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Fire at Ogden duplex displaces family of 4

Dave Greiling Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 9:38pm

OGDEN -- Fire caused an estimated $40,000 damage Friday morning to a duplex at 1028 Capitol St.

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Authorities say an apparent spark within the high-oxygen chamber of a Florida equine sports medicine center triggered a massive explosion that caused part of the building to collapse, killing a worker and a horse, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Ocala, Fla. (AP Photo/The Ocala Star-Banner, Don Engle)

Woman, horse killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion

Jeff Weiner The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 5:18pm

OCALA, Fla. -- A 28-year-old woman and a horse are dead after a hyperbaric chamber exploded at an equine-therapy center in Florida on Friday morning, fire rescue officials said.

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Layton firefighters investigate a blaze that was started in a bathroom at Northridge High School on Monday. Students, faculty and staff were evacuated and remained outside for almost an hour during the investigation.

Suspected arsonist arrested at Northridge High

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 5:34am

LAYTON -- Police have arrested an 18-year-old man they said started a fire Monday at Northridge High School.

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This undated photo provided by Chuck and Judy Cox shows them with their grandsons, Charlie (left) and Braden. Charlie and Braden were killed along with their father, Josh Powell, on Sunday in what police said was an intentional fire set by Powell. The Coxes are the parents of Powell's wife, Susan, who has been missing since 2009. (The Associated Press)

Autopsies: Powell boys suffered 'chop injuries'

Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 10:05am

GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell’s boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.

He boxed up their books and toys and brought them to a charity. He carried heavy cans of gasoline inside his house.

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Fire investigators walk in front of charred rubble, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at the home where Josh Powell and his two sons were killed Sunday, in Graham, Wash., in what police said appeared to be a deliberately set fire. Powell's wife Susan went mysteriously missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Police say Powell planned deadly fire for some time

Brian Skoloff, Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 5:30am

GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell planned the house fire that killed him and his young sons for some time, dropping toys at a charity over the weekend and sending final emails to several acquaintances in the minutes before the blaze, authorities said Monday.

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Firefighters investigate a fire in a bathroom at Northridge High School Monday, February 6, 2012. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Fire forces evacuation at Northridge High School

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 12:34pm

LAYTON — Students and faculty were allowed to go back in to Northridge High School shortly before 11 a.m. Monday after a fire forced evacuation of the building.

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A Pierce County sheriff's deputy and Graham firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house near Fredrickson, Wash., on Sunday. A sheriff's spokesman says three bodies were were found in the home. The bodies are believed to be Josh Powell and his two young sons. The explosion occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit. Josh Powell was a person of interest in the case of his missing wife, of West Valley City, Utah.(PETER HALEY/The News Tribune)

Husband of missing Utah woman suspected of killing himself, 2 sons in explosion

Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 11:52am

GRAHAM, Wash. — Days after a judge ruled against him in a child custody hearing, a father and his two young sons were killed Sunday when police said he appeared to intentionally blow up a house with all three inside — a tragic ending to a bizarre case that began more than two years ago when the man’s wife went mysteriously missing in Utah.

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Blast kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys

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Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 4:36pm

GRAHAM, Wash. — An explosion at a Washington state home has killed Josh Powell, the husband of a missing Utah woman, plus their two young sons, officials said Sunday.

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Dog turns on stove, starts house fire

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 8:30pm

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early Saturday.

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Firefighters battle a large overnight fire at the one-acre Pioneer Sawdust complex in Salt Lake City Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. More than 50 firefighters were called to the scene. Investigators say the fire caused major damage and appears suspicious. No employees are thought to have been at the plant when the fire sparked. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Fire does major damage to Salt Lake sawdust plant

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Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 9:30am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Investigators say an overnight fire that caused major damage to a Salt Lake City sawdust plant appears suspicious.

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Fire at Hillside Recycling in Deweyville on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 5:52pm

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Firefighters are fighting a blaze Wednesday at the Hillside Recycling Center, 12090 N. Highway 38 in Deweyville. (SCOTT SCHWEBKE/Standard-Examiner)

Welder's spark caused blaze that destroyed Box Elder recycling plant

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 6:28am

DEWEYVILLE — Damage may top $1 million in a Wednesday afternoon fire that destroyed a 7,500-square-foot recycling facility in this small town east of Tremonton.

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Fire heavily damages N. Ogden home

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:00pm

NORTH OGDEN -- A North Ogden home sustained heavy damage in a fire Friday afternoon.

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OGDEN - Fire heavily damaged a home this afternoon at 459 East 3100 North in North Ogden. The fire was reported at around 12:45 p.m. A husband, wife and their five-month-old daughter were at home when the blaze broke out but escaped unharmed. The cause of the fire is being investigated by Northview Fire Department Friday, January 27, 2011. (SCOTT SCHWEBKE/Standard-Examiner)

Family escapes burning N. Ogden home

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 10:06am

OGDEN — Fire heavily damaged a home this afternoon at 459 East 3100 North in North Ogden.

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This photo of Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 show the remnants of a barn fire that killed 22 show horses in Lafayette, N.J. Investigators say the fast-moving barn fire does not appear to have been deliberately set. (AP Photo/New Jersey Herald, Tracy Klimek)

Barn fire kills 22 show horses

Ricardo Lopez Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 9:47am

With snow on the ground and the temperature hovering around 20 degrees, Art Hahn made sure every door in the New Jersey barn where he kept 22 trophy show horses was closed securely before he headed home Friday afternoon.

"Everything was locked up so the horses would stay a little warmer," Hahn said.

But shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Hahn awoke to a neighbor pounding on his door. He looked across the street at the barn: It was engulfed in flames.

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