A LOT OF FIRE MARSHALS CLEANED UP THE DESK yesterday before leaving on the long weekend.  Here’s a roundup of their findings.

*  Burlington County, New Jersey, Fire Marshal Bob Rose says the investigation of the fire that broke out Monday night at Pig Farm Recycling, Inc., has been completed.

The fire began in a kitchenette within a barn, Rose says. But he says things were burned so badly that it will never be clear exactly how the fire began.   The fire killed approx. 1,500 pigs and destroyed two barns.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has the STORY.

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*  The fatal fire in a Rochester, New York, home rented by college students was caused by improper use of a fireplace. 

The fire killed two students and a third was rescued by firefighters while three more escaped successfully.

Sometime after midnight, one of the students set a fire in a working fireplace with no screen, using one or more artificial logs perched on two bricks instead of a metal grate.  The blaze somehow spread into the 10-by-10-foot room, which was cluttered with combustible items, including a desk, chair, bookshelves and a mattress located just a few feet from the fireplace.

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has the full STORY.

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*  The spectacular fire in London last week that sent a huge smoke plume over the city has been ruled an accident. 

A contractor sparked the fire when cutting through steel piping during demolition of the warehouse.  His oxy-acetylene torch ignited insulating material.

The Guardian wraps up the STORY.

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*  The fast-moving apartment fire in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sunday was cause by a pot of food left on a stove.  The destructive fire killed three people and left nearly 200 homeless.

It has been classed as accidental.  The Assoc. Press STORY.

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