news/170071-alta-barn-fire/
http://www.stormlakeradio.com/2014/08/29/8-29-14-Five-alarm-Barn-Fire/19800006

2014-08-28 - Tons of hay burst into flame on Castle Mill Lane in Ashley (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/hay-fire-in-ashley

2014-08-28 - Mixed-use building goes up in flames just before midnight in Englewood (Illinois):
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chicago-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-blaze-in-englewood/284534/
http://abc7chicago.com/news/hundreds-of-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-fire-in-englewood/284546/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/28/firefighters-battle-massive-blaze-in-englewood/
http://wgntv.com/2014/08/28/watch-chicago-fire-captain-captures-video-of-extra-alarm-blaze/

2014-08-28 - County courthouse damaged by fire in Gary (Indiana):
http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2014140829554
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/29/electrical-fire-closes-courthouse-in-gary/

2014-08-28 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/25688223/article-Bayonne-firefighter-extinguish-small-porch-fire
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/08/small_porch_fire_in_bayonne_quickly_extinguished_leaves_none_injured_fire_chief.html
http://www.wopular.com/small-porch-fire-bayonne-quickly-extinguished-leaves-none-injured-fire-chief
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/750l0kojb/Small-porch-fire-in-Bayonne-quickly-extinguished-leaves.htm

2014-08-28 - Deck bursts into flame at home in coastal Eureka (California):
http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20140528/structure-fire-in-eureka-no-injuries-reported

2014-08-28 - Home damaged by fire in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/san-jose-house-fire-displaces-7-residents-includin/nhBS2/
http://www.pleasanton.com/story/Update-House-Fire-Displaces/1990412

2014-08-28 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Riverside Avenue in coastal Norwalk (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Crews-Knock-Down-House-Fire-in-Norwalk-273059621.html
http://www.wfsb.com/story/26395273/house-fire-closes-riverside-avenue-in-norwalk

2014-08-28 - Two adjacent homes damaged by fire in West Melbourne (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/08/28/fire-prompts-residential-evacuations-in-west-melbourne/14747601/

2014-08-28 - Deadly fire rips through apartment building in Encino (California), near the coast, at least 2 killed:
http://abc7.com/news/encino-apartment-building-fire-leaves-2-dead/285904/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/08/28/crews-tackle-encino-apartment-fire/
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140828/2-people-die-in-fire-at-apartment-building-in-encino

2014-08-28 - Apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Hollywood (Florida):
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/hollywood/fl-hollywood-apartment-fire-20140827,0,4441553.story

2014-08-28 - Vacant home burns in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/damage-placed-at-15000-in-thomas-street-fire-20140827

2014-08-28 - Vacant home burns in Jamestown (New York), second this month:
http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/649492/Fire-In-Vacant-City-Building.html

2014-08-28 - Vacant home burns in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11672099/toledo-ohio-firefighter-injured-fighting-house-fire
http://m.wspd.com/articles/local-news-toledo-315557/toledo-firefighter-injured-fighting-fire-at-12715944
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2014/08/28/Fire-reported-on-Tecumseh-Street-in-central-Toledo.html
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/26393979/toledo-firefighter-requires-medical-attention-while-battling-vacant-house-fire

2014-08-28 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 2:40 AM in San Tan Valley (Arizona):
http://www.santanvalley.com/news/san-tan-valley-news/item/12082-vacant-home-in-san-tan-valley-destroyed-by-fire
http://thedailyfloat.com/National/?p=76811

2014-08-28 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 12:41 AM in Huntington (West Virginia):
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1032136359/Fire-destroys-home-on-11th-Avenue
http://www.wowktv.com/story/26380841/late-night-fire-keeps-crews-busy-in-cabell-county-wv
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x1476802912/Fire-destroys-11th-Avenue-home

2014-08-28 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 2:30 AM in Camden (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2014/08/camden_early_morning_fire_destroys_vacant_house.html
http://6abc.com/news/huge-flames-destroy-vacant-house-in-camden/282713/
http://jerseytribune.com/2014/08/27/camden-early-morning-fire-destroys-vacant-house/
http://www.roonte.com/www/camden-early-morning-fire-destroys-vacant-house

2014-08-28 - In separate events, in two days, two vacant homes destroyed, at 1 AM and 4 AM, in Youngstown (Ohio):
http://wkbn.com/2014/08/27/fire-consumes-vacant-house-in-youngstown/

Quote: "Crews were called about 4 a.m. Wednesday to a house on Chalmers Avenue near Market Street. Flames were shooting from the roof of the house when crews arrived, and the structure was left to burn down. No one was hurt. A day earlier, crews went to a house in the 100 block of Cohasset Drive near Hillman Street around 1 a.m. When they arrived, the house was already engulfed in flames."

2014-08-28 - Person burns to death along road in Morgan Hill (California):
http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/burned-body-found-near-morgan-hill-homicide-investigators-at-scene/27773996

Quote: "Investigators don’t know at this time if the person was dead before the body was set on fire. They say it seems whoever did this was trying to conceal the body in the woods, though deputies say Oak Glen Avenue is a well-traveled road used by many commuters to [coastal] San Jose. The area is also a popular fishing spot but because of the drought it hasn't been as busy with recreational fishermen this year."

Note: What makes them think this person was SET on fire? They're assuming homicide, being apparently ignorant of all the OTHER people that have burst into flame and died in recent times. A person on fire, near a busy street where a criminal wouldn't dump it, near a fishing hole...might just have been a person who got hit by a cloud of methane and/or hydrogen sulfide which then ignited the person. The street mentioned here, Oak Glen Avenue, runs right along the shore of Chesbro Reservoir...

2014-08-27 - Barge full of scrap metal and scrap cars bursts into flame in the Hutchinson River in coastal Bronx (New York):
http://7online.com/news/barge-in-eastchester-on-fire/283870/
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2014/08/27/smoky-barge-fire-bronx-mount-vernon/14714473/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Barge-Fire-Bronx-Eastchester-Creek-272947901.html
http://www.scrapmonster.com/news/barge-carrying-scrap-metal-recyclables-and-junk-cars-catches-fire/1/18177

2014-08-27 - Metal business damaged by fire at 3 AM near Mariner Mall in Superior (Minnesota):
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/fire-damages-superior-industrial-building

Quote: "Swanstrom Tools on its website says it 'manufactures technically advanced electronic cutters and pliers, forged from high chromium, high carbon alloy steel.'"

2014-08-27 - Metal business damaged by fire in West Jordan (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/firefighters-respond-2alarm-fire-west-jordan-13396.shtml
http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/crews-battle-2-alarm-fire-in-west-jordan/12220/rI2s7XrpNUyrskwagSyZdg
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58342591-78/firefighters-jordan-office-reported.html.csp

Quote: "Authorities say the fire started at a metal coating business sometime around 7:30 a.m."

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

2014-08-27 - Huge mysterious explosion shakes homes and rattles residents at 5:50 AM in coastal McKinleyville (California):
http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2014/aug/28/mcboom-super-duper-huge-early-morning-explosion-ra/

Quote: "At around 5:50 a.m., a huge explosion woke up half the town of McKinleyville..."

Quote: "Was wondering if you guys got any other messages about the explosion in mck this morning at 550am….sounded like a thundering explosion followed by a crackling..."

Note: That recent 6.0+ earthquake may have released some methane and/or hydrogen sulfide from the ocean floor right off the coast of California. As the gases hit the atmosphere the invisible clouds of gas may ignite and/or explode. One of the comments mentions 'crackling sounds' that occurred right after the initial massive explosion. That sounds like a very large explosion blew apart the initial large gas cloud and the remaining gas burned off in a rapid-fire series of much smaller explosions, causing the crackling sound. These explosions will likely eventually destroy most or all coastal areas. The only real question at this point is which town or city gets destroyed first...

2014-08-27 - Mysterious explosion rocks the city of Châtellerault (France):
http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Vienne/Actualite/Faits-divers-justice/n/Contenus/Articles/2014/08/29/CHATELLERAULT-Une-mysterieuse-explosion-2026603
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Vienne/Actualite/Faits-divers-justice/n/Contenus/Articles/2014/08/29/CHATELLERAULT-Une-mysterieuse-explosion-2026603&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dexplosion%26start%3D30%26sa%3DN%26noj%3D1%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D631%26tbs%3Dqdr:d

Quote: "A very loud explosion was heard in the center of Chatellerault, yesterday around 14 am, apparently from the district of Châteauneuf."

2014-08-27 - Refinery rocked by explosion and fire in Whiting (Indiana):
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/explosion-at-nw-indiana-bp-refinery-felt-miles-away
http://abc7chicago.com/news/explosion-at-bp-refinery-in-whiting-released-sulfur-dioxide/284596/
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/29527875-418/explosion-fire-reported-at-bp-refinery-in-whiting-indiana.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/28/explosion-at-bp-refinery-no-injuries-reported/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/27/explosion-at-bp-refinery-in-whiting-shakes-surrounding-area/
http://wgntv.com/2014/08/27/explosion-at-bp-refinery-in-whiting-indiana/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/explosion-bp-refinery-injuries-reported-25154829
http://chicago.cityandpress.com/node/8247364
http://batonrouge.gotnewswire.com/news/fire-extinguished-following-explosion-at-bp-refinery

Quote: "The plant is in Whiting, just east of Chicago, along Lake Michigan."

2014-08-27 - Restaurant damaged by explosion and fire in Woronora suburb of coastal Sydney (Australia), 3 injured:
http://www.theleader.com.au/story/2517529/gas-explosion-at-woronora-restaurant-injures-three/

2014-08-27 - Railroad bridge over Buffalo Creek damaged by blaze near Coggon (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/public-safety/fire/firefighters-respond-to-railroad-bridge-north-of-coggon-20140827
http://www.kwwl.com/story/26391146/firefighters-extinguish-linn-county-bridge-fire
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/featured/stories/coggon-bridge-fire-6884.shtml
http://fargo.gotnewswire.com/news/firefighters-extinguish-linn-county-bridge-fire

Quote: "The bridge is adjacent to the Third Street bridge as both cross over Buffalo Creek. Crews said the bridge was engulfed when they arrived. 'Very bright and lots of smoke. You could see the thick black smoke from the station and we knew it would be pretty heavy from the scene. The entire bridge was rolling in flames,' said Captain Jason Hartman of the Coggon Fire Department."

2014-08-27 - Construction materials burst into flame under the Hurdman Bridge over the Ottawa River in Ottawa (Canada):
http://www.cfra.com/news/2014/08/27/construction-material-fire-beneath-hurdman-bridge-extinguished

2014-08-27 - Landfill erupts in flame on River Road in Manor Township (Pennsylvania), nobody there:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/fire-reported-at-county-landfill/article_be8d91c8-2e59-11e4-a3fe-001a4bcf6878.html
http://www.facebook.com/LancasterOnline/posts/10152340686826395
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/update-crews-extinguish-fire-at-lancaster-county-landfill/article_be8d91c8-2e59-11e4-a3fe-001a4bcf6878.html

Quote: "The debris pile was estimated to be about 75 feet by 150 feet in size and about 25 feet high and included some machinery, according to radio reports. A nearby pond was being used as a water source, along with several tanker trucks that responded."

Note: Whew, good thing that pond was nearby! *cough cough*

2014-08-27 - Landfill ignites in coastal Bovoni (US Virgin Islands):
http://caribdaily.com/a/2640721/small-fire-breaks-out-at-bovoni-landfill
http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2014/08/27/small-fire-breaks-out-bovoni-landfill

2014-08-27 - Propane tank explodes on bus at recycling yard in Sacramento (California):
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/27/6658535/sacramento-propane-tank-fire.html

Quote: "They found that a tank attached to a bus had exploded. An additional five tanks are also attached to the bus."

2014-08-27 - Smoke in cockpit sends plane to emergency landing in coastal Queens (New York):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/smoke-cockpit-reported-charlotte-flight-ny/ng9zG/

Note: Maybe the pilot could see through the smoke and spot the burning barge full of scrap metal and scrap cars in the Hutchinson River in the Bronx as he landed...

2014-08-27 - Ferry boat damaged by explosion and fire off the coast of Jakarta (Indonesia), 32+ people seriously burned:
http://www.ubalert.com/sGNb
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/28/dozens-suffer-burns-thousand-islands-ship-incident.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/28/c_126926164.htm
http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2014/08/28/057602794/Boat-Heading-to-Pramuka-Island-Set-on-Fire
http://www.vietnambreakingnews.com/2014/08/indonesian-ship-fire-injures-36/
http://www.talkvietnam.com/2014/08/indonesian-ship-fire-injures-36/

Quote: "As many as 32 people suffering from serious wounds have been rushed to hospitals after a ferry caught fire on its engine Wednesday in waters off Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, an official said here."

2014-08-27 - School bus bursts into flame on street in Lower Gwynedd Township (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/news/school-bus-catches-fire-in-lower-gwynedd-twp/283063/
http://www.timesherald.com/general-news/20140827/no-injuries-in-lower-gwynedd-school-bus-fire
http://news.yahoo.com/school-bus-catches-fire-lower-151239054.html
http://www.thereporteronline.com/general-news/20140827/no-injuries-in-lower-gwynedd-school-bus-fire

2014-08-27 - School bus bursts into flame at 6:45 AM at school in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/tps-bus-catches-fire/ng9fB/
http://www.newson6.com/story/26381837/tulsa-school-bus-engine-catches-fire-no-injuries-reported
http://www.topix.com/forum/tulsa/TOEVGBL8L91DK6OOG
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/student-driver-unharmed-after-tulsa-school-bus-catches-fire/article_cab2817e-65cc-566c-91c7-7c8c4a0bbca6.html

Quote: "Firefighters say the engine of a Tulsa Public School bus parked in front of a north Tulsa school caught fire Wednesday morning.  The Tulsa Fire Department got the call at 6:45 a.m. to Academy Central Elementary in the 1700 block of North Seminole."

Note: These are the 28th and 29th school buses to go up in flames in August, and the 84th and 85th since May 1...

2014-08-27 - Tanker truck explodes and burns at 5 AM while transferring fuel in coastal Lagos (Nigeria):
http://www.ladunliadinews.com/2014/08/another-tanker-explosion-rocks-lagos.html

2014-08-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-15 in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/27/truck-fire-shuts-down-interstate-15-north-near-ape/
http://lasvegas.cityandpress.com/node/8245323

2014-08-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 3:38 AM on US 90 bridge in Morgan City (Louisiana):
http://www.daily-review.com/cops/tractor-trailer-fire-shuts-down-bridge-dryer-fire-evacuates-jail

2014-08-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-20 in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/story/26385677/spd-18-wheeler-carrying-produce-caught-fire-on-i-20
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2014/08/27/spinach-goes-flames/14691429/

2014-08-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Davis Highway in coastal Escambia County (Florida):
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/08/27/tractor-trailer-fire-on-davis-highway/14697581/

2014-08-27 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Louie B. Nunn-Cumberland Parkway in Glasgow (Kentucky):
http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/news/article_987c7eec-2e70-11e4-aa48-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.veooz.com/news/3HS1QCK.html

2014-08-27 - Tractor bursts into flame on Bentham Road in Ingleton (Britain):
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/11437178.Tractor_fire/

2014-08-27 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on street in Elkhart (Indiana):
http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/Elkhart-garbage-truck-driver-escapes-fire-273000401.html
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/crime-fire-courts/2014/08/27/Himco-trash-truck-on-fire-explodes-twice-on-the-north-side-of-Elkhart.html

2014-08-27 - Heavy truck bursts into flame at strip mine in Stopover (Kentucky):
http://buzznewskentucky.blogspot.com/2014/08/truck-fire-causes-evacuations-yesterday.html

2014-08-27 - Tow truck bursts into flame on Highway 101 in coastal Santa Barbara (California):
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=139722

2014-08-27 - Truck and three cars go up in flames while parked at auto shop in Bandera (Texas):
http://www.banderabulletin.com/news/article_45bdf604-2ec5-11e4-8315-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-27 - RV bursts into flame on Highway 400 near Innisfil Beach Road (Canada):
http://barrie.ctvnews.ca/rv-fire-on-highway-400-1.1978867
http://video.theloop.ca/home/watch/rv-fire-closes-400-southbound/3751521481001/
http://www.news.nom.co/rv-fire-on-highway-400-11750594-news/
http://www.facebook.com/CTVbarrie/posts/687736771306172

2014-08-27 - Van bursts into flame on street in coastal Riverhead (New York):
http://riverheadlocal.com/breaking-news/fire-destroys-delivery-van-in-riverhead-wednesday-afternoon

Quote: "The late-model Ford Transit was destroyed in the fire; no one was injured in the incident. The Riverhead fire marshal is investigating. This was the third vehicle fire in two days, Brooks said. They were all fully involved, he said."

2014-08-27 - Van bursts into flame on Route 80 in Totowa (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/news/car-fire-knocked-down-on-route-80-in-totowa-1.1076781
http://www.northjersey.com/news/vehicle-fire-doused-on-route-80-in-totowa-1.1076766
http://www.dailynewsen.com/us/vehicle-fire-doused-on-route-80-in-totowa-h2577671.html
http://www.topix.net/city/totowa-nj/2014/08/vehicle-fire-on-route-80-in-totowa-snarls-traffic

2014-08-27 - SUV and RV trailer burst into flame on I-485 in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-i-485-west-charlotte/ng9my/

2014-08-27 - SUV bursts into flame at gas station in East Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140827/NEWS/140829845/-1/rss01
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140828/NEWS/408280315/-1/rss01

2014-08-27 - Cars, mobile homes and used auto business go up in flames at 4:30 AM in Spokane (Washington):
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/fires-damage-building-cars-at-spokane-used-auto-dealership/27752032
http://www.khq.com/story/26381879/breaking-multiple-cars-catch-fire-at-used-car-lot
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/08/27/3822201_multiple-cars-catch-fire-at-spokane.html

Quote: "When crews arrived they took care of several vehicles that were on fire. But the flames spread to a nearby structure, forcing them to evacuate several trailers directly behind the small building."

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame while parked on street in coastal Great Kills (New York):
http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2014/08/fdny_respond_to_over_night_un-.html
http://photos.silive.com/advance/2014/08/fdny_responds_to_over-night_ca_1.html

Quote: "FDNY units responded to a car fire early Wednesday morning in Great Kills. The unoccupied car caught fire in front of 148 Howton Ave., close to the intersection of Greaves Avenue and remained ablaze for approximately 45 minutes."

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame at 4:45 AM while parked at home on Morningside Drive in Port Clinton (Ohio):
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2014/08/27/fire-department-puts-car-fire/14670959/
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/news/fire-ems/6034336

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame on the Dames Point Bridge in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), crash occurs too:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/car-catches-fire-on-dames-point-bridge/27752242
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/vehicle-fire-closed-2-sb-lanes-dames-point-bridge/ng9dH/
http://jacksonville.cityandpress.com/node/8242923
http://www.fox30jax.com/photo/news/local/vehicle-fire-closes-sb-lanes-dames-point-bridge/pCNpzH/

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame on US 30 near Gnat Creek (Oregon):
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20140827/car-fire-causes-highway-30-closure-monday

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame on US 169 near St. Peter (Minnesota), near the Minnesota River:
http://www.keyc.com/story/26388179/vehicle-stalls-catches-fire-along-detour-route

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame on State Highway 1 in coastal Plimmerton (New Zealand), van overturns separately:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/10428874/Car-catches-fire-on-SH1
http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=70247

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame on the Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Bridge in coastal Penang (Malaysia):
http://www.therakyatpost.com/news-in-brief/car-catches-fire-bridge/

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame inside tunnel in coastal Singapore:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/this-urban-jungle/kpe-tunnel-filled-with-smoke-after-car-catches-fire

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame at 1:25 AM while parked in Kingweston, near Somerton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30175&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-27 - Car bursts into flame off Stourbridge Road in Ismere, Kidderminster (Britain):
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/regional/11434133.An_evening_of_pony_rescues__car_fires_and_bonfires_for_fire_crews/
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/regional/11434133.An_evening_of_pony_rescues__car_fires_and_bonfires_for_fire_crews/

Quote: "In Kidderminster, a car was destroyed by fire off Stourbridge Road, Ismere."

2014-08-27 - Forklift bursts into flame in Fordton, Crediton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30184&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-27 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked at home on Capo Island Road in coastal St. Augustine (Florida):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/no-injuries-rv-fire-st-augustine/ng9r9/
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/gallery/news/local/gallery-rv-fire-st-augustine/gCM25/#5987224
http://jacksonville.cityandpress.com/node/8245255

2014-08-27 - RV trailer bursts into flame on North Sea Lane in coastal Humberston (Britain):
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/guts-caravan-Humberston/story-22833190-detail/story.html
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/fire-guts-a-caravan-in-humberston

2014-08-27 - Transformer explodes in coastal New Rochelle (New York), 4000 homes go dark:
http://westchester.news12.com/news/power-back-in-new-rochelle-after-transformer-explosion-1.9163152

2014-08-27 - Transformer bursts into flame in Greenville (North Carolina), blackouts ensue:
http://www.wcti12.com/news/transformer-fire-knocks-out-power/27766208

2014-08-27 - Barn destroyed by fire near Mono Mills (Canada):
http://www.caledonenterprise.com/news-story/4800205-firefighters-tackle-mono-barn-fire/

2014-08-27 - Barn full of hay goes up in flames at 4 AM in Diseworth (Britain):
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-barn-Diseworth/story-22832458-detail/story.html
http://leicestershire.localroundup.co.uk/article/1147561/firefighters-tackle-barn-fire-in-diseworth/

2014-08-27 - Barn damaged by fire at 12:22 AM on Bovingdon Road in Braintree (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/15422/
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/braintree_firefighters_tackle_barn_blaze_1_3746093
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/braintree/11434153.Investigation_launched_after_barn_fire_in_Braintree/

2014-08-27 - Shed full of lawn equipment destroyed by fire in Fowler (Illinois):
http://www.ktiv.com/story/26384106/2014/08/27/crews-respond-to-adams-county-structure-fire

2014-08-27 - Chicken coop destroyed by fire just before 6 AM, shop damaged, near Lebanon (Oregon):
http://www.wopular.com/two-alarm-fire-destroys-lebanon-chicken-coop-damages-nearby-shop
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/08/two-alarm_fire_destroys_lebano.html
http://democratherald.com/news/local/second-alarm-barn-fire-reported-on-snow-peak-drive-northeast/article_a59fe83e-2dee-11e4-96ef-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-27 - Wildfire ignites on Wiseman Island in the North Santiam River (Oregon):
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/08/27/wildfire-burns-on-wiseman-island-on-north-santiam/14691127/

2014-08-27 - Grass fire erupts at 3:07 AM near Vancouver Lake Regional Park in Vancouver (Washington):
http://koin.com/2014/08/27/grass-fire-near-vancouver-lake-park-knocked-down/

2014-08-27 - Grass fire breaks out in the wee hours near Highway 130 in Austin (Texas):
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2014/08/27/crews-extinguish-overnight-grass-fire-near-highway-130/14672123/

2014-08-27 - Brush fire ignites, burns RV, car, 5 outbuildings, near Eloika Lake (Washington):
http://www.khq.com/story/26388488/brush-fire-near-eloika-lake
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/mobile-home-destroyed-in-eloika-lake-fire/27763638

2014-08-27 - Commercial building and three businesses damaged by blaze at 5 AM in Oregon City (Oregon):
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Two-firefighters-hurt-during-two-alarm-blaze-in-Oregon-City-272862741.html
http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/clackamas/2014/08/27/oregon-city-fire-molalla-three-alarm/14673263/
http://koin.com/2014/08/27/fire-rips-through-oregon-city-building/

2014-08-27 - Commercial building damaged by fire just after midnight on Teays Valley Road in Putnam County (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/26390678/fire-reported-at-commercial-building-in-teays-valley-wv

2014-08-27 - Pile of rubbish bursts into flame outside Tesco store in coastal Glasgow (Scotland):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-28971773
http://news.stv.tv/west-central/290011-explosion-at-tesco-rubbish-set-on-fire-700000-damage-shettleston/

2014-08-27 - Church destroyed by huge blaze in Paterson (New Jersey):
http://7online.com/news/4-alarm-fire-destroys-central-baptist-church-in-paterson/284083/

2014-08-27 - Garage bursts into flame at car junkyard in Fleischmanns (New York):
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/article_187d570f-4b40-5cfe-8daa-183ffeb69ec9.html

2014-08-27 - Roller rink destroyed by massive blaze just before midnight near Sidney (New York), nobody there:
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/article_fd64c521-c009-5cf2-805a-20a198820cb9.html

2014-08-27 - Duplex damaged by fire at 3:30 AM in Shiloh (Illinois):
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Firefighters-called-to-early-morning-flames-in-Shiloh-272850561.html
http://www.bnd.com/2014/08/27/3369119/early-wednesday-fire-displaces.html

Quote: "Police say the fire started in the garage."

2014-08-27 - Twenty homes destroyed by massive blaze in Bangkok (Thailand):
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/20-houses-at-Bangkok-community-destroyed-in-fire-30241874.html

2014-08-27 - Vacant home burns at 3:30 AM in Peoria (Illinois), adjacent home scorched too:
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140827/NEWS/140829264/1994/NEWS
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140827/NEWS/140829180
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/story/d/story/peoria-fire-damages-two-homes/10091/K-xvP0nSpkCIMtGgVp-HnQ

2014-08-27 - Vacant home burns in Birmingham (Alabama):
http://www.waff.com/story/26389644/birmingham-fd-investigates-suspicious-house-fire

2014-08-27 - Vacant hotel burns at 12:30 AM in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/26379929/suspicious-fire-at-closed-nashville-hotel
http://www.wsmv.com/story/26380478/officials-investigating-suspicious-fire-at-vacant-hotel

2014-08-26 - Home destroyed by explosion in Independence (Missouri):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/House-Explosion-Rocks-Independence-MO-Neighborhood-272806461.html
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/26/explosion-levels-western-missouri-home/
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article1302267.html
http://fox4kc.com/2014/08/26/police-investigate-independence-house-explosion/
http://www.kshb.com/news/region-missouri/independence/officials-responding-to-house-explosion-in-independence-mo
http://www.bnd.com/2014/08/26/3368140_explosion-levels-western-missouri.html?rh=1
http://www.komu.com/news/explosion-levels-western-missouri-home/
http://www.cbs3springfield.com/story/26374350/house-explosion-rocks-independence-neighborhood

Quote: "Witnesses in the neighborhood said moments after the explosion there was a huge plume of white smoke and a bad smell. However, neighbors said they didn't smell anything unusual before the explosion."

Note: Unless they checked for hydrogen sulfide and/or methane then they can't rule out either or both being the cause of the explosion, which then ruptured the gas line, instead of gas leaking from the line and causing the explosion. Nobody smelled anything BEFORE the explosion, only AFTER it. And obviously no gas leak has caused ANY of the home explosions at homes that have had no gas service at all, so assuming that THIS home explosion is any different from THOSE home explosions is one Olympic-caliber example of jumping to conclusions, which competent fire investigators don't do...

2014-08-26 - Supermarket explodes and burns, building collapses, nearby cars lifted, in Virrey del Pino suburb of coastal Buenos Aires (Argentina), 2 killed, 12+ injured:
http://buenosairesherald.com/article/168099/two-dead-12-injured-in-supermarket-explosion
http://news.yahoo.com/supermarket-explosion-kills-1-argentina-171021185.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28945763

Quote: "An explosion at a supermarket has killed at least two people and injured 12 others in Argentina, emergency services officials said Tuesday. Buenos Aires provincial emergency services director Patricia Spinelli told the Todo Noticias channel that other people could be trapped in the debris following Tuesday's blast."

2014-08-26 - Petroleum tank explodes near hospital in Madinah (Saudi Arabia), 5 killed:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/08/26/Gas-explosion-near-Saudi-hospital-kills-five-.html

2014-08-26 - Recycling facility hit by fire in Roseville (California):
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/08/26/computer-parts-burning-at-roseville-recycling-facility-creating-hazmat-situation/
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/26/6656530/crews-assessing-hazardous-materials.html

2014-08-26 - Electrical substation hit by explosion and fire before 3 AM in Statesboro (Georgia), blackouts ensue:
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/63118/
http://www.wsav.com/story/26372074/explosion-at-georgia-power-substation-leads-to-outages-in-statesboro

Quote: "An early morning explosion and subsequent fire at a Georgia Power relay station … knocked out power to most of the southern part of the city, including Georgia Southern University..."

2014-08-26 - Transformer explodes on pole, takes out other poles, in Watertown (Massachusetts), near the Charles River:
http://www.csnne.com/article/transformer-explodes-poles-down

2014-08-26 - Transformer bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Coryell County (Texas):
http://www.kxxv.com/story/26387676/house-fire-in-coryell-county-nearly-spreads-to-another-house

2014-08-26 - Transformer bursts into flame on pole in Etobicoke (Canada):
http://www.citynews.ca/2014/08/26/section-of-north-etobicoke-without-power/
http://toronto.gotnewswire.com/news/section-of-north-etobicoke-without-power

2014-08-26 - Passenger ship 'Tärnan' destroyed by fire near the island of Söderöra (Sweden):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Taernan-I925090.html
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/passagerarbat-slukades-av-lagor/
http://www.kustbevakningen.se/sv/media/vakthavande-befal-rapporterar/storbrand-pa-passagerarbat-i-roslagens-skargard/

Quote: "In the evening of Aug 24, 2014, the Swedish Coast Guard put out a large fires on the 'Tärnan' at Söderöra in the Roslagens archipelago. The Coast Guard dispatched the two ships 'KBV 315' and 'KBV 311' to assist the fire department with fire fighting. The fire spread quickly, and the extensive fire-fighting operations took more than seven hours. The boat was completely engulfed in flames. Fortunately, there were no people on board. The passenger boat was, however, destroyed."

2014-08-26 - Naval ship bursts into flame while docked in coastal Chittagong (Bangladesh):
http://banglanews24.com/en/fullnews/bn/97423.html
http://news.priyo.com/2014/08/26/navy-ship-catches-fire-chittagong-117411.html
http://primenews.com.bd/english/2014/08/26/navy-ship-catches-fire-in-chittagong/
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/aug/26/chittagong-navy-ship-catches-fire
http://www.daily-sun.com/details_Navy-ship-catches-fire-in-Ctg_959_1_10_1_9.html
http://observerbd.com/details.php?id=39521

2014-08-26 - Yacht explodes, burns and sinks off the coast near Seaham, County Durham (Britain):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2734521/He-lost-Lifeguards-capture-dramatic-moment-Frenchman-rescued-burning-houseboat-attempted-sail-Iceland-Holland.html
http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Hartlepool-RNLI-launch-to-assist-burning-yacht.aspx
http://www.soundingsonline.com/news/todays-top-stories/292568-sailor-rescued-from-houseboat-fire-

2014-08-26 - Transit bus bursts into flame at the Eaton Fair Shopping Centre in Eaton (Australia):
http://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/2515280/bus-on-fire-at-eaton-fair-shopping-centre/?cs=4070

2014-08-26 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street in Wing (Britain):
http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/more-news/bus-fire-leaves-commuters-stranded-in-the-rain-outside-indian-restaurant-1-6260282
http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/local-news/bus-fire-leaves-commuters-stranded-in-the-rain-outside-indian-restaurant-1-6260282

2014-08-26 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the Alaska Highway near Farmington (Alaska):
http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/news/local/bad-luck-cause-of-truck-fire-near-farmington-1.1330071

Quote: "One firefighter at the scene, who arrived by helicopter, chalked the incident up to 'bad luck.'"

Note: 'What wiped out human civilization on Earth, Mommy?' 'It was just bad luck, dear.'

2014-08-26 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at 4:30 AM on I-75 near Monroe (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/i-75-closed-tanker-fire/ng8wn/

2014-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on North Bluff Street in St George (Utah):
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2014/08/26/hmc-semis-brakes-catch-fire-driver-able-to-continue-route/
http://www.cedarcityutah.com/news/archive/2014/08/26/hmc-semis-brakes-catch-fire-driver-able-to-continue-route/

2014-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A27 Chichester Bypass (Britain):
http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/local/breaking-news-lorry-fire-blocks-a27-chichester-bypass-1-6260987

2014-08-26 - Hay truck bursts into flame in Woodstock (Vermont):
http://www.thevermontstandard.com/2014/08/woodstock-firefighters-battle-hay-truck-fire/

2014-08-26 - Box truck bursts into flame on US 190 near Eunice (Louisiana):
http://www.katc.com/news/breaking-vehicle-fire-on-190-west-near-eunice/

2014-08-26 - RV bursts into flame while parked on Shell Road in Jamestown (California):
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/220422/rv-fire-quickly-contained.html

2014-08-26 - RV bursts into flame at caravan park in Crimdon, near coastal Hartlepool (Britain):
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11433730.Crews_tackle_Crimdon_caravan_fire/
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/woman-flees-crimdon-caravan-blaze-1-6806988
http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/woman-flees-crimdon-caravan-blaze-2583255.html
http://www.facebook.com/hartlepoolmailnews/posts/841882382498280
http://www.facebook.com/breakingnewsteesside/posts/557566374365382

2014-08-26 - Two postal vans go up in flames while parked at facility in Lincolnwood (Illinois):
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lincolnwood-fire-6500-north-lincoln-272717571.html
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/26/officials-conducting-arson-investigation-after-post-office-vans-burned/
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/26373116/two-postal-vans-catch-fire-in-lincolnwood

2014-08-26 - Van and car burst into flame while parked at home, home scorched too, in Cranston (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/vehicle-fire-in-cranston-causes-minor-damage-to-house-1.2747255
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/van-fire-cranston-causes-minor-161833468.html
http://canadanews.center/item/7403_van-fire-in-cranston-causes-minor-damage-to-house
http://www.topix.com/ca/calgary-ab/2014/08/van-fire-in-cranston-causes-minor-damage-to-house
http://www.canada.online-listing.com/2014/08/26/van-fire-in-cranston-causes-minor-damage-to-house/

2014-08-26 - Van bursts into flame at intersection near school in Arizona City (Arizona):
http://www.trivalleycentral.com/arizona_city_independent/news/none-injured-in-auto-fire/article_4ba1fd28-2d61-11e4-bd55-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-26 - SUV bursts into flame on Route 422 in Upper Providence Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20140826/suv-catches-fire-on-route-422-east-video

2014-08-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Outer Ring Road in coastal St. John's (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pickup-truck-fire-doused-near-outer-ring-road-ramp-1.2746849
http://news.ca.msn.com/local/newfoundland/pickup-truck-fire-doused-near-outer-ring-road-ramp

2014-08-26 - Fifteen cars damaged or destroyed by fire at 12:30 AM while parked in impound lot in coastal Edgewater (Florida):
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/cars-set-ablaze-edgewater-impound-lot/ng89f/
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140826/news/140829548
http://newsdaytonabeach.com/15-cars-damaged-in-edgewater-towing-recovery-fire/
http://www.wesh.com/news/fire-damages-15-cars-at-impound-lot/27736750
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/26374280/15-cars-damaged-or-destroyed-in-impound-lot-fire

Quote: "Officials say the fire started inside a Chevy HHR parked in the lot, which caught 14 other cars, trucks, and SUVs on fire, destroying eight and damaging the rest."

Note: People still park vehicles next to other vehicles?!

2014-08-26 - Several cars go up in flames while parked at Kia dealership in Evansville (Indiana):
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/d/story/-/S0NGtlHVm0eo4zzCAf3PLQ
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/d/story/accidental-car-lot-fire-damages-6-7-vehicles/15953/S0NGtlHVm0eo4zzCAf3PLQ
http://www.14news.com/story/26374308/three-vehicles-two-owned-by-a-car-dealership-destroyed-by-fire

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked near movie theater in Dublin (California):
http://patch.com/california/dublin/man-exits-dublin-movie-theater-find-car-ablaze/

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame at 5:55 AM while parked at home in Topeka (Kansas):
http://cjonline.com/news/2014-08-26/police-officers-help-put-out-car-fire

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked at store in Glendale (Arizona):
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1165472

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame at home, fire spreads to home, in coastal Tampa (Florida), 8 people homeless:
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/hillsborough-regional-news/eight-people-escape-house-fire-on-crest-ave-in-tampa
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/08/26/tampa-house-fire-crest/14638455/
http://www.wtsp.com/media/cinematic/gallery/14644515/car-fire-damages-tampa-home/
http://tampabay.gotnewswire.com/news/car-fire-damages-tampa-home
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2014/8/26/child_injured_fire.html

Quote: "When firefighters arrived, they found a car in a carport was on fire and fully engulfed in flames and spread to the home."

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame at 5:24 AM on Highway 101 near Menlo Park (California), 6-vehicle pileup mentioned too:
http://patch.com/california/los-altos/lanes-reopened-sb-hwy-101-after-car-fire-near-menlo-park
http://www.sanmateo.com/story/Car-Fire-Blocking-Two-Lanes/1990483
http://www.sunnyvale.com/story/Lanes-Reopened-After-Car-Fire/1990500
http://www.santaclara.com/story/Car-Fire-Blocking-Two-Lanes/1990483

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on street in Ogden (Utah):
http://www.standard.net/Fire/2014/08/26/Car-erupts-in-flames.html

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame at auto shop in Crystal Lake (Illinois):
http://www.chicagofiremap.net/2014/08/car-fire-in-havoline-xpress-lube-on-w.html
http://www.nwherald.com/2014/08/27/no-injuries-after-crystal-lake-structure-fire/aj5s0vh/

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on Marshall Street in coastal Rockport (Massachusetts):
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/article_c393849c-2d83-11e4-84e0-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on street on the island of Saint Lucia:
http://stluciatimes.com/article/update-vehicle-fire-outside-castries-market
http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/breaking-news-vehicle-burst-into-flames-in-castries/

2014-08-26 - In separate incidents, two cars burst into flame in three days in Lancing (Britain):
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/local/two-accidental-car-fires-in-less-than-a-week-1-6260707

2014-08-26 - Car and RV trailer burst into flame near the Tyne Tunnel, near coastal North Shields (Britain):
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/emergency-services-deal-car-fire-7672247
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/car-fire-causes-tyne-tunnel-chaos-1-6805483

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A500 near Shavington, Crewe (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-crewe_27-08-2014_8-25-38

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame near the A361 in South Molton (Britain):
http://www.middevongazette.co.uk/Car-A361/story-22829200-detail/story.html

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame at 5:44 AM in carpark on Avalon Close in Beacon Heath, Exeter (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30161&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A483 near Wrexham (Britain):
http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/137436/motorists-warned-to-expect-delays-after-car-fire-on-a483.aspx
http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/137436/motorists-warned-to-expect-delays-after-car-fire-on-a483.aspx

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on Plymouth Road in Kingsbridge (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30168&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A380 at Telegraph Hill (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30165&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked at home on Sanderstown Road in Trappe (Maryland):
http://www.wmdt.com/story/26373099/cause-of-trappe-vehicle-fire-under-investigation

2014-08-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-29 near Sioux Falls (South Dakota):
http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/26/vehicle-fire-blocks/14610879/

2014-08-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame before 7 AM on I-71 in Hamilton County (Ohio):
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/traffic/2014/08/26/vehicle-fire-closes-nb-i-71-at-stewart-road/14607943/

2014-08-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame at Route 611 and Knob Road in Mount Pocono (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140826/NEWS/140829883/-1/rss01

2014-08-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Route 447 in Barrett Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140826/NEWS/140829881/-1/rss01
http://pennsylvania.icito.com/no-one-hurt-in-barrett-township-vehicle-fire/

2014-08-26 - Riding mower bursts into flame inside barn in Emporia (Kansas):
http://ksffa.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/tractor-fire-reported/

2014-08-26 - RV trailer bursts into flame while being towed on I-15 in Cajon Pass (California):
http://www.vvng.com/fire-destroys-travel-trailer-in-cajon-pass/
http://www.vvdailypress.com/article/20140826/NEWS/140829846/12982/NEWS
http://www.hesperiastar.com/article/20140826/NEWS/140829846
http://www.topix.com/forum/county/san-bernardino-ca/TV5OU42EGFG2KO44A

Quote: "A truck hauling a trailer attempted to exit the freeway off ramp when for unknown reasons the travel trailer erupted into flames, causing the driver to immediately stop the on the off ramp and exit the vehicle. The driver was able to detach the trailer from the truck just in time to keep the fire from spreading to the truck. The trailer and all of its contents were a complete loss."

2014-08-26 - RV trailer explodes and burns at 3:30 AM at Suncoast Caravan Park in coastal Ulladulla (Australia):
http://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/2514982/explosion-saves-barrys-life/

2014-08-26 - Farm machinery bursts into flame, ignites field near school, in Almondbank (Scotland):
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/farm-machinery-catches-fire-near-pitcairn-primary-school-1.543674
http://www.newsforscotland.com/news/farm-machinery-catches-fire-near-pitcairn-primary-school

2014-08-26 - Truck and workshop destroyed by fire at 1:45 AM, two homes damaged, in Colleton County (South Carolina):
http://www.live5news.com/story/26384931/colleton-co-workshop-fire-damages-two-homes-destroys-truck

2014-08-26 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at home in Webster Groves (Missouri):
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/26/report-fire-in-webster-groves-neighborhood/

2014-08-26 - Motorcycle and garage destroyed by fire at home in Beloit (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/news/fire-destroys-garage-harley-davidson-motorcycle/27739072

2014-08-26 - Auto shop erupts in flame at 12:30 AM on Ocean Avenue in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://sfappeal.com/2014/08/balboa-park-fire-at-auto-shop-displaces-16-residents/
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/early-morning-fire-damages-three-san-francisco-bui/ng84T/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Two-Dozen-Displaced-After-SF-Auto-Shop-Fire-272721931.html
http://www.sunnyvale.com/story/16-Mission-Terrace-Residents/1990407
http://sanjose.cityandpress.com/node/8237047

Quote: "When we arrived, we had heavy fire in an auto repair/gas station and a two-story apartment house adjacent to it..."

2014-08-26 - Barn, farm machinery and hay destroyed by fire near Buhler (Kansas):
http://www.hutchpost.com/2014/08/26/fire-destroys-hay-barn/

Note: Buhler? Buhler? Anyone?

2014-08-26 - Wildfire erupts near Bass Lake (California):
http://www.sierrastar.com/2014/08/26/69309/fire-breaks-out-near-bass-lake.html

2014-08-26 - Wildfire burns for weeks on the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior near Bayfield (Wisconsin):
http://www.wqow.com/story/26380219/park-officials-allow-apostle-islands-fire-to-burn
http://www.channel3000.com/news/park-officials-allow-apostle-islands-fire-to-burn/27751466

2014-08-26 - Commercial building and eight businesses destroyed by massive blaze in Houston (Texas):
http://abc13.com/news/firefighters-battling-huge-warehouse-fire/281747/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/firefighters-battle-massive-warehouse-blaze-houston-n189471
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/neighborhood/2014/08/26/firefighters-battling-large-fire-at-pasadena-area-warehouse/14628855/

Quote: "The converted warehouse on Perez St. housed some eight businesses. Workers tried to save what they could, even using a forklift to haul out pallets of supplies, furniture, toys and other items. Las Tres BBB is a construction material company and the lumber and wood products inside helped fuel the flames."

Note: Yeah, good thing they saved a bunch of pallets. Hope they saved some buckets of rusty nails too!

2014-08-26 - Roof bursts into flame at Macy's at Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/news/rooftop-fire-sparks-evacuation-at-garden-state-plaza-mall-in-paramus-1.1076289
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Paramus-Mall-Evacuated-New-Jersey-Fire-Macys-Roof-272759101.html

2014-08-26 - Garage bursts into flame at home in Wausau (Wisconsin):
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/local/2014/08/26/firefighters-limit-damage-caused-garage-fire/14664775/

2014-08-26 - Garage and shed destroyed by fire near Stone Lake (Wisconsin):
http://www.haywardwi.com/news/article_43392530-2d39-11e4-962a-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-26 - Home damaged by fire at 3 AM in Fort Worth (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/08/26/fort-worth-home-heavily-damaged-in-overnight-fire/

2014-08-26 - Home destroyed by fire on Seven Springs Road in Monroe (New York), nobody there:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140826/NEWS/140829768/-1/NEWS
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2014/August/27/Monroe_fire-27Aug14.html
http://westchester.news12.com/news/fire-rips-through-home-on-seven-springs-road-in-monroe-1.9154944?qr=1

2014-08-26 - Two homes destroyed by fire at 11 PM in Fort Smith (Arkansas):
http://www.4029tv.com/news/fire-burns-buildings-in-fort-smith/27750632

Quote: "This is the second fire at this area this week, and the fire marshal is investigating if they are related."

Note: I hope he has a time machine so he can go back in time and see what was in the atmosphere in the hours and days prior to both of the fires, because otherwise he'll never be able to rule out the effect of flammable gases in the atmosphere...

2014-08-26 - Six row homes go up in flames in Mahanoy City (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pa-fire-claims-six-homes-schuylkill-20140827-story.html
http://www.wfmz.com/news/Regional-Poconos-Coal/fire-damages-six-row-homes-in-schuylkill-county/27747502
http://republicanherald.com/news/6-homes-damaged-in-fire-in-mahanoy-city-1.1742361

2014-08-26 - Vacant home burns in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fire/fire-breaks-out-at-st-petersburg-home-on-22nd-avenue-s/2194526

2014-08-26 - Vacant commissary building goes up in flames on coastal Mare Island in Vallejo (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/fire-damages-abandoned-military-building-mare-isla/ng89X/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/26/quake-damaged-water-main-hampers-vallejo-firefighters-efforts-on-mare-island/

Note: A metal recycling business just burned on Mare Island, mentioned in the 2014-08-22 update. Not long before that, an old military barracks was destroyed by a huge fire on Mare Island, mentioned in the 2014-08-10 update...

2014-08-26 - Vacant Thompson River Caravan Park destroyed by explosions and fire near the coast in Australia:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2014/08/explosion-fires-at-old-caravan-park.html

Quote: "The CFA put out four fires at the disused Thompson River Caravan Park, after explosions were heard. Sale CFA told the ABC two caravans were destroyed."

2014-08-25 - Home explodes and burns just after 6 AM in Oak Cliff (Texas), 6 injured:
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/08/26/six-people-hospitalized-in-oak-cliff-fire/
http://www.wopular.com/six-hospitalized-burns-after-gas-explosion-fire-destroy-oak-cliff-home
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/08/at-least-3-people-taken-to-hospital-with-burns-from-gas-explosion-at-central-oak-cliff-home.html/

Note: In May, also in Oak Cliff, a naked man, 23, attacked a woman and baby then dove through a car's sunroof in traffic and attacked another woman, mentioned in the 2014-05-18 update...

2014-08-25 - Two homes destroyed by explosion and fire before 5 AM, a third damaged, in Roundup (Montana):
http://www.ktvq.com/news/roundup-house-fire-leaves-three-families-homeless/
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/cause-undetermined-in-fire-in-that-destroyed-roundup-homes/article_72342265-5ca8-5738-966a-d763e6158ac5.html

Quote: "One of the people who called 911 to report the fire said they heard a loud bang and thought it could have been a propane tank, but whether the fire originated at the tank is impossible to tell, Russell said."

2014-08-25 - Home destroyed by explosion in Gray, Knox County (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/House-explosion-reported-in-Knox-County-272658381.html

Quote: "We are told no one was hurt. The home was being remodeled, but was destroyed by the explosion and fire."

2014-08-25 - Home damaged by explosion in Kendall (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.wsvn.com/story/26363335/firefighters-respond-to-explosion-at-kendall-house

2014-08-25 - Apartment explodes in Denver (Colorado), 1 injured:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/explosion-injures-1-person-and-blows-out-windows-at-logan-manor-apartments-in-denver

2014-08-25 - Home explodes and burns in Chembur area of coastal Mumbai (India), 1 killed, 10 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20140825-45027-IND
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/1-dead-10-injured-in-Chembur-cylinder-explosion/articleshow/40863527.cms
http://sathiyamnews.com/featured/cylinder-explosion-central-mumbai

Note: Not far from where the Indian submarine exploded and sank, killing everyone on board, mentioned in the 2013-08-13 update. That was probably the biggest explosion to hit Mumbai so far, but there've been many fires and explosions in this area...

2014-08-25 - Home damaged by explosion and fire just before 1 AM in coastal Titahi Bay (New Zealand), 1 killed:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10418872/Screams-heard-as-fire-engulfed-house
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10417915/Body-discovered-after-Titahi-Bay-house-blaze
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11313522

Quote: "Kayla Kirby said she heard screams as she raced next door to 59 Dimock St shortly before 1am. She said she was lying in bed watching a movie when she heard a bang and initially thought her mother-in-law had fallen out of bed."

Note: This area is on a little peninsula that juts out into the ocean...

2014-08-25 - School damaged by explosion at 8 AM in Saint-Nicolas (Canada), 3 injured:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/explosion-at-quebec-teachers-breakfast-leaves-3-injured-1.1975150

2014-08-25 - Restaurant explodes and burns, fire spreads, entire strip mall destroyed, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire (Canada):
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Explosion+rocks+Mont+Hilaire+pizzeria/10147300/story.html
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2014/08/25/002-mont-saint-hilaire.shtml
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2014/08/25/002-mont-saint-hilaire.shtml

2014-08-25 - Underground electrical fire erupts, spews yellow smoke, in Baton Rouge (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/story/26365355/fire-shoots-up-from-ground-near-gas-station-hazmat-investigating
http://www.wbrz.com/news/fire-with-yellow-smoke-shuts-down-florida-blvd-/
http://batonrouge.gotnewswire.com/news/fire-shoots-up-from-ground-near-gas-station-hazmat-investigating

2014-08-25 - Underground electrical fire breaks out, ignites brush, at airport in Springfield (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/electrical-fire-reported-springfield-airport/ng8gK/

Quote: "An electrical fire underground sparked a grass fire at the Springfield Airport on W. Blee."

2014-08-25 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at 6:18 AM on Park Road in Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/smoke-from-man-hole-in-warrington

2014-08-25 - Transformer explodes, ignites shops, dozens of shops destroyed, at shopping area in Delhi (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Over-30-shops-gutted-at-Kinari-Bazaar-in-Chandni-Chowk/articleshow/40873590.cms
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/fire-breaks-out-in-two-of-capitals-busy-markets/
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/major-fire-at-delhi-s-chandni-chowk-25-fire-engines-rushed-to-spot-581423

2014-08-25 - Mortar round explodes at 6:25 AM at metal recycling facility in Granite City (Illinois), 2 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/2-killed-at-Granite-City-recycling-plant-272557081.html
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3541846.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/explosion-at-recycling-plant-in-illinois-kills-2/
http://www.live5news.com/story/26361413/explosion-at-il-metal-recycling-plant-kills-1-injures-1
http://charleston.gotnewswire.com/news/deadly-explosion-at-il-metal-recycling-plant

2014-08-25 - Chemical fire erupts at propulsion business in Miramar (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.local10.com/news/hazmat-fire-rescue-called-to-reported-chemical-fire/27726548

2014-08-25 - Large pile of tires bursts into flame at 4:45 AM outside tire plant near Compton (California), nobody there:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Large-Tire-Fire-Extinguished-in-Compton-272548141.html
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20140825/rubber-catches-fire-at-compton-plant

2014-08-25 - Rocket explodes at 12:15 AM shortly after launch from the Kodiak Launch Complex at Narrow Cape (Alaska):
http://www.adn.com/article/20140825/army-rocket-exploded-seconds-after-lift-kodiak-site
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/rocket_with_experimental_army_weapon_explodes_into_fireball_after_launch.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/08/25/the-armys-experimental-hypersonic-missile-just-exploded-four-seconds-after-takeoff/
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/rocket-with-army-weapon-explodes-after-launch-in-kodiak/article_ad160a74-2c6f-11e4-b1ae-001a4bcf6878.html

Note: A SpaceX rocket exploded after launch at McGregor (Texas) a couple of days ago too, mentioned in the 2014-08-23 update...

2014-08-25 - Three boats destroyed by fire while docked at Quarterdeck Marina in Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/news/3-boats-destroyed-in-marine-fire/27731224
http://www.wqow.com/story/26370256/3-boats-destroyed-in-marine-fire
http://www.wbay.com/story/26369517/2014/08/26/fire-engulfs-boats-at-sturgeon-bay-marina
http://www.doorcountydailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=28&id=141011
http://fox11online.com/2014/08/26/boats-destroyed-in-sturgeon-bay-marina-fire/
http://www.wate.com/story/26369517/2014/08/26/fire-engulfs-boats-at-sturgeon-bay-marina
http://www.wisn.com/news/fire-destroys-3-boats-at-door-county-marina/27731960
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-county/news/2014/08/26/three-boats-burn-sturgeon-bays-quarterdeck-marina/14605729/

2014-08-25 - Two train coaches destroyed by fire at train yard in coastal Chennai (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-society/coaches-destroyed-in-fire-at-basin-bridge/article6350998.ece
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Two-coaches-damaged-in-fire-at-Basin-Bridge-yard/articleshow/40885090.cms
http://www.newindianexpress.com/videos/nation/Fire-at-Basin-Bridge-Railway-Yard-2-Coaches-Damaged/2014/08/26/article2399240.ece

2014-08-25 - School bus breaks down, left on road, bursts into flame 10 days later, in Bingöl Province (Turkey):
http://adana.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/abandoned-roadside-bus-caught-fire/448789/

Note: This is the 27th school bus to go up in flames in August and the 83rd since May 1...

2014-08-25 - Passenger minibus bursts into flame on Seke Road in Sunningdale (Zimbabwe):
http://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/08/25/pictures-seke-road-minibus-catches-fire/
http://www.press-report.net/clanek-26928103-pictures-seke-road-minibus-catches-fire

2014-08-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-90 near Ellensburg (Washington):
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/2444161-8/semi-truck-fire-temporarily-closes-i-90-eastbound-near
http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/inbrief/i--traffic-delayed-after-vehicle-fire/article_bff2a3e6-2d41-11e4-88e1-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-20 in Smith County (Texas):
http://www.kltv.com/story/26367759/truck-fire-diverting-traffic-on-i-20-in-smith-county

2014-08-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at roundabout in Tore (Scotland), near the coast:
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/news/inverness/325437/hgv-fire/
http://talkagist.com/all/503909971495759872

2014-08-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at business in Basildon (Britain):
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11430610.Lorry_fire_on_Basildon_industrial_estate/
http://essex.localroundup.co.uk/article/1145464/lorry-fire-on-basildon-industrial-estate/

2014-08-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 97 between Oyama and Lake Country, near Vernon (Canada):
http://www.castanet.net/news/Central-Okanagan/121616/Logging-truck-fire
http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/youtube_b0410ed6-2c9e-11e4-8e4b-001a4bcf6878.html
http://www.1075kiss.com/kiss-news/latest-stories/10187-truck-fire-closes-97-oyama-winfield
http://kelowna.myezrock.com/News/Kelowna/2014/08/25/lumber-truck-fire-closes-highway-97-in-lake-country-update-highway-has-reopened-to-traffic

Quote: "Penner says the driver escaped injury, however, his brand new 2013 rig was totally destroyed by the fire."

2014-08-25 - Tow truck bursts into flame on Highway 97 between Oyama and Lake Country, near Vernon (Canada):
http://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/Local_News/14/08/26/Two_Different_Vehicle_Fires_Close_Highway_97_near_Lake_Country
http://www.castanet.net/news/Central-Okanagan/121649/Tow-truck-fire-stalls-traffic

Quote: "For the second time Monday crews were called to the scene. This time a tow truck caught on fire just a few clicks from where a logging truck caught fire earlier Monday. 'Different lane, different direction this time,' says Lake Country deputy fire chief, Brent Penner. 'Same stretch of highway though, headed north towards Vernon.'"

Note: Coincidence, that two trucks went up in flames in the same area on the same highway on the same day? I doubt that...

2014-08-25 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on street in Grand Rapids (Michigan):
http://woodtv.com/2014/08/25/garbage-truck-catches-fire-no-injuries/
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/08/garbage_truck_fire_shuts_down.html
http://grandrapidscity.com/news/articles/garbage-truck-fire-shuts-down-road-near-fulton-and-east-beltline
http://1260thepledge.com/local/garbage-truck-fire-shuts-down-road-near-fulton-and-east-beltline/
http://www.wopular.com/garbage-truck-fire-shuts-down-road-near-fulton-and-east-beltline

2014-08-25 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on Pitts Memorial Drive in coastal St. John's (Canada):
http://www.cfsxradio.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=48645

2014-08-25 - Heavy truck bursts into flame at 2 AM on street near Twin Lakes (Wisconsin), 1 injured:
http://www.westofthei.com/2014/08/25/randall-fire-department-responds-to-truck-fire

2014-08-25 - Dump truck bursts into flame, brush ignites too, on Highway 112 near Poteau (Oklahoma):
http://okwnews.com/news/whatzup/105698-vehicle-fire.html

Quote: "The 10 wheel dump truck that caught on fire has started some brush on fire as well."

2014-08-25 - RV bursts into flame while parked at Mosquito Lagoon RV Park in Oak Hill (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.wesh.com/news/deputies-rv-caught-fire-with-oak-hill-man-inside/27715638
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140825/news/140829623
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/man-injured-in-volusia-rv-fire/27716316
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/8/25/oak_hill_rv_fire.html
http://www.volusiasheriff.org/press/140129.htm
http://orlando.gotnewswire.com/news/deputies-rv-caught-fire-with-oak-hill-man-inside

2014-08-25 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home on Bird View Road near Gamber (Maryland):
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/ph-cc-rv-fire-20140825,0,3089087.story

2014-08-25 - Minivan bursts into flame on US 49 in coastal Gulfport (Mississippi):
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/25/5762363_gulfport-mom-pulled-daughters.html

2014-08-25 - In separate incidents, pickup truck and car burst into flame in the wee hours in Fayetteville (Arkansas):
http://www.localmemphis.com/story/d/story/ar-razorbacks-truck-caught-fire-overnight/25392/LVdF-B_b_EaNO7Taf_639w
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/hog-qb-brandon-allens-truck-2-other-vehicles-catch/29603/XqVcZy_SPkW6KwXe4yqt8Q

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked at the Lake Mohawk Country Club in Sparta (New Jersey):
http://thealternativepress.com/towns/sparta/categories/news/articles/vehicle-fire-behind-lmcc-tennis-courts
http://www.topix.com/city/lake-mohawk-nj/2014/08/vehicle-fire-behind-lmcc-tennis-courts

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Big Lots in DeKalb (Illinois):
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2014/08/25/dekalb-firefighters-respond-to-car-fire-in-shopping-center-parking-lot/anlhtce/

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in Lamar County (Texas):
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Lamar-Co-car-fire-under-investigation-272659101.html

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame at 3:06 AM while parked on First Street Northeast in Mason City (Iowa):
http://northiowatoday.com/2014/08/25/update-msfc-says-car-fire-likely-caused-intentionally/
http://globegazette.com/news/local/arson-suspected-in-car-fire-in-mason-city/article_24bd131a-810a-5246-9f40-6732c81ef44f.html

Quote: "I am not mechanic, I am not a fire marshal, but my layman’s opinion is that is is very difficult for a car to start on fire by itself. That was a hot fire."

Note: Clearly this guy's not been living on Planet Earth recently, because parked vehicles have been spontaneously igniting all over the planet for some time now, usually in the wee hours, when the atmosphere cools and contracts. Ah well, maybe he'll wake up before his house explodes and kills him or whatever. Then again, maybe he won't...

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame on the Long Island Expressway near coastal Riverhead (New York):
http://riverheadlocal.com/breaking-news/video-car-fire-shuts-down-eastbound-lie

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame at 7 AM on South Fayette Street in Shippensburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.abc27.com/story/26360437/driver-not-injured-in-early-morning-car-fire

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame at the Circle H Shell Station near Santo (Texas):
http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/news/car-fire/article_833237fc-65c6-5891-8317-87925915653f.html

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame on I-526 in coastal North Charleston (South Carolina):
http://www.wlox.com/story/26364822/car-fire-shuts-down-1-wb-lane-on-i-526-near-n-rhett-ave-exit
http://www.live5news.com/story/26364822/traffic-moving-on-i-526-near-n-rhett-ave-following-car-fire
http://www.wect.com/story/26364822/car-fire-shuts-down-1-wb-lane-on-i-526-near-n-rhett-ave-exit
http://www.wnem.com/story/26364822/traffic-moving-on-i-526-near-n-rhett-ave-following-car-fire
http://www.wafb.com/story/26364822/car-fire-shuts-down-1-wb-lane-on-i-526-near-n-rhett-ave-exit

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 in Cathedral City (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/car-fire-slows-traffic-on-i10/27722084
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/traffic/2014/08/25/car-fire-date-palm-drive/14591027/

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked in the Burn Valley area of coastal Hartlepool (Britain):
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/crime/police-probe-car-fire-in-hartlepool-1-6804866

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame at 1:23 AM while parked at home on Scofield Court in Great Cornard (Britain):
http://www.suffolkfreepress.co.uk/news/latest-news/suspicious-car-fire-in-great-cornard-1-6259404

2014-08-25 - Car bursts into flame on the A55 near Bodelwyddan (Britain):
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/a55-car-fire-causes-long-7668667

2014-08-25 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the 105 Freeway in Inglewood (California):
http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20140825/inglewood-vehicle-fire-closes-two-lanes-of-105-freeway

2014-08-25 - Motorcycle bursts into flame on Mount Gould Road in Mount Gould in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30159&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-25 - Farm equipment bursts into flame, ignites brush fire, along Mineral Springs Road near Lafayette (Oregon):
http://www.kptv.com/story/26366048/two-alarm-fire-burning-in-yamhill-county-field

2014-08-25 - Gas station destroyed by fire in Winston-Salem (North Carolina):
http://myfox8.com/2014/08/25/firefighters-battle-fire-at-former-gas-station-in-winston-salem/

2014-08-25 - Barn destroyed by fire in Santa Maria (California), near Orcutt:
http://santamariatimes.com/lompoc/news/local/barn-building-burns-to-ground-sunday-in-santa-maria/article_19a772f5-7f1e-5c6a-9884-9fda1c193bad.html
http://www.noozhawk.com/noozhawk/article/nearby_home_undamaged_as_fire_destroys_small_barn_near_orcutt
http://www.topix.com/county/santa-barbara-ca/2014/08/nearby-home-undamaged-as-fire-destroys-small-barn-near-orcutt

Quote: "Some small explosions occurred during the fire that could have been caused by tires or wheels exploding, Sadecki said."

Note: Tires/wheels? Vehicle in there? Methane was detected in the ground around 19 homes in 2013 in Santa Maria (California), mentioned in the 2013-01-18 update....

2014-08-25 - Barn destroyed by fire at 4:11 AM in Parrottsville (Tennessee):
http://www.923wnpc.com/cgi-bin/newspost/viewnews.cgi?category=1&id=1408966622

2014-08-25 - Barn destroyed by fire shortly before 11 PM on Farthing Lane in Ashburnham (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11431771.Barn_destroyed_by_fire/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/brighton_and_hove/barn-destroyed-by-fire/

2014-08-25 - Barn damaged by fire in Listowel (Scotland):
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/listowel-area-barn-damaged-by-fire-no-home-for-incoming-piglets-1.1974910

Note: Listowel is near the coast and is also located on the eastern (downwind) banks of the River Feale. In fact, the River Feale flows from here to the ocean 5 miles away...

2014-08-25 - Dumpster bursts into flame in Kilgore (Texas):
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/kilgore-authorities-respond-to-explosion
http://www.kltv.com/story/26366024/emergency-crews-responding-to-explosion-in-southwest-kilgore
http://www.wnem.com/story/26366024/crews-extinguish-dumpster-fire-after-reports-of-explosion-in-kilgore

2014-08-25 - Dumpster bursts into flame in downtown Birmingham (Alabama):
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/08/trash_fire_sends_heavy_smoke_i.html

2014-08-25 - Custom cabin business destroyed by fire in Bear Creek (Alabama):
http://www.kptv.com/story/26360855/fire-destroys-business-in-marion-county
http://www.wlox.com/story/26360855/fire-destroys-cabin-business-in-marion-county
http://www.fox19.com/story/26360855/fire-destroys-cabin-business-in-marion-county

Quote: "Firefighters were still working to put out flames that rekindled Monday morning at Paradise Canyon Cabins in the Bear Creek community."

2014-08-25 - Shipping container of sports equipment bursts into flame at Weston Mill Playing Field in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30157&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-25 - Basement electrical box bursts into flame, fire spreads, restaurant destroyed, in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/New-Haven-Pub-Catches-Fire-272632031.html
http://www.wfsb.com/story/26366812/new-haven-crews-battle-fire-at-delanys-taproom

2014-08-25 - Flower shop destroyed by fire at 4:23 AM in Findlay (Ohio):
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2014/08/25/Findlay-flower-shop-completely-destroyed-in-morning-fire.html

2014-08-25 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Trenton (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/08/authorities_investigate_fire_that_damages_trenton_home.html
http://www.dailynewsen.com/breaking/authorities-investigate-fire-that-damaged-trenton-home-h2572400.html
http://www.topix.com/city/trenton-nj/2014/08/authorities-investigate-fire-that-damaged-trenton-home

2014-08-25 - Home heavily damaged by blaze in Dallas (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/3-dogs-2-cats-turtle-missing-after-two-alarm-house-fire-in-Dallas-272548621.html

2014-08-25 - Deadly blaze rips through mobile home at 7 AM on 138 Bass Lake Drive, near Mt. Olive (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wcti12.com/news/woman-found-dead-in-fire-12yearold-escaped/27715192
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Woman-Found-Dead-In-Wayne-County-Home-Fire-272569261.html

2014-08-25 - Vacant home burns in the wee hours in Cahokia (Illinois):
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/25/camp-jackson-vacant-property-fire/14552853/

2014-08-25 - Vacant home burns in the wee hours in Washington Park (Illinois):
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/25/northpark-drive-washington-park-fire/14552867/

2014-08-25 - Vacant home destroyed by fire on Merritts Creek Road in Barboursville (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Fire-Destroys-Abandoned-Home-in-Cabell-County-272660211.html

2014-08-25 - Vacant mill destroyed by fire in Middleborough (Massachusetts):
http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20140826/NEWS/140827736/12741/NEWS

2014-08-24 - Residential building damaged by explosion in Sao Paulo (Brazil), near the coast, 3 injured:
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140824/192286464/Ten-Injured-in-Gas-Blast-in-Brazil---Reports.html

Quote: "In May, a similar gas explosion in a fitness center on Sao Paulo's outskirts claimed two lives, and nine people got injuries of varying severity. A large part of the building, which contained water heaters for the swimming pool, collapsed during the explosion."

2014-08-24 - Landfill rocked by explosion and fire in Boone County, near Walton (Kentucky):
http://eaglecountryonline.com/local-article/explosion-causes-damage-boone-county-landfill/
http://www.wlwt.com/news/explosion-reported-at-northern-kentucky-waste-facility/27709786
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/08/24/fire-walton-landfill/14550107/
http://www.fox19.com/story/26359481/fire-crews-battle-overnight-fire-at-bavarian-landfill
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/26359481/fire-crews-battle-overnight-fire-at-bavarian-landfill
http://www.wtoc.com/story/26359481/fire-crews-battle-overnight-fire-at-bavarian-landfill
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/boone-county/dispatch-explosion-at-bavarian-waste-services-facility-in-boone-county

Quote: "The Bavarian Waste Facility at 12764 McCoy’s Ford Road had an explosion that witnesses said sent a fireball into the air. The explosion was so strong it shook the ground and caused brief power outages in the area, according to reports. Fireman said after the explosion a fire ensued, followed by a smaller explosion."

2014-08-24 - Recycling facility damaged by blaze in Chesapeake (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2014/08/24/warehouse-in-chesapeake-catches-fire/

2014-08-24 - Racing boat bursts into flame off the shore of coastal Cocoa Beach (Florida):
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/08/24/racing-boat-catches-fire-in-cocoa-beach/14541729/

2014-08-24 - Boat explodes and burns in coastal Provincetown Harbor near Provincetown (Massachusetts), 2 injured:
http://www.csnne.com/article/1-burned-boat-explosion-fire
http://www.wcvb.com/news/boat-catches-fire-in-provincetown-harbor/27705420
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/08/24/two-people-jump-to-safety-after-boat-catches-fire-in-provincetown-harbor/
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140824/NEWS11/140829756/-1/rss01
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/08/24/severely-injured-provincetown-harbor-fire/sjy0lFaaB558ItKNsNvLwO/story.html

2014-08-24 - Boat bursts into flame on the James River near Watkins Landing in Goochland County (Virginia):
http://www.wric.com/story/26356625/boat-fire-at-watkins-landing-two-people-rescued
http://wtvr.com/2014/08/24/watkins-landing-boat-fire/
http://www.timesdispatch.com/powhatantoday/news/firefighters-extinguish-fire-on-boat/article_d0400b22-2c69-11e4-9a54-0017a43b2370.html

2014-08-24 - Boat bursts into flame, ignites dock, at Henry Hagg Lake (Oregon):
http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2014/08/25/hagg-lake-fire/14581515/
http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/231096-95228-fire-damages-boat-and-dock-at-hagg-lake
http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2014/08/henry_hagg_lake_fire_sparked_b.html
http://pdxtraffic.blogspot.com/2014/08/fire-destroys-boat-and-burns-dock-at.html
http://pdxfanews.blogspot.com/2014/08/fire-destroys-boat-and-burns-dock-at.html

2014-08-24 - Boat bursts into flame at 1:45 AM while parked at home in Coquille (Oregon):
http://oregontoday.net/coquille-police-report-aug-25-2014/

Quote: "According to an entry on the Coquille Police log for Friday, Aug. 22, 1:45 a.m., 500 block N. Cedar, 'reports boat on fire at neighbor’s house.'"

2014-08-24 - Four tractor trailers destroyed by explosions and fire just before 3 AM at business in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2014/08/24/fire-spreads-to-several-semis-at-stoops-freightliner/
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/truck-sparks-fire-near-stoops-freightliner-in-the-1800-block-of-thompson-road
http://www.wthr.com/story/26355632/2014/08/24/plume-of-smoke-lingers-after-truck-fire
http://www.oilspillsolutions.co.uk/crews-battle-massive-flames-caused-by-truck-fire-near-southside-business-fox-59/
http://fox59.com/2014/08/24/crews-battle-massive-flames-caused-by-truck-fire-near-southside-business/
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/08/24/four-semis-destroyed-southside-fire/14549119/

Quote: "A truck caught fire near the Stoops Freightliner parking lot on the city's south side early Sunday. The fire was reported just before 3 a.m. in the 1800 block of Thompson Road, where it spread to several other freight trucks parked in the lot."

Quote: "Witnesses said they heard loud booms then a fire broke out at a business on the south side."

Quote: "Officials say they found four semi tractors on fire in the back lot. No one was hurt and no buildings were damaged. Officials say a small amount of diesel fuel spilled and went into drains. A hazardous materials team was sent to the scene to clean up the fuel. Damage was estimated at $450,000. The four trucks are a total loss."

Note: So the fire started in one truck and spread to three more. Basically the same as the various parking lots of vehicles that have been burning, except this parking lot only contained freight trucks. They'd be wise not to park their trucks next to other trucks, or they're gonna experience way more destruction than they would if they kept them separated. Plus, once we're out of tractor trailers then there will be no more fertilizer getting to farms, or medicine to drugstores, or food to grocery stores, or gas to gas stations, and any of those things will be somewhat of an inconvenience to people who want to continue living...

2014-08-24 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame in Durrington near Stonehenge (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-08-24/grain-lorry-destroyed-by-fire-at-durrington-near-stonehenge/
http://www.news-cloud.co.uk/ItvNewsMeridian/2014/08/24/GrainLorryDestroyedByFireAtDurringtonNearStonehenge.html

2014-08-24 - Tractor bursts into flame on road near Jersey Shore (Pennsylvania):
http://www.facebook.com/NorthcentralPa/posts/751310821594807

Quote: "Total loss, was able to save the brand new hay bins hooked up to it."

2014-08-24 - Tractor bursts into flame in field at Great Punchardon, Winkleigh (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30139&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-24 - Tractor bursts into flame along Hall Road in Little Bradley (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/little_bradley_crews_tackle_tractor_fire_1_3739600
http://suffolklocalnews.co.uk/2014/08/24/little-bradley-crews-tackle-tractor-fire/

2014-08-24 - Dump truck bursts into flame while parked in coastal St Martin-by-Looe (Britain):
http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/8203-Arson-suspected-tipper-truck-St-Martin-Looe/story-22813112-detail/story.html

2014-08-24 - Truck bursts into flame, fire spreads to two utility poles and 5 or 6 transformers, in Rainier (Washington):
http://www.theolympian.com/2014/08/24/3283628/fire-destroys-truck-power-poles.html
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/washington/fire-destroys-truck-power-poles-in-rainier/

Quote: "The fire is thought to have started on the truck, which then ignited two power poles and five to six transformers, Wilson said."

2014-08-24 - RV bursts into flame on I-64 in Albemarle County (Virginia), driver seriously burned:
http://3wv.com/news/064460-rv-catches-fire-on-interstate-64-in-albemarle/
http://www.nbc29.com/story/26357754/rv-fire-causes-backup-on-interstate-64-in-albemarle
http://www.navbug.com/article104312879/rv_fire_causes_backup_on_interstate_64_in_albemarle.htm

Quote: "Virginia State Police says the driver is being treated for severe burns at the University of Virginia Medical Center and is expected to survive."

2014-08-24 - Van bursts into flame at home on Louisa Street in Pearl (Mississippi):
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/26358071/a
http://jackson-mississippi.yourlocalnews.us/index.php?zfcategory=MSNewsNow.com&zftitle=Man+battles+vehicle+fire+until+firefighters+arrive

2014-08-24 - Van bursts into flame on Highway 59 in Imogene (Iowa):
http://www.kmaland.com/news/a-vehicle-fire-occurred-near-imogene/article_452d1be4-2bb3-11e4-bf38-0017a43b2370.html
http://www.valleynewstoday.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-near-imogene/article_73e88f0c-2c5f-11e4-9994-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-24 - Van bursts into flame on street in New Delhi (India):
http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-DayInPictures/aug24topshots/Article4-1256006.aspx

2014-08-24 - Van bursts into flame at 5:13 AM at Outside Ocean Pitch Campsite, Moor Lane, Croyde Bay, Croyde in coastal Braunton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30136&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://devonlocalnews.co.uk/2014/08/24/pizza-van-severely-damaged-in-croyde-fire/

Note: Ocean, moor, bay, wee hours...

2014-08-24 - Van bursts into flame on Cliff Street in Cheddar (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30138&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-24 - SUV bursts into flame on South Street in Geneseo (New York):
http://www.geneseesun.com/2014/08/24/geneseo-car-fire-shuts-traffic-south-street/

2014-08-24 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home in Leavenworth (Kansas):
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20140825/NEWS/140829602/1998/NEWS

2014-08-24 - Car bursts into flame at 3 AM while parked near hotel in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/26355901/car-fire-evacuates-downtown-nashville-hotel

2014-08-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Pennsylvania Ave near the White House in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.popville.com/2014/08/serious-car-fire-at-17th-pennsylvania-ave-nw-near-the-white-house/

Note: Also see the person who drove into the Potomac River and died on this day in Washington DC, mentioned in the corpses section...

2014-08-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked on street in Malatya (Turkey):
http://www.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/a-fire-broke-out-in-a-parked-car/448621/
http://news.geliyoo.com/default/a-fire-broke-out-in-a-parked-car

2014-08-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked at pub in coastal Newport (Britain):
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/car-fire-at-pub-63074.aspx

2014-08-24 - Car bursts into flame at Caradon Hill near Minions, near Liskeard (Britain):
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/11430565.Liskeard_firefighters_called_to_car_fire_near_Minions_/
http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/8203-Car-catches-Minions/story-22812919-detail/story.html

2014-08-24 - Car bursts into flame on Grimsby Road in Laceby (Britain):
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-car-Laceby/story-22813180-detail/story.html

2014-08-24 - Car bursts into flame at layby along the A30B near Alphington (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30137&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-24 - Lawn mower bursts into flame at 1 AM while parked in barn, fire spreads, barn destroyed, in Darke County (Ohio):
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_vid_21956.shtml
http://wdtn.com/2014/08/24/firefighters-taken-to-hospital-following-large-barn-fire/
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_4alarm-fire-destroys-barn-injures-firefighters-near-new-madison-21956.shtml

Quote: "Fire officials say a lawn mower caught fire inside the barn where hay is stored. Emergency personnel set up an area for firefighters to be treated on scene  for heat related injuries. Officials were checking blood pressures, soaking towels in cold water and handing out cold waters. Authorities say it's unclear what started the fire, but the origin of it is from the lawn mower."

2014-08-24 - RV trailer bursts into flame near Roadrunner Floating Dock Bar in Parker (Arizona):
http://www.parkerliveonline.com/2014/08/24/viewfinder-rv-fire-near-roadrunner/

2014-08-24 - Pickup truck, hay baler, 4200 bales of hay and barn destroyed by fire on Spring Meadow Lane in Lexington (Virginia):
http://www.wsls.com/story/26357202/lexington-barn-fire
http://www.wnct.com/story/26357202/lexington-barn-fire

Quote: "The barn was a total loss and will be smoldering overnight. Also lost was a pickup truck, hay baler and 4200 bales of hay."

2014-08-24 - Two cars and garage destroyed by fire at home in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/26358334/garage-2-cars-destroyed-in-fire-at-las-vegas-home
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/fire-rescue/two-cars-destroyed-garage-fire
http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/local/story/Garage-fire-destroys-2-cars-causes-60K-damage/h2SherXEZE2TMrOzNYeNOQ.cspx
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/24/garage-fire-displaces-family-four/

2014-08-24 - Barn damaged by fire in Stillwater (Oklahoma):
http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/article_e08cdb8c-2c6d-11e4-9ee7-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-24 - Barn damaged by fire at 12:06 AM on Draycott Road in Cheddar (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30129&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://somerset-news.co.uk/2014/08/24/crews-tackle-barn-fire-2/
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/crews_tackle_barn_fire_1_3739350

2014-08-24 - Wildfire erupts, burns 650 acres, near Weaverville (California), 150 homes evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20140825-45028-USA
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_8f685873-cebc-52f4-853c-f5114706e0a5.html

2014-08-24 - Transformer bursts into flame on William Avenue in Conger (New York):
http://www.albertleatribune.com/2014/08/dwi-arrest-transformer-on-fire-and-other-reports/

2014-08-24 - Restroom building goes up in flames at Boulder Beach Water Park at theme park in Athol (Idaho):
http://www.khq.com/story/26357665/fire-breaks-out-at-silverwood-theme-park

2014-08-24 - Crating company damaged by fire just after midnight in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/fire-torched-manufacturing-warehouse-early-sunday/ng77M/
http://www.newson6.com/story/26355956/tulsa-firefighters-go-deep-to-contain-business-fire

2014-08-24 - Lumber business damaged by fire in Birnamwood (Wisconsin):
http://www.waow.com/story/26358719/2014/08/24/crews-on-scene-fire-at-birnamwood-business
http://www.shawanoleader.com/articles/2014/08/25/no-injuries-fire-kersten-lumber

2014-08-24 - Linen business goes up in flames at 3 AM in Martinez (Georgia):
http://www.wjbf.com/story/26355923/fire-damages-columbia-county-business

2014-08-24 - Church destroyed by fire at 1 AM in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/08/24/st-petersburg-fire-church/14529309/
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/08/24/fire-destroys-pinellas-voting-location-church/14536303/

2014-08-24 - Restaurant destroyed by fire, apartments damaged, in Winfield Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/fire-rips-through-butler-co-business/ng8FD/

2014-08-24 - Garage bursts into flame, fire spreads, home heavily damaged, in Whitehouse (Ohio):
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2014/08/24/Whitehouse-firefighters-on-scene-at-house-fire-on-Providence-Street.html

2014-08-24 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at Cooper's Landing in coastal New Bern (North Carolina):
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/cops-courts-and-calamity/fire-destroys-part-of-new-bern-apartment-complex-1.334481

2014-08-24 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in coastal Redwood City (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/crews-battling-fire-redwood-city-apartment-buildin/ng8Jd/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Three-alarm-fire-in-Redwood-City-displaces-5709826.php

Quote: "Firefighters received a call at 7:06 p.m. about a blaze at 950 Regent Court, said Redwood City Deputy Fire Chief Stan Maupin. When they arrived five minutes later, fire crews found two units on fire and two people who needed to be taken to the hospital - one for smoke inhalation and anther for a medical condition not associated with the fire, Maupin said."

Note: I wouldn't be so sure that 'medical condition' was not related to the fire...

2014-08-24 - Deadly fire rips through home in coastal Los Angeles (California), 1 killed:
http://abc7.com/news/heavy-storage-in-la-house-fire;-1-killed/279533/

2014-08-24 - Deadly fire burns two homes just after 3:30 AM in coastal Suffolk (Virginia), 1 killed:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Two-alarm-blaze-damages-two-homes-one-dead-272474091.html
http://www.dailypress.com/news/southside/dp-suffolk-fire-kills-one-two-others-displaced-20140824,0,2244066.story
http://wtkr.com/2014/08/24/man-killed-in-early-morning-house-fire-in-suffolk/

Quote: "Firefighters heard several small explosions coming from a motor bike and the propane tank of a grill."

2014-08-24 - Vacant home burns in Saskatoon (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/1524274/vacant-house-fire-in-saskatoon-deemed-suspicious/
http://ckom.com/story/suspicious-fire-vacant-saskatoon-home/409386
http://www.news.nom.co/vacant-house-fire-in-saskatoon-11673771-news/

2014-08-23 - Metal business erupts in flame at 5:30 AM in Kenosha (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan:
http://fox6now.com/2014/08/23/fire-at-foundry-leaves-neighbors-uneasy/

2014-08-23 - Ten or fifteen junk cars go up in flames at metal recycling business in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.yourgv.com/news/local_news/article_e2db4e3e-2bb2-11e4-9771-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "When the first firefighters arrived on scene, they discovered a pile of about 10 to 15 junked cars on fire."

2014-08-23 - Vehicles, equipment and sewer maintenance building go up in flames at 5:15 AM in Lake Placid (New York):
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/burlington/-vehicles-equipment-damaged-in-village-building-fire/27695800

Quote: "Essex County emergency officials say that crews responded to a report of a fire at 153 Powerhouse Lane around 5:15 Saturday morning. The structure on fire was a building owned by the Village of Lake Placid. Officials say the building is not a total loss but equipment and vehicles belonging to the village were badly damaged."

2014-08-23 - Vacant industrial building containing pallets goes up in flames in Digbeth (Britain):
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/fire-digbeth-warehouse-suspected-arson-7665665

Quote: "She said: 'It was just a void industrial unit with some pallet storage that had caught alight, we believe it was arson. When we got there it was well alight.'"

Note: Why would they suspect arson? Oh right, they're ignorant of the problem and not observant enough to have noticed that pallets and pallet yards and pallet companies have been going up in flames all over the place for some time now. Their derp emissions are so high there that my derpdar is picking them up from eight thousand miles away...

2014-08-23 - Pallet company goes up in flames at 2 AM in Knox (Indiana):
http://www.wkvi.com/2014/08/cause-of-friday-fire-under-investigation/

Quote: "The Knox-Center Township Volunteer Fire Department was called to Standard Pallet on County Road 300 East around 2 a.m."

2014-08-23 - Food stall explodes in Kolhapur (India), 2 injured:
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/low-intensity-explosion-at-food-stall-in-kolhapur-580694
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/minor-explosion-in-kolhapur-leaves-two-injured/article6345587.ece

2014-08-23 - SpaceX rocket explodes during test over McGregor (Texas):
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/state/2014/08/22/spacex-rocket-explodes-over-mcgregor-facilities/14469731/
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-on-rocket-explosion-2014-8
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0823/SpaceX-rocket-test-ends-with-mid-air-explosion
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Rocket-Explodes-at-Space-X-272370541.html

Note: Some high-quality 'spin' from Elon Musk. He almost had me convinced that the explosion was a good thing!

2014-08-23 - Ferry ship 'Pride Of Hull' bursts into flame in coastal Rotterdam (Netherlands), 1 injured:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Pride-Of-Hull-9208629.html
http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/23-08-2014/gewonde-bij-brand-op-veerboot-europoort
http://www.knrm.nl/service/reddingrapporten/scheepsbrand-beneluxhaven-64a4b0b2af

Quote: "On Aug 23, 2014, a fire broke out on board the 'Pride of Hull' in the Benelux Port of Rotterdam. It raged in a tank container in the afternoon. There were 15 persons on board at that time. They were examined by ambulance staff for smoke inhalation. One person was taken to hospital."

2014-08-23 - Tanker ship explodes and burns in coastal Lach Bang (Vietnam), 2 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/2-killed-4-injured-in-vietnam-oil-tanker-explosion-30292.html

2014-08-23 - Boat bursts into flame at 2:30 AM at the Elm Hill Marina on Percy Priest Lake in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/26344542/boat-catches-fire-at-elm-hill-marina
http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/Crews-Called-Out-To-Boat-Fire-On-Elm-Hill-Marina-272277171.html
http://www.wlox.com/story/26344542/boat-catches-fire-at-elm-hill-marina
http://www.fox19.com/story/26344542/boat-catches-fire-at-elm-hill-marina
http://www.walb.com/story/26344542/boat-catches-fire-at-elm-hill-marina

2014-08-23 - Migrant boat bursts into flame, burns and sinks, in the Aegean Sea near Greece:
http://www.neurope.eu/article/migrant-boat-catches-fire-sinks-greek-aegean-sea-island

2014-08-23 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on road in Denizli (Turkey):
http://www.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/midi-bus-caught-fire-on-the-move/447921/

2014-08-23 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the N25 near Waterford City (Ireland), near the coast:
http://www.fire-ireland.com/Munster-Incident-Page-4-Fires-Rescues-

Quote: "A lorry full of bales of straw well alight on the N25 between Waterford City and New Ross at Glenmore at around 5pm."

2014-08-23 - Tractor bursts into flame at Bolt Tail (Britain):
http://www.kingsbridge-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6162&headline=Clifftop%20tractor%20fire%20drama

2014-08-23 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on the Central Expressway in coastal Singapore:
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/transport/story/rubbish-truck-catches-fire-cte-causing-two-hour-traffic-jam-20140824

Note: A transit bus, a truck and two cars just burst into flame in four separate incidents in Singapore a couple of days prior, mentioned in the 2014-08-21 update...

2014-08-23 - Truck bursts into flame near US 259 in Kilgore (Texas):
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/roadways-now-open-following-vehicle-fire-in-kilgor
http://news4etx.com/2014/08/23/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-roadways-in-kilgore/
http://news4etx.com/2014/08/24/vehicle-fire-temporarily-closes-roads/

2014-08-23 - RV bursts into flame on Highway 93 near Arlee (Montana):
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/mobile-home-fire-limits-hw-93-traffic-near-arlee/27701068
http://www.trail1033.com/Missoula-News/Mobile-home-fire-limits-HW-93-traffic-near-Arlee-762919

2014-08-23 - RV bursts into flame at 2:30 AM while parked in carpark, fire spreads to 2 more vehicles, in Chapeltown (Britain):
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/sheffield-caravan-blaze-damages-vehicles-1-6802213
http://www.newsyorkshire.co.uk/news/sheffield-caravan-blaze-damages-vehicles
http://www.news-cloud.co.uk/TheStarSheffield/2014/08/23/SheffieldCaravanBlazeDamagesVehicles.html

Quote: "A crew from Elm Lane Fire Station were called out to the vehicle fire at 2.30am on Ecclesfield Road, Chapeltown. The caravan, which was parked in a communal car park, was well alight when firefighters arrived. It took the crew 45 minutes to extinguish the blaze which caused damage to two further vehicles."

2014-08-23 - Car bursts into flame at 4 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Car-far-damages-part-of-Lexington-home-272413711.html

Quote: "Around 4:00 Saturday morning, a family of three woke up to smoke alarms going off inside their home. They soon realized the back part of the home was engulfed in flames. By the time firefighters got to the home on Clemens Drive, they realized the fire actually started in a car parked under the back deck."

Quote: "The homeowners told fire officials they barely used the car and just kept it parked in the back."

Note: It's always nice to have a randomly-igniting firebomb parked right next to your home - keeps you on your toes. Also helps the construction industry when your home burns up and has to be rebuilt. And sometimes, when people die, the coffin-makers and morticians get some extra business. Win-win!

2014-08-23 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Carson Beach in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.businesswebsitedesignersmass.com/boston-car-fire-yesterday-in-the-parking-lot-of-carson-beach-near-boston-downtown

2014-08-23 - Car bursts into flame at 2:08 AM on Locust Street in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2014/08/tonights-car-fire-92/

2014-08-23 - Car bursts into flame at midnight on Highway 43 near Cleveland (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.htrnews.com/story/news/local/2014/08/23/fire-destroys-car-along-north-cleveland/14497227/

2014-08-23 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 in Clarendon County (South Carolina):
http://manninglive.com/2014/08/23/car-fire-95/

2014-08-23 - Car bursts into flame on road near campus in Ludhiana (India):
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/car-catches-fire-at-bharat-nagar-chowk-woman-son-escape/

2014-08-23 - Car bursts into flame on the M60 in Greater Manchester (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2014-08-23/driver-makes-lucky-escape-as-car-catches-fire/

2014-08-23 - Vehicle bursts into flame at 2:55 AM while parked at home on Bayview Street in Newport (Vermont):
http://newportdispatch.com/early-morning-vehicle-fire-ruled-probable-arson-in-newport/

Note: They only think it's probably arson because it was a parked vehicle. If they had a clue about what's happening on this planet then they'd think differently. This home is about 300 feet from the shore of  Lake Memphremagog. Right on the shore of a lake, wee hours, another parked vehicle igniting. This is happening all the time now, even if these sleepy fire investigators remain oblivious to that fact. I've got no beef with retarded people; I just don't think they should be fire investigators...

2014-08-23 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Highway 17 near Houston (Missouri):
http://www.houstonherald.com/news/vehicle-fire-reported/article_ad7b62e4-2ade-11e4-b707-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-23 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the M40 near Bicester (Britain):
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11429548.Vehicle_fire_on_M40_near_Bicester_closes_one_lane/
http://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/11429548.Vehicle_fire_on_M40_near_Bicester_closes_one_lane/
http://www.banburycake.co.uk/news/11429548.Vehicle_fire_on_M40_near_Bicester_closes_one_lane/

2014-08-23 - Vehicle bursts into flame at Meadow Rise, Off Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30133&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-23 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at 3 AM, home damaged, in Hixson (Tennessee):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/26352950/garage-fire-causes-100k-in-damage-to-hixson-home
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/early-morning-house-fire-12301.shtml

Quote: "Fire investigators tell Channel 3 the fire started in the attached garage and that flames consumed a car inside the garage and spread rapidly into the attic before firefighters got the blaze under control. The dollar loss was estimated at around $100,000. The cause of the fire is being ruled accidental, though what exactly sparked the blaze remains undetermined."

Note: That car probably burst into flame and started this fire...

2014-08-23 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at 6:15 AM at home on River Road in Appleton (Wisconsin):
http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2014/08/23/appleton-police-firefighters-investigate-morning-garage-fire/14497037/

Note: Home is about 300 feet from the Fox River...

2014-08-23 - Truck and vacant building destroyed by fire in Thebarton area of coastal Adelaide (Australia):
http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/emergency-services-respond-to-fire-near-the-mongols-bikie-gang-clubrooms-at-thebarton/story-fnii5yv4-1227034532239
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/emergency-services-respond-to-fire-near-the-mongols-bikie-gang-clubrooms-at-thebarton/story-fni6uo1m-1227034532239
http://ambulancenews.blogspot.com/2014/08/emergency-services-respond-to-fire-near.html

Quote: "An MFS spokesman said the building was vacant, although it is understood a truck was destroyed."

2014-08-23 - Auto business damaged by fire in Birmingham (Alabama), nobody there:
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/08/40_birmingham_firefighters_bat.html

2014-08-23 - Auto shop damaged by fire at 5:15 AM in Lake Elsinore (California):
http://www.pe.com/articles/elsinore-748753-fire-lake.html
http://patch.com/california/lake-elsinore-wildomar/auto-repair-shop-damaged-lake-elsinore-fire

2014-08-23 - Barn destroyed by fire in DeWitt (Iowa):
http://www.ourquadcities.com/story/d/story/barn-fire-in-dewitt-ia/26942/BgUoBb6OJEWQvSu0x_Xljw
http://wqad.com/2014/08/23/saturday-fire-destroys-dewitt-ia-barn/

2014-08-23 - Barn full of hay and straw damaged by fire on Tottleworth Road in Rishton (Britain):
http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/news/11429410.Barn_fire_in_Rishton/
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/blackburndarwenhyndburnribble/11429410.Barn_fire_in_Rishton/
http://www.newsnorthwest.org.uk/news/barn-fire-in-rishton

2014-08-23 - Cabinet business goes up in flames at 5 AM in Reily Township, Butler County (Ohio):
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/fire-breaks-out-at-cabinetry-business-16549.shtml
http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/fire-heavily-damages-reily-twp-business/ng7pK/
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/morning-fire-at-business-butler-county-16524.shtml
http://www.wlwt.com/news/crews-battle-cabinet-business-fire-in-reily-township/27695650

2014-08-23 - Restaurant 'The Cold Spot' destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM in Dunbar (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/26352268/breaking-news-fire-crews-on-scene-of-a-structure-fire-in-dunbar-wv
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/140823_27449.shtml
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Well-known-Restaurant-in-Dunbar-on-Fire-272401461.html

Note: They should rebuild it and call it 'The Hot Spot'. But then it'd probably get destroyed by an icestorm...

2014-08-23 - One business destroyed by fire, two more damaged, in McKee (Kentucky):
http://www.kentucky.com/2014/08/23/3393006_fire-in-mckee-damages-3-buildings.html
http://www.lex18.com/news/fire-destroys-jackson-county-business/

2014-08-23 - Food bank destroyed by fire at 4 AM in Lachute (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lachute-food-bank-fire-a-major-loss-for-the-community-1.2744873

2014-08-23 - Shed destroyed by fire at 3:47 AM at home in Manor Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/early-morning-blaze-destroys-storage-shed-in-manor-two/article_7db48bd4-2ac1-11e4-b36a-0017a43b2370.html

2014-08-23 - Shed bursts into flame at 2:40 AM, fire spreads to two more structures, in Worksop (Britain):
http://www.retfordtoday.co.uk/news/local/worksop-shed-fire-spreads-to-properties-in-town-1-6802294
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/worksop-shed-fire-spreads-to-properties-in-town

2014-08-23 - Garage destroyed by fire at 1:40 AM in coastal Wilmington (North Carolina):
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2014/08/23/wfd-responds-to-building-fire-early-saturday

Note: A school bus burst into flame on Grathwol Drive in Wilmington the day prior, mentioned in the 2014-08-22 update...

2014-08-23 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Shreveport (Louisiana), 2 dogs killed, nobody home:
http://www.ktbs.com/story/26355424/homeowners-lose-dogs-in-house-fire

2014-08-23 - Home destroyed by fire and explosion in Jackson Township, Shelby County (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/small-explosion-reported-shelby-co-fire/ng72y/

2014-08-23 - Apartment building damaged by fire at 12:10 AM on Canyon Drive in coastal Oceanside (California):
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/23/apartment-fire-canyon-drive-oceanside/

2014-08-23 - High-rise residential building damaged by blaze in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/2-injured-in-3-alarm-fire-at-Heritage-House-Apartments-272436341.html
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/23/3-alarm-causes-evacuations/14502763/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/fire-in-st-louis-high-rise-forces-residents-to-evacuate/article_ab8615ee-e80d-5506-ad19-1d7bc4da0dfc.html

2014-08-23 - Deadly fire rips through home in Riverside County (California), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/08/23/1-killed-in-riverside-county-residential-fire/

2014-08-23 - Deadly blaze starts on porch, burns home, in Norco (California), 1 killed:
http://www.pe.com/articles/fire-748781-norco-death.html
http://abc7.com/news/norco-house-fire-1-dead-after-malfunction/278611/

2014-08-23 - Deadly fire burns home in Glendale (Arizona), 2 killed:
http://www.azcentral.com/media/cinematic/video/14514473/fatal-glendale-house-fire/
http://www.azcentral.com/videos/news/local/glendale/2014/08/23/14514473/
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/glendale/fd-1-person-killed-in-glendale-house-fire

2014-08-23 - Vacant home burns at 6:30 AM in Oswego (New York):
http://www.localsyr.com/story/d/story/smoke-rises-early-in-oswego-as-crews-fight-fire-in/34337/tn_P12WHAU6mg5w4v_ftOw
http://m.localsyr.com/display/1112/story/0594ed5adb19a2090749f1a2de95b260

2014-08-23 - Vacant home burns at 3:39 AM in Saginaw (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/08/fire_at_vacant_house_in_sagina.html

2014-08-23 - Vacant home burns in Paterson (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/news/paterson-firefighter-injures-hand-battling-blaze-at-vacant-house-1.1072465

2014-08-23 - Vacant duplex burns shortly after 6 AM in Cumberland (Maryland):
http://www.your4state.com/story/d/story/crews-respond-to-fire-at-vacant-duplex/22683/_d9VPmEw8ESrmYnOQrVgLQ

2014-08-22 - Container full of junk cars explodes and burns at metal recycling business in Winona (Minnesota):
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/container-headed-for-the-road-burns-in-winona/article_3a8eba48-56be-5628-bf8e-49aca981207f.html
http://www.news8000.com/news/fire-reported-at-winona-recycling-facility/27681712
https://www.myworldnews.com/Channel/499-wkbt/Story/600701-fire-reported-at-winona-recycling-facility
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/no-injuries-at-morning-container-fire-at-matejka-recycling/article_2c46dbce-f290-562d-8839-da653755984c.html

Quote: "Hendrickson said the cause of the explosion and fire was unknown. While the cars’ upholstery and metal were a fuel source for the fire, all of the gas tanks had been removed prior to being loaded for transport."

Note: This business is located about 1000 feet from the Mississippi River...

2014-08-22 - Metal recycling business ignites on coastal Mare Island (California):
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_26391280/blaze-mare-island-engulfs-piles-metal-behind-building
http://abc7news.com/news/vallejo-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-fire-on-mare-island-/277132/
http://stevesnews.com/news/vallejo-firefighters-battle-fire-at-metal-recycling-yard-on-mare-island
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/3-alarm-fire-burns-at-vallejo-scrap-metal-yard-alco-metal-and-iron-company/

Quote: "A three-alarm fire shut down the north end of Mare Island Friday afternoon as a pile of scrap metal caught fire behind the Alco Iron & Metal Company building on the 600 block of Azuar Drive. Black smoke billowed from the 50-foot high pile for more than 45 minutes as Vallejo firefighters battled the blaze..."

2014-08-22 - Auto salvage yard and barn go up in flames in Blackford County (Indiana):
http://www.wthr.com/story/26346449/2014/08/22/firefighters-struggle-with-blackford-county-barn-fire-due-to-flood-waters
http://indianapolis.gotnewswire.com/news/firefighters-struggle-with-blackford-county-barn-fire-due-to-flood-waters
http://www.topix.com/forum/state/in/TCI7F71RDS39SU2BO

Quote: "Firefighters are on the scene of a large salvage yard fire on State Road 18 in Blackford County. Crews had trouble getting close to the barn because it was surrounded by flood waters."

Note: Check out the pics. One shows cars almost submerged in floodwater yet still on fire. From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."

2014-08-22 - Home damaged by explosion and fire in San Antonio (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.kens5.com/story/news/local/2014/08/21/house-fire-hospital-blanco/14415689/

Quote: "Chief Hood said that construction crews working nearby said they heard some sort of explosion prior to the fire around 3 p.m. A woman who was in the home at the time of the explosion was able to make it out, but suffered first-degree burns to her body."

2014-08-22 - Home damaged by explosion and fire in Council Bluffs (Iowa):
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Explosion-and-Fire-in-Bluffs-Home-272361671.html

2014-08-22 - Building explodes and burns at grain business in Evendale (Ohio), reignites later:
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/evendale/dispatch-explosion-at-central-soya-grain-silo-in-evendale
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/08/22/fire-explosion-reported-at-evendale-factory/14440237/

Quote: "Several doors were blown out by the force of the explosion and remnants of windows still dangle along the walls of the towering structure. The blast is also blamed for causing equipment in the building to catch fire."

2014-08-22 - Grill explodes at home in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), 1 seriously injured:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-explosion-20140822,0,4105813.story
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/1-hurt-in-explosion-in-east-baltimore/27690932

2014-08-22 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at business complex in Hanover (Maryland):
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.md/22fc4b60-www.foxbaltimore.com.shtml
http://snewsi.com/id/1436973163/Hanover-Business-Complex-Evacuated-For-Underground-Fire
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/building-evacuated-after-carbon-monoxide-detected/27682622
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3a9cc0dece174e8d859019dfc4ee0127/MD--Underground-Fire
http://baltimore.gotnewswire.com/news/several-businesses-evacuated-as-crews-investigate-building-fire
http://www.topix.com/forum/county/anne-arundel-md/TC4TPVE4S9TURIFQ3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/business-complex-evacuated-for-underground-fire/2014/08/22/d88a7a72-2a59-11e4-8b10-7db129976abb_story.html

Quote: "Fire officials say about 100 people were evacuated from a business complex in Hanover when an underground utility fire broke out."

2014-08-22 - Transformer bursts into flame in Bradford (Pennsylvania), near Tunungwant Creek:
http://drive.euoa.net/bradford-dispatched-for-transformer-fire-5442.html

2014-08-22 - Recycling center erupts in flame at 6 AM on Gibbet Lane in Shawell, near Lutterworth (Britain):
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-plastics-Shawell-recycling/story-22803890-detail/story.html
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/firefighters-tackle-plastics-fire-at-shawell-recycling-plant
http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=294698303&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=157

2014-08-22 - Condo building under construction damaged by fire near Three Mile Stadium in Denver (Colorado):
http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/08/22/denver-condos-on-fire-decatur/14446275/

2014-08-22 - Smoke in cockpit sends passenger plane to emergency landing at airport near Peoria (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/flight-to-ohare-makes-emergency-landing-in-peoria/

Quote: "There was an indication of smoke in the cockpit, according to a statement from the airline."

2014-08-22 - Small plane destroyed by fire, hangar damaged, at airport in Murfreesboro (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/26346417/murfreesboro-municipal-airport-fire
http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/Crews-Respond-To-Hangar-Fire-At-Murfreesboro-Airport--272295891.html

Quote: "The plane received some damage and will likely be considered a total loss due to heat exposure. There was also damage to the hangar itself."

2014-08-22 - Cargo ship bursts into flame, explodes twice, near Zárate (Argentina), 2 killed, 17 injured:
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/211492

Quote: "Yesterday, tragically, a ship carrying timber from the north and heading towards the port of Buenos Aires, caught fire and exploded twice near the city of Zárate, Buenos Aires Province in north, leaving two firefighters dead and 17 injured."

2014-08-22 - Three boats, two cars and storage building destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM on Lake George Avenue in Ticonderoga (New York):
http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/article_e0fe4210-f62d-5cb6-b925-cc2e342cf98a.html
http://www.wcax.com/story/26349315/northern-ny-warehouse-destroyed-by-fire
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/plattsburgh/fire-destroys-warehouse/27691554
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/burlington/ticonderoga-fire-leaves-cars-boats-in-ashes/27700496

Quote: "Inside were a 1930s-vintage Rolls Royce and Bentley, along with three boats."

2014-08-22 - Boat bursts into flame at marina in Lacey Township (New Jersey), 1 injured:
http://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2014/08/22/lacey-man-burned/14472551/

2014-08-22 - Eighteen school buses go up in flames in the wee hours while parked at facility on Rideau Ferry Road near Perth (Canada):
http://lake88.ca/2014/08/22/overnight-school-bus-fire-near-perth/

Quote: "A group of 18 school buses, most of them out of commission and getting ready to be scrapped, caught fire on the outskirts of Perth near Rideau Ferry Road."

Note: This is the record for most school buses to burn in one fire. The record for most buses of any kind to burn in one fire is 37 buses, which were destroyed by a mammoth inferno in coastal Newquay (Britain), mentioned in the 2013-05-12 update...

2014-08-22 - School bus bursts into flame on Grathwol Drive in coastal Wilmington (North Carolina):
http://www.wbtv.com/story/26349090/school-activity-bus-catches-on-fire
http://www.wect.com/story/26349090/school-activity-bus-catches-on-fire
http://portcitydaily.com/2014/08/22/no-injuries-reported-in-school-bus-fire/
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20140822/ARTICLES/140829871?Title=No-injuries-in-Wilmington-Christian-Academy-bus-fire

Note: These are the 8th thru 26th school buses to go up in flames in August and that brings the total to 82 burned school buses since May 1, so we're not quite averaging one school bus fire per day. Yet...

2014-08-22 - Passenger bus bursts into flame in the wee hours on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in Bangkok (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/most-recent/428207/bus-fire-on-vibhavadi-rangsit
http://www.news.nom.co/bus-fire-on-vibhavadi-rangsit-11636361-news/
http://www.pattayaone.net/national/141097/bus-fire-on-vibhavadi-rangsit/
http://mail.brudirect.com/0-southeast-asia/southeast-asia-thailand/item/8290-bus-fire-on-vibhavadi-rangsit

2014-08-22 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 6:45 AM on Route 287 in Edison (New Jersey):
http://newjersey.news12.com/news/truck-catches-fire-on-route-287-in-edison-1.9126326
http://inagist.com/all/502774699236274176/

2014-08-22 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near the Missouri River Bridge in Pierre (South Dakota):
http://www.todayskccr.com/blog/firefighters-respond-to-semi-on-fire/

2014-08-22 - Tractor and barn destroyed by fire in Floyd (Iowa):
http://kimt.com/2014/08/22/floyd-barn-fire/

2014-08-22 - Tractor bursts into flame on Clothall Road at the junction of Whitehorse Street in Baldock (Britain):
http://www.thecomet.net/news/video_firefighters_called_to_tackle_baldock_tractor_blaze_1_3738006

2014-08-22 - Three box trucks and some clothing bins destroyed by fire at facility in Santa Clara (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_26389443/santa-clara-smoke-flames-engulf-bins-and-trees
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/huge-fire-burns-at-electronics-business-in-santa-clara/

Quote: "It was unclear what caused the 1-alarm fire at Hope Services. The blaze broke out around 4:10 p.m., burning several donation bins, three trucks and trees."

2014-08-22 - Refrigerated truck bursts into flame at 5:46 AM in Oregon (Ohio), potato salad killed:
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2014/08/22/Fire-destroys-potato-salad-for-German-American-fest.html
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11661534/toledo-ohio-fire-destroys-15-tons-of-potato-salad-for-german-american-festival

2014-08-22 - Dump truck bursts into flame on street in Tooele (Utah):
http://fox13now.com/2014/08/22/no-one-injured-after-dump-truck-bursts-into-flames-in-tooele/

2014-08-22 - Van bursts into flame at Whimple, Exeter (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30101&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-22 - Minivan bursts into flame on I-35 near Cambridge (Iowa):
http://amestrib.com/news/ames-and-story-county/vehicle-fire-reported-interstate-35

Quote: "A motorist driving by the fire told the Ames Tribune in a text message that the vehicle appeared to be a severely burned minivan."

2014-08-22 - SUV bursts into flame on Northwest First Avenue in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.wsvn.com/story/26351620/tire-explodes-after-suv-catches-fire-in-miami

2014-08-22 - SUV bursts into flame on US 70 near Marion (North Carolina):
http://www.mcdowellnews.com/news/jeep-catches-fire/article_c562f0fe-2a41-11e4-8818-001a4bcf6878.html

2014-08-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked inside shop in Shepherd area of Billings (Montana):
http://www.ktvq.com/news/shepherd-fire-crews-respond-to-truck-fire/
http://www.ktvq.com/videos/truck-catches-on-fire-inside-a-shepherd-shop/

2014-08-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-90 in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/08/cleveland_truck_fire_clogs_rus.html
http://cleveland.gotnewswire.com/news/cleveland-truck-fire-blocks-rush-hour-traffic-at-dead-mans-curve-slideshow
http://www.roonte.com/www/cleveland-truck-fire-blocks-rush-hour-traffic-at-dead-mans-curve-slideshow

2014-08-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on 32nd Avenue in Brookings (South Dakota):
http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=78&story_id=21846

2014-08-22 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-10 in coastal Jackson County (Mississippi):
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/22/5757891/vehicle-fire-blocking-westbound.html

2014-08-22 - Car bursts into flame while parked at business in Lake Wales (Florida):
http://dailyridge.com/lake-wales/2014/08/22/car-fire-at-rural-king/

2014-08-22 - Car bursts into flame at 5:11 AM while parked at business in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Fire-destroys-car-parked-at-Va-Beach-business-272271741.html

2014-08-22 - Car bursts into flame at 3:10 AM while parked outside auto shop in Davidson (North Carolina), near Lake Norman:
http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2014/08/22/car-burns-behind-archers-firefighters-help-at-wrecks/
http://www.huntersvilleherald.com/news/2014/8/22/9777/car-fire-reported-in-davidson

2014-08-22 - Car bursts into flame just before 3 AM while parked on Forsyth Street in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.nbc24.com/news/story.aspx?id=1086874

2014-08-22 - Car bursts into flame on Riverside Drive near Lady Bird Lake in Austin (Texas):
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/car-fire-caught-camera-south-austin-20293.shtml

Quote: "The fire happened at Congress Ave. and Riverside Drive around 1:30 p.m. Fire officials tell us there were extra units called to the scene because of the amount of fuel coming from the vehicle. Officials say the fuel was draining towards Lady Bird Lake."

2014-08-22 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in coastal Paphos on the island of Cyprus:
http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/08/23/car-destroyed-by-fire-in-paphos/

2014-08-22 - Car bursts into flame shortly after 12:20 AM while parked on street in Efford in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30097&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Car-torched-early-hours-sparks-crew-alert/story-22800373-detail/story.html
http://uk.gotnewswire.com/news/car-torched-in-the-early-hours-sparks-fire-crew-alert-in-plymouth

2014-08-22 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-79 between Elkview and Clendenin (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/news/charlestonnews/headlines/Vehicle-Fire-Shuts-Down--272389321.html
http://charleston.gotnewswire.com/news/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-nb-i79-between-elkview-clendenin

2014-08-22 - At least 12 vehicles and auto shop destroyed by fire at 4 AM in Stroud Township (Pennsylvania), nobody there:
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140822/NEWS/140829942/-1/rss01
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140822/NEWS/140829954
http://www.wfmz.com/news/Regional-Poconos-Coal/fire-destroys-iconic-poconos-auto-body-shop/27689628
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-f-east-stroudsburg-fire-destroys-weiss-auto-bod-20140822,0,6874028.story
http://wnep.com/2014/08/22/flames-rip-through-auto-body-shop/
http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/3470/5293725?title=fire_news
http://www.pahomepage.com/story/d/story/fire-destroys-monroe-county-business/17018/1tmAD-_yDUyt2pgDu-v8HA

Quote: "Weiss had four to five of his own vehicles and eight customers' vehicles in the shop at the time of the fire. All of them, plus a ninth customer's vehicle on the back of a tow truck near the shop, were destroyed."

2014-08-22 - Auto shop destroyed by fire on Fish Hatchery Drive near Scio (Oregon):
http://democratherald.com/news/local/fire-destroys-shop-near-scio/article_2197f3ec-2a38-11e4-8763-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-22 - Barn destroyed by fire near Enid (Oklahoma):
http://www.enidnews.com/news/article_9709a876-2a76-11e4-a129-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-22 - Barn destroyed by fire in Haysville (Indiana):
https://duboiscountyherald.com/b/six-fire-departments-battle-manure-barn-fire

2014-08-22 - Barn destroyed by huge blaze in Hanover (Canada), 1100 pigs killed:
http://www.steinbachonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44944&Itemid=100413
http://globalnews.ca/news/1522440/pigs-perish-in-manitoba-barn-fire/
http://www.newswinnipeg.net/1100-pigs-killed-in-barn-fire-near-la-broquerie/
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/08/22/1100-pigs-die-in-barn-fire
http://interpeg.com/news/pigs-perish-in-barn-fire/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-hog-barn-burns-to-ground-killing-1-100-pigs-1.2744410
http://news.ca.msn.com/local/manitoba/manitoba-hog-barn-burns-to-ground-killing-1100-pigs

2014-08-22 - Barn(s) and hay destroyed by massive blaze at 1:20 AM in coastal Minster on the Isle of Sheppey (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/people-warned-to-stay-indoors-22301/
http://www.newsflare.com/video/21663/crime-accidents/drone-footage-of-barn-fire

Quote: "An investigation is under way into the cause of a massive barn blaze on Sheppey early today - the third in just weeks."

Note: They're 'investigating as arson' the other two fires. They haven't eliminated accidental causes, like hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with rust or electrified copper, so they're not too terribly competent there. They'll probably be spending an increasing amount of their work hours chasing ghosts - nonexistent arsonists - until they get a clue. In the meantime, might as well watch the Isle of Sheppey go up in flames!

2014-08-22 - Barn damaged by fire at Billhole, Black Dog (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30111&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-22 - Two brush fires ignite in the Sepulveda Basin near Van Nuys (California):
http://abc7.com/news/brush-fire-burns-in-sepulveda-dam-area/277182/
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140822/firefighers-battling-two-blazes-in-the-sepulveda-basin
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/brush-fire-erupts-in-van-nuys/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-firefighters-battle-brush-fire-in-woodland-hills-20140822-story.html

2014-08-22 - Carpet business destroyed by fire at 4:50 AM in DeLand (Florida):
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/26344547/volusia-co-road-closed-after-carpet-store-fire
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/deland-carpet-business-destroyed-fire/ng7Db/
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/fire-burns-deland-carpet-business/27677504
http://www.wesh.com/news/carpet-corner-business-in-deland-caught-fire-fire-officials-say/27677600

2014-08-22 - Furniture business heavily damaged by fire in Froxfield (Britain):
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/11428713.Froxfield_furniture_firm_takes_stock_of_fire_damage/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/502248/Firefighters-tackle-blaze-furniture-store-run-by-David-Cameron-s-mother-in-law
http://www.news.nom.co/firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-11632759-news/

2014-08-22 - Industrial building heavily damaged by fire at 6:30 AM in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/pbso-firefighters-scene-massive-industrial-fire-west-palm-beach-18672.shtml
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/firefighters-extinguish-west-palm-beach-commercial/ng7Cp/

2014-08-22 - Carport destroyed by fire at home at Nanawale Estates in coastal Puna (Hawaii):
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/fire-consumes-carport-nanawale

2014-08-22 - Porch bursts into flame before 2 AM in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://wwlp.com/2014/08/22/suspicious-porch-fire-in-springfield/
http://www.wggb.com/2014/08/22/suspicious-house-fire-under-investigation-in-springfield/

2014-08-22 - Apartment damaged by fire in Houston (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2014/08/22/hfd-small-apartment-fire-started-with-kitchen-appliance/14431007/

2014-08-22 - Home destroyed by fire just before 3 AM in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/08/22/westside-home-destroyed-overnight-fire/14429361/

2014-08-22 - Home destroyed by fire in Westbrook (Maine), near the coast, cat killed:
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/22/westbrook-house-damaged-by-fire/

2014-08-22 - Home destroyed by roaring inferno in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.kens5.com/story/news/2014/08/22/northwest-side-fire/14477789/

2014-08-22 - Apartment building damaged by blaze in Spring (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2014/08/21/firefighters-battle-apartment-fire-in-spring/14420811/

2014-08-22 - Vacant home burns in Enfield (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/26344440/fire-reported-at-a-home-in-enfield
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/26344440/fire-reported-at-a-home-in-enfield

2014-08-22 - Two adjacent vacant homes destroyed by fire at 3:50 AM in Camden (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2014/08/camden_2-alarm_fire_hits_two_vacant_houses.html
http://www.wopular.com/camden-2-alarm-fire-hits-two-vacant-houses

2014-08-22 - Vacant structure burns at midnight and again at 6:30 AM in Raysal (West Virginia):
http://www.bdtonline.com/news/article_986ac3c8-29fc-11e4-82ae-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-22 - Vacant ice plant destroyed by fire and explosions in Piqua (Ohio):
http://wdtn.com/2014/08/22/fire-at-abandoned-ice-plant-in-piqua/
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_fire-destroys-two-piqua-buildings-21944.shtml

2014-08-22 - Vacant cement business burns on Riverview Boulevard near the Mississippi River in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/22/cementland-fire-burns-without-easy-access-to-water/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-abandoned-cement-plant-in-st-louis/article_7b8ddf87-06e8-5289-9936-5d5d6d9e9716.html

2014-08-21 - In four separate incidents, transit bus, truck and two cars burst into flame in coastal Singapore:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/at-least-four-vehicles/1323938.html
http://inagist.com/all/502472014796292096/
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/this-urban-jungle/bus-catches-fire-along-upper-bukit-timah-road-the-4th-victim-in-one-day

Quote: "A bus caught fire along Upper Bukit Timah and Woodlands Road today evening (Aug 21) at about 7.30pm. Stompers Derrick, Zhou and Magdelene had all passed by the scene and contributed photos to Stomp, This is the fourth reported incident of a vehicle catching fire that Stompers have witnessed today. Earlier, Stomp received contributions about cars going up in flames along the AYE, the ECP and at Changi Cargo Complex."

Quote: "The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had a busy day on Thursday (Aug 21), tending to a rash of vehicle fires. At 7am, they were alerted to a car engulfed in flames along the East Coast Parkway (ECP) near the Bayshore Road exit."

Quote: "At 11:58am, SCDF was notified of another car on fire at the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) towards Tuas near the Jurong Pier Road exit."

Quote: "Nearly two hours later at 1:51pm, SCDF was tipped off to a lorry fire at the Changi Cargo Complex."

Quote: "On Thursday evening, Channel NewsAsia Facebook fans sent in photos of an articulated or 'bendy' bus on fire outside the Ten Mile Junction LRT station along Woodlands Road and near the Junction 10 mall."

Note: 'Coincidence' is inadequate to explain events like this. As the atmospheric contamination intensifies, we'll be seeing more events just like this, where multiple 'separate' fires torch vehicles, homes and businesses. Wait until it's 20 vehicles or 100 vehicles going up in flames in the same city on the same day. It'll be interesting to see how they attempt to spin that to convince people that it's 'normal', seeing as it's already not normal for FOUR vehicles to go up in flames in one city on the same day. What did these vehicles have in common? Not a lot. Same general timeframe, same general geographic location, same atmosphere, and that's about it...

2014-08-21 - Two apartment buildings heavily damaged by explosion and massive blaze in coastal Oakland (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/crews-knock-out-4-alarm-residential-fire-in-oakland/
http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_26378312/oakland-4-alarm-residential-fire-contained-thursday-morning
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/four-alarm-fire-roars-through-oakland-apartment-bu/ng6fP/

Quote: "'There was some sort of explosion,' said one resident. 'It sounded like a car crash in front.'"

2014-08-21 - Home explodes and burns in coastal Shanghai (China), 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/Gas-explosion-kills-1-injures-3-in-Songjiang/shdaily.shtml

Note: An apartment building just exploded at 2:35 AM in Changzhi City, killing 7 people and injuring 4 more, mentioned in the 2014-07-17 update. A passenger bus just burned in the port city of Yantai, killing 1 person and injuring 19 more, mentioned in the 2014-08-19 update. A mine was just hit by an explosion too, killing 2 people and trapping 25 more, also mentioned in the 2014-08-19 update. Things are getting pretty burny and explodey there in China. Their propaganda division is obviously gonna be working overtime coming up with stories to sell to the people as the situation gets worse...

2014-08-21 - Underground explosion and fire at 5:15 AM rocks Sauget (Illinois), manhole covers go flying high, 1 injured:
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/sewer-explosion-sends-manhole-covers-flying-in-sauget/
http://www.bnd.com/2014/08/21/3360533_sewer-blast-launches-manhole-covers.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/21/sewer-blast-launches-manhole-covers-1-injury/
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/21/sauget-sewer-explosion-manhole-gas/14388965/
http://usanewspro.us/news/sewer-blast-launches-manhole-covers-1-injury
http://www.ktrs.com/sewer-explosions-shoots-manhole-covers-into-power-lines/
http://www.veooz.com/news/MHR15ze.html
http://www.roonte.com/www/sauget-sewer-gas-explosion-sends-manhole-covers-flying-damaging-power-line
http://www.gotnewswire.com/news/sewer-blast-launches-manhole-covers-1-injury
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/21/Sauget_sewer_gas_explosion_sends_manhole_covers_flying_damag/

Quote: "Officials in a small town in southwestern Illinois town are trying to figure out what caused a sewer explosion that sent manhole covers flying so high they damaged power lines. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, one employee of a chemical plant near the site of the explosion in Sauget was injured by the blast just after 5:15 a.m. Thursday."

Note: Wow, the explosion blew manhole covers up high enough to hit power lines! Sauget is located on the eastern (downwind) banks of the Mississippi River...

2014-08-21 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blows manhole off near restaurant in Winnipeg (Canada):
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/electrical-fire-causes-hydro-to-cut-power-in-downtown-winnipeg-thursday-night-1.1971076
http://video.theloop.ca/news/watch/electrical-fire-causes-explosion/3743983192001/#.U_hzHvmwIUp
http://www.newswinnipeg.net/explosion-causes-hydro-to-cut-power-in-downtown-winnipeg-thursday-night/

2014-08-21 - Electrical substation destroyed by fire near Ozark (Missouri), 4500 homes go dark:
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/transformer-fire-leaves-thousands-without-power/21048998_27676024
http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/3470/5292473?title=fire_news
http://www.wgem.com/story/26344717/transformer-fire-causes-big-outage-in-sw-missouri
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/transformer-fire-leaves-thousands-powerless-in-southwest-missouri/article_22c1c53a-73f0-5936-ba8a-e57ad058ae2f.html

Quote: "The Empire Electric substation in Christian County was destroyed by fire Thursday evening, leaving 4,500 people in the Ozark and Sparta area without power."

2014-08-21 - Metal business hit by explosion, knocks large piece of metal onto man, in Houston (Texas), 1 killed:
http://abc13.com/news/worker-killed-after-explosion-in-northwest-houston/276130/
http://www.click2houston.com/news/explosion-kills-employee-at-nw-houston-industrial-company/27678598
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/26345863/employee-killed-after-machinery-explosion

2014-08-21 - Business damaged by explosion on Moores Mill Road in Huntsville (Alabama), 2 lightly injured:
http://www.waff.com/story/26340259/explosion-sends-metal-flying-at-cimarron-in-huntsville
http://www.wsfa.com/story/26340259/explosion-sends-metal-flying-at-cimarron-in-huntsville
http://www.kplctv.com/story/26340259/explosion-sends-metal-flying-at-cimarron-in-huntsville

2014-08-21 - Landfill damaged by fire at 11 PM, building destroyed, in Harlingen (Texas), trash pickup disrupted:
http://www.myharlingennews.com/?p=43460
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=1086284
http://www.krgv.com/news/demolition-crews-assisting-firefighters-at-harlingen-landfill-fire/
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/premium/article_731f18d4-29a8-11e4-ac9c-001a4bcf6878.html
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_1858803e-2958-11e4-a4d5-001a4bcf6878.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXncEALTvAE
http://www.kveo.com/news/harlingen-landfill-fire-finally-extinguished
http://www.myworldnews.com/Channel/349-kgbt/Story/599669-overnight-fire-at-harlingen-landfill-affecting-trash-pick-up-service

2014-08-21 - Mulch fire erupts at wood recycling facility in Ladson (South Carolina):
http://www.counton2.com/story/26340292/several-fire-departments-fighting-mulch-fire-in-ladson-hwy-78-closed
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140821/PC16/140829828/1177/fire-reported-at-ladson-wood-recycling-off-highway-78
http://www.live5news.com/story/26339073/firefighters-responding-to-blaze-at-ladson-wood-recycling-facility
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140821/PC16/140829828/fire-reported-at-ladson-wood-recycling-off-highway-78
http://www.dailynewsen.com/breaking/fire-reported-at-ladson-wood-recycling-off-highway-78-h2563776.html
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/26339936/mulch-fire-in-ladson-shuts-down-highway-78
http://www.wfxg.com/story/26339073/firefighters-responding-to-blaze-at-ladson-wood-recycling-facility
http://charleston.gotnewswire.com/news/several-fire-departments-fighting-mulch-fire-in-ladson

2014-08-21 - Plywood business destroyed by two separate fires in Rutland (Vermont), 170 people now jobless:
http://www.wcax.com/story/26335038/five-alarm-fire-at-rutland-plywood-shop
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2014/08/21/firefighters-battle-blaze-rutland-business/14377305/
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/burlington/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-vt-business-for-hours/27657244

2014-08-21 - More than 1000 tires burn near I-40 west of Albuquerque (New Mexico):
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3538642.shtml
http://www.koat.com/news/tire-fire-burns-west-of-albuquerque/27659508

2014-08-21 - Smoke in cockpit sends passenger plane to emergency landing in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2014/08/21/smoke-in-cockpit-forces-united-airlines-jet-to-land-at-ind/
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-indy-after-smoke-fills-cockpit
http://www.wthr.com/story/26342407/2014/08/21/chicago-bound-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-indianapolis

2014-08-21 - Boat explodes into flame after refueling, on the Miami River on River Drive in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.local10.com/news/miami-boat-fire/27661438
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/fire-destroys-boat-docked-on-miami-river/

Note: A boat just exploded and burned while refueling the day prior in coastal Port Washington (New York), killing one man, mentioned in the 2014-08-20 update. A boat exploded and burned while refueling at Victoria Island near Lagos (Nigeria), killing one person and injuring 9 more, mentioned in the 2014-08-17 update. So in four days that's at least three boats that have exploded and/or ignited while refueling or right after refueling. These refueling explosions and fires are probably in most cases caused by the Ghostly Match. As the atmospheric contamination proceeds, there will be more such events. The escalation is already obvious. You won't see it coming until it's too late, at which time you may be dead or on fire...

2014-08-21 - Boat bursts into flame at 4:45 AM while parked inside building on Walnut Boulevard in Byron (California):
http://eastcountytoday.net/byron-fire-destroys-boat-heavy-damage-to-building/

Quote: "Upon arrival, crews located a boat fire inside of a metal structure where the fire extended into cabinets and the office space inside the building. Firefighters quickly secured the scene and began a fire attack. According to the ECCFPD, the boat was a complete loss with heavy damage to the structure."

Note: People still park vehicles inside buildings?!

2014-08-21 - Trolley bus bursts into flame in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (New Jersey):
http://wnep.com/2014/08/21/water-gap-trolley-filled-with-tourists-catches-fire/
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140821/NEWS/140829966
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140822/NEWS/408220313/-1/NEWS

2014-08-21 - Transit bus bursts into flame near airport in Dhaka (Bangladesh):
http://newagebd.net/42482/brtc-bus-catches-fire-in-city/
http://www.thedailystar.net/brtc-bus-catches-fire-none-hurt-38082
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/08/21/brtc-operated-bus-catches-fire-in-dhaka
http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/52315/BRTC-bus-catches-fire
http://thedailynewnation.com/news/22577/articulated-bus-catches-fire-near-hsia.html
http://observerbd.com/details.php?id=38458
http://www.thedailystar.net/brtc-bus-caught-fire-none-hurt-38082
http://www.onbangladesh.org/english/newsdetail/detail/200/13669

2014-08-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on road in Kirksey (Kentucky):
http://murrayledger.com/news/kirksey-truck-fire/image_02aa8dee-28e6-11e4-92f1-0019bb2963f4.html/
http://murrayledger.com/news/hay-bales-ignite-on-semi-trailer-near-kirksey/article_dbc2fef0-28e5-11e4-a814-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 12:15 AM on Highway 401 near Ingleside (Canada):
http://www.cornwallnewswatch.com/2014/08/21/tractor-trailer-fire-shuts-down-eb-401-overnight/
http://www.cfra.com/news/2014/08/21/part-of-highway-401-eastbound-closed-after-tractor-trailer-fire
http://www.themorrisburgnews.ca/east-bound-401-closed-ingleside-due-tractor-trailer-fire

2014-08-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 12:30 AM on the Hume Freeway near Seven Creeks, near Euroa (Australia):
http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2503222/hume-freeway-closed-southbound-at-euroa-after-truck-fire/

Quote: "CFA crews from Longwood were called to the scene near Seven Creeks about 12:30am to find the semi-trailer alight and blocking two southbound lanes."

2014-08-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A303 at the Wiltshire-Hampshire border (Britain):
http://www.spirefm.co.uk/news/local-news/1374978/a303-lorry-fire-closes-road/

2014-08-21 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the M25 near Junction 27 in Essex (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-28899398
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/Delays-M25-Essex-overnight-lorry/story-22801119-detail/story.html
http://www.bobfm.co.uk/news/local-news/m25-lorry-fire-causes-overnight-delays-and-closures/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/m25-essex-remains-closed-after-lorry-fire-1462191
http://inagist.com/all/502539226068819969/
http://twitter.com/MotorwayCameras/status/502684837434507264/photo/1
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/15071/

2014-08-21 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on the A46 at Twyford, Evesham (Britain):
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11424040.Fire_breaks_out_in_refuse_lorry/
http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/11424040.Fire_breaks_out_in_refuse_lorry/

2014-08-21 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on street in coastal Vancouver (Canada):
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/08/garbage-truck-fire-main-street-39th-avenue/

2014-08-21 - Truck bursts into flame on US 17 in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/truck-fire-blocking-nb-us-17-near-nas-jax/ng6wy/
http://www.fox30jax.com/videos/news/truck-fire-outside-birmingham-gate-at-nas-jax/vCpC5k/
http://jacksonville.cityandpress.com/node/8214524

2014-08-21 - Truck bursts into flame shortly after exiting tunnel in Khandala (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Traffic-held-up-on-expressway-after-truck-catches-fire/articleshow/40624443.cms

2014-08-21 - RV bursts into flame near the Samoa Bridge in coastal Eureka (California):
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_26384805/morning-blaze-destroys-motorhome-eureka
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/eureka-ca/T11449BVQT26H9TFA

2014-08-21 - Van bursts into flame on Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City (Philippine Islands), near the coast:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/375875/news/metromanila/van-catches-fire-on-katipunan-avenue
http://pinoyportal.us/van-catches-fire-on-katipunan-avenue
http://latestnewsphilippines.com/metro-manila-news/van-catches-fire-on-katipunan-avenue
http://www.totallymanila.com/government/van-catches-fire-on-katipunan-avenue

2014-08-21 - Van bursts into flame at 12:47 AM at Forest Dene in Crowborough (Britain):
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/county-news/firefighters-tackle-van-blaze-in-crowborough-1-6252157
http://www.courier.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-van-blaze-Crowborough/story-22795417-detail/story.html

2014-08-21 - SUV bursts into flame on road in Wahpeton (North Dakota), 1 injured:
http://www.wahpetondailynews.com/news/image_150fa694-2973-11e4-aadf-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.wahpetondailynews.com/news/article_9a471e36-2a0a-11e4-940d-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-21 - SUV bursts into flame at 2:20 AM while parked at home in Huntsville (Alabama):
http://www.waff.com/story/26334573/suspicious-car-fire-in-huntsville

2014-08-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame near boat ramp at Elkhart Lake (Wisconsin):
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/local/2014/08/21/sheboygan-county-vehicle-consumed-fire/14382717/

2014-08-21 - Taxi bursts into flame on the Queensboro Bridge in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/taxi-catches-fire-backs-queensboro-bridge-traffic-article-1.1912529
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/car-fire-erupts-on-ed-koch-queensboro-bridge/
http://www.ny1.com/content/news/214289/queensboro-bridge-reopens-following-car-fire/
http://7online.com/news/car-on-fire-on-queensboro-bridge/275388/
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140821/midtown/taxi-bursts-into-flames-on-queensboro-bridge

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame just before midnight while parked in Longview (Washington):
http://tdn.com/news/local/police-say-late-night-car-fire-likely-the-result-of/article_6982445e-299e-11e4-a60a-0019bb2963f4.html

Quote: "Longview police are investigating a car fire in the 300 block of 28th Avenue late Wednesday night that authorities suspect was the result of arson. A woman who lives in a home where the car was parked reportedly heard a loud pop shortly before midnight..."

Note: They only suspect arson because it wasn't running, which just shows that they aren't paying any attention to the world, where parked vehicles have been spontaneosuly igniting regularly, and especially in the wee hours, when the atmosphere cools and contracts. And there's that popping sound again, heard right before many fires these last couple of years. That's a small explosion - like firecracker-sized - as hydrogen sulfide and/or methane finds an ignition source. With vehicles the ignition source is likely to be rusty iron/steel or electrified copper...

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Walmart in Blair (Nebraska):
http://www.enterprisepub.com/news/local_news/fire-destroys-car-in-walmart-parking-lot/article_c196e47e-29a3-11e4-81b0-0017a43b2370.html

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame on I-83 in Harrisburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/08/vehicle_fire_blocking_one_lane_2.html
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/08/vehicle_fire_cleared_from_i-83_1.html
http://newsinpenn.com/vehicle-fire-blocking-one-lane-of-i-83-southbound-near-2nd-street-exit/

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame on US 231 near Hodgesville (Alabama):
http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/car-catches-fire-near-fuel-pumps-on-us-231-127212

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame near I-35 in Bloomington (Minnesota):
http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/272122781.html

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame at 12:20 AM on Pennsy Road in Providence Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wsfc512.com/news/fullstory/newsid/211452

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame on road in Hinckley Township (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland.com/hinckley-township/index.ssf/2014/08/police_respond_to_car_fire_hin.html

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame on road in Little Wilbraham (Britain):
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Police-called-to-care-fire-opposite-Green-Man-pub-in-Little-Wilbraham-20140821134922.htm

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame at 12:15 AM on Fenton Street in Halifax (Britain):
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/crews-attend-car-fire-in-halifax-1-6797178
http://www.newsyorkshire.co.uk/news/crews-attend-car-fire-in-halifax

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame at Stonepark, Ashburton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30089&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-21 - Car bursts into flame on the M5 near Junction 24 (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30093&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-21 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Antrobus Street in Congleton (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/vehicle-fire-in-congleton

2014-08-21 - Moped bursts into flame on the Fulbright Expressway in Fayetteville (Arkansas), 1 injured:
http://www.texas-wrongful-death-lawyer.net/41956/one-fayettville-ar-injured-moped-fire-fulbright-expressway.htm

Quote: "Police think that one person was hurt when the moped they were driving is believed to have spontaneously erupted into flames for reasons currently under investigation while driving on the Fulbright Expressway near Washington Regional Medical Center. It is not clear what may have caused the fire."

2014-08-21 - Two vans and shed destroyed by fire, home damaged, on Beach Street in coastal Oceano (California):
http://santamariatimes.com/news/local/oceano-house-fire-causes-extensive-damage-video/article_12bb6f14-7552-53d2-8f6e-29a1bbac1eb8.html

2014-08-21 - Two tobacco barns destroyed by fire on Leggett Road in Rocky Mount (North Carolina):
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/police/two-barns-filled-tobcacco-burn-down-2629999

2014-08-21 - Barn destroyed by fire in Madisonburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.centredaily.com/2014/08/21/4314711/barn-on-fire-in-miles-township.html
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/08/22/update-community-neighbors-pitch-in-to-fight-madisonburg-blaze-rebuild-barn-a-546884.html

Note: A creek runs right by the address listed...

2014-08-21 - Two barns go up in flames just before midnight in Willett, Elworthy (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30096&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-21 - Barn destroyed by huge fire in Traiskirchen (Austria):
http://www.thelocal.at/20140821/30-horses-rescued-from-burning-barn

Quote: "In order to have sufficient water available to fight the blaze, a line was laid from the Wiener Neustadt Canal."

Note: Good thing that canal was so close *cough cough*...

2014-08-21 - Wildfire shuts down 25 miles of Pacific Crest Trail:
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/08/22/wildfire-shuts-mile-segment-pacific-crest-trail/14471753/

Quote: "The closure covers roughly 25 miles from Oregon Highway 140 north to the boundary of Crater Lake National Park, the U.S. Forest Service said. The closure includes most trails in the popular Seven Lakes Basin of the Sky Lakes Wilderness, where the fire is located, near Hemlock Lake."

2014-08-21 - Hay bursts into flame inside barn in Dixon (California), smell hits Sacramento:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/hay-fire-in-dixon-causing-usually-smelly-smoke/
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/21/6644792/alfalfa-fire-smoke-from-dixon.html

2014-08-21 - AC unit bursts into flame just before 4 AM, fire spreads, pizzeria mostly destroyed, in coastal Neptune Beach (Florida):
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/08/21/neptune-beach-pizzeria-fire/14379481/

2014-08-21 - Skyscraper roof bursts into flame in Portland (Oregon):
http://koin.com/2014/08/21/downtown-portland-hi-rise-building-catches-fire/
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/08/fire_breaks_out_on_the_roof_of.html

Quote: "Around that same time, officers were responding to a report of a naked woman on the roof of the Oregon Bank building at 319 SW Washington. Officials said she stripped, climbed the flag pole, grabbed the American flag and went back down the pole. She wrapped herself in the flag while holding a lighter and fire extinguisher, officials said, and then began throwing construction glue off the roof. Several vehicles on the street were damaged by the glue."

Note: They say the skyscraper roof burning and the woman getting naked and going nuts are unrelated. I wouldn't be so sure about that. Hydrogen sulfide is chemically frying peoples' brains and making their bodies heat up, so they strip naked and do crazy stuff. It's also highly reactive and extremely flammable so it's causing fires and explosions. So a fire and a person stripping naked and going crazy in the same area in the same general timeframe - very possibly related...

2014-08-21 - Home damaged by fire at 3:40 AM in coastal Hampton Beach (Virginia):
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140821-NEWS-140829947

2014-08-21 - Home damaged by fire on River Road in Sedamsville (Ohio), firefighter injured:
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/fire-sedamsville-16473.shtml

2014-08-21 - Condo building heavily damaged by fire, eight units burn, in New Milford (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/26337154/route-7-in-new-milford-closed-in-both-directions-due-to-fire
http://wtnh.com/2014/08/21/fire-breaks-out-in-new-milford-condos/
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Firefighters-Respond-in-New-Milford---272154231.html

2014-08-21 - Deadly fire burns home at 1:30 AM in Columbus (Georgia), mother and infant son killed:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/08/21/3258320_officials-mother-and-child-killed.html

2014-08-21 - Deadly fire damages home in Cleveland (Ohio), near Lake Erie, 1 killed:
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/08/man_dies_after_cleveland_house.html

2014-08-21 - Deadly fire damages home at 4 AM in Mesa (Arizona), 1 killed:
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/mesa/valley-man-ben-maile-dies-after-rescuing-family-from-fire-

Quote: "The fire was in the carport and the rear of the house."

Note: Any cars in that carport?

2014-08-21 - Deadly blaze rips through triple-decker home at 7:30 AM in coastal Boston (Massachusetts), 1 killed, 9 injured:
http://www.wcvb.com/news/4alarm-fire-breaks-out-in-tripledecker/27656882
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/four-alarm-fire-tears-through-roof-of-brighton-triple-decker/
http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2014/08/early_morning_boston_blaze_lea.html
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_26378763/1-dead-several-hurt-boston-blaze
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/08/one_man_killed_in_four_alarm_brighton_blaze
http://www.whdh.com/story/26335046/breaking-four-alarm-fire-burns-in-brighton-home

2014-08-21 - Deadly fire burns home at 6 AM in Lackawanna (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/local/2014/08/20/woman-pulled-from-early-morning-house-fire-in-lackawanna/14328215/

2014-08-21 - In separate incidents, two vacant homes burst into flame at 12:30 AM in same area in Winnipeg (Canada):
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/two-vacant-homes-in-same-neighbourhood-catch-on-fire-1.1969232
http://www.news.nom.co/two-vacant-homes-in-same-11601293-news/
http://www.cjob.com/2014/08/21/45226/
http://interpeg.com/news/firefighters-battle-two-abandoned-house-fires/

Quote: "The cause of a fire at a vacant house on Alexander Avenue is under investigation. The fire broke out around 12:30 this morning just south of Logan Avenue. No one was injured. Damage is estimated at $125,000. Firefighters also battled another fire in a vacant house. Reports say it broke out in an abandoned property just a few blocks away on Lock Street around the same time."

2014-08-21 - Vacant commercial building goes up in flames in Mayetta (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Fire-Consumes-Building-In-Mayetta-Business-District-272277911.html

2014-08-21 - Vacant apartment building burns in Hopewell (Virginia):
http://www.hopewellnews.com/article_6840.shtml

2014-08-20 - Passenger plane lands then bursts into flame at airport in Delhi (India), 28 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20140821-44985-IND

Quote: "Emergency alert was sounded at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday evening after an IndiGo flight with 154 people on board caught fire during landing at the airport's Terminal 1. As many as 28 passenger suffered injuries in the fire."

Quote: "Aviation regulator DGCA and the airline have begun probing the incident, as preliminary reports said the smoke was caused by heavy friction on the left brake assembly of the aircraft's landing gear."

Quote: "This is the second incident involving an IndiGo aircraft in the recent past. On March 8, an Indigo plane from Delhi with 182 people on board had caught fire after landing at Kathmandu airport but no one was hurt. Then too, the fire was spotted on the plane's right brake assembly."

Note: I've been warning about this problem for some time. Tires and brake pads are absorbing hydrogen sulfide. Then when brakes are applied, an unusual amount of heat is generated, since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot. Then bad things can happen: tires explode or ignite, brakes burn out or ignite, fluid lines rupture, the entire vehicle goes up in flames, or all of the above. This problem hits massive vehicles the worst - like fire trucks, buses, tanker trucks, etc - but no vehicle is immune. Also see the passenger plane that landed and had its landing gear (nose gear) collapse in coastal New Smyrna Beach (Florida) on this day...

2014-08-20 - Home destroyed by explosion in Butler County near Towanda (Kansas), 1 injured:
http://ksffa.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/propane-leak-may-have-caused-butler-co-home-explosion/

Quote: "Undersheriff Tony Wilhite, Butler County, said a 61-year-old man returned to his home after running errands, when he smelled was appeared to be propane. The man went inside his home to make sure there were no appliances with pilot lights turned on. The home exploded while the man was walking outside, Wilhite said."

Note: That may have been hydrogen sulfide, probably mixed with some methane. Methane is odorless, but hydrogen sulfide at low concentrations smells like 'rotten eggs', just like the additives added to propane and natural gas so they have any odor at all. And unlike propane, hydrogen sulfide can ignite in the presence of rusty iron/steel or electrified copper, no flame required, so turning off all the flames in the house, which this man did, would not necessarily prevent an explosion, and indeed, this explosion happened AFTER he'd turned everything off and was exiting the home...

2014-08-20 - Home explodes and burns in coastal Tema (Ghana), 4 killed:
http://www.ubalert.com/O0Nb
http://www.myghanaonline.com/1.1814768
http://www.viasat1.com.gh/vone/news/local.php?postId=5394
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=322125

2014-08-20 - Restaurant explodes and burns in Dewsbury (Britain), wedding party disrupted:
http://www.batleynews.co.uk/news/local/explosion-halts-wedding-party-in-dewsbury-1-6797377

2014-08-20 - Manhole explodes in Rome (Italy), 3 injured:
http://www.veooz.com/news/eHQzmY8.html
http://www.4-traders.com/ACEA-SPA-70723/news/ACEA--Three-workers-injured-in-manhole-explosion-in-Rome-18934899/
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2014/08/21/three-workers-injured-in-manhole-fire_c2b0501d-946a-4a47-8eba-2128e9243325.html

2014-08-20 - Refinery hit by fire in Manaus (Brazil), 1 killed:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-petrobras-refinery-death-idUSKBN0GL08S20140821

2014-08-20 - Nigeria Football Federation building devastated by huge blaze in Abuja (Nigeria):
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28840713

2014-08-20 - Boat explodes and burns while refueling at dock in coastal Port Washington (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/port-washington-boat-fire-explosion-manhasset-bay-marina-272050871.html
http://7online.com/news/1-killed-in-port-washington-boat-explosion/273166/
http://7online.com/news/1-dead-another-injured-in-port-washington-boat-fire-/273166/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/boat-explodes-burns-port-washington-n-y-marina-article-1.1910668
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/national/boat-blast-at-long-island-marina-kills-hurts/article_aace9d21-5db7-5da1-b0c3-b8730db547ee.html

Quote: "Police say the explosion happened as the owner was fueling up the 42-foot boat. A passenger on the boat jumped off and suffered injuries. Police say two docks, and other nearby boats have damage."

Note: Sounds like the work of the Ghostly Match. I mentioned refueling specifically: "Would you siphon gas or refuel your vehicle if there was a lit match right there? Of course not, but you won't SEE the match until it's struck." Another boat just exploded and burned while refueling, at Victoria Island near coastal Lagos (Nigeria), mentioned in the 2014-08-17 update. That boat explosion and fire killed 1 person and injured 9 more. So that's 2 people killed and 9 people injured in just two boat explosions in just three days, both while refueling. Obviously this is a serious and deadly problem and you won't see it coming until it's too late and you're on fire or dead...

2014-08-20 - Boat explodes and burns near coastal Dillingham (Alaska), 1 killed:
http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/boat-explosion-kills-man-in-dillingham/27640862
http://www.timesdaily.com/news/state/article_2e752388-4d70-5431-9e3c-dd226dfb30d6.html
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Man-dies-after-boat-explosion-fall-into-water-5701826.php
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Man-dies-after-boat-explosion-fall-into-water-5701826.php
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/man-dies-after-boat-explosion-fall-into-water/article_d089c20a-28bb-11e4-9873-0017a43b2370.html

Quote: "A 55-year-old man died near Dillingham after an explosion on his boat knocked him into the water."

2014-08-20 - Two boats, tractor, pickup, riding mower, two wagons, 600 bales of hay and barn destroyed by fire near Milton (Wisconsin):
http://www.gazettextra.com/20140820/update_fire_destroys_barn_handmade_boat_on_highway_59
http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_4b2d4baa-293c-11e4-b920-0017a43b2370.html
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/barn-full-of-hay-destroyed-in-milton-fire/article_3046abb2-5750-5cce-970d-8be2fc70a3af.html

Quote: "According to a news release from the Milton Fire Department, a vehicle inside the barn caught fire and sparked the blaze. The fire destroyed the barn along with a 1993 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, a 1984 Agri-Power tractor, a riding lawn mower, and a circa-1949, handmade wooden boat, according to the release. Two hay wagons and a pontoon boat outside the barn also were destroyed."

Note: Nice fire-friendly assortment of vehicles parked in there...

2014-08-20 - Boat bursts into flame while parked in yard on Tunitas Creek Road in coastal San Mateo County (California):
http://www.hmbreview.com/news/landlocked-boat-catches-fire/article_ce7f2b36-2987-11e4-b81f-0019bb2963f4.html

Quote: "The fire was contained to only the boat, but it remains a mystery exactly how the vessel ignited."

Note: Whew, good thing the owner didn't park it next to another boat, a tractor, a pickup, a riding mower, two wagons, 600 bales of hay and a barn!

2014-08-20 - School bus bursts into flame on street in Goose Creek (South Carolina):
http://www.live5news.com/story/26330743/emergency-crews-put-out-school-bus-fire-in-goose-creek
http://www.wtoc.com/story/26330743/emergency-crews-put-out-school-bus-fire-in-goose-creek
http://www.ourgazette.com/article/20140820/OG01/140829930/1108/OG
http://www.wnct.com/story/26331216/goose-creek-school-bus-catches-on-fire
http://www.dailynewsen.com/breaking/school-bus-catches-on-fire-near-goose-creek-h2561715.html
http://www.kltv.com/story/26330743/emergency-crews-put-out-school-bus-fire-in-goose-creek
http://www.wistv.com/story/26330743/emergency-crews-put-out-school-bus-fire-in-goose-creek
http://www.kptv.com/story/26330743/emergency-crews-put-out-school-bus-fire-in-goose-creek
http://www.facebook.com/live5news/posts/10152698108519052

Quote: "This is the 7th school bus to burst into flame in August, the third this week, and the 63rd since May 1...

2014-08-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 6 AM on I-64 near the Maury River in Lexington (Virginia):
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/lexington-rockbridge/tractortrailer-fire-causes-traffic-issues-on-i64-west-in-lexington/27634722
http://www.facebook.com/wdbj7/posts/10152232388322217

Quote: "A tractor-trailer fire on Interstate 64 West in Lexington is causing traffic issues on Wednesday morning. As of 6:50 a.m., the west right shoulder is closed around Exit 191, near the Maury River. The fire had both westbound lanes closed for about an hour. The fire started around 6 a.m."

2014-08-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on street in Florence (South Carolina):
http://www.scnow.com/news/local/image_e91d20e8-288c-11e4-b027-0017a43b2370.html

2014-08-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-70 near Odessa (Missouri):
http://www.kmzu.com/semi-truck-on-fire/

2014-08-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 34 near Waterloo (Iowa):
http://www.kwwl.com/story/26324121/2014/08/20/semi-tractor-caught-fire

2014-08-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near the Burnley Tunnel in coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/local/melbourne/2014/08/21/truck-fire-near-burnley-tunnel.html
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/truck-fire-near-melbournes-burnley-tunnel/story-e6frfku9-1227031495552
http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/burnley-tunnel-closed-lucky-escape-in-monash-truck-fire/20140821-3e1io.html
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/breaking-news/truck-fire-near-melbournes-burnley-tunnel/story-fnjbnvyk-1227031495552
http://news.silobreaker.com/truck-fire-near-melbournes-burnley-tunnel-5_2268170883619094626
http://www.veooz.com/news/oHQvt7B.html

Note: Heh, the BURNley Tunnel...

2014-08-20 - Tractor bursts into flame on Rectory Lane in Worlingham (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/worlingham_tractor_fire_put_out_by_lowestoft_and_beccles_firefighters_1_3734600

2014-08-20 - In separate incidents, within 4 hours and half a mile apart, dump truck and car burst into flame while parked in Stoughton (Massachusetts):
http://stoughton.wickedlocal.com/article/20140820/NEWS/140829659

Quote: "Two vehicle fires were reported in less than four hours and a half-mile apart, Stoughton Fire Chief Mark Dolloff said."

Quote: "A dump truck fire caught a second vehicle on fire at Riley Brothers Inc., 84 Tosca Dr. at 6 p.m. Monday. Fire crews were back in the area just before 10 p.m. when a silver Nissan Maxima burst into flames at Sam’s Getty service station at 452 Canton St."

Quote: Employees at Riley Brothers said the 2007 Mack dump truck worked fine all day. It was parked in a remote part of the parking lot around 4 p.m. Two hours later, it was completely in flames. Dolloff said the fire spread from the dump truck to another construction vehicle. It was unclear to firefighters where the blaze started because the flames were so heavy. Four hours later, the service station was closed when the call came in for the second fire. The Maxima sat in the lot all day without being worked on."

Quote: "'We’ve notified our fire investigator because it’s kind of strange we had two unexplained vehicle fires,' Dolloff said."

Note: Exactly as I said would be happening, multiple vehicles going up in flames in the same general area in a compressed timeframe. As the atmospheric contamination intensifies this will become increasingly common and in fact it already is...

2014-08-20 - RV bursts into flame on the Sanibel Causeway along the beach in coastal Lee County (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/sanibel/2014/08/20/sanibel-causeway-closed-due-to-a-vehicle-fire/14343811/
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/26328869/rv-fire-briefly-shuts-down-sanibel-causeway
http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2014-08-20/Sanibel-Causeway-reopens-after-fire-at-foot-of-the-bridge
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/fort-myers-fl/T31E9DTB2SSKIU5V9

Note: Check out the map in the first link - can't get much closer to the ocean than that and not be IN the ocean...

2014-08-20 - RV bursts into flame on Delaware 1 near Wrangle Hill (Delaware), near the coast:
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/traffic/2014/08/20/rv-fire-closes-del-sb-near-wrangle-hill/14365401/
http://snewsi.com/id/1436935398/RV-fire-closes-Del.-1-SB-near-Wrangle-Hill

2014-08-20 - RV bursts into flame on road near Pierceton (Indiana):
http://www.staceypageonline.com/2014/08/20/breaking-wwft-responding-to-fire/
http://1480newsnow.com/ArticleAdmin/ArticleDetail/tabid/87/ArticleId/982/RV-Catches-Fire-On-County-Road.aspx
http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/Fire-guts-RV-in-Pierceton-272123281.html

2014-08-20 - RV bursts into flame while refueling at gas station in Midland (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/08/photo_gallery_rv_engulfed_in_f.html
http://www.ourmidland.com/news/update-no-one-hurt-as-motor-home-burns-at-midland/article_2277950e-2878-11e4-ad19-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.609735435814554.1073741892.390312537756846&type=1
http://photos.mlive.com/saginawnews/2014/08/rv_fire_in_midland_county_aug.html

Quote: "On the morning of August 20th, 2014 in the 8:00am hour, heard a dispatch for a motorhome fire near M20 and Meridian Roads in Midland County."

Note: Just like all the boats that have been exploding and burning while refueling. Some people have died when their cars exploded or burned at gas stations in recent times too...

2014-08-20 - Van bursts into flame while parked at business in Medford (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/medford-ny/van-catches-fire-at-medford-business

2014-08-20 - Van bursts into flame at 2:20 AM on the South Luzon Expressway near coastal Alabang (Philippine Islands):
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/375552/news/metromanila/van-catches-fire-at-slex
http://www.totallymanila.com/government/van-catches-fire-at-slex
http://www.news.nom.co/van-catches-fire-at-slex-11559116-news/

2014-08-20 - Van bursts into flame on Castle Street in Ellon (Scotland), near the coast:
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/fire-crews-called-after-van-s-engine-catches-fire-1.533039

2014-08-20 - SUV bursts into flame on the M27 near Junction 9 (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-08-20/car-engulfed-in-flames-causing-delays-on-m27/

2014-08-20 - Pickup truck bursts into flame in Walmart parking lot in Columbia (Tennessee):
http://columbiadailyherald.com/news/local-news/road-construction-truck-catches-fire-none-injured

2014-08-20 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on street in Ithaca (New York):
http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2014/08/20/ithaca-car-fire/14333739/

2014-08-20 - Four cars destroyed by fire, a fifth damaged, while parked at BART station in Lafayette (California):
http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/08/20/4-cars-scorched-in-lafayette-bart-lot-fire/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/20/fire-destroys-4-parked-cars-in-lafayette-bart-station/
http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_26374497/worst-wednesday-ever-car-fire-at-bart-station

Note: And that's why it's increasingly unwise to park your vehicle next to other vehicles, else the risk rises that they ALL go up in flames when ANY of them ignites. That's what happened here: one car burst into flame and the fire spread to other nearby cars...

2014-08-20 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Burden Street in Dubuque (Iowa):
http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_9cadf49f-dbb2-54ef-bc8e-7064bb4fd7aa.html

2014-08-20 - Car bursts into flame while parked in parking lot in Weslaco (Texas):
http://www.krgv.com/news/weslaco-car-fire/

2014-08-20 - Classic $600,000 1947 Lincoln bursts into flame at 2:45 AM while being towed, in Churchville (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/belair/ph-ag-custom-car-damaged-by-fire-0822-20140820,0,1345570.story

Quote: "Four Level Volunteer Fire Company firefighters had the fire under control within 20 minutes, according to the notice of investigation, which also states the loss estimated by the owner, James S. Cooper, is $600,000."

Note: Looks like it was an amazing car before it got all burned up...

2014-08-20 - Car bursts into flame on I-93 in Braintree (Massachusetts):
http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140820/NEWS/140829495/12662/NEWS
http://randolph.wickedlocal.com/article/20140820/NEWS/140829495

2014-08-20 - Car bursts into flame on road near Lamesa (Texas):
http://www.pressreporter.com/Content/News/Front-Page/Article/Car-fire-leaves-questions-of-ownership/1/11/1167

2014-08-20 - Car bursts into flame shortly before midnight while parked on Wood Street in Ilkeston (Britain):
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Police-t-rule-arson-Ilkeston-car/story-22794644-detail/story.html

2014-08-20 - Car bursts into flame on the A30 near Okehampton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30079&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-20 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-20/59 near Cottondale (Alabama), big rig jackknifes 3 miles down the road too:
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/08/interstate_2059_west_jackknife.html

Note: Vehicle fire at Exit 76, jackknifed truck at Exit 79...

2014-08-20 - Vehicle bursts into flame at 1:06 AM on Harlan Ames Road in Richburg (New York):
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2014/08/bolivarrichburg-responding-to-vehicle.html

2014-08-20 - Car and garage destroyed by fire, second car damaged, in Mira Mesa area of coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.cbs8.com/story/26326221/mira-mesa-fire-displaces-several-people-destroys-car

2014-08-20 - Pickup truck and barn destroyed by fire in Frederika (Iowa):
http://www.kwayradio.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=34&id=140237

2014-08-20 - Barn destroyed by fire in Columbia (Tennessee), 5 horses killed:
http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/5-Tennessee-Walking-Horses-Killed-In-Columbia-Barn-Fire-272095391.html
http://www.wsmv.com/story/26332598/5-horses-killed-in-columbia-barn-fire
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/26332598/5-horses-killed-in-columbia-barn-fire
http://www.wkrn.com/story/26335019/tennessee-walking-horses-killed-in-barn-fire-in-columbia

2014-08-20 - Barn destroyed by fire in Alert (Indiana):
http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/local/x1927938131/Fire-destroys-barn-in-Alert

2014-08-20 - Wildfire rages, destroys 8 homes, threatens thousands more, burns 5 square miles, near Bakersfield (California):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/26329014/8-homes-destroyed-by-kern-county-wildfire
http://host.madison.com/news/wildfire-destroys-homes-scorches-square-miles/article_136770cb-0174-5700-9829-302445efc6ca.html
http://www.itemlive.com/news/national/california-wildfire-destroys-homes-buildings/article_916d5d87-bb8f-5b1f-a10f-bbb774e51f7d.html

2014-08-20 - Wildfire burns 215 acres near Holter Lake (Montana):
http://www.ktvq.com/news/wildfire-near-holter-lake-has-burns-215-acre/

2014-08-20 - Transformer bursts into flame in Beatrice (Nebraska):
http://www.kwbe.com/news/2014/08/20/kutt-local-news/transformer-scorched-in-north-beatrice/

2014-08-20 - Trash can bursts into flame in garage, fire spreads, garage damaged, at home in Las Vegas (Nevada), nobody there:
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/20/fire-contained-garage-northwest-valley-home/

Note: House is on Cool Springs Street in the northwest valley....

2014-08-20 - Storage business erupts in flame at 5:40 AM in Canton (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140820/NEWS/140829868/1994/NEWS

2014-08-20 - Workshop destroyed by fire near Oregon City (Oregon), near the Willamette River:
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2014/08/fire_destroys_workshop_east_of.html

2014-08-20 - Porch bursts into flame at home in coastal Fairhaven (Massachusetts):
http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-firefighters-quickly-douse-porch-fire/

2014-08-20 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads, home damaged, in Ottumwa (Iowa):
http://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/local_news/article_211c2c82-28b5-11e4-bd10-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-20 - Porch bursts into flame at 2:30 AM, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2014/08/20/wedding-home-lost-fire/14370261/

2014-08-20 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Warren (Indiana):
http://www.vindy.com/news/2014/aug/20/2-people-escape-tuesday-night-warren-fire/

2014-08-20 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to apartment building, in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/porch-fire-damages-home-on-james-street-in-bridgeport-1.9104065

2014-08-20 - Home destroyed by fire at 2 AM in Granite Falls (North Carolina), nobody there:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/fast-moving-fire-destroys-granite-falls-house/ng5st/

2014-08-20 - Apartment building damaged by fire at Waterfront Village on Portside Drive off Lakefront Boulevard in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/apartment-fire-in-waterfront-village-causes-150000-in-damages-20140820

Note: Waterfront, portside, lakefront....

2014-08-20 - In separate incidents, apartment building and two row homes burn in Lancaster (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/traffic-stalled-as-crews-fight--alarm-fire-in-lancaster/article_9b433794-2874-11e4-b83f-0017a43b2370.html
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/alarm-fire-strikes-row-houses-in-lancaster-city/article_0ef91a90-2853-11e4-a5b6-0017a43b2370.html

Quote: "Damage was estimated at $5,000 to 438 S. Prince St., and the damage was mainly to property under an awning, including chairs, a lawnmower and part of a small shed, Longenecker said."

Note: Quote is from the two row homes that got scorched. That fire started before 6:30 AM and started outdoors. I'd place my bets on that lawnmower as the source of this fire. Lawnmowers are basically small specialty vehicles and it's increasingly dangerous to park ANY vehicle, including lawnmowers, next to anything you don't want to see on fire...

2014-08-20 - Deadly fire destroys home near Bronson (Florida), 2 killed:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/21/4300884/2-dead-including-girl-10-in-levy.html
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140820/ARTICLES/140829974

2014-08-20 - Deadly blaze burns through home at 12:15 AM near Sumter (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wistv.com/story/26325384/man-dies-in-sumter-co-house-fire
http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/08/20/fire-sumter-home-runnymede-boulevard/14325617/

2014-08-20 - Deadly fire damages home in Walhalla (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/26322631/man-found-dead-in-oconee-county-house-fire
http://www.wyff4.com/news/coroner-1-dead-in-upstate-house-fire/27633542

2014-08-20 - Deadly fire destroys home in Centertown (Missouri), 1 killed:
http://www.newstribune.com/news/2014/aug/20/centertown-man-dies-morning-fire/
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/178069/central-missouri-man-dies-in-house-fire/

2014-08-20 - Vacant homes regularly going up in flames in Springfield (Missouri):
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/four-vacant-homes-catch-fire-in-span-of-ten-days/23202/ezPWtppkmUeGPljPtA7f9w
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/fire-marshals-investigating-arsons-in-vacant-houses/21048998_27636788

Note: Well, seeing as they haven't eliminated accidental causes, like hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with rusty iron/steel, then it would be more accurate to call these ASSUMED arsons. Competent fire investigators don't make such assumptions and they rule out accidental causes first...

2014-08-20 - Vacant home burns in Houston (Texas), fourth vacant home to burn on this block:
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2014/08/21/fourth-vacant-home-catches-fire-in-fifth-ward/14380625/

Quote: "The fire happened next to two other vacant house fires from over the summer, and another fire previously destroyed a vacant home on the same block."

Note: Say, sounds like the same thing that's happening pretty much everywhere else...

2014-08-20 - Vacant home burns just before 5 AM in Topeka (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Vacant-Home-Catches-Fire-In-Central-Topeka-271970831.html

2014-08-19 - Deadly explosion and fire destroy home and minivan in Rocky Mount (North Carolina), 2 killed:
http://abc11.com/news/boy-and-man-killed-in-house-fire/270703/
http://www.wncn.com/story/26315002/2-killed-in-house-fire-in-rocky-mount
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/investigators-look-cause-house-fire-killed-2-people-2628035
http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/13906176/

Quote: "Firefighters were called to the 1700 block of Springfield Road around 9:49 p.m. Monday after flames were seen sweeping through the man's home, and engulfing a minivan outside."

Quote: "The man's wife, Monzell Fasegha, said her husband Frederick Fasegha was a paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair. He and her great-grandson, Isaiah Crews, were home alone when the power went out in a storm. A short time later, neighbors said they heard some kind of explosion."

Quote: "The family said they believe the blaze began outside and spread to the house..."

Note: I bet that minivan ignited some passing methane and/or hydrogen sulfide. The explosion might have been from the gas plume, or maybe it was the minivan exploding. Fires that start outdoors are very dangerous because indoor smoke detectors may not sound the alarm until escape routes have been cut off by the fire...

2014-08-19 - Home explodes into flame before 2 AM, fire spreads to adjacent home, in Corvallis (Oregon):
http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/fire-damages-south-corvallis-houses/article_35623c96-278d-11e4-92a3-001a4bcf887a.html

Quote: "Dan Dochylo, who lives across the street from the houses that caught fire, said he heard a bang and went outside to see what was going on."

2014-08-19 - At least 5 classic cars and 30 motorcycles destroyed by fire while parked at business in Gadsden (Alabama):
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20140820/NEWS/140829981

Quote: "There were at least 30 Harley Davidsons, a 1929 fire truck, a 1930s fully-restored Model A Street Rod, a 1962 Corvair, a 1970s CJ5 military Jeep and an Austin Healey taxi cab that still had its meter."

2014-08-19 - Metal business damaged by explosion and fire shortly after 2 AM in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2014/08/19/explosion-fireball-touch-off-factory-fire/
http://www.wthr.com/story/26313010/2014/08/19/machine-malfunction-caused-early-morning-factory-fire-tuesday
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/fox59/2014/08/19/fire-damages-aluminum-plant-eastside-mid-america-extrusions-indianapolis/14274013/

2014-08-19 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 20 vehicles burn, in Jackson (Mississippi):
http://www.wjtv.com/story/26318871/firefighters-battle-fire-on-college-hill-in-jackson
http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/jackson/smoke-seen-for-miles-as-fire-breaks-out-at-salvage-yard/27617398
http://www.wtoc.com/story/26319056/jackson-fire-department-responds-to-auto-salvage-yard-fire
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/26319056/jackson-fire-department-responds-to-auto-salvage-yard-fire
http://jackson.gotnewswire.com/news/jackson-fire-department-responds-to-auto-salvage-yard-fire

2014-08-19 - Potato supply company explodes in Chittering (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-28850990
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Man-in-critical-condition-in-Addenbrookes-following-gas-explosion-in-Ely-Road-Chittering-20140819102340.htm

2014-08-19 - Mine rocked by explosion in Huainan (China), 2 killed, 25+ trapped underground:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/08/20/Explosion-at-Chinese-mine-traps-25-miners/3751408554212/
http://shanghaiist.com/2014/08/20/25-workers-trapped-coal-mine-explosion.php
http://news.sky.com/story/1321108/china-explosion-leaves-29-trapped-inside-mine
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/27-trapped-after-china-mine-blast-30519296.html
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-08-19/coal-explosion-in-china-traps-29-workers-underground/

2014-08-19 - Electronic device bursts into flame at home, fire spreads to home, in Ripley (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/chautauqua-county/ripley-man-dies-in-late-afternoon-house-fire-20140819
http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/601907/Fire-claims-life-of-Ripley-man.html

2014-08-19 - Apartments under construction hit by mysterious fire at 4:37 AM in Salt Lake City (Utah):
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58313400-78/fire-lake-salt-20000.html.csp
http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/fire-sparks-at-downtown-salt-lake-city-apartment-13255.shtml

Quote: "Salt Lake City fire investigators had a mystery in their hands Tuesday: What caused a portion of an under-construction apartment complex to ignite?"

Quote: "The fire started in the first floor level of the three-level complex on the southeast corner of 300 East and 500 South, which also has a subfloor parking area. The structure itself, still largely cement, sustained no damage with the flames consuming PVC pipe, fittings and some wood pallets."

Note: Pallets - tada, mystery solved, even if they don't know it yet. Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with rusty iron/steel, like the nails/screws/staples that hold pallets together. So a little gas blows by, some sparking breaks out near a rusty nail or whatever, a spark lands on the pallet wood (or anything else combustible that's nearby), and you have a fire. Lots of pallet companies have gone up in flames in the last couple of years, and there have been many other fires where pallets have been mentioned...

2014-08-19 - Boat bursts into flame just before 6 AM while parked at home in Mt. Juliet (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/story/26313724/mt-juliet-boat-fire-possibly-arson-case

Quote: "The owner said the boat's battery was taken out two years ago and it had no electricity. Fire officials on the scene told News 2 there was no ignition source and they are looking into possible arson."

Note: I bet that boat had some rusty iron/steel in it somewhere, like the battery mounting brackets or something like that. Just because fire officials are ignorant of the problem doesn't make the problem go away, it just means the taxpayers are paying the salaries of ignorant fire officials...

2014-08-19 - Boat bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in coastal Fort Lauderdale (Florida):
http://www.local10.com/news/fire-breaks-out-at-fort-lauderdale-home/27619920
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/08/19/boat-fire-spreads-to-nearby-fort-lauderdale-home/
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-fort-lauderdale-house-fire-20140819,0,4355013.story
http://miami.gotnewswire.com/news/boat-fire-damages-fort-lauderdale-home
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/750l0dz8u/Boat-Fire-Spreads-To-Nearby-Fort-Lauderdale-Home.htm
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11653836/boat-catches-fire-spreads-to-fort-lauderdale-house

2014-08-19 - Fishing boat bursts into flame on the Fraser River near the Pattullo Bridge in New Westminster (Canada):
http://www.royalcityrecord.com/video-boat-fire-blazes-below-pattullo-1.1319670
http://globalnews.ca/news/1515967/boat-catches-on-fire-in-fraser-river/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pattullo-bridge-boat-fire-extinguished-by-emergency-crews-1.2740874
http://www.news1130.com/2014/08/19/boat-fire-near-the-pattullo-bridge/
http://canadanews.center/item/4126_pattullo-bridge-boat-fire-extinguished-by-emergency-crews
http://www.royalcityrecord.com/news/photos-boat-fire-blazes-below-pattullo-1.1320920
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU9X-B9H8X8
http://inagist.com/all/501805267139710976/

2014-08-19 - Passenger bus bursts into flame in the port city of Yantai (China), 1 killed, 19 injured:
http://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/article1260648.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/20/4298939/chinas-latest-bus-fire-kills-1.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chinas-latest-bus-fire-kills-injures-19-25046755
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/20/Chinas_latest_bus_fire_kills_1_injures_19/
http://www.wopular.com/chinas-latest-bus-fire-kills-1-injures-19

Quote: "The blaze is at least the fifth bus fire this year in China. Several public attacks in recent years, including bus arson and hackings, have been blamed on people who are mentally unstable or who are seeking revenge against society."

Note: Well, they have to come up with something other than the truth to sell people - that's how China rolls with their propaganda division. It's very odd that it's just in the last couple of years that buses started burning up in China, at the same time buses started bursting into flame at a higher rate everywhere on the planet. Can't blame all the buses burning OUTSIDE of China on dissatisfied Chinese people. So, I think I'm just gonna ignore China's propaganda division's stories. Let's watch and see what other stories they come up with as buses continue to ignite and incinerate their people, which is definitely going to happen, though it will certainly happen more in coastal cities like this one. Oh, and all those mysterious empty cities in China, where are they located? About as far from the coasts as possible, that's where. That is no coincidence...

2014-08-19 - School bus bursts into flame on Manning Avenue in Reedley (California):
http://www.reedleyexponent.com/articles/2014/08/20/news/doc53f4d3eeb77d3493358710.txt

Quote: "This is the 6th school bus to burst into flame in August, the second this week, and the 62nd since May 1...

2014-08-19 - Transit bus bursts into flame on street near Penn's Landing in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/08/19/crews-battle-septa-fire-bus-near-penns-landing/
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/08/19/septa-bus-catches-fire-in-old-city.html
http://6abc.com/news/septa-bus-catches-fire-at-penns-landing/270856/
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/SEPTA_bus_catches_fire_near_Penns_Landing.html

Note: Penn's Landing is on the banks of the Delaware River and is where the tour buses for Styx and Foreigner recently caught fire while parked at a venue there, mentioned in the 2014-07-02 update...

2014-08-19 - Charter bus bursts into flame on US 75 in Dallas (Texas):
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Charter-Bus-Catches-Fire-on-US-Highway-75-271862561.html
http://fortworth.cityandpress.com/node/8200719
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/dallas/charter-bus-catches-fire-on-us-75/
http://www.newsrt.us/news/nbc-5-charter-bus-catches-fire-on-u-s-highway-75-near-royal-lane-1548186.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/best-southwest/headlines/20140819-nbc-5-charter-bus-catches-fire-on-u.s.-highway-75-at-royal-lane.ece

2014-08-19 - Passenger bus bursts into flame in the Lincoln Tunnel in coastal New York City (New York):
http://7online.com/traffic/bus-fire-leads-to-delays-at-lincoln-tunnel/270649/

2014-08-19 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on Highway 400 south of Canal Road near Barrie (Canada):
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2014/08/19/truck-goes-up-in-flames-on-highway-400

2014-08-19 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on road in Aiken County near Wagener (South Carolina):
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2014-08-19/tanker-fire-aiken-county
http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20140819/AIK0101/140819367/1004/no-injuries-reported-in-wagener-tanker-fire
http://www.press-report.us.com/clanek-26423147-tanker-on-fire-in-aiken-county

Quote: "Firefighters are working to extinguish a tanker truck fire on Old 96 Road in Aiken County."

2014-08-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame before 7 AM on Route 695 (Goose Creek Valley Road) in Bedford County (Virginia):
http://www.wset.com/story/26316012/goose-creek-valley-rdin-montvale-closed-after-truck-fire
http://www.wsls.com/story/26313852/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-rt-695-in-bedford-county
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/tractortrailer-on-fire-in-bedford-county/27609072
http://www.facebook.com/wdbj7/posts/10152230799212217
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/truck-fire-closes-portion-of-bedford-co-road/article_1f2b6b66-d394-5dec-a395-d851f3a09f87.html
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/bedford_county/bedford-county-road-cleared-after-truck-fire/article_d87b5c04-3054-5021-94cb-8e487140af0e.html

2014-08-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-80 near Walcott (Iowa):
http://www.kwqc.com/story/26318741/semi-fire-on-i-80-near-walcott-ia

2014-08-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-94 in St. Michael (Minnesota):
http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/271832181.html
http://www.veooz.com/news/SHQh9x7.html
http://www.navbug.com/article103814253/8_10_am_update_semi_fire_out_in_94_in_st_michael_minneapolis_star_tribune.htm

2014-08-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the New York State Thruway near Nyack (New York):
http://nyackfreepress.blogspot.com/2014/08/truck-fire-brings-early-morning-mess-to.html

2014-08-19 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame just after midnight on road near Brandon (Canada):
http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Early-morning-semi-fire-closes-Eastern-Access-271823971.html
http://www.brandonsun.com/local/semi-trailer-fire-closes-eastern-access-route-271975751.html
http://interpeg.com/news/semi-trailer-fire-closes-eastern-access-route/

2014-08-19 - Tractor bursts into flame near home on Beaver Valley Road near Rockford (Illinois):
http://rockfordscanner.com/2014/08/19/tractor-on-fire-near-a-residence/

2014-08-19 - Tractor bursts into flame at farm in Old Hollow, Worth (Britain):
http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/crawley-firefighters-called-to-tractor-fire-1-6248533
http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/Tractor-destroyed-large-area-shrub-land-Worth/story-22788213-detail/story.html

2014-08-19 - Van bursts into flame on street in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam):
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/driver-passengers-escape-hcmc-car-fire-30069.html

2014-08-19 - Van and trailer burst into flame on the A419 in Swindon (Britain):
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/archive/2014/08/19/11419118.Trailer_and_van_gutted/

2014-08-19 - Van bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, on Milton Crescent in Ravenshead (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/brigade-tackle-blazes-Basford-Ravenshead/story-22784263-detail/story.html

Quote: "The first incident took place in Milton Crescent, Ravenshead, at around 3.30pm, when a fire from a van had spread to a garage and bungalow."

2014-08-19 - Van bursts into flame on the A24 near Dial Post (Britain):
http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/breaking-news-van-on-fire-on-a24-1-6246989

2014-08-19 - Minivan bursts into flame, ignites two more cars, at mall in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/car-fire-at-lindale-mall-29297.shtml
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/update-car-fire-at-lindale-mall-29297.shtml

2014-08-19 - Pickup truck bursts into flame near coastal Portugal Cove (Canada):
http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=48524

2014-08-19 - Lamborghini Murcielago bursts into flame on expressway in coastal Tokyo (Japan):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2728974/Gone-60-seconds-Lamborghini-Murcielago-bursts-flames-giant-fireball-Tokyo-expressway.html

Quote: "These shocking pictures show the moment a £150,000 Lamborghini burst into flames and turned into a blackened wreckage. The acid green Murcielago caught fire on a Tokyo expressway, and was burnt to a crisp within seconds, though the driver was able to make a lucky and extremely rapid escape. The 121mph Italian supercar went from 0 to 1700 degrees Fahrenheit faster than the 2.9 seconds it would take it to sprint from 0-62mph."

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on I-75 in coastal Bonita Springs (Florida):
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/local-news/vehicle-fire-blocking-i-75-traffic-in-lee-county

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 67 in Lakeside (California):
http://lakesidefiredist.blogspot.com/2014/08/vehicle-fire-spreads-to-vegetation-on.html

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 45 in West Bend (Wisconsin):
http://www.wisn.com/news/raw-car-fire-on-highway-45/27614918
http://news.yahoo.com/video/raw-car-fire-highway-45-182505962.html

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on I-65 near Frankfort (Indiana):
http://wlfi.com/2014/08/19/car-fire-snares-traffic-on-i-65-around-rush-hour/

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on I-76 near Gulph Mills (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Car-Catches-Fire-on-I-76-271901351.html

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on Route 78 near Bernards Township (New Jersey):
http://patch.com/new-jersey/basking-ridge/advisory-traffic-along-route-78-due-car-fire-reports-say#.U_RitvldXh4
http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2014/08/vehicle_fire_tying_up_route_78_in_bernards_township_dot_says.html

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on Gillis Avenue in Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/brainerd-fire-respond-multiple-calls

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on State Route 585 in Doylestown (Ohio):
http://www.thepostnewspapers.com/northern_wayne/local_news/article_d598723e-a4ee-5ad5-bdac-a5b2a1ea7f72.html

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on the Trans-Canada Highway in Langley (Canada):
http://www.langleyadvance.com/news/car-destroyed-by-fire-in-langley-1.1319226

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame near school in Bendigo (Australia):
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2498205/cfa-called-to-car-fire-near-kalianna-special-school/

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame while parked at school in coastal Banting (Malaysia):
http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/08/19/students-involved-teachers-car-caught-fire/

Quote: "The students of the school were said to have gone into a state of panic because they thought the teacher was in the car, which was not the case. One of the students, Sofiatul Hidayah Azman Naim, 18, told Bernama that the car parked in the compound suddenly burst into flames at 8.45am."

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on the A41 near Berkhamsted (Britain):
http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/more-news/a41-closed-during-morning-car-fire-1-6247497

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on the M5 near Stroud (Britain):
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Traffic-M5-northbound-closed-following-car/story-22782875-detail/story.html

Quote: "A car fire closed the M5 northbound in Gloucestershire - opposite the site of the earlier coach crash."

Note: The bus overturned, mentioned in the accidents section...

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame near campus in Longlevens, Gloucester (Britain):
http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Car-forces-temporary-road-closure-Longlevens/story-22783368-detail/story.html

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on the M11 near Saffron Walden (Britain):
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Car-fire-causes-severe-delays-on-M11-near-Saffron-Walden-20140819141043.htm
http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/Car-causes-delays-M11-near-Bishop-s-Stortford/story-22783338-detail/story.html
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Car-causing-delays-M11-near-Stortford/story-22782930-detail/story.html
http://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/news/update_m11_reopened_following_a_car_fire_1_3732698

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on Longhurst Road in Broadfield, Crawley (Britain):
http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/fire-crews-called-to-car-fire-in-crawley-1-6248513

2014-08-19 - Car bursts into flame on Swan's Nest Lane in Stratford-upon-Avon (Britain), near the River Avon:
http://www.stratford-herald.com/27869-family-forced-to-flee-car-fire-in-stratford.html

2014-08-19 - Motorcycle bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home on Waterfield Drive in Sparks (Nevada):
http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/08/20/motorcycle-malfunction-causes-sparks-garage-fire/14336479/

2014-08-19 - Hay baler bursts into flame near Combe Lane in Hillhead, Brixham (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30072&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-19 - Car and vacant mobile home destroyed by fire in Fallsburg (Kentucky):
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Fire-Destroys-Abandoned-Home-in-Lawrence-County-Ky-271948661.html

Quote: "Dispatchers said a trailer and a car were destroyed, but no one was living at the home."

2014-08-19 - Lawnmowers and barn go up in flames in Martic Township (Pennsylvania), nobody there:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/fire-strikes-storage-barn-in-martic-township/article_07693a42-27a1-11e4-94da-001a4bcf6878.html
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/update-fire-destroys-half-of-large-pole-barn-in-martic/article_07693a42-27a1-11e4-94da-001a4bcf6878.html

2014-08-19 - Massive wildfires roar through Siberia (Russia):
http://famagusta-gazette.com/massive-fires-sweep-across-siberia-thousand-hectares-destroyed-p24934-69.htm

2014-08-19 - AC unit bursts into flame at hotel in North Haven (Connecticut), near the coast:
http://wtnh.com/2014/08/19/north-haven-fire-damages-hotel-rooms/

2014-08-19 - Home burns at 3:15 AM, second fire in three days, in Bethel Township (Ohio):
http://wdtn.com/2014/08/19/house-catches-fire-twice-in-three-days/

2014-08-19 - Apartment building damaged by huge fire in Beavercreek (Ohio), 50 people homeless:
http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/fire-breaks-out-stonebridge-apartment-homes/ng5kL/
http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef_50-people-displaced-massive-fire-at-stonebridge-apartment-homes-beavercreek-21868.shtml

2014-08-19 - Deadly blaze burns through home in coastal Tampa (Florida), 2 killed:
http://tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2-found-dead-after-tampa-fire-20140818/
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/26310858/two-found-dead-in-house-fire
http://tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2-found-dead-after-tampa-fire-20140818/
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2014/8/18/_2_found_dead_in_tam.html

2014-08-19 - Deadly fire burns apartment on South Harbor Boulevard in La Habra (California), near the coast, 1 killed:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-632106-habra-apartment.html

2014-08-19 - Vacant home burns just before midnight in Springfield (Missouri):
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/vacant-house-damaged-in-overnight-fire/37202/82cOHbHxq0OZ4jFF5FoCxA

2014-08-19 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM on Sprucebrook Lane in Timberlea (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/1512587/suspicious-fire-burns-down-house-in-timberlea/
http://news.nom.co/suspicious-fire-burns-down-vacant-11517067-news/

2014-08-19 - Vacant mobile home bursts into flame, destroyed, fire damages two other homes, in Independence Township (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/08/18/firefighters-battle-trailer-fire-in-beaver-co/

Quote: "The Independence Township fire chief said it is unclear how the trailer caught fire because it was abandoned. 'Nobody lived there for two years. They don’t have electric to it. Nothing is on,' Deller said."

Note: I bet there was some rusty iron/steel in or on that trailer. Buildings don't require gas or electric service to ignite now. That's why so many vacant structures and barns are being destroyed by fire these days...

2014-08-19 - Vacant industrial building burns in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/26316313/fire-reported

2014-08-18 - Pile of scrap metal bursts into flame at 1 AM at metal recycling plant in coastal Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/26309820/fire-investigators-look-into-cause-scrap-metal-recycling-plant-fire
http://www.topix.com/business/metals/2014/08/fire-investigators-look-into-cause-scrap-metal-recycling-plant-fire
http://www.scrapmonster.com/news/ccfd-investigates-overnight-fire-at-scrap-metal-recycling-plant/1/16895

Note: These fires where scrap metal ignites like this really don't have any other explanation - these fires are caused by hydrogen sulfide and its reactivity with rusty iron/steel. In the past, scrap metal didn't ignite but in the last few years there have been an increasing number of incidents where scrap metal has burst into flame. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any methane or hydrogen sulfide in the air above closer to the ground, making explosions, fires and people and animals sickening and/or dying more common during those hours. This area is right on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico...

2014-08-18 - Home destroyed by explosion and fire, adjacent home burned, in Allonnes (France), 3 injured:
http://www.ouest-france.fr/explosion-allonnes-une-maison-soufflee-trois-blesses-graves-2767302
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.ouest-france.fr/explosion-allonnes-une-maison-soufflee-trois-blesses-graves-2767302&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dexplosion%26start%3D40%26sa%3DN%26noj%3D1%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D631%26tbs%3Dqdr:d

2014-08-18 - Trailer home destroyed by explosion and fire in Jefferson County (Illinois):
http://www.wsiltv.com/news/local/Fire-Explosion-Destroy-Trailer-in-Jefferson-County-271772481.html

2014-08-18 - Garage explodes and burns at 6:49 AM, fire spreads to home, in Houston (Texas), 1 injured:
http://abc13.com/news/firefighters-save-family-pet-after-garage-explosion/268440/
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2014/08/18/house-fire-and-possible-explosion-in-nw-harris-county/14225297/

2014-08-18 - Underground coal fire erupts on the Denniston Plateau (New Zealand):
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1408/S00343/underground-coal-fire-on-denniston-plateau.htm
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/18/Underground_coal_fire_on_Denniston_Plateau/

2014-08-18 - Recycling center hit by fire at 1:16 AM in Henrico County (Virginia), nobody there:
http://www.wric.com/story/26302910/henrico-warehouse-fire-brings-crews-out-monday-morning
http://www.nbc12.com/story/26303367/henrico-firefighters-battle-early-morning-warehouse-fire
http://www.henricocitizen.com/news/article/firefighters_extinguish_warehouse_fire_near_rir_4852

2014-08-18 - iPhone5 bursts into flame on passenger plane at airport in Prague (Czech Republic):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/iphone-spontaneously-catches-fire-on-plane-forces-/ng48f/

2014-08-18 - Decommissioned cargo ship damaged by fire in Sault Ste. Marie (Canada):
http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/details.asp?c=77308

2014-08-18 - Fishing boat bursts into flame off the coast near Otsuchi Bay, Iwate Prefecture (Japan), 2 missing:
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001507850
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/19/national/pair-missing-fishing-boat-catches-fire/
http://israelforeignaffairs.com/pair-missing-after-fishing-boat-catches-fire/
http://www.news.nom.co/pair-missing-after-fishing-boat-11534129-news/
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2014081900373
http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/109101.php
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/19/Fishing_boat_fire_leaves_2_missing_off_Iwate_Prefecture/

2014-08-18 - Boat bursts into flame on the Missouri River near Fort Calhoun (Nebraska):
http://www.enterprisepub.com/news/local_news/crews-called-to-boat-fire-on-missouri-river/article_06f1d6a0-2710-11e4-93dc-0017a43b2370.html
http://www.enterprisepub.com/news/local_news/crews-called-to-boat-fire-on-missouri-river/article_06f1d6a0-2710-11e4-93dc-0017a43b2370.html?mode=image&photo=0

2014-08-18 - Boat bursts into flame at 1:38 AM while moored in coastal Conception Bay (Canada), nobody aboard:
http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=48477&latest=1
http://www.thenorwester.ca/News/Local/2014-08-18/article-3837833/Boat-catches-fire-in-Conception-Bay/1
http://www.nlnewsnow.com/News/Local/2014-08-18/article-3837833/Boat-catches-fire-in-Conception-Bay/1
http://www.northernpen.ca/News/Local/2014-08-18/article-3837833/Boat-catches-fire-in-Conception-Bay/1
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-08-18/article-3837833/Boat-catches-fire-in-Conception-Bay/1

2014-08-18 - Jet ski bursts into flame on the St. Croix River near the Town of Linn (Wisconsin), 1 injured:
http://www.wqow.com/story/26309614/2014/08/18/woman-injured-after-jet-ski-explodes-in-st-croix-river
http://www.gazettextra.com/20140818/jet_ski_catches_on_fire_on_geneva_lake
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/08/18/woman-20-injured-in-jet-ski-explosion/

2014-08-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 5 AM on Route 17 in Paramus (New Jersey):
http://7online.com/traffic/tractor-trailer-fire-shuts-down-route-17-north-in-paramus/267944/
http://patch.com/new-jersey/mahwah/tractor-trailer-fire-snarls-morning-drive-rt-17-paramus
http://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood-glen-rock/tractor-trailer-fire-snarls-morning-drive-rt-17-paramus
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2014/08/route_17_north_in_paramus_closed_for_truck_fire.html
http://www.northjersey.com/news/tractor-trailer-fire-causes-morning-rush-mess-on-route-17-in-paramus-video-1.1069018
http://www.topix.com/city/clifton-nj/2014/08/route-17-truck-fire

2014-08-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-64 near Ashley (Illinois):
http://www.wsiltv.com/news/local/I-64-Semi-Fire-271767491.html
http://www.facebook.com/wsilnews3/posts/10152729152919880

2014-08-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 75 near Hoyt (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Semi-Catches-Fire-On-Highway-75-271746451.html

2014-08-18 - Semi tractor bursts into flame after midnight while parked at home in coastal Port Angeles (Washington):
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140818/NEWS/308189972/exploding-tire-rouses-residents-to-danger-from-log-truck-fire
http://www.topix.com/city/port-angeles-wa/2014/08/exploding-tire-rouses-residents-to-danger-from-log-truck-fire

2014-08-18 - Tractor bursts into flame in Vincent (Ohio):
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/594648/Washington-Sheriff.html?nav=5321

Quote: "On Aug. 16, a deputy and the Barlow Volunteer Fire Department responded to a tractor fire on the property of Mayford Miller, 56, at 1114 Walsh Road, Vincent."

2014-08-18 - RV bursts into flame at 3:19 AM while parked in tow yard, fire spreads to two cars and truck, in Poulsbo (Washington):
http://www.kingstoncommunitynews.com/news/271721861.html

Quote: "Two passenger cars were damaged by fire, along with a Kitsap Towing flatbed truck. Another flatbed received moderate damage from the heat, according to NKF&R. It appears the fire began in the area of the RV..."

2014-08-18 - RV bursts into flame on Mount Umunhum (California):
http://www.csnbayarea.com/article/abandoned-motorhome-fire-starts-blaze-mt-umunhum
http://snewsi.com/id/1436880197

2014-08-18 - RV bursts into flame at Moorfields in Allensmore (Britain):
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11415857.Caravan_fire_in_Allensmore/
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/regional/herefordshire/11415857.Caravan_fire_in_Allensmore/

2014-08-18 - Minivan bursts into flame on Castle Road on the Isle of Wight (Britain):
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/car-fire-tackled-63008.aspx

2014-08-18 - SUV bursts into flame at 3:45 AM while parked at home in Sioux Falls (South Dakota):
http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/18/police-investigating-possible-arson-suv/14236821/

2014-08-18 - SUV bursts into flame on I-84 near Greeneville (New York):
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140818/NEWS/140819733/-1/rss01
http://www.mirrornewsservice.com/MIDDLETOWN-TIMES-HERALD-RECORD/Car-fire-on-I-84-eastbound-at-Greenville-621893

2014-08-18 - Pickup truck bursts into flame near Cemetery Road in coastal Montauk (New York), 1000 feet from the ocean:
http://easthamptonstar.com/News/2014819/Fire-Destroys-Truck-Monday
http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/General-Interest-EH/76122/POLICE-Car-Fire-on-Napeague-Stretch

Quote: "This was the second car fire in as many days. On Sunday evening, an older car was also destroyed after its engine erupted in flames on Abram's Landing Road in Amagansett, near Montauk Highway."

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked in apartment parking garage in Huntersville (North Carolina):
http://www.huntersvillefd.com/news/fullstory/newsid/211356

Quote: "At 4:12pm Huntersville Station 2 was dispatched to Birkdale Village for a car fire in the parking garage. Engine 22 quickly responded and arrived on scene to find a working car fire in the lower level of the parking garage."

Note: Being a heavier-than-air gas, hydrogen sulfide will seek out the lowest-lying area it can find, like the lower level of parking garages, as in this case...

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame on road in coastal Amagansett (New York):
http://easthamptonstar.com/Lead-article/1/Cadillac-Bursts-Flames-Near-Amagansett-Tracks

2014-08-18 - Car explodes and burns just before midnight while parked in garage in Muskegon (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2014/08/garage_significantly_damaged_i.html

Quote: "The owner of the garage told fire officials that he had an older vehicle inside the garage he was trying to charge. He heard an explosion and found that his vehicle was on fire and called 911, authorities said. The fire then spread to the garage."

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame behind business on East Washington Avenue in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2014/08/tonights-car-fire-91/

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame at Green Giant Statue Park in Blue Earth (Minnesota):
http://www.kbew98country.com/Car-Destroyed-After-Fire-at-Green-Giant-Park-08-18/19703109

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame on Kentshire Drive in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/suspicious-car-fire-manheim-township-police-investigate-11258.shtml

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame on I-80 near Marne (Iowa):
http://www.965ksom.com/news/latest-news-stories/110622

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame at Fishermans Wharf on Queen Street in Bridgwater (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30067&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame on the A483 near Rossett (Britain):
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/a483-large-queues-after-car-7634371
http://www.wrexham.com/news/a483-southbound-reopens-following-car-fire-46927.html

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame on the the A607 Cliff Road in Wellingore (Britain):
http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/Fire-crews-tackle-car-blaze-in-Wellingore
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/fire-crews-tackle-car-blaze-in-wellingore

2014-08-18 - Car bursts into flame on Seven Mile Lane near Larkfield (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/firefighters-put-out-car-fire-22061/

2014-08-18 - Four scrap cars and some timber go up in flames at plant near Whittlesey (Britain):
http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/scrap_vehicles_and_timber_well_alight_by_the_time_fire_crews_reach_plant_hire_firm_near_whittlesey_1_3730914

2014-08-18 - Auto shop and American Legion post destroyed by fire at 3:10 AM in Kingsville (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.caller.com/news/local-news/kingsville-american-legion-post-and-auto-body-shop-destroyed-by-early-monday-fire_66363714

2014-08-18 - Transformer bursts into flame near college in Martinsburg (West Virginia):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/transformer-fire-causes-power-outage-in-martinsburg/article_82e42f04-26ef-11e4-99d6-001a4bcf6878.html

2014-08-18 - Barn destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in Barron County (Wisconsin), 64 cows killed:
http://www.wqow.com/story/26308379/2014/08/18/64-cows-killed-in-barron-co-barn-fire

2014-08-18 - Barn destroyed by fire at 5 AM at telephone pole business in the Town of Clinton (Wisconsin):
http://www.chetekalert.com/article_a6d9ef8e-271c-11e4-879f-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-08-18 - Barn full of hay destroyed by fire in Mount Hope (New York):
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140819/NEWS/408190327
http://berkshires.twcnews.com/content/news/762035/fire-destroys-barn-at-hoskins-dairy-farm/

Quote: "Coincidentally, fire broke out at Boyce's property, adjacent to Hosking Farms, on Aug. 2. That fire started in the garage and was thought to be electrical in nature."

Note: I wouldn't be so sure that that was a coincidence...

2014-08-18 - Barn destroyed by fire shortly before midnight near Saranac (Michigan):
http://www.wzzm13.com/story/news/local/lowell/2014/08/19/large-saranac-barn-fire/14273959/

2014-08-19 - Multiple barns destroyed by fire in Chilliwack (Canada), another major fire nearby mentioned too:
http://www.theprogress.com/news/271732941.html

2014-08-18 - Barn and 200 tons of hay destroyed by fire in South Holmwood (Britain):
http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/Barn-rages-night-South-Holmwood-farm/story-22766621-detail/story.html

2014-08-18 - Barn and 300 tons of hay destroyed by fire near Chieveley (Britain):
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/fire-crews-tackle-barn-blaze-7635242

2014-08-18 - Wildfire erupts near the Boca Reservoir (California):
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/local/12662035-113/story.html
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Vegetation-Fire-271753041.html
http://www.ktvn.com/story/26310175/fire-burning-east-of-boca-dam-5
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Boca-Fire-burning-near-Glenshire-Boca-Dam/GT3XNjOPLkOTSIlmTB2_yg.cspx

Quote: "The fire, which burned off Interstate 80 near the old Boca township, east of the reservoir’s dam, was contained after 7 p.m., although smoke continued to billow into the evening."

2014-08-18 - Wildfire rages out of control in Madera County (California), thousands of people evacuating:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20140819-44970-USA
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/wildfire-rages-near-yosemite-national-park-california-n183696
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2728564/13-000-evacuation-calls-California-wildfire.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/crews-make-progress-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite-national-park-n183696

Quote: "Authorities have sent evacuation orders to some 13,000 phone numbers as an out-of-control wildfire bears down on a foothill community near Yosemite National Park in Central California. Sheriff John Anderson issued the evacuation orders late Monday and declared a local state of emergency in Madera County. The 13,000 calls to evacuate included both homes and businesses..."

2014-08-18 - Wood chips burst into flame at proposed composting site in San Luis Obispo (California):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/55892646/#.U_MjqPldXh4
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/19/Fire_breaks_out_at_previously_proposed_composting_site_in_Sa/

2014-08-18 - Oil storage facility goes up in flames shortly before midnight near Kiefer (Oklahoma):
http://www.ktul.com/story/26302198/crews-working-fire-near-kiefer
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/firefighters-battle-flames-in-kiefer-field-after-fire-starts-with-oil-tanker

2014-08-18 - Former mill building damaged by fire in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/firefighters-extinguish-fire-at-stehli-silk-mill-in-manheim-township/article_e24a9412-26d9-11e4-a0f2-0017a43b2370.html

2014-08-18 - Timber workshop damaged by fire at Helmores Yard on Exeter Street in coastal Teignmouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30061&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-18 - Warehouse damaged by fire in Houston (Texas):
http://abc13.com/news/two-alarm-fire-breaks-out-at-sw-houston-warehouse/268557/
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2014/08/18/hazmat-dispatched-to-2-alarm-warehouse-fire-in-southwest-houston/14239081/

2014-08-18 - Historic Traphagen House damaged by fire before 1 AM in Duluth (Minnesota), nobody there:
http://www.startribune.com/local/271669591.html

2014-08-18 - Dryer bursts into flame, ignites outbuilding, in coastal Cowes on the Isle of Wight (Britain):
http://iwradio.co.uk/news/fire-cowes-property/

2014-08-18 - Deck bursts into flame at home in Barrington Hills (Illinois):
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2014/08/18/barrington-hills-deck-fire-contained-by-residents-no-injuries/akkr2sa/

2014-08-18 - Deck bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in West Salem (Oregon):
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/08/18/salem-fire-responding-to-west-salem-home/14258205/

2014-08-18 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Portland (Oregon):
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/08/fire_crews_extinguish_ne_portl.html

2014-08-18 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Woodbury (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2014/08/woodbury_firefighters_respond_to_house_fire_on_carpenter_street.html
http://www.dailynewsen.com/breaking/woodbury-firefighters-respond-to-house-fire-on-allens-lane-h2555843.html

2014-08-18 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to apartment building, fire gets big, in Lebanon (Pennsylvania):
http://www.abc27.com/story/26305774/crews-called-to-scene-of-multiple-dwelling-fire-in-lebanon
http://www.ldnews.com/local/ci_26358711/lebanon-house-fire-leaves-five-homeless

2014-08-18 - Porch bursts into flame just after 7 AM, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Queensbury (New York):
http://poststar.com/news/local/homeowner-wakes-early-to-fire/article_42bc0c14-271a-11e4-9ff7-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-18 - Home destroyed by fire at 6:15 AM in Lower Pottsgrove Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-southeasternpa/crews-battle-smoky-fire-at-apartment-building/27580998

2014-08-18 - Home destroyed by fire in Antrim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.abc27.com/story/26305287/fire-marshal-investigates-early-morning-house-fire-in-antrim-township

2014-08-18 - Deadly blaze burns apartment building in Hamilton Heights in coastal Manhattan (New York), 1 killed:
http://7online.com/news/blaze-consuming-building-in-hamilton-heights/269358/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hamilton-Heights-Fire-Apartment-Building-136th-Street-271745031.html

2014-08-19 - Deadly fire rips through home in Liberty (New York), young boy killed, another injured:
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140818/sullivan-county-boy-3-dies-in-fire-in-bungalow-colony

2014-08-18 - Vacant home burns in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/crews-respond-to-cedar-rapids-house-fire-20140818
http://www.kxel.com/index.php/News/KXEL_News/369880

2014-08-18 - Vacant building burns in coastal Norfolk (Virginia):
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Fire-damages-vacant-building-in-Norfolk-271688991.html
http://wtkr.com/2014/08/18/fire-under-control-in-norfolk/
http://www.wvec.com/my-city/norfolk/Fire-damages-vacant-building-in-Norfolk-271688991.html
http://www.topix.com/city/norfolk-va/2014/08/fire-damages-vacant-building-in-norfolk
http://norfolk.gotnewswire.com/news/fire-damages-vacant-building-in-norfolk

2014-08-18 - Vacant business burns in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/problem-vacant-building-catches-fire-lake-city/ng4xn/

2014-08-18 - Vacant carpet warehouse destroyed by huge fire at 5:15 AM in coastal Oakland (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/18/firefighters-battling-3-alarm-warehouse-fire-in-oakland/
http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_26357376/crews-battle-3-alarm-structure-fire-east-oakland
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/raw-firefighters-tackle-huge-abandoned-warehouse/vCnp7M/
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/oakland-firefighters-battle-three-alarm-fire-at/vCnnq4/
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/oakland-firefighters-respond-three-alarm-fire/ng4p2/

2014-08-18 - Vacant factory burns for third time in four days in Erie (Pennsylvania), near Lake Erie:
http://www.erietvnews.com/story/26305296/fire-at-abandoned-factory-is-third-in-four-days

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage, fire spreads to garage, at home in Sycamore (Ohio):
http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/570562.html

Quote: "Damage from the fire was contained mostly to the vehicle, but some damage was reported to siding, a window, a riding lawnmower and to the garage doors. Some tools also were damaged."

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame at 3:30 AM while parked at home, fire spreads, in Randolph (Massachiusetts), near the coast:
http://959watd.com/blog/2014/08/randolph-pre-dawn-fire-strikes-vehicles-and-a-house/
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Residents-Escape-Car-Fire-That-Extended-to-Home-271584641.html

Quote: "Fire chief Richard Donovan told WATD the one-alarm blaze broke out at 3 Willard Ter. at approximately 3:30 a.m. A vehicle caught fire, setting another car and the garage of the home ablaze. Damage is estimated at $40,000."

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame at 5:30 AM while parked in garage at apartment complex in Antioch (California):
http://news.kron4.com/news/vehicle-fire-in-antioch-garage-displaces-2-people/
http://www.pleasanton.com/story/Vehicle-Fire-In-Garage/1990472
http://www.burlingame.com/story/Vehicle-Fire-In-Garage/1990472
http://www.livermore.com/story/Vehicle-Fire-In-Garage/1990472

Quote: "A vehicle fire in a garage in Antioch displaced two residents early this morning, fire officials said. Contra Costa County firefighters received a report of a blaze in the garage area of an apartment complex on Lemontree Way at about 5:30 a.m."

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Walmart, fire damaged other cars, in Clairemont area of coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.10news.com/news/mercedes-catches-fire-in-parking-lot-of-walmart-in-kearny-mesa
http://www.760kfmb.com/story/26301599/parking-lot-fire-destroys-two-cars

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame at 3:25 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Randolph (Massachusetts):

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame while parked at rest stop near Barrie (Canada):
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=418182

Quote: "10News learned a Mercedes-Benz caught fire for unknown reasons, and the flames spread to a car parked next to it."

Note: The above five cars were all parked and not running when they spontaneously ignited. This is happening all the time now, even though, oddly enough, fire investigators seem stupidly oblivious to that fact, despite fire-related stuff being THEIR JOB. All vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, so parking a vehicle near anything you don't want to see on fire is a risky proposition and could easily cost you your home or your life, just as it has others...

2014-08-17 - Apartment explodes at 2:35 AM in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province (China), 7 killed, 4 injured:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2014-08/17/c_133563617.htm
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2014/0817/728501.html
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0818/c90882-8770995.html
http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2014/08-18/46298.shtml

2014-08-17 - Boiler explodes at 4:50 AM at factory, factory destroyed, in coastal Samut Prakan Province (Thailand), 21+ injured:
https://www.dvb.no/news/burmese-workers-injured-as-explosion-levels-bangkok-factory-burma-myanmar/43326
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/427211/boiler-explosion-injures-16
http://www.bangkokpost.com/most-recent/427211/boiler-explosion-injures-16
http://www.phuketgazette.net/thailand-news/22-injured-boiler-explosion/33570

2014-08-17 - Drug store explodes and burns in the wee hours, fire spreads to home, in Fatulla (Bangladesh), 4+ injured:
http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/52161/Drug-store-explosion-burns-4
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/explosion-in-nganj-pharmacy-hurts-five-37748

2014-08-17 - Car explodes as man works on it in the pit at speedway in Lebanon (New York), 1 injured:
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-engine-explosion-0818-20140817,0,2415620.story
http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Driver-hurt-in-explosion-at-upstate-NY-drag-strip-5694276.php
http://albany.twcnews.com/content/news/761724/west-lebanon-car-engine-explosion-sends-driver-to-hospital/
http://www.wcax.com/story/26300696/driver-hurt-in-explosion-at-upstate-ny-drag-strip

2014-08-17 - Landfill hit by fire in coastal George Town (Cayman Islands), fourth or fifth fire this year:
http://caribdaily.com/a/2635580/fire-fighters-wrestle-with-another-dump-fire
http://www.cayman27.com.ky/2014/08/17/firefighters-battle-fire-at-dump-again
http://www.caymannewsservice.com/local-news/2014/08/17/fire-fighters-wrestle-another-dump-fire
http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2014/08/18/Fire-ignites-again-at-landfill/

2014-08-17 - Mulch fire ignites near shopping center at business in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://www.localmemphis.com/story/d/story/mulch-fire-causes-concern/94798/icnD1mV-T0unSK3BEuNmAg

2014-08-17 - Industrial unit hit by major blaze in Trafford Park (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fire-crews-scrambled-tackle-huge-7629563
http://www.newsnorthwest.org.uk/news/fire-crews-scrambled-to-tackle-huge-blaze-at-industrial-unit-in-trafford-park

2014-08-17 - Large number of vehicles go up in flames outside warehouse on Crondal Road in Exhall, Coventry (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-08-17/serious-fire-in-coventry-road-closures/

Quote: "Fire in Crondal Road, Exhall believed to involve a large number of vehicles on open ground .. 10 fire engines and aerial pump in attendance."

2014-08-17 - Tanker ship 'Java Bonitos' damaged by fire and explosion off the coast near Bangka (Indonesia), 1 killed, 3 missing:
http://www.ihsmaritime360.com/article/14184/one-dead-three-missing-in-indonesian-tanker-explosion

2014-08-17 - Ship under construction damaged by fire at shipyard on coastal Changxing Island (China):
http://www.shippingnewsdaily.com/node/85905/
http://news.163.com/14/0817/20/A3SKJRGR00011229.html
http://www.enews163.com/2014/08/17/cssc-in-the-construction-of-a-80000-ton-ship-caught-fire-smoke-billowed-from-the-scene-figure-46604.html

2014-08-17 - Boat bursts into flame while docked at Harborview Marina in Ludington (Michigan):
http://www.masoncountypress.com/2014/08/17/boaters-stop-boat-fire/
http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/news/local/image_1bda73e6-267b-11e4-bd51-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-08-17 - Boat explodes and burns while refueling at Victoria Island near Lagos (Nigeria), at least 1 killed, 9 injured:
http://www.bellanaija.com/2014/08/18/boat-explosion-in-lagos-leaves-at-least-1-dead-9-injured/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/one-dies-lagos-boat-explosion/
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/one-dead-scores-injured-in-lagos-boat-explosion/186634/
http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/13629-man-dies-in-lagos-boat-explosion
http://olorisupergal.com/boat-explosion-in-lagos-leaves-at-least-1-dead-and-9-others-injured/
http://nigeriatell.com/news/one-dead-scores-injured-in-lagos-boat-explosion#.U_HXfvldXh4
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/166862-breaking-one-missing-after-lagos-boat-explosion.html

Note: Another boat exploding and burning while refueling?! No way! Sounds like the work of the Ghostly Match. I mentioned refueling specifically: "Would you siphon gas or refuel your vehicle if there was a lit match right there? Of course not, but you won't SEE the match until it's struck."

2014-08-17 - Train damaged by explosion and fire near Wellington (South Africa), 13+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20140818-44959-ZAF
http://www.jacarandafm.com/post/13-injured-as-train-catches-fire/
http://www.knysnaplettherald.com/news/News/National/83129/13-injured-as-train-catches-fire
http://www.zobo.co.za/news/13-injured-as-train-catches-fire
http://ewn.co.za/2014/08/18/15-injured-after-train-explosion

2014-08-17 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on Highway 41 in Washington County (Wisconsin):
http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/Bus-fire-backs-up-traffic-on-HWY-41-271600721.html
http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/Bus-fire-disrupts-trip-for-children-visiting-from-London-271617721.html
http://www.jsonline.com/news/traffic/vehicle-fire-closes-highway-41-sb-near-richfield-b99332434z1-271600931.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/55885969/#.U_GchPldXh4
http://www.wisconsin.statenews.net/index.php/sid/224844687
http://milwaukee.gotnewswire.com/news/update-bus-fire-backs-up-traffic-on-hwy-41
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/17/Bus_fire_backs_up_traffic_on_HWY_41/
http://www.wbkvam.com/8-18-Bus-Fire-Backs-up-Traffic-on-Highway-41-for-S/19701390

2014-08-17 - Passenger bus bursts into flame in Vile Parle suburb of coastal Mumbai (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Bus-catches-fire-another-runs-over-man/articleshow/40352154.cms
http://bollywood.indiaeveryday.in/news-bus-catches-fire-another-runs-over-man-1099-7359669.htm

2014-08-17 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at Carl’s Jr. in Needles (California):
http://zachnews.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/news-update-needles-ca-big-rig-truck-with-trailer-on-fire-at-carls-jr/
http://zachnews.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/breaking-news-needles-ca-big-rig-truck-with-trailer-fire-at-carls-jr/

2014-08-17 - Tractor bursts into flame in field along Stain Lane in Withern (Britain):
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Combine-harvevster-catches-Withern-field/story-22758771-detail/story.html
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/combine-harvevster-catches-fire-in-withern-field

2014-08-17 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-71 near Ashland (Ohio):
http://times-gazette.com/local%20news/2014/08/18/semi-fire-closes-interstate-71-saturday-night

2014-08-17 - RV bursts into flame near bridge near coastal Solomons (Maryland), dog killed:
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/107871/dog-perishes-in-motor-home-fire-on-route-4/
http://www.svrsfd.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=196

Quote: "The 36 foot motor home had just crossed over the Thomas Johnson Bridge from Calvert County when it began suffering mechanical problems and caught fire."

2014-08-17 - RV bursts into flame on I-94 near Hammond in St. Croix County (Wisconsin):
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Motor-home-fire-causes-backups--271604011.html
http://www.rivertowns.net/content/motor-home-fire-causes-i-94-traffic-delays-state-pace-record-ag-exports-8-more-state-news

2014-08-17 - RV bursts into flame in the Bynea area of coastal Llanelli (Britain):
http://www.llanellistar.co.uk/Firefighters-tackle-Bynea-caravan/story-22758848-detail/story.html
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/UK/750l0c8gl/Firefighters-tackle-Bynea-caravan-fire.htm

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Boynton Beach (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/traffic/car-fire-blocks-traffic-on-i-95-near-boynton-beach/ng4W2/

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame on Route 33 in Bushkill Township (Pennsylvania):
http://newsinpenn.com/stranger-helps-free-2-young-children-from-car-fire-on-route-33/
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/nazareth/index.ssf/2014/08/car_catches_fire_on_route_33_t.html
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/northampton-sd/mc-bushkill-township-car-fire-route-33-20140817,0,2380667.story

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame on Hillbrook Lane in coastal Fairfield (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2014/08/todays-car-fire-40/

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame on highway 53 south of Eau Claire (Wisconsin):
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/One-lane-closed-after-car-fire-on-Hwy-53-271618771.html

2014-08-17 - Two cars destroyed by fire in underground parking garage in coastal The Hague (Netherlands):
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/08/fire_in_schilderswijk_garage_c.php

Quote: "A fire in an underground parking garage in the Schilderswijk district of The Hague on Saturday night destroyed two cars and damaged others but no one was hurt."

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame at 3:53 AM on Johnson Close in Abbeydale, Redditch (Britain):
http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/11414876.Car_fire_in_Redditch/

2014-08-17 - Car bursts into flame on High Street in Markyate (Britain):
http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/more-news/firefighters-rush-out-to-tackle-high-street-car-blaze-1-6244482
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/11415984.Firefighters_called_to_car_fire_in_Markyate/
http://hertfordshirelocalnews.co.uk/2014/08/18/firefighters-called-to-car-fire-in-markyate/

2014-08-17 - RV trailer bursts into flame at 4 AM in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Man-Dog-Displaced-After-Fire-Destroys-Trailer-271583561.html
http://gazette.com/man-dog-displaced-after-early-morning-fire-destroys-colorado-springs-home/article/1535695
http://www.krdo.com/news/fire-destroys-mobile-home/27562906

2014-08-17 - RV trailer explodes at midnight at home in Port Coquitlam (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/explosion-destroys-poco-camper-trailer-hours-after-trip-1.2739035
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/explosion-destroys-poco-camper-trailer-181438552.html

Note: Port Coquitlam is located at the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River...

2014-08-17 - Two cars and garage destroyed by fire at home in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.lex18.com/news/neighbors-help-pastor-during-garage-fire

Quote: "The fire destroyed the pastor's garage and everything inside, including 2 cars."

2014-08-17 - Four vehicles and auto service building go up in flames at Toyota dealership in Bristol (Tennessee):
http://www.tricities.com/news/article_1aba143c-267e-11e4-bd4d-001a4bcf6878.html

Quote: "The two vehicles outside the structure were already in flames when the firefighters arrived. Two other vehicles inside appeared to have their bumpers and other accessories melted off due to the extreme heat."

2014-08-17 - Barn destroyed by fire, two more barns damaged, in Caledonia (Illinois):
http://www.wrex.com/story/26301841/2014/08/17/multiple-fire-stations-tackle-caledonia-barn-fire
http://www.chicagofiremap.net/2014/08/barn-fire-on-paulson-rd-north-of-orth.html
http://www.ktiv.com/story/26301841/2014/08/17/multiple-fire-stations-tackle-caledonia-barn-fire
http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-news/d/story/stateline-barn-goes-up-in-flames/38642/RzW9EO79WU6dNwuKuTNnag

Quote: "One is a total loss according to fire investigators, the other two could possibly be saved."

2014-08-17 - Barn destroyed by fire, home scorched, in Exeter Township, Berks County (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-berks/fire-destroys-barn-in-exeter-towsnhip/27563114
http://readingeagle.com/news/article/fire-destroys-exeter-township-barn
http://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/exeter/fire-destroys-exeter-township-barn-reading-eagle/

2014-08-17 - Barn damaged by fire off of King Road in Bridgeport Township (Michigan):
http://www.wnem.com/story/26299554/firefighters-respond-to-barn-fire-in-saginaw-county

2014-08-17 - Brush fire grows in Angeles National Forest (California), evacuations ensue:
http://abc13.com/news/brush-fire-breaks-out-in-angeles-national-forest/267219/
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20140817/hundreds-flee-brush-fire-in-angeles-national-forest-north-of-glendora

Quote: "Evacuations were underway for areas near the river and lake, including North Fork at Mile Marker 28, Crystal Lake off-highway vehicle area, Coldbrook, East Fork west of Highway 2. Highway 39 was also closed at the bottom of the canyon."

2014-08-17 - More than 120 wildfires rage across British Columbia (Canada):
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Evacuation+orders+remain+major+blazes/10126059/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fire+crews+make+progress+evacuation+orders+remain+major+blazes/10126059/story.html

Quote: "Evacuation orders remained in place Sunday in areas of the Central Interior threatened by two of the 122 forest fires burning in B.C."

2014-08-17 - Brush fire ignites along railroad tracks between London and Southend (Britain), trains delayed:
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11415211.Fire_delays_trains_between_Southend_and_London/

2014-08-17 - Hay bales burst into flame on trailer on High Street in Lytchett Matravers (Britain):
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11414973.Fire_crews_battle_haybale_blaze/
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/11414994.Road_closed_in_Purbeck_after_hay_bale_trailer_fire/

2014-08-17 - Around 1000 tons of hay destroyed by massive fire on the Isle of Sheppey (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-08-17/1-000-tonnes-of-baled-hay-up-in-flames-in-barn-fire/

2014-08-17 - AC unit bursts into flame at hospital in coastal Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), 81 babies evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20140817-44947-DOM

2014-08-17 - Church destroyed by exterior fire at 12:39 AM, $1.5 million in damage, in Hazel Dell (Washington), nobody there:
http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/aug/17/fire-destroys-church-hazel-dell/
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/08/southwest_washington_church_fi.html

2014-08-17 - Porch bursts into flame at 2:53 AM, fire spreads to home on Water Street in Adams (Pennsylvania):
http://photos.berkshireeagle.com/2014/08/17/photos-water-street-fire-in-adams/
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_26356011/adams-fire-ravages-water-st-home-displaces-occupant

2014-08-17 - Home destroyed by fire in Land O’ Lakes (Florida):
http://tbo.com/news/breaking-news/land-o-lakes-fire-takes-several-hours-to-combat-20140817/
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pasco/firefighter-recovering-after-injury-fighting-fire

2014-08-17 - Deadly fire burns through home in Tulsa (Oklahoma), 1 killed:
http://www.fox23.com/news/news/tulsa-fire-confirmed-one-man-died-south-tulsa-hous/ng4Yz/
http://www.newson6.com/story/26300315/firefighters-battling-south-tulsa-house-fire
http://www.ktul.com/story/26300378/fire-crews-respond-to-south-tulsa-house-fire
http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/south-tulsa-fire-kills-51-year-old-man/ng4gd/
http://www.newson6.com/story/26307833/fatal-south-tulsa-fire-ruled-accidental

2014-08-17 - Deadly fire damages apartment building at 3:30 AM in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan, 1 killed:
http://www.wqow.com/story/26299806/1-man-dies-in-milwaukee-apartment-fire
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/1-dead-in-milwaukee-house-fire-b99332255z1-271586361.html
http://www.wisn.com/news/1-killed-in-apartment-fire/27562946

2014-08-17 - Deadly blaze destroys home at 1 AM in coastal Seattle (Washington), 1 killed:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/least-one-killed-sunday-morning-fire/ng4SX/
http://q13fox.com/2014/08/17/woman-killed-in-seattle-house-fire/
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Woman-dies-after-house-fire-271587751.html
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/08/woman-dies-from-injuries-in-seattle-house-fire-early-sunday-morning/

Quote: "Fire officials tell KIRO 7 there’s $2 million in damage to the home."

2014-08-17 - Deadly fire destroys apartment building at 2 AM in Soap Lake (Washington), 1 killed:
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/soap-lake-apartment-complex-fire-kills-1/27565116
http://www.khq.com/story/26300544/one-dead-apartment-destroyed-in-soap-lake-fire

Quote: "One man is dead because of a fire that destroyed an apartment complex in Soap Lake early Sunday morning. Crews responded to the fire at about 2 a.m. at the Soap Lake Gardens apartments, according to Police Chief Glenn Quantz. The apartments were located at 327 N. Division street. All six units in the complex were destroyed."

2014-08-17 - Deadly fire destroys home at 3 AM on Cherry Run Road in Washington (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wcti12.com/news/woman-found-dead-inside-home-during-house-fire/27563102

2014-08-17 - Vacant home damaged by fire on Sunnyside Street in Friendship (New York):
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2014/08/structure-fire-in-vacant-house-in.html

2014-08-17 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Springfield (Missouri):
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/fire-destroys-vacant-home-in-springfield-late-saturday-night/21048998_27565788

2014-08-17 - Vacant auto shop goes up in flames shortly before 2:30 AM in Riverside (New Jersey):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Vacant-Auto-Body-Shop-Catches-Fire-271584621.html
http://philadelphia-pennsylvania.yourlocalnews.us/?zfcategory=NBC%2010%20Philadelphia&zftitle=Vacant+Auto+Body+Shop+Catches+Fire
http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/local/breaking-news/bct/fire-at-vacant-auto-body-shop-in-riverside/article_ee749bdb-e569-56f4-8d3e-b661107e7369.html

2014-08-17 - Vacant gas station heavily damaged by fire in Abbotsford (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/1512041/fire-crews-battle-flames-at-an-old-gas-station-in-abbotsford/
http://news.nom.co/fire-crews-battle-flames-at-and-old-11504249-news/

2014-08-17 - Vacant church burns on Cedar Creek Road in Fayetteville (North Carolina):
http://www.wncn.com/story/26300766/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-vacant-fayetteville-hotel
http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/fire-damages-vacant-hotel-cedar-creek-road-at-interstate-reopens/article_ad815f71-2eb5-5c10-927a-e3b37c586e70.html

2014-08-16 - In separate incidents, RV and pickup truck burst into flame in Adell (Wisconsin):
http://whbl.com/news/articles/2014/aug/15/fire-west-of-adell-involved-truck-farm-field/

Quote: "The first came in just after 10 a.m. when a pickup truck caught fire in a wheat field on Indian Mound Road west of the village.  Nearly a dozen other fire units were called to assist, with the fire being put out within an hour’s time. The truck was destroyed, along with a small portion of the crop. The second call came in around 5:30 p.m. of an RV that caught fire on the 100 block of Wisconsin Avenue in the village."

2014-08-16 - In three separate incidents, pickup truck and two vehicles burst into flame in and around LaGrange (Indiana):
http://www.wthd.net/news.php?sb_news_id=3513

Quote: "A rash of vehicle fires kept area firefighters busy Friday evening. Shipshewana firefighters responded to a vehicle fire just before 9:30 p-m at the bridge in Scott. Dispatchers reported a white pickup truck that was fully engulfed by flames. After putting the fire out once, firefighters responded a second time when the fire rekindled after being loaded onto a wrecker. It was one of three vehicle fires reported last night. LaGrange Firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle on fire on County Road 75 East near County Road 200 North just before 9 p-m. Topeka and Ligonier firefighters were called to 4575 West County Road 900 North in Noble County just before 11 p-m for another vehicle on fire."

Note: As time goes on, the number, size and concentration of clouds of invisible hydrogen sulfide and/or methane in the atmosphere will continue increasing. As that happens, there will be more sequences of events like the above two, where multiple vehicles (or homes or businesses or people) ignite in the same area. The day prior, in two separate incidents, two people were found burned to death near or in their respective burning vehicles in the early hours in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan, mentioned in the 2014-08-15 update...

2014-08-16 - Restaurant explodes and burns, destroyed, in coastal Taranaki (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10391510/Massive-fire-starts-with-explosion
http://new.widmi.com/index.php/new-zealand/stuff-co-nz/national/187347-massive-fire-starts-with-explosion

2014-08-16 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at CMU campus in Mount Pleasant (Michigan):
http://www.9and10news.com/story/26298428/underground-electrical-fire-on-cmus-campus
http://michigan.icito.com/underground-electrical-fire-on-cmus-campus/
http://www.mifox32.com/story/26301709/underground-electrical-fire-on-cmus-campus

Quote: "If you were traveling on Broomfield Road near Thorpe Hall on the CMU Campus Saturday you might have noticed a fire truck nearby. It seems an electrical fire was burning underground."

2014-08-16 - Landfill hit by underground fire in Jasper (Alabama):
http://www.mountaineagle.com/view/full_story/25623607/article-FIREFIGHTERS-BATTLE-BLAZE-AT-CITY-LANDFILL

2014-08-16 - Recycling center erupts in flame in Lakewood Township, Ocean County (New Jersey), near the coast:
http://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2014/08/video-photos-fire-breaks-out-at-ocean-county-recycling-center.html
http://www.app.com/videos/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2014/08/16/14157945/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_yQH0ESCE

2014-08-16 - Forty cars destroyed by fire while parked in parking lot near thermal pool in Sládkovicovo (Slovakia):
http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/54912/8/around_40_cars_torched_near_vincov_les_thermal_pool.html

2014-08-16 - Metal business damaged by fire in Fort Worth (Texas), nobody there, firefighters exposed to chemicals:
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/08/17/firefighters-treated-for-chemicals-exposure/
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/08/17/6048933/firefighters-exposed-to-hazardous.html

Quote: "The fire was at 405 E. Daggett Ave at Jar-Texas Industries, a metal finishing company carries numerous chemicals on site."

2014-08-16 - Huge tire fire erupts in Limestone (Maine):
http://bigcountry969.com/crews-respond-to-massive-fire-in-limestone/

2014-08-16 - Bazaar ravaged by massive blaze in Srinigar (India):
http://www.diggvideo.com/massive-fire-in-srinagar-town_c4737a23c.html
http://www.indianewschannels.com/newsx/massive-fire-in-srinagar-town/55531.html
http://salamindia.info/massive-fire-in-srinagar-town/

2014-08-16 - Yacht 'Dukella' bursts into flame, burns and sinks, off the coast near Malibu (California), 4 people rescued:
http://patch.com/california/malibu/boat-catches-fire-sinks-malibu/
http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_2299a0ec-25c9-11e4-9004-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/ap-news-details?ID=25f861c1a2374a6eb50659bd3e9bd131
http://abc7.com/news/4-rescued-from-burning-boat-near-malibu/266237/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/08/16/4-people-rescued-after-boat-catches-fire-off-malibu/
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/16/6633953/4-rescued-from-burning-boat-off.html
http://ktla.com/2014/08/16/3-adults-child-rescued-from-burning-boat-off-malibu/
http://www.wopular.com/4-rescued-burning-boat-malibu
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Four-People-Rescued-After-Their-Boat-Catches-on-Fire-Off-Malibu-Coast-271608341.html

Quote: "Officials said four people — three adults and one child — had to be rescued Saturday evening when the boat they were riding in caught fire near Malibu."

2014-08-16 - Boat bursts into flame while being towed, on street in Winkler, Manitoba (Canada):
http://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39503&Itemid=425

Quote: "It’s not every day Winkler Fire responds to a boat fire, but that’s exactly the call the Department received early Saturday afternoon. PembinaValleyOnline.com reporters who witnessed the blaze say a pick-up truck was pulling a boat on Roblin Boulevard, just east of First Street, when it burst into flames. The driver pulled onto the former Sun Valley Tire parking lot, and unhitched the boat trailer from the truck as the flames grew."

2014-08-16 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Savannah (Georgia):
http://www.wtoc.com/story/26297422/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-one-lane-of-i-95-nb-at-hwy-204
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-08-16/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-i-95-savannah
http://www.19actionnews.com/story/26297422/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-one-lane-of-i-95-nb-at-hwy-204
http://www.wtvm.com/story/26297572/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-95-in-savannah
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ap/georgia/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-95-in-savannah/ng4Jj/
http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/georgia/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-95-in-savannah/ng4Jj/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/16/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-95-in-savannah/
http://www.gotnewswire.com/news/tractortrailer-catches-fire-on-i95-in-savannah
http://www.wgxa.tv/story/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-95-in-savannah-20140817

Quote: "One Northbound lane on I-95 near Highway 204 has been closed after a tractor trailer carrying new cars caught fire destroying three of the vehicles on the trailer."

2014-08-16 - Two tractor trailers go up in flames in the wee hours at natgas refueling station in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/08/16/truck-fire-natural-gas-fueling-station/14155419/
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/26295767/fire-destroys-truck-at-fueling-station
http://www.shalemarkets.com/truck-catches-fire-at-natural-gas-fueling-station-usa-201408165063/

Quote: "At least two trucks were damaged by the fire that began when a truck was refueling and caught fire."

Note: This sounds like the work of the Ghostly Match once again...

2014-08-16 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-44 near Six Flags in St. Louis County (Missouri):
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/16/westbound-interstate-44-lanes-closed/14185175/
http://lockerdome.com/6170042207309889/6890720103636756

2014-08-16 - Tractor bursts into flame at tractor pulling championship in coastal Brean, Burnham-On-Sea (Britain):
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2014/tractor-pulling-championships-17-08-14.php

2014-08-16 - Tractor bursts into flame on Limekiln Lane near Bishops Waltham (Britain):
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11414619.Firefighters_tackle_tractor_fire/
http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/11414634.Firefighters_tackle_tractor_fire_near_Bishop_s_Waltham/
http://hampshirelocalnews.co.uk/2014/08/16/firefighters-tackle-tractor-fire/
http://www.news-cloud.co.uk/HampshireChronicle/2014/08/16/FirefightersTackleTractorFireNearBishopSWaltham.html

2014-08-16 - U-Haul truck bursts into flame on I-5, ignites brush fire, in Castaic (California):
http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/breaking-news/fire/u-haul-truck-catches-fire-i-5-north-castaic-starts-brush-fire
http://www.bako.com/santaclarita/news/U-haul-Truck-Fire-Ignites-Brush-Along-I-5-In-Castaic/165180/

2014-08-16 - Truck bursts into flame on the M6 near Junction 10 (Britain):
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/08/16/racing-pigeon-van-bursts-into-flames/
http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-08-16/lorry-carrying-pigeon-boxes-catches-fire-on-m6/
http://www.news-cloud.co.uk/ItvNewsCentral/2014/08/16/LorryCarryingPigeonBoxesCatchesFireOnM6.html
http://www.thebrummie.net/racing-pigeon-van-bursts-into-flames/
http://inagist.com/all/500623749373513728/

2014-08-16 - SUV bursts into flame at 4:30 AM while parked in parking lot in Regina (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/black-suv-burns-in-early-morning-car-fire-in-regina-1.2738519

2014-08-16 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home on Feather Ridge Court in Dunkirk (Maryland):
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/38683

2014-08-16 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at gas station in Manila (Arkansas):
http://www.couriernews.net/story/2110262.html

2014-08-16 - Car bursts into flame on US 127 in Preble County (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/car-fire-blocks-us-127-traffic-preble-county/ng4MS/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/crime-law/car-fire-blocks-us-127-traffic-preble-county/ng4MS/
http://dayton-ohio.yourlocalnews.us/index.php?zfcategory=Dayton%20Daily%20News&zftitle=Car+fire+blocks+U.S.+127+traffic+in+Preble+County

2014-08-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked at store on Wellington Road in Burton (Britain):
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Staffordshire-Rescue-attend-car/story-22755457-detail/story.html

2014-08-16 - Car bursts into flame while parked near garages in coastal Llanelli (Britain):
http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/8203-rips-car-Llanelli-street/story-22758689-detail/story.html

2014-08-16 - Car bursts into flame at 1:40 AM while parked on Gresty Road in Crewe (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-crewe_16-08-2014_8-00-36

2014-08-16 - Car bursts into flame on Montgomery Road in Widnes (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-widnes_17-08-2014_9-26-20

2014-08-16 - Car bursts into flame on the M3 near Chandler's Ford (Britain):
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/News/11414535.Motorway_delays_after_car_fire/
http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11414535.Motorway_delays_after_car_fire/

2014-08-16 - Car bursts into flame at Curve Acre, Braunton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=30041&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-08-16 - Vehicle bursts into flame at Rite Aid in Redding (California):
http://www.redding.com/news/local-news/vehicle-on-fire-next-to-rite-aid-on-eureka-way

2014-08-16 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Highway 99 in Lodi (California):
http://www.sierrasentinel.com/2014/08/vehicle-fire-on-99-at-cherokee.html

2014-08-16 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the Cranberry Highway in coastal Wareham (Massachusetts):
http://wareham.wickedlocal.com/article/20140817/NEWS/140817245

Quote: "6:20 p.m. motor vehicle fire, Cranberry Highway"

Note: Lot of medical calls in that responder log. Could be slow-mo poisoning of the population there as hydrogen sulfide blows in off the ocean...

2014-08-16 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Anderson Island Road in Quinte West (Canada):
http://www.quintenews.com/2014/08/single-vehicle-fire-in-quinte-west/69682/

2014-08-16 - Car and home go up in flames at 4:45 AM on Richcreek Road in Columbia (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/08/16/3261099/home-car-damaged-in-overnight.html
http://www.thestate.com/2014/08/16/3623007/home-car-damaged-in-overnight.html
http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/08/16/house-fire-leaves-over-60k-in-damages/14159045/

Quote: "Columbia Fire Department responded at about 4:45 a.m. Saturday to the home on Richcreek Road. Responders reported heavy fire from a vehicle and the house."

2014-08-16 - Cement truck and vacant building destroyed by fire in Salina (Kansas):
http://www.ksal.com/fire-destroys-vacant-building/

Quote: "The building, which among other things used to be the location of Willie’s Bar-B-Q restaurant and also a liquor store, was currently being used for storage. It is a total loss. A cement truck parked in front of it was also destroyed."

2014-08-16 - Barn full of hay destroyed by fire at 2:15 AM on Krall Road in Jackson Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.ldnews.com/crime/ci_26350786/fire-police-log-barn-destroyed-by-flames-jackson
http://www.abc27.com/story/26296671/hay-fire-destroys-lebanon-county-barn
http://www.ldnews.com/local/ci_26347665/firefighters-respond-overnight-barn-fire-jackson-township
http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/lebanon/fire-crews-return-to-lebanon-barn-fire-for-reported-reburn/27530458

2014-08-16 - Barn and 50 tons of hay destroyed by huge fire near Billericay (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-28825727
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11414891.Picture_of_huge_barn_fire/
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/14749./

2014-08-16 - Barn damaged by fire near Bishop Auckland (Britain):
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/bishopauckland/11414854.Firefighters_tackle_barn_blaze/

2014-08-16 - Wildfires rage across the island of Sardinia (Italy):
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/08/incendi-inferno-in-sardegna-situazione-critica-in-molte-localita-devastate-dai-roghi/312557/
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meteoweb.eu%2F2014%2F08%2Fincendi-inferno-in-sardegna-situazione-critica-in-molte-localita-devastate-dai-roghi%2F312557%2F&edit-text=&act=url

2014-08-16 - Hair salon and apartments damaged by fire on Bridge Street in Oswego (New York):
http://oswegocountytoday.com/fire-strikes-oswego-business-apartments/

2014-08-16 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, on Kasonovitch Road in Rome (Georgia):
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/police_fire/fire-damages-porch-at-kasonovitch-road-home/article_1d28fbac-ccfb-11e3-a24b-001a4bcf6878.html

2014-08-16 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Lynn (Massachusetts):
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/08/16/firefighters-respond-alarm-fire-lynn/FOWDms6rGS8u9VwhHHqaKI/story.html
http://www.csnne.com/article/crews-battle-3-alarm-fire
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Crews-Battle-3-Alarm-Fire-in-Lynn-Mass-271525891.html

2014-08-16 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Mt. Oliver (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/news/fire-tears-through-mt-oliver-couples-home/27547900
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2014/08/16/Fire-rages-in-Mount-Oliver/stories/201408160153
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/08/17/mt-oliver-fire-destroys-house-leaves-family-displaced/

2014-08-16 - Garage destroyed by fire at 5:45 AM, home damaged, in Austin (Minnesota):
http://www.austindailyherald.com/2014/08/garage-destroyed-house-damaged-in-morning-fire/

2014-08-16 - Two-car garage destroyed by fire in Patterson (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/picture-gallery/news/local/putnam/2014/08/16/patterson-fire-destroys-2-car-garage/14174171/

2014-08-16 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Delray Beach (Florida), 2 people homeless:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/breaking-news/delray-beach-house-fire-displaces-two-residents/ng4N7/

2014-08-16 - Row home destroyed by fire at 2 AM in York (Pennsylvania), 8 people homeless:
http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/crews-battle-3alarm-fire-york-city-11214.shtml

2014-08-16 - Two adjacent homes go up in flames in Oak Hill, Fayette County (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/story/26298178/two-houses-catch-fire-right-next-to-each-other-in-fayette-county

2014-08-16 - Deadly blaze rips through home at 3:38 AM on Coldwater Road in Inez (Kentucky), 3 killed:
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Three-Dead-in-Early-Morning-Martin-Co-Fire-271515061.html

2014-08-16 - Vacant building destroyed by fire in South Bend (Indiana):
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/fire-destroys-vacant-building-in-south-bend/article_a66b6248-25a6-11e4-a72d-001a4bcf6878.html

Note: South Bend is named for its location at the southernmost bend of the St. Joseph River...

2014-08-16 - Vacant home burns on Blue Street in Fayetteville (North Carolina):
http://www.fayobserver.com/news/crime_courts/fire-damages-vacant-home-on-blue-street-in-fayetteville/article_e62819d1-b366-5c8d-ac3a-66211c4bf4ee.html

2014-08-16 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Good Hope (West Virginia):
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=Fire-Destroys-Vacant-Harrison-County-Home-17618

2014-08-16 - Vacant home destroyed by fire just after 2:30 AM in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2014/08/16/vacant-home-engulfed-in-flames-saturday-morning/

Quote: "Investigators were called to the scene because this is the second fire in two nights in this neighborhood. The first fire was on South Roena Street on Friday night at about the same time. That is just two blocks away."

2014-08-16 - Vacant home destroyed by fire on Springboro Road in Conneautville (Pennsylvania):
http://www.yourerie.com/news/news-article/d/story/springboro-road-fire/14118/XMg-EBnJi0uHi40I6M2JZQ

2014-08-16 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Plant City (Florida):
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-north-hillsborough/hillsborough-fire-rescue-crews-battle-early-morning-fire

2014-08-16 - Vacant home destroyed by fire in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Fire-at-vacant-house-in-Phoenix-called-suspicious-271403141.html

2014-08-16 - Two separate vacant homes burst into flame after 1:30 AM within minutes, in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/26297689/houses-catch-fire-minutes-apart-in-north-toledo-overnight

2014-08-16 - Vacant apartment building burns at 1:53 AM in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/fire-damages-vacant-apartment-house-in-buffalo-20140816

2014-08-16 - Vacant restaurant destroyed by fire at 6:20 AM in Sylva (North Carolina):
http://www.wlos.com//news/features/top-stories/stories/breaking-fire-downtown-sylva-17407.shtml
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/08/16/fire-guts-downtown-sylva-building/14158471/
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/26295822/seven-fire-departments-battle-fire-in-downtown-sylva
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/26295822/seven-fire-departments-battle-fire-in-downtown-sylva