* 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:
Also on FireGeezer…
- Pawtucket Update: Now 5 Alarms – December 29, 2009
