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Harrison County has highest fire death rate in the state

Harrison County has highest fire death rate in the state

In 2018, Harrison County had more fire deaths than any other county in Mississippi.

Last year, 79 people in Mississippi died due to fires. Six of those deaths occurred in Harrison County.

Many of the houses that people died in last year did not have smoke detectors. Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said, “We find that one of the common causes is that people may have a smoke detector in the…

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As Fires Ravaged California, Utilities Lobbied Lawmakers for Protection

As Fires Ravaged California, Utilities Lobbied Lawmakers for Protection

As California’s deadliest wildfire was consuming the town of Paradise in November, some of the state’s top power-company officials and a dozen legislators were at an annual retreat at the Fairmont Kea Lani resort on Maui. In the course of four days, they discussed wildfires — and how much responsibility the utilities deserve for the devastation, if any.

It is an issue of increasing urgency as…

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What is Happening?: Officials probe another fatal fire in the Upper Peninsula bringing the death toll to at least 5 people dying while in U.P. home fires since Dec. 19, 2016

What is Happening?: Officials probe another fatal fire in the Upper Peninsula bringing the death toll to at least 5 people dying while in U.P. home fires since Dec. 19, 2016

Michigan Sate Police cadaver dog needed in Menominee County home destroyed in this morning’s “fatal fire”

Why are so many U.P. residents dying in fires in past few weeks? U.P. Breaking News has documented at least five recent U.P. fire deaths – and possibly more – in the past 20 days

By Greg Peterson U.P. Breaking News Owner, News Director / 1-906-273-2433

**Anyone with information on this fatal…

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