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*  STATter911 has been giving full coverage to the bizarre incident of the exploding trash dumpster that killed a Wisconsin firefighter Tuesday.  The cause is now being laid at water-reactive metal shavings.  Read his updates that include some startling photos HERE first, then HERE, and finish up HERE. 

*  The 5-alarm fire in the vacated mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has been attributed to a faulty chimney attached to a large wood stove that was being used to warm a storage room in the sub-freezing temperatures.  WPRI-TV wraps this one up:

*  Starkville, Mississippi, residents are still coming to grips with the deadly fire Tuesday that killed nine people (Firegeezer report HERE).  So far, the state fire marshal has not come up with a definite cause for the fire.  He has ruled out the electric space heater after learning that it had been disconnected and wasn’t operational.  WAPT-TV Ch. 16 Jackson has this follow-up report:

Posted by on December 31, 2009 • Filed under: current events, Fire Rescue Topics, Videos • Tagged: , , ,
  • http://www.firedaily.com Fire Daily

    Thanks for the updates. Have you heard anything new from the reality entertainment going on down in Jericho? It's one of those stories that never seems to end….

  • firegeezer

    No, I haven't heard anything from Jericho, but the fire chief lawyered-up right away, so I'm sure he has the damper on info. right now.  Last I heard, the Sheriff was still investigating the antics of the police department.

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  • http://www.firedaily.com Fire Daily

    Thanks for the updates. Have you heard anything new from the reality entertainment going on down in Jericho? It's one of those stories that never seems to end….

  • firegeezer

    No, I haven't heard anything from Jericho, but the fire chief lawyered-up right away, so I'm sure he has the damper on info. right now.  Last I heard, the Sheriff was still investigating the antics of the police department.

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  • http://www.firedaily.com Fire Daily

    Thanks for the updates. Have you heard anything new from the reality entertainment going on down in Jericho? It's one of those stories that never seems to end….

  • firegeezer

    No, I haven't heard anything from Jericho, but the fire chief lawyered-up right away, so I'm sure he has the damper on info. right now.  Last I heard, the Sheriff was still investigating the antics of the police department.

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  • http://www.firedaily.com Fire Daily

    Thanks for the updates. Have you heard anything new from the reality entertainment going on down in Jericho? It's one of those stories that never seems to end….

  • firegeezer

    No, I haven't heard anything from Jericho, but the fire chief lawyered-up right away, so I'm sure he has the damper on info. right now.  Last I heard, the Sheriff was still investigating the antics of the police department.

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