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Morning fire in Roy / Propane heater ignites, destroys garage and SUV

By Carlos Mayorga (Standard-Examiner staff)
Last Edit: 22 hours 55 min ago (Nov 19 2009 - 11:52pm)
(KERA WILLIAMS/ Standard-Examiner) Shirley Hammond, right, stands outside her home in Roy after a fire damaged the garage on Thursday, November 19, 2009. A propane heater too close to combustables was the cause of the fire.

ROY -- A propane heater is believed to have caused a Thursday morning fire that damaged a Roy home.

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FBI gives on-the-field demos of explosive household chemicals

By Loretta Park (Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau)
Last Edit: 1 day 22 min ago (Nov 19 2009 - 10:25pm)
(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) The FBI exploded improvised explosion devices as part of a demonstration for local law enforcement near the Salt Lake International Airport on Thursday.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A loud boom, followed by flames leaping into the air, ended an hourlong demonstration of the havoc common household chemicals and materials can cause.

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Fire warning issued by officials / Insulation shouldn't be installed too close to chimney pipe

By JaNae Francis (Standard-Examiner staff)
Last Edit: 2 days 22 hours ago (Nov 17 2009 - 11:54pm)
(MATTHEW HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Layton City Fire Prevention Specialist Doug Bitton looks at fire damage in the living room of a home where insulation caught fire in Layton on Tuesday.

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LAYTON -- Homeowners who have had insulation blown into their attics need to beware: When Layton City Fire Inspector Doug Bitton investigated the cause of a fire last weekend, he concluded that insulation had ignited because it was too close to a chimney pipe.

Fire destroys home in Box Elder county

By Standard-Examiner staff
Last Edit: 3 days 10 hours ago (Nov 17 2009 - 11:59am)

BEAVER DAM -- A fire destroyed a home in Box Elder county while the homeowner was away at work on Tuesday morning, according to fire officials.

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Expert: Insulation caused $85K Layton fire

By Standard-Examiner staff
Last Edit: 4 days 11 hours ago (Nov 16 2009 - 11:15am)

LAYTON -- Layton city's fire prevention specialist Doug Bitton said insulation a family received as part of a promotion by a utility company caused a fire that displaced the family of six Saturday night.

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Explosion's 'catastrophic' pipe failure still a mystery

By Dan Weist (Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau)
Last Edit: 1 week 3 days ago (Nov 10 2009 - 6:37am)

WOODS CROSS -- City leaders will meet with the public tonight to talk about last week's Silver Eagle refinery explosion that rocked a neighborhood, forced four families out of their homes and damaged possibly 120 houses.

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Handful of homes damaged in explosion at Silver Eagle Refinery; miraculously, no injuries reported

By Loretta Park (Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau)
Last Edit: 2 weeks 22 hours ago (Nov 6 2009 - 12:36am)
Linda Wood is emotional after an explosion at Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross blew out the back windows of her home and destroyed much of the inside of the house. Her subdivision on 925 West sits right next to the refinery. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

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WOODS CROSS -- Within only a few hours of Linda Wood's home being condemned following a refinery explosion, everything, including an antique piano, had been packed out and put into storage units.

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Refinery neighbors question safety / Woods Cross mayor: Company officials 'responsive'

By Dan Weist (Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau)
Last Edit: 2 weeks 22 hours ago (Nov 6 2009 - 12:31am)
(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) An explosion Wednesday at Silver Eagle refinery in Woods Cross blew out the back windows of this home on 925 West and destroyed much of the inside of the house.

There have been sleepless nights for some people in Woods Cross as neighbors of the Silver Eagle refinery try to shake off the Wednesday explosion that rocked their homes.

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Ogden fire destroys garage, displaces two families

By Carlos Mayorga (Standard-Examiner staff)
Last Edit: 3 weeks 1 day ago (Oct 29 2009 - 10:39am)
(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Damaged caused by a fire in the garage of a house on Grant Ave. in Ogden on Wednesday.

OGDEN -- Two families have been temporarily displaced after a garage caught fire Tuesday night and damaged three Ogden homes.

2 hurt after home near Logan explodes

By The Associated Press
Last Edit: 4 weeks 1 day ago (Oct 22 2009 - 1:02pm)

COLLEGE WARD -- Two people have been injured after a home's propane tank exploded near Logan.

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