Nightclub fire plaintiffs seek to hire conflict resolution expert
[12/30/2006] - BOSTON --Lawyers for more than 300 people who lost loved ones or were hurt in The Station nightclub fire have agreed to hire a nationally known conflict resolution specialist as a first step toward resolving dozens of lawsuits. more

Classes to resume at fire-damaged Outlook school
[12/30/2006] - SUNNYSIDE -- Students will return Wednesday to Outlook Elementary School, weeks after a fire Dec. 17 destroyed parts of the building, officials said Friday. link

Blunt calls for sprinklers in group homes
[12/29/2006] - Gov. Matt Blunt today called for sprinkler systems in all longterm care facilities in the wake of last month’s deadly fire at the Anderson Guest House, which didn’t have sprinklers. link

Sprinkler douses blaze at manufacturing plant
[12/27/2006] - The Milan Area Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call about 1:45 this morning that sprinkler and smoke alarms were going off at the AutoLign Manufacturing Group plant. more

Hillsborough family displaced after fire
[12/25/2006] - A Hillsborough family of four was displaced and two dogs died when a fire Saturday night tore through their home's garage and entered the attic, according to Central County Fire Marshal Rocque Yballa. more

Fire destroys 12 apartments
[12/23/2006] - Chet Miller, a resident at Kirklevington Hills apartments, said that when he opened his front door before dawn yesterday, he couldn't see the parking lot for flames. The exterior stairway was burning; he heard screams. link

Deadly fire claims mother of two
[12/21/2006] - Police and fire officials continue to investigate an early morning apartment fire that left a Lodi woman dead and gutted her two-story apartment located off Turner Road. link

Overruled
[12/21/2006] - AMHERST — It was one of those terrible moments that no firefighter, no matter how many hours of training they’ve had, is ever ready for. link

Unharmed Clinton victims trying to regroup after fire
[12/19/2006] - CLINTON, Iowa — Roads near Deer Ridge Apartments were clogged Wednesday, with people trying to get a look at the smoldering shell of the historic building, as the 27 families who lived there took steps toward putting their lives back together. link

Candle the source of apartment fire
[12/14/2006] - A burning candle left unattended in a bathroom is being blamed for a fire Sunday night that burned an apartment in The Preserve at Fort apartments at 1212 Raintree Drive. more

Mandatory sprinkler rule suggested
[12/14/2006] - A Cheatham County fire official is so confident in the ability of fire sprinklers to quench blazes and save lives that he retrofitted his own home built in the 1890s with a fire suppression system. link

Fire displaces residents of one apartment
[12/14/2006] - One family was displaced following a fire in an apartment at 1212 Raintree Drive in Fort Collins Sunday night. more

Apartment safety proposal stirs debate
[12/14/2006] - APPLETON — A proposal to require automatic fire sprinklers in most new apartments is sparking a debate about the cost and safety gains of the systems. link

Fire prompts evacuation at Palo Alto care facility
[12/14/2006] - An early-morning fire today at the 8-story Casa Olga Intermediate Care Facility in downtown Palo Alto forced a brief evacuation of two floors of residents and caused $10,000 in damage to two rooms. There were no injuries. more

Cigarette Starts Apartment Fire, Officials Say
[12/14/2006] - Residents of a York apartment building are back home after they evacuated Wednesday night because of a fire. more

Site of fatal fire had received 9 code violations
[12/14/2006] - The Long Beach apartment complex where two people died in a fire last week was cited in September for nine code violations, including maintenance or operational problems with its alarm system, basement sprinklers and fire extinguishers, according to records and fire officials. link

Sprinklers contain appliance fire at seniors' facility
[12/14/2006] - A sprinkler system at a senior living facility in North Richmond prevented an appliance fire from endangering the lives of its residents, fire officials said. link

Fire closes Springfield's Cathedral High School
[12/12/2006] - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. --Classes at Cathedral High School were canceled Tuesday after someone set a fire set near a boys locker room Monday afternoon, officials said. link

Silver Oak plans to rebuild winery
[12/11/2006] - FIRE, FLOOD PROMPT NEW PROJECT THAT WILL ACCOMODATE GROWTH link

Hundreds homeless after fire
[12/10/2006] - Hundreds of displaced residents fetched belongings Saturday from a fire-ravaged North Long Beach apartment complex as fire investigators combed the 310-unit property for clues to the fast-moving blaze that killed two people and injured 18. link

New homes must have sprinkler systems ...
[12/1/2006] - OAKLEY -- The Oakley City Council adopted a residential fire sprinkler ordinance this week requiring that all new housing projects install life safety sprinkler systems in single-family homes. more